21 races down, one to go. For only the second time in Formula 1 history, the title protagonists enter the final race of the season tied on points (which when you consider they’re on 369.5, is absolutely incredible). Max Verstappen leads the championship by dint of his 9 wins compared to Lewis’ 8, so assuming that there isn’t a double no-score, it’s winner takes all!
Max Verstappen has an 8-point lead over Lewis Hamilton, so a big points swing with a Hamilton disaster could give Max the title a race early. However, with the season being as close and crazy as it has been, can you bet against a close finale?
Three rounds to go and Formula One heads to Melbo… Oh. The Qataris have taken another sporting event off the Aussies. The title battle is still super close, helped by Hamilton’s masterful drive at Interlagos and a controversial bit of driving by Verstappen to keep him behind. This is going to boil over at some point.
If you boot up your copy of F1 2021 this week you’ll find there’s a new addition to the game’s track list: the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia.
Max Verstappen’s hand is starting to head closer to the Driver’s title after a dominant display in the Mexico City Grand Prix. Hamilton hasn’t given up on the title, and heading to the country of his idol Ayrton Senna, he’ll be raring to get back into it. Formula 1 has its third (and hopefully final ever, but unlikely…) Sprint Race on Saturday, so remember that we’ll have qualifying on Friday.
Formula 1 stays in North America and heads up the hills to the high altitude Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. A short circuit with an incredible atmosphere, the circuit is regularly awarded "best Promotor" by Formula 1, so they like coming here. Sergio Perez is finally in a front-running car, can you imagine the scenes in the stadium if he sticks it on Pole or gets a podium! The Hamilton vs Verstappen fight is still absolutely scintillating, which one will come out on top this time? We’ll find out at the MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX!
With the irony of a Russian-sponsored and liveried American F1 team comes the return of Formula 1 to America, sponsored by a Saudi oil company… Traditionally a Lewis Hamilton stronghold, the circuit is littered with many copies of brilliant corners around the world – and fit together in a string that works!
The second triple-header of 2021 is nearly over and we finish at a circuit which just seems to suit the post-2017 cars after 3 years of fantastic races. Verstappen has won two Grands Prix (I deliberately avoided saying “races”), and is taking charge of the title battle between him and Lewis Hamilton. Also don’t forget that it is the second time we will see Sprint Qualifying.
The Belgian not-Grand Prix has just passed, and hopefully we can get over the shortest ever Grand Prix with the long-awaited return of Zandvoort to the calendar. A short track with small runoff and actual grass and gravel as track limits will really challenge the drivers along with the bruising two massively banked corners!
The summer break is nearly over and Formula 1 returns to the mighty Spa-Francorchamps. The longest circuit on the calendar, Spa regularly throws up incredible and unexpected races, just what we need in this season of incredible and unexpected races!
The very first race of the lengthy 2021 Formula One World Championship will get underway this weekend. There’s 23 races between now and December to determine who’ll be taking home the two trophies — driver and constructor championships — and it’s surprisingly difficult to call.
If you were particularly taken by Aston Martin’s 2021 F1 Safety Car, as revealed earlier in the month, there’s some good news: you can now get your hands on one.
The newest addition to the F1 calendar, Saudi Arabia, has revealed the track which will host its grand prix later this year. It’s called the Jeddah Street Circuit and, as the name rather suggests, it’s a track crafted from the roads around the country’s second-largest city, Jeddah.
With the official Formula One pre-season testing getting underway in Bahrain today, Haas F1 has finally taken the covers off its 2021 challenger, the VF-21. Like the rest of the grid, the 2021 Haas is effectively the same car as the 2020 machine underneath, but some things are a little different this season.
Ferrari has revealed its 2021 Formula One World Championship contender, the SF21. It’s the ninth of the ten teams to reveal its car for the upcoming season, with Haas thus far only revealed its 2021 livery applied to a 2020 machine, and the unveiling comes just ahead of the only pre-season test of the year, at Bahrain this coming weekend.
After a troubled recent history, the famous Williams F1 team is set to start a new era this season, and has unveiled the car it hopes will revive its fortunes this year. It’s called the Williams FW43B, and as the name rather suggests, it’s an evolution of the 2020 FW43.
Aston Martin will be making its return to the F1 grid this season after 60 years away, and has today unveiled the car it will use for the 2021 season. It goes by the name of AMR21, and it has quite the weight of expectation behind it.
In the second of today’s two F1 car launches, the technically new Alpine outfit has revealed its A521 contender for 2021. It’s the first ever F1 car to wear the brand’s name, marking Alpine’s debut in the sport this season.