2021 Formula One World Championship
The 2021 Formula One World Championship will be the 72nd running of the championship. The provisional 2021 calendar consists of twenty-three events, subject to the naming of an additional event in April and approval from the World Motor Sport Council. Liberty Media, the sport’s commercial rights holders, announced that there would be scope for the 2021 calendar to expand beyond the planned twenty-two races of the2020 calendar.
About 2021 Formula One World Championship in brief
The 2021 Formula One World Championship will be the 72nd running of the championship. Lewis Hamilton is the reigning World Driver’s Champion. Mercedes are the defending Constructors’ Champions. Sebastian Vettel is set to leave Ferrari at the end of the 2020 championship. Sergio Pérez will leave Racing Point as they become Aston Martin. Daniel Ricciardo is due to move from Renault to McLaren where he will replace Carlos Sainz. The provisional 2021 calendar consists of twenty-three events, subject to the naming of an additional event in April, contract extension for one current event and approval from the World Motor Sport Council. Liberty Media, the sport’s commercial rights holders, announced that there would be scope for the 2021 calendar to expand beyond the planned twenty-two races of the2020 calendar. Further changes to the calendar are planned following the disruption to the2020 championship brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic: Liberty Media was also reported to have come to an agreement in principle with race organisers to host a second race in the United States.
A second proposal to move the Brazilian Grand Prix from São Paulo to a new circuit in Rio de Janeiro was also suspended. The sporting regulations were amended to allow for a maximum ofTwenty-five Grands Prix per year. All teams will compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli. Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars. Teams will be required to use more commercially available materials and to submit their annual expenditure. There will be additional restrictions put in place in dictating how performance money can be spent.
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