[@McMike]

Only 96 days to go until FP1 in Melbourne.
Only 73 days to go until FP1 in Bahrain

Three new drivers, two "new" teams, on new circuit, and no new regulations.

** edit new race schedule as of Jan 12. Australia moved to Nov, China removed and replaced with Imola, and a few races moving up/back a week.**.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Race date
1​	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	28-Mar​
2​	Emilia Romagna GP	Imola, IT	18-Apr​
3​	??????	??????	2-May​
4​	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	9-May​
5​	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	23-May​
6​	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	6-Jun​
7​	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal	13-Jun​
8​	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27-Jun​
9​	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	4-Jul​
10​	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	18-Jul​
11​	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1-Aug​
12​	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29-Aug​
13​	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	5-Sep​
14​	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	12-Sep​
15​	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	26-Sep​
16​	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	3-Oct​
17​	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	10-Oct​
18​	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	24-Oct​
19​	Mexico City Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	31-Oct​
20​	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	7-Nov​
21​	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	21-Nov​
22​	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Street Circuit, Jeddah	5-Dec​
23​	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	12-Dec​

Team	Power Unit	Number	Driver	Number	Driver
Mercedes	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton	77	Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari	Ferrari	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	16	Charles Leclerc
Red Bull Racing	Honda	33	Max Verstappen	11	Sergio Perez
Alpine	Renault	14	Fernando Alonso	31	Esteban Ocon
Haas	Ferrari	???	Nikita Mazepin	47	Mlck Schumacher
McLaren	Mercedes	3	Daniel Ricciardo	4	Lando Norris
Aston Martin	Mercedes	5	Sebastian Vettel	18	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	7	Kimi Räikkönen	36	Antonio Giovinazzi
Alpha Tauri	Honda	???	Yuki Tsunoda	10	Pierre Gasly
Williams	Mercedes	40	Nicholas Latifi	63	George Russell

 

[absoluteczech]

How many races before merc locks out constructors championship

 

[Senior Member]

Excited to see **** Schumacher in F1

 

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Hopefully Portugal will be added to the calendar.

 

[@McMike]

How many races before merc locks out constructors championship

With the 2021 regulations being pushed back to 2022, this is a given. Hamilton and Mercedes will both 8 championships. The only question is at what round?

Looking forward to seeing VET in a better car, SCH in any car, and a few new liveries.

Oh, and ALO. Hope he scores some points.

 

[Smooremin]

in

 

[roman16v]

292 days? Don't you mean 98 days? Should be the shortest winter break ever due to how late the season finished.

Will be happy to be back at Suzuka next season... really missed that calendar stop his year.

 

[enigmatic enthusiast]

I hope they still have a race in Vietnam. Would love to see the results of the new processes utilized to create an exiting track for fans to watch.

I must admit i lost a bit of faith in BRAWN with some of his asinine statements about the history of F1 vis-a-vi reverse grids.

 

[davewg]

In. Despite similar/same technical regs, with new drivers and drivers with new teams, it should be an exciting season. And a short off season too!

 

[ADDvanced]

Really hope Mercedes dominance ends soon. It's so boring.

 

[Nealric]

Really hope Mercedes dominance ends soon. It's so boring.

2022 with the new cars is probably earliest to hope for that.

 

[Senior Member]

Mercedes turns down power and still wins 2-3 podium, with 30+ y/o drivers, one of which just recovered from Covid.

 

[Burnette]

Really hope Mercedes dominance ends soon. It's so boring.

It's been forgotten that Red Bull went in the wrong direction with the car at the start of the season. It was even said mid season that Alpha Tauri had a better chassis. Honda came on song this year to bolster the team, yet Albon was never close enough to aid in strategy games to disrupt Mercedes. Hopefully in 2021 Red Bull will fix the aero/balance of the car and replace Albon.

Ferrari too went on the wrong direction with the aero at the start of the season plus were caught cheating last season so were down on power. Vettel lost his mojo but it wouldn't have changed their fate this year if he were better.

So you had only Verstappen chasing this year alone.

Next year, Red Bull needs to figure out the car and replaced Albon.

Ferrari will have Sainz and Leclerc to help develop the car and bring results.

Racing Point will have Vettel and let's hope it's the Vettel of old.

Ricciardo to McLaren who are on the upswing. Alonso to Renault, eager to show he's still got it.

Tsunoda will be at Alpha Tauri and **** at Haas, so that will make it interesting too

 

[GLI Dan]

292 days? Don't you mean 98 days? Should be the shortest winter break ever due to how late the season finished.

Will be happy to be back at Suzuka next season... really missed that calendar stop his year.

This is actually the early (but still mathematically incorrect 2022 season countdown thread).

Anyways, with the driver changes, and certain teams switching power plants, I'm excited for next season. I think it should be a lot more competitive.

 

[@McMike]

292 days? Don't you mean 98 days?

Yeah, that makes more sense. I saw that "292 More days" flashing on the side of the circuit today while I was trying to format the table in the OP and didn't even question it. 292 days is next October. duh.

 

[davewg]

Yeah, that makes more sense. I saw that "292 More days" flashing on the side of the circuit today while I was trying to format the table in the OP and didn't even question it. 292 days is next October. duh.

Yeah - I think that was for the Expo thing they have there that was on those same signs.

 

[Burnette]

2021 Gonna Be Fun

Seems Leclerc agrees he will be tested by Sainz and we will know whi Red Bull chooses before Christmas:

Leclerc: "For Carlos, I am very happy for him to join the team. It is a great opportunity for him. He is very consistent in the races too, as he has shown all season, so it is going to be a good challenge for me."

"Emotional" Vettel felt tension as Ferrari mechanics "waved goodbye"

Sebastian Vettel conceded he could sense a "different dynamic" on the grid as his Ferrari mechanics "waved goodbye" in his final race for the Scuderia.

www.gpfans.com

Red Bull news, rumorand actual:

. "The deal between Checo and Red Bull is almost complete, although there are still some fringes," Fábrega told the television station.

Before Christmas the Austrian race team will announce which of the three (Alexander Albon, Nico Hulkenberg or Perez) will be Max Verstappen's teammate for at least one year in 2021.

Rumour: Deal between Perez and Red Bull is almost complete

Sergio Perez has been evasive in recent weeks when asked whether there is contact with Red Bull Racing. Behind the scenes, however, there already seems to be a lot of discussions between both parties. At least, that is what the Formula 1 journalist Albert Fábrega claims at Movistar, the Spanish...

www.gpblog.com

 

[kiznarsh]

Yeah - I think that was for the Expo thing they have there that was on those same signs.

That expo is going to be more exciting than today's race.

 

[Jettaguynj]

Only 96 days to go until FP1 in Melbourne.

Three new drivers, two "new" teams, on new circuit, and no new regulations.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Race date
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	21-Mar
2	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	28-Mar
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	11-Apr
4	??????	??????	25-Apr
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	9-May
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	23-May
7	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	6-Jun
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal	13-Jun
9	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27-Jun
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	4-Jul
11	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	18-Jul
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1-Aug
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29-Aug
14	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	5-Sep
15	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	12-Sep
16	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	26-Sep
17	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	3-Oct
18	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	10-Oct
19	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	24-Oct
20	Mexico City Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	31-Oct
21	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	14-Nov
22	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Street Circuit, Jeddah	28-Nov
23	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	5-Dec

Team	Power Unit	Number	Driver	Number	Driver
Mercedes	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton	77	Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari	Ferrari	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	16	Charles Leclerc
Red Bull Racing	Honda	33	Max Verstappen	23	Alex Albon
Alpine	Renault	14	Fernando Alonso	31	Esteban Ocon
Haas	Ferrari	???	Nikita Mazepin	47	**** Schumacher
McLaren	Renault	3	Daniel Ricciardo	4	Lando Norris
Aston Martin	Mercedes	5	Sebastian Vettel	18	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	7	Kimi Räikkönen	36	Antonio Giovinazzi
Alpha Tauri	Honda	26	Daniil Kvyat	10	Pierre Gasly
Williams	Mercedes	40	Nicholas Latifi	63	George Russell

McMike,

I have been an F1 fan for 20 years. I'm also a German car "fanatic." So obviously, Lewis is my my guy. 7 time world champ! I am just glad we had the races we had! I had a kid on my school bus 5 years ago and his dad is the VP of Finance at Ferrari of North America. Have never been to a race in person but I really want to go. My mom died almost 2 years ago and I couldn't make Texas because I was taking care of her but one day soon. After Lewis retires I don't think I'll be that interested. Dude is straight-up ridiculous! And MB/Petronas is the team now! Abu Dhabi track is incredible.

 

[KARMANN_20V]

Only 96 days to go until FP1 in Melbourne.

Three new drivers, two "new" teams, on new circuit, and no new regulations.

McLaren	Renault	3	Daniel Ricciardo	4	Lando Norris

McLaren is moving to MB power don't they? I hope they do well and challenge 2nd WCC spot.