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So they magically copied the Mercedes project again? How they even know if Mercedes was working in a wavering bottom of the car?  

Second session stats in minutes... times of the morning, with problems for Aston, Ferrari, Mercedes.

1. Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren, 45 laps, 1:32.203
2. Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri, 74 laps, +0.028
3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull, 68 laps, +0.042
4. Esteban Ocon, Alpine, 68 laps, +0.756
5. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari: 59 laps, +1.039
6. Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo: 63 laps, +1.117
7. Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin, 51 laps, +1.539
8. Roy Nissany, Williams, 39 laps, +2.586
9. Mick Schumacher, Haas, 15 laps, +3.924
10. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, 6 laps, +4.647
11. Nikita Mazepin, Haas, 11 laps, +4.855
12. Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, 6 laps, +4.856
13. Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo, 7 laps, +5.595

Source: https://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog

@Koal-84 I highly doubt that Ferrari will be able to challenge in this season, hence I’m keeping my hopes really low on them.


@coinlocket$ I don’t think that anyone will be surprised because Mercedes are the leader, and if you can’t innovate then copying the leaders is only the way to survive in this sport.

Source:

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/940675/1/ferrari-won-t-be-competitive-f1-until-2022-says-chairman

They did again, all the spotlights are on Mercedes again even this year on test.

They have a new revolutionary bottom of the car.



and ASTON MARTIN ALREADY COPIED IT. 



https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-aston-martin-il-fondo-e-gia-copia-di-quello-segreto-mercedes/5694492/

A photo series with a comparison of the TOP 4 teams in Formula 1.

https://www.autobild.de/bilder/die-formel-1-autos-der-top-4-im-vergleich-11355595.html

I hope for a more exciting season that Ferrari can catch up with the top again, last year with the big Mercedes dominance it was rather boring even if not much will change this year.

Finally, it's the time!

We will have TV coverage too!

We are starting with the following Schedule.

MERCEDES - Bottas / Hamilton
RED BULL - Verstappen
McLAREN - Ricciardo / Norris
ASTON MARTIN - Vettel / Stroll
ALPINE - Ocon
FERRARI - Leclerc / Sainz
ALPHA TAURI - Gasly / Tsunoda
ALFA ROMEO - Raikkonen / Giovinazzi
HAAS - Schumacher / Mazepin
WILLIAMS - Nissany

Source: https://sport.sky.it/formula-1/2021/03/11/test-formula-1-bahrain-calendario-orari

Remember we will only have 3 days of test this means the team will go always ASAP on the track and it also means that a stop for a problem is a disaster since you can't recover the time lost.

Besides colors Ferrari changed a lot, finally a new engine, last year engines were frozen so they couldn't touch it, what a retard rule to have.




Source: https://www.formularace.it/interattivo-f1-a-confronto-le-differenze-tra-la-ferrari-sf1000-e-la-sf21/

New, engine.
New, design for flaps and front wing.
A new back, slimmer.

A lot of new things.

And the new F1 car of Ferrari, SF21 is here. I don't see any fundamental change on the look of the car and it looks nice again I think. The most important thing for them is to improve their engine and get more competitive in top places. But it still looks like they will have another problematic season. I hope they get much better as of 2022 season.

https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1369646574557618177?s=20

A series of trials have been carried out for all classes in motor racing. All have been tested at Losail Qatar, for the MotoGP class they enter the final test on Wednesday. Then on March 19-21, it was the turn of the Moto2 and Moto3 classes. These are preparations for the opening series on March 28 at Losail. The plan will be 19 series races. Another interesting news is that Marquez has been included in the list of riders who participated in the opening series at Losail Qatar. They signed up Marquez because he was getting better.

The following is a list of the riders who will appear in the Losail Qatar opening series, which I have quoted from the official MotoGP website:
5 - Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing)
9 - Danilo Petrucci (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing)
10 - Luca Marini (SKY VR46 Avintia)
12 - Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
20 - Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
21 - Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamahaa SRT)
23 - Enea Bastianini (Avintia Esponsorama Racing)
27 - Iker Lecuona (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing)
30 - Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu)
32 - Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini)
33 - Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)
36 - Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar)
41 - Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini)
42 - Alex Rins (Tim Suzuki Ecstar)
43 - Jack Miller (Tim Ducati Lenovo)
44 - Pol Espargaro (Tim Repsol Honda)
46 - Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT)
63 - Francesco Bagnaia (Tim Ducati Lenovo)
73 - Alex Marquez ( LCR Honda Castrol)
88 - Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)
89 - Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing)
93 - Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team)

Source: https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2021/03/09/marc-marquez-included-on-qatar-provisional-entry-list/363255

So they say...  But we all know that Mazepin’s dad was already interested in Haas way back in October last hear, almost buying the team but settled to be a sponsor.  It’s the sponsorship money that’s supporting the team.  So it’s his son and the Russian flag in there.  Lol.

I like the Alpine livery. Nice touch to add some France themed elements, let's hope it brings them luck and not the opposite.

I haven't tried it, but in previous seasons often I saw complaints from people that it doesn't work well. Though, this year they updated their service.
Price of F1 TV Pro subscription which allows to watch live races costs different in every country. For example, in my country it costs €7.99/month. But it's not available in some countries like UK. You can find more details here:
https://www.formula1.com/en/subscribe-to-f1-tv.html#en-LT

Has anybody tried paying for streaming the races from the F1 TV app in IOS?  How much is it really?  I see there’s a subscription for like 5 bucks a month but it isn’t the real subscription for the live races.  The review on the app says you have to pay more but it doesn’t say how much it is unless you pay the 5 bucks first.  Lol.

It looks like it is like that.Although is not good for the teams it may be good for us fans if the problem for example happens to Mercedes and they start the season with a small disadvantage that would be beneficial for this season and the F1 in general.I don't wish this happens but if it has to I hope it happens to Mercedes as they are the strongest team.

On the contrary, according to my modest feelings, what has been happening for a year now is that Mercedes usually rolls hard into the season at first, but at most after the middle of the championship, Mercedes ' clear dominance begins to emerge. Therefore, a similar option is not excluded this year, but more or less any conclusions can be made only after the first races. Moreover, I am not sure that the engineers of other teams sit idly by and do nothing. But still, the main events in the competition should be expected for the next year.

Reminder, 5 days at the only test session of this year.

From this year for cutting costs, we will have only 1 session of 3 days of test.
In my opinion, this is a bulls**t, if a team will ending with 1 problem they will need to skip almost every available test before the start of the season.

It makes no sense.

The start of the season in 3 weeks-ish.

I want to see real competition, but have a feeling that the advantage of best 2020 car plus most development time on the 2021 version will give Mercedes a big headstart which will mean easy initial victories, and then, if they cease development midway through the season, we'll see the same second half as 2020, with other teams starting to close the gap.

I hope to be proven wrong of course, as a one team procession does not make for the most exciting racing.

Two more years is a little longer. Even though the original plan, if I'm not mistaken, was ready for 2022. It looks like the effects of the pandemic are making things change. I'm curious about the character of the circuit, because I haven't found the image yet. Debrecen looks like the location of a newly built circuit. Hopefully their circuit is more challenging than ever. In addition, I read that there was a MotoGP in 1992 at the Hungaroring Circuit. Surely they have been waiting for almost 30 years. With the agreement that this will certainly have a positive financial impact for Hungary and Dorna.

As far as I know Honda will be staying until the year 2024 at least this is what I read all over a simple google search.So from this point I think Red Bull has chosen the best partner for their engine as we know Honda has improved a lot lately and even won a few races.

I have seen some people on the internet who didn't like this new look but I actually liked it. The car seems more vivid now. Btw, the new look was already leaked before the introduction of Williams but I still wanted to see it officially. 

We now have Williams too, missing only the Ferrari they will be the last team next week 



Source: https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12476/12236441/williams-reveal-new-look-for-f1-2021-with-fw43b-car-images-online-after-vr-launch-hacked