F1 2021 Season (Old)

The 2021 Formula 1 Season

Calendar

#	Grand Prix	Circuit Name	Circuit	Results
1.	Australian GP	Albert Park		PP: Firstname Lastname (Team Name)
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2.	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit		PP:
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3.	Vietnamese GP	Hanoi Street Circuit		PP:
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4.	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit		PP:
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5.	Dutch GP	Circuit Park Zandvoort		PP:
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6.	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco		PP:
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7.	Azerbaijan GP	Baku City Circuit		PP:
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8.	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve		PP:
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9.	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring		PP:
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10.	French GP	Circuit Paul Ricard		PP:
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11.	British GP	Silverstone Circuit		PP:
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12.	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring		PP:
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13.	German GP	Nurburgring		PP:
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14.	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps		PP:
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15.	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza		PP:
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16.	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit		PP:
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17.	Russian GP	Sochi Autodrom		PP:
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18.	Japanese GP	Suzuka International Speedway		PP:
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19.	USA GP	Circuit of the Americas		PP:
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20.	Mexican GP	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez		PP:
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21.	Brazilian GP	Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace		PP:
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22.	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit		PP:
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Calendar changes

• Following a very uninteresting Grand Prix in 2020, the Spanish GP was dropped in favor of the German GP returning to the Nurburgring,for the first time since 2013. The circuit had been bought by Arab investors and now has enough money to run Formula One races. It is under contract to run until 2025.

Pariticipants

	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Reserve drivers
Mercedes AMG-Petronas F1	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton	1-22	Valtteri Bottas
		63	George Russell	1-22
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	5	Sebastian Vettel	1-22	Nyck De Vries
		16	Charles Leclerc	1-22
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Honda	23	Alexander Albon	1-22	Sebastien Buemi Daniil Kvyat
		33	Max Verstappen	1-22
Renault F1 Team	Renault	3	Daniel Ricciardo	1-22	Guanyou Zhou Jack Aitken
		31	Esteban Ocon	1-22
McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes	4	Lando Norris	1-22	Stoffel Vandoorne Jehan Daruvala
		55	Carlos Sainz	1-22
Orlen Haas F1 Team	Ferrari	20	Kevin Magnussen	1-22	Jehan Daruvala
		88	Robert Kubica	1-22
SportPesa Racing Point F1	Mercedes	11	Sergio Perez	1-22	Jack Aitken
		18	Lance Stroll	1-22
Red Bull Toro Rosso	Honda	10	Pierre Gasly	1-22	Daniil Kvyat
		39	Juri Vips	1-22
Alfa Romeo Racing	Ferrari	7	Kimi Raikkonen	1-22	Antonio Giovinazzi Marcus Ericsson
		25	Robert Shwartzman	1-22
ROKiT Williams Racing	Mercedes	78	Christian Lundgaard	1-22	Sergio Sette Camara
		94	Pascal Wehrlein	1-22

Driver/team changes

• Toro Rosso reverted the name change to Alpha Tauri for 2020 since it was largely unpopular with fans.
• Valtteri Bottas was demoted to Mercedes's third driver after the 2020 season to make way for George Russell getting promoted from Williams. He picked up a Formula E drive with the german team.
• Ferrari, Racing Point and McLaren kept their lineups for third consecutive years.
• Red Bull extended the contract with both Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon for another season following a successful 2020 where they took 7 wins and 15 podium finishes beating Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.
• Haas fired Romain Grosjean after a 13th consecutive no-point finish at the 2020 Hungarian GP. Robert Kubica rode the rest of the season for them and scored 15 points earning himself a 2021 drive alongside Kevin Magnussen.
• Antonio Giovinazzi was let go after an unsuccesful 2020 season in which he only scored 9 points compared to teammate Kimi Raikkonen's 37. Alfa Romeo picked up F2 runner-up and Ferrari Academy driver Robert Shwartzman to partner Kimi Raikkonen for 2021.
• Williams hired Pascal Wehrlein, despite his 3-year absence from the sport, and picked up Christian Lundgaard, who placed 3rd in Formula 2.
• Toro Rosso retained Pierre Gasly and hired F2 winner Juri Vips to become the first Estonian in Formula 1. Daniil Kvyat became a Red Bull and Toro Rosso test driver and picked up a WRC drive.

Season description

Pre-season

During the tests at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya multiple cars looked good - Mercedes and Red Bull looked like the top teams alongside McLaren, with Ferrari a little bit behind. Alfa Romeo led the midfield along with Renault, and Williams stepped up their game to be a strong midfielder again following horrible 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Round 1 - Australia

Lewis Hamilton looked very strong, taking the first two practice sessions with Max Verstappen stealing the third. Ferrari struggled

Place	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	Notes
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	58	25
2	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	58	20
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	58	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	58	9 (NO)	Kara 5s
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	58	6
8	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	58	4
9	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	58	2
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	58	1
11	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	58
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	57
13	Nyck De Vries	Haas	57
14	Robert Kubica	Williams	57
15	Marcus Ericsson	Alfa Romeo	57
16	Daniłł Kvyat	Honda	56
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	56
DNF	Guanyou Zhou	Honda	19		Wypadek
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Racing Point	2		Podwozie
DNF	George Russell	Mercedes	0		Kolizja
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	0		Kolizja
DNF	Sergio Perez	Ferrari	0		Kolizja