A full-scale BWT Racing Point RP19 replica on display at the 54th Africa Concours d’Elegance at Ngong Racecourse.
A full-scale replica of the 2019 Racing Point RP19 went on display at Ngong Racecourse, bringing Formula One styling to the classic-car event.
A full-scale replica of a BWT Racing Point Formula One car made its Kenyan debut on Sunday at the 54th Africa Concours d’Elegance at Ngong Racecourse.
The display brought a different kind of motorsport attraction to an event best known for celebrating classic cars. With its Formula One design and Racing Point livery, the replica drew attention while recalling the team’s appearance in the 2019 championship.
Although it matches the look and scale of the racing car, the exhibit is not an original Formula One race machine. It has no functioning engine, making it a static display rather than a car capable of demonstrating the performance of its championship counterpart.
A Formula One design on display
The car represents Racing Point’s RP19, the model the team competed with during the 2019 Formula One season. That year, its driver line-up paired Mexico’s Sergio Pérez with Canada’s Lance Stroll.
For visitors at Ngong Racecourse, the attraction was therefore a recreation of a specific car from Formula One history, rather than a working example brought over for competitive running. Its design and livery reproduce the appearance of the RP19, but the mechanical distinction remains important.
The actual RP19 was powered by a Mercedes 1.6-litre V6 turbo-hybrid engine. That power unit belonged to the competition car; the replica shown in Kenya does not have an operational engine.
The RP19’s championship record
Racing Point ended the 2019 season seventh in the Formula One constructors’ championship. Pérez finished 10th in the drivers’ standings, giving the car on display a connection to a completed championship campaign and its results.
Those details place the replica in context: its appearance recalls the machinery associated with Pérez and Stroll during that season, without making it one of the original cars they raced.
The distinction also separates the exhibit’s visual appeal from the technology that powered the RP19 on track. The Kenya display offered the former, reproducing the race car’s presentation at full scale, but not its working powertrain.
A contrast to the classic-car setting
The Racing Point replica added a single-seater racing theme to the 54th edition of the Africa Concours d’Elegance. Its Formula One identity stood apart from the classic-car focus for which the gathering is known.
Sunday’s debut was a display appearance, not a racing outing. It brought the shape and colours of Racing Point’s 2019 challenger to a Kenyan motorsport audience, with the full-scale replica serving as the centre of attention rather than an engine-powered demonstration.
