Formula 1 - 2021 Season

[Kaotik]

Teams & Drivers

• Mercedes - Mercedes
  • 44 Lewis Hamilton (?)
  • 77 Valtteri Bottas
• Ferrari - Ferrari
  • 16 Charles Leclerc
  • 55 Carlos Sainz
• Red Bull Racing - Honda
  • 11 Sergio Perez
  • 33 Max Verstappen
• McLaren - Mercedes
  • 3 Daniel Ricciardo
  • 4 Lando Norris
• Alpine - Renault
  • 14 Fernando Alonso
  • 31 Esteban Ocon
• AlphaTauri - Honda
  • 10 Pierre Gasly
  • 22 Yuki Tsunoda
• Aston Martin - Mercedes
  • 5 Sebastian Vettel
  • 18 Lance Stroll
• Alfa Romeo - Ferrari
  • 7 Kimi Räikkönen
  • 99 Antonio Giovinazzi
• Haas - Ferrari
  • 9 Nikita Mazepin
  • 47 Mick Schumacher
• Williams - Mercedes
  • 6 Nicholas Latifi
  • 63 George Russell

Race Calendar

• TBA PRE-SEASON TEST, Sakhir (?)
• 21.3. AUSTRALIA, Melbourne
• 28.3. BAHRAIN, Sakhir
• 11.4. CHINA, Shanghai
• 25.4. TBA
• 9.5. SPAIN, Barcelona
• 23.5. MONACO, Monte Carlo
• 6.6. AZERBAIJAN, Baku
• 13.6. CANADA, Montreal
• 27.6. FRANCE, Le Castellet
• 4.7. AUSTRIA, Spielberg
• 18.7. GREAT BRITAIN, Silverstone
• 1.8. HUNGARY, Budapest
• 29.8. BELGIUM, Spa-Francorchamps
• 5.9. NETHERLANDS, Zandvoort
• 12.9. ITALY, Monza
• 26.9. RUSSIA, Sochi
• 3.10. SINGAPORE, Singapore
• 10.10. JAPAN, Suzuka
• 24.10. UNITED STATES, Austin
• 31.10. MEXICO CITY, Mexico City
• 14.11. BRAZIL, Sao Paulo
• 28.11. SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah
• 5.12. ABU DHABI, Yas Island

New Regulations

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Alpine is the new name for Renault works team, their color scheme will be red-white-blue
Aston Martin is the old Force Ind.. I mean Pink Mercede.. I mean Racing Point

 

[Bludd]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/55475887

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours list.

The Briton, 35, sealed a seventh drivers' title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November - equalling Michael Schumacher's championships record.

arise, sir lewis

 

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

2021 F1 Australian GP set to be postponed amid COVID restrictions | F1 News | Autosport

and Albon to contest DTM in 2021 with Red Bull backing alongside Lawson | DTM News | Autosport

yeah "DTM"

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Lando Norris tested positive

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1346458552769146880

 

[Kaotik]

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-mercedes-senza-pilota-hamilton-rompe-gli-equilibri/4934908/?ic_source=home-page-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-1

Apparently Hamilton is technically free agent at the moment, as his old contract with Mercedes ended in the end of the year 2020.
There's still no new contract. Hamilton wants 4 years, more money and some sort of ambassador of electrifying Mercedes cars after his career, while Mercedes (Daimler) says 2+1 years, no raise (raising salary while they're supposed to bring the costs down a lot don't fit together) and threaten to outright replace him with Russell.

edit:
Also, Russell has COVID-19 now too.

 

[Pete]

Joe Saward posted a couple obituaries for John Hogan and Claude Brasseur that are worth a read. He also says Williams are switching to Mercedes gearboxes.

 

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

He also says Williams are switching to Mercedes gearboxes.

So the hell freezes over?

 

[Bludd]

tbh they should have done this years ago
i know pride, heritage and all but them making their own gearboxes havent really made them any better

 

[Davros]

 

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/55622097

The Frenchman, 43, will leave before the team rebrands as Alpine for the 2021 season.

 

[Kaotik]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/55622097

For those too lazy to click, The Frenchman is also known as Cyril Abiteboul, Renaults current team boss

 

[Bludd]

seems to be amicable. will the f1 netflix show be less interesting without abiteboul vs horner? we will always have guenther steiner

 

[pharma]

F1: Australian & Chinese Grands Prix postponed because of coronavirus restrictions - BBC Sport

This year's Formula 1 season will have a delayed start after the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix were postponed because of Covid-19 restrictions.
The races were first and third on the 2021 calendar and the season is now scheduled to begin with the second race, in Bahrain, on 26-28 March.

Australia and China have strict rules on international arrivals.
The Australian Grand Prix, originally scheduled for 19-21 March, will now take place between 19-21 November.

A race at Imola in Italy has been added from 16-18 April and becomes the second race of the season.

 

[Bludd]

not surprised

 

[Lightman]

Breaking news!
Lewis scalped PS5 and he is not planning on reselling it!
Also he was helping build computers and stuff

Disclaimer: AMD CES 2021 Keynote

 

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

For those too lazy to click, The Frenchman is also known as Cyril Abiteboul, Renaults current team boss

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GRO's instagram:

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Look at his left hand.

 

[pharma]

The forum software failed to convert my link to a headline...

Is it forum software or browser? For me Microsoft Edge started converting to headlines about 1 month ago in most forums.

 

[Bludd]

grosjeans burns look bad unless you know what kind of inferno he escaped from
incredible safety technologies but also it feels like a miracle he survived

 

[Kaotik]

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Look at his left hand.

Also and definitely more importantly his cat is my namesake.

Somehow I remember hearing somewhere, that gloves were the only parts of drivers overalls, whichs fire resistance wasn't upgraded for past season. If they had been upgraded too, he might have been practically unscathed

 

[Pete]

They were also upgraded for 2020 but there’s no separate underlayer and they have to compromise safety for freedom of movement (look at all those steering wheel switches and dials).

 

[Arnold Beckenbauer]

Leclerc tested positive for the SARS-CoV2.