Formula One 2021 Season (Jaa555)

The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which will be the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is due to be contested over a series of races, or Grands Prix, held around the world. Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively.

The 2021 championship is due to introduce significant changes to the regulations, including the sport's governance and the sporting rules. Changes to the technical regulations were planned, but these were delayed in March 2020 in response to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These rule changes will instead be introduced in 2022.

The championship is due to introduce a budget cap, with teams limited to spending a maximum of $145 million per year. Teams will be required to use more commercially available materials and to submit their annual expenditure. Some teams argued to further reduce the budget cap to $100 million, citing concerns that the long-term financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the future of as many as four teams. Formula One managing director Ross Brawn stated that the sport's intention is to reduce the budget cap further in the coming years.

Teams Changes

 * McLaren moved back to Mecedes power, Racing Point became Aston Martin and Reanult became Alpine.

Driver Changes

 * Ricciardo moves from Renault to McLaren.
 * Sainz moves from McLaren to Ferrari.
 * Vettel moves from Ferrari to Aston Martin.
 * Perez moves from Aston Martin to Red Bull.
 * Albon was moved to test driver.
 * Alonso singned with Alpine.
 * Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen have retired.
 * Kvyat left AlphaTauri.
 * Tsunoda singed with AlphaTauri.
 * Mazepin and Schumacher singed with Haas.

Bahrain:
Mercedes dominated the hole weekend and Hamilton took pole with a lap time of 1.27,847 followed by Bottas in P2 with a lap time of 1.27,912. Verstappen took P3 with 1.27,926.

In the start Hamilton build a good lead over Verstappen who had gotten past Bottas at the start.

Hamilton and Verstappen came in on lap 14 to take another set of softs. Bottas and Vettel who was in P5 after the start came in on lap 15 to take mediums. Then Perez came in on lap 19 to take hards.

Bottas retired in the pits with engine issues on lap 21 this caused all Mercedes powered cars to be turned down on power.

Verstappen came in on lap 33 to take the mediums with Hamilton following on lap 35. This gave lead of 8.3seconds to Perez who was on 1-stop strategy.

On lap 49 Hamilton overtook Perez for the lead and later on lap 53 Verstappen also overtook him. However Perez was able to get to the end with the hard tyres and took P3 over Lando Norris in P4 just 2,8 seconds behind.

Hamilton won by 7 seconds over Verstappen.

Thanks to the Mercedes powered cars being turned down on power the Alpines of Alonso and Ocon took P5 and P6 with Aston Martins in P7 and P8. The top 10 was complited by the AlphaTauri cars in P9 and P10.

Fernando Alonso was driver of the day.

Emilia-Romagna:
Hamilton took pole with 1.13,979. Verstappen was on P2 with 1.14,103 and Bottas on P3 with 1.14,190

Hamilton, Verstappen and Bottas kept their positions at the start but Leclerc got past Perez to take P4

Verstappen came in on lap 20 to take hards, Hamilton and Bottas followed on lap 22 but because Hamiltons pit stop was over 5 seconds Verstappen took the lead.

Tsunoda crashed on lap 24 and safety car came out, this helped Alonso who had missed out of Q3 and started with mediums, he hadn't made his pit stop yet and was able to pit under SC.

After the safety car Hamilton started his attack on Verstappen who was able to hold his ground and took P1

Hamilton finished in P2, Bottas P3 and fastest lap, Alonso P4, Perez P5, Leclerc was P6, Vettel 7th, Sainz 8th, Ricciardo P9 and Ocon compliting the top 10 in P10

Alonso was the driver of the day with 59% of the votes.

Portugal:
Bottas took pole with Hamilton in P2 and Verstappen in P3.

Bottas and Hamilton got away well but Verstappen was in trobule after being overtaken by Sainz and and Perez.

In lap 6 Verstappen was out due to ERS problem. This caused a full SC period.

First driver in the top 7 to come in was stroll who came in on lap 24 to take hards. He was soon followed by his teammate and Ocon on lap 25. Vettel took hards while Ocon took mediums.

Leclerc pitted from p4 on lap 26 to take hards. Sainz came in on lap 27 to take hards.

Bottas came in on lap 36 to take hards, Hamilton did the same on lap 39.

Perez stayed out until lap 44 when he came in to take softs.

Hamilton won by 17.2 seconds over Bottas In 2nd who was 3.4seconds ahead of Perez in 3rd who also took the fastest lap.

Leclerc finished in P4 with Vettel taking P5, Ocon was 6th, Ricciardo 7th, Sainz 8th, Gasly 9th and Stroll 10th.

Leclerc was the driver of the day with 34% of the votes.

Spain:
Spanish gp was pretty normal with Hamilton taking Pole win and the fastest lap

Verstappen was 2nd, Bottas 3rd, Vettel was a brilliant 4th, Perez 5th, Alonso 6th, Sainz 7th, Stroll 8th, Nortis 9th and Ricciardo 10th.

Vettel was the driver of the day.

Monaco:
Hamilton took pole again, Bottas 2nd and Verstappen in P3.

At the start Hamilton got away well but Bottas got a slow start and then Verstappen tried heroics into Sainte-Devote. Crashing him and Bottas out of the race, Also Vettel had his front wing cut out at the mess and he had to bit, so did Norris.

Safety car came in on lap 7 leaving Hamilton leading from Perez in P2 and Leclerc in P3.

Stroll crashed on lap 17 causing VSC, Perez and Tsunoda were the only ones to pit under it, they took hards but the VSC ended before they got out from the pits leaving Perez in 7th and Tsunoda last.

After Mazepins and Giovinazzis crash in lap 23 the SC came out, but when it came out Hamilton had already passed the pit entry meaning that the Ferraris in P2 and P3 were able to pit for hards under SC and gained huge aventage, almost the whole grid made pit stops under the SC exept Hamilton who would fall all the way to P11 and Perez and Tsunoda who had made their stops.

SC left after lap 26 leaving Hamilton on the lead trying to gain some time to make his pit stop, Perez was P2 followed by two Ferrari cars.

Hamilton finally pitted on lap 34 to take hards after starting on mediums, he fell to P6 after his pit stop.

For the remaining 33 laps Hamilton was stetting fastest lap after fastest lap. He overtook Ricciardo on lap 41 to take P5, then Tsunoda on lap 49. Then he started chasing Carlos Sainz who was in P3.

George Russel retired in the pits on lap 55 due to gearbox problem.

Meanwhile in front Leclerc started to catch Perez who had blistering in his front left tyre.

On lap 59 Hamilton tried to overtake Sainz on the outside in rascasse, damaging his front wing a bit but he did not have to make extra pit stop, meanwhile Sainz escaped undamaged.

In the final laps Ricciardo was all over Tsunoda trying to overtake him for P5 but the Japanese driver held his ground to keep Ricciardo behind.

At the end Perez was able to make the tyres last for whole race and he took the 2nd victory in his career with local hero Charles Leclerc being 3.6 seconds behind in P2 and Carlos Sainz in 3rd taking his frist podium with Ferrari.

Hamilton took P4 with Tsunoda taking a brilliant 5th in the AlphaTauri, Ricciardo close behind in P6, Ocon was 7th, Norris 8th, Gasly 9th and Raikkonen manging to get P10.

Tsunoda was the driver of the day with 31% of the votes.

Team Standings
1.Mercedes 699pts

2.Red Bull 639pts

3.Mclaren 284pts

4.Aston Martin 249pts

5.Ferrari 200pts

6.Alpine 151pts

7.AlphaTauri 66pts

8.Williams 11pts

9.Alfa Romeo 2pts

10.HAAS 0pts