Formula One 2021 Motor Sport

[Franco Pinion]

Now that F1 2020 is officially over, why not have a new 2021 thread?

Yuki Tsunoda has been confirmed at Alpha Tauri for the new season, replacing Danii Kyvat

So the only seat we are now waiting on confirmation for is Red Bull. Will Albon keep his seat or will Perez get it?

Mercedes - Hamilton and Bottas
Red Bull - Verstappen and Albon/Perez
McLaren - Norris and Ricciardo
Aston Martin - Stroll and Vettel
Renault - Alonso and Ocon
Ferrari - Leclerc and Sainz
Alpha Tauri - Gasly and Tsunoda
Haas - Schumacher and Mazepin
Alfa Romeo - Raikkonen and Giovinazzi
Williams - Russel and Latifi

Formula 1's governing body the FIA has confirmed the calendar for the longest season in history next year. There will be 23 grands prix held, starting in Australia on 21 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 6 December.

The date previously allocated for the Vietnamese GP, 25 April, is still empty, pending a host country being found.

2021 Formula 1 calendar​

21 March Australia (Melbourne)
28 March Bahrain (Sakhir)
11 April China (Shanghai)
25 April TBC
9 May Spain (Barcelona)
23 May Monaco
6 June Azerbaijan (Baku)
13 June Canada (Montreal)
27 June France (Le Castellet)
4 July Austria (Spielberg)
18 July Britain (Silverstone)
1 August Hungary (Hungaroring)
29 August Belgium (Spa)
5 September Netherlands (Zandvoort)
12 September Italy (Monza)
26 September Russia (Sochi)
3 October Singapore (Marina Bay)
10 October Japan (Suzuka)
24 October USA (Austin)
31 October Mexico (Mexico City)
14 November Brazil (Sao Paulo)
28 November Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
5 December Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

 

[Welshy]

Alfa Romeo launches today in Warsaw

The first pics of the Alfa Romeo C41 for the 2021 season.



And the money shot

 

[Tom]

Some pics of the new Alfa:

 

[Snoops]

Alfa is definitely the best-looking livery so far. Nice launch too. Can't wait to see what the final Alpine livery looks like.

 

[Franco Pinion]

Red Bull launch. Doesn't look much different than last year

 

[Bandit]

Red Bull 2021 Launch.

 

[Tom]

Will Valtteri Bottas be able to have a higher consistency this season? It seems like every year he starts strong and later on, fades away from Lewis.

In part that is due to Lewis's ability to push an insane pace, but Rosberg managed to alternate wins with him over the 2016 season till the end.

This will be Bottas fifth Mercedes season, so I feel like it's now or never for him.

 

[Fraser]

So tomorrow is the 1st of March. Less than two weeks to go to pre-season testing.

 

[Dylan]

Car launches this week:

March 2: Alpine and Mercedes.

March 3: Aston Martin and Haas.

March 5: Williams.

 

[Franco Pinion]

The W12. Very much an AMG livery, rather than a Mercedes one. Looks very nice though

 

[Dylan]

The W12. Very much an AMG livery, rather than a Mercedes one. Looks very nice though

I assume the star for Lauda is somewhere amongst the black still.