User:Phoenix84621/2021 Formula One season

The 2021 FIA Formula One world championship will be the 71st Formula One world championship, the top division of single-seater, open wheel racing. Anything below in italics is yet to be confirmed, but is likely to happen, i.e. a team being contracted on a multiyear deal or having the option for 2021.

Team Changes

 * A couple of teams have revealed they do not have a contract to race in F1 in 2021, including Mercedes & Renault.
 * At the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix, the teams revealed to Ross Brawn that they wanted a 24 car grid for 2021, but Brawn wasn't convinced on expansion stating "I think with the 10 teams we have, 10 healthy teams in Formula 1 is actually enough" . Brawn had earlier stated that any new teams would need to wait until 2022.
 * In August 2019, a new team called Panthera Team Asia F1 announced its intentions to enter the sport in 2021.

Technical and Regulation changes
F1 plans to finalise the rules for 2021 in October 2019. The current proposals for the 2021 technical and regulation changes are :
 * More Raceable Cars:
 * Ground Effects to make a return since the early 1980s to help cars follow each other closer
 * Tyre diamter to increase from 13 inch to 18 inch
 * Tyre blankets to be outlawed
 * Pirelli to make tyres that do not degrade, so drivers can push in races
 * More Competitive Grids:
 * The removal of some driver aids
 * The reduction of pit-to-car telemetry
 * The driver has a more prodimant role in managing car issue like overheating and tyre wear
 * A financially viable championship:
 * A budget cap of $175 million
 * Standardisation of parts, including:
 * Wheel rims
 * Brakes
 * Radiators
 * Pit equipment
 * A frozen specification of gearbox parameters
 * A restriction on the use of certain exotic materials
 * A ban on hydraulic suspension systems

Calendar
The following eighteen Grands Prix are under contract to be held as part of the 2020 World Championship. Each race is to run over 305 km plus one additional lap; the only exception is the Monaco Grand Prix, which is run to a distance of 270 km plus an additional lap.