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2021 SEASON PREVIEW • New names, new faces, new colours. Formula 1 is back, and we’ve got the lowdown on all the key storylines this season – plus an in-depth look at every race that’s (hopefully) coming up…
1.1 THE CARS ARE NOT REALLY FROZEN • If you thought this would be a stopgap season before the new formula arrives in 2022, think again. There’s going to be a frantic scramble to claw back performance lost to new aerodynamic restrictions – and it’s all within the rules…
CHAPTER 1
WINDTUNNEL USE LIMITS: 1 JANUARY – 30 JUNE
WHAT YOU CAN ALTER FOR 2021 • Formula 1’s ‘token’ system enables teams to correct design blunders from last year – but they’ve got to choose carefully…
HOW DOES THE NEW BUDGET CAP WORK?
2.1 TRADING PLACES • When the pandemic pushed Formula 1 into hiatus a year ago, the driver-market cogs carried on turning behind the scenes… culminating in three drivers spending a whole season racing for teams they knew they’d be leaving, and a certain double world champion readying himself for a dramatic comeback…
CHAPTER 2
ENTER THE ROOKIES
RETURN OF THE MACH • The Schumacher name is coming back to Formula 1… but does Mick have what it takes to reach the heights his father scaled?
3.1 ALL CHANGE IN THE MIDFIELD • There’s no lack of ambition in F1 at the moment as Ferrari chases a competitive comeback, Red Bull becomes an engine manufacturer in its own right and Aston Martin returns – aiming for championship glory in five years…
CHAPTER 3
THE FIRST TIME AROUND • Aston Martin’s only previous foray into Formula 1 was a short-lived and unsuccessful affair, but it could have been so different…
ALPINE’S ‘RENAULUTION’ • There’s more to the rebranding of Renault’s F1 team than just a corporate marketing exercise...
FERRARI CLAN REGROUPS
TOTO’S CHEMICAL BROMANCE
McLARENMERCEDES: THE RETURN OF AN ICON
RED BULL’S POST-HONDA FUTURE
NEW OWNERS, NEW APPROACH FOR WILLIAMS
4.1 BATTLE OF THE TITANS • There may be a huge rules reset coming within a handful of months, but that’s not going to stop F1’s most fiercely competitive outfits tearing lumps out of each other from race one…
WIN WIN REPEAT • Mercedes has been the team to beat since 2014 – but it’s taking no chances this season in the face of a renewed challenge from Red Bull
BOTTAS VS RUSSELL: ON A WING(MAN) AND A PRAYER
4.2 THE CHALLENGERS • For the past four seasons Red Bull has come on strong in the final races – but only after starting from a low bar. This year, says team principal Christian Horner, it’s ready to come tearing out of the blocks…
RED BULL’S YOUTH UNCONVENTION
TEAMS, DRIVERS AND CIRCUITS
MERCEDES
RED BULL
McLAREN
ASTON MARTIN
ALPINE
FERRARI
ALPHATAURI
ALFA ROMEO
HAAS
WILLIAMS
FORMULA 1 CIRCUITS 2021
MERCEDES W08 • The ‘diva’ that set the stage for the wide-bodied Formula 1 era
RACE RECORD
SPECIFICATION
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK • Cars, drivers, teams, and...