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2022 Formula 1 Thread
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Everything we know about the 2022 Formula 1 season: drivers, cars, tracks & more Dec 9, 2021, 3:12 PM The 2022 Formula 1 season is almost upon us, but how much do you know about it? Find out all you need to know about the calendar, cars and more here. Once the 2021 Formula 1 season draws to a close, attention will immediately turn to preparations for 2022’s all-new rules. F1 will receive one of its biggest technical overhauls for next season, with a seismic shift in the aerodynamic regulations, which should act as a soft reset for all of the teams in the championship. The new regulations have been paired with a number of changes to the driver line-ups following a busy transfer market, with one rookie and one returnee making their way onto 2022’s grid. There’s further changes afoot too, with a brand-new race on next year’s calendar and the expected return of some old favourites that were cut from the schedule amid the COVID-affected timetables in 2020 and 2021. Here’s everything we know about 2022’s F1 season so far. Formula 1 2022 driver line-up Team Driver 1 Driver 2 Mercedes Lewis Hamilton George Russell Red Bull Max Verstappen Sergio Perez Ferrari Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz McLaren Lando Norris Daniel Ricciardo Alpine Fernando Alonso Esteban Ocon Alpha Tauri Pierre Gasly Yuki Tsunoda Williams Nicholas Latifi Alex Albon Aston Martin Sebastian Vettel Lance Stroll Alfa Romeo Valtteri Bottas Guanyu Zhou Haas Mick Schumacher Nikita Mazepin There have been a number of high-profile changes to next season’s driver line-up, as Mercedes has changed its drivers for the first time since Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from F1 at the end of 2016. Lewis Hamilton remains at the team, but will be partnered with George Russell for 2022 as Mercedes saw fit to promote the British driver from Williams after an impressive three years with the Grove squad. Valtteri Bottas will hence leave the team, moving to Alfa Romeo in place of countryman Kimi Raikkonen – who retires from F1 20 years after making his debut with the team under its previous Sauber guise. Raikkonen’s team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi will also depart and moves to the Dragon Penske Autosport team in Formula E to partner Sergio Sette Camara. Guanyu Zhou steps up from Formula 2 to replace Giovinazzi to become the first Chinese driver to make his full grand prix debut. He will race with the number 24. In Russell’s place at Williams, former Red Bull driver Alexander Albon moves to the squad after a year on the sidelines, linking up with former DAMS F2 team-mate Nicholas Latifi. Elsewhere on the grid, the line-ups remain the same, with Sergio Perez earning a contract extension with Red Bull to continue to partner Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr continue at Ferrari, as Lando Norris signed a long-term contract extension to remain at McLaren with Daniel Ricciardo. Fernando Alonso triggered an option in his contract to remain with Alpine, as the team also extended Esteban Ocon’s stay at the team. Oscar Piastri will join as the team’s official reserve following his successful maiden F2 campaign. Pierre Gasly remains at AlphaTauri alongside Yuki Tsunoda, who admitted he was surprised to be retained by the team, as Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll continue at Aston Martin for a second season together. Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin remain at Haas following the team’s point-less season in 2021. 2022 Formula 1 car launch dates No teams have confirmed when they’ll be launching their cars yet, however with pre-season testing starting on 23-25 February they’ll need to be launched before that. As a rough guide, in 2021 McLaren was the first team to unveil its new car on 15 February with AlphaTauri and Alfa Romeo following suit on the 19 and 22 February respectively. Ferrari was the last team to launch its 2021 car, and did so just two days before pre-season testing started (launching on 10 March before testing on the 12th). 2022 Formula 1 car – stats, design and speed The largest difference to the 2022 F1 aerodynamics package is the return to a ground-effect formula. Ground-effect underbody tunnels have not been permitted in Formula 1 since 1982, but the calls for their reintroduction have become rather loud in recent years. F1 has sought to reduce the current reliance on wings for downforce, which have been blamed for the "dirty air" that has made close-quarters racing difficult in modern times, which meant the idea of a return to ground effects was more attractive to the rulemakers. By creating a very pronounced entry at the front of the floor, the air moves through two Venturi tunnels. As the air flows under the car, it's squeezed through the point closest to the ground, developing an extreme low-pressure area, creating a large amount of suction underneath. This means the floor is relied on more for downforce, and reduces the wake produced by various bodywork components. Unlike the old-school ground effects, the car won't have sliding skirts, and instead has a range of fins underneath to minimise any disturbance. To make sure each team uses the floor as it should, a standard tea-tray will be developed to attach to the front of the floor. The tyres will change, as F1 moves to an 18-inch rim for 2022. There's a lot of change to the amount of bodywork for the next era of F1 cars. In 2022, the massively complex bargeboards will be completely removed. In their place comes a new breed of "wheel bodywork", which intends to minimise the effects of the wake produced by the wheels as they rotate. Wheel covers return, and the front wheels now have a deflector over the top to assist with this. For the time being, DRS remains, but this can be revisited if the new cars produce the desired on-track product. Numbers look good so far, and F1 and the FIA have noticed that, when one car length behind another competitor, the following car now has around 86% of its usual downforce, compared to the 55% it currently experiences. To help limit the R&D costs, gearboxes will be frozen from 2022 to the end of 2025. In that time, there can only be one upgrade to the gearbox specification. Suspension regulations now only permit springs and dampers, meaning that using solely torsion bars will no longer be allowed. The heave springs, or inerters, will also be banned to simplify the suspension systems. Suspension uprights must now be solely included within the wheel assembly, meaning no external mounting points may be permitted. The front wing has been redefined, and can now be made up of a maximum of four elements overall. Most crucially, the endplates now look very different, and are produced with a smooth blend from the front wing elements to a single-piece endplate, upturned like an aeroplane's wing. The nose also attaches directly to the wing, much like it used to before the middle of the 1990s. The rear wing has been redesigned too, and can almost be described as endplate-less. Instead, it loops around into a beam-wing mounting, aiming to slash the strength of the vortices produced at the rear of the car - which is blamed for cars being unable to follow each other. Drivers expect the 2022 cars to be more “on edge” as a result, while the offset between 2021 and 2022 laptimes is anticipated to be smaller than initially expected. 2022 Formula 1 calendar Date Grand Prix Venue 20 March Bahrain Sakhir 27 March Saudi Arabia Jeddah 10 April Australia Albert Park 24 April Emilia Romagna Imola 8 May Miami Miami Gardens 22 May Spain Barcelona 29 May Monaco Monte-Carlo 12 June Azerbaijan Baku 19 June Canada Montreal 3 July Britain Silverstone 10 July Austria Red Bull Ring 24 July France Paul Ricard 31 July Hungary Hungaroring 28 August Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 4 September Netherlands Zandvoort 11 September Italy Monza 25 September Russia Sochi 2 October Singapore Marina Bay 9 October Japan Suzuka 23 October United States Circuit of the Americas 30 October Mexico City Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 13 November Sao Paulo Interlagos 20 November Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Formula 1 will host its largest-ever calendar in 2022, with 23 races scheduled for next year. The first-ever Miami Grand Prix will take place at the start of May, on a 3.36-mile street circuit around the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. There are also provisional returns for the Australian, Canadian, Singapore and Japanese grands prix, following their cancellation from the previous two seasons owing to the effects of COVID-related travel restrictions. Although Albert Park returns to the calendar, the Bahrain Grand Prix will take the Melbourne circuit’s usual slot as the first race of the season, with a week’s gap to the second round on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit before Australia’s return. Imola hosts the first European race of the season, retaining the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix title, before the first race in Miami – one of two contests in the USA. The European season will then begin, pausing for races in Azerbaijan and Canada, before the final set of flyaways begin in September, starting in Russia prior to the first events in Singapore and Japan since 2019. The season will close out in Abu Dhabi at the end of November, following F1’s desire to compress the calendar into a shorter timeframe. China was not listed on the 2022 calendar despite holding a contract to do so, while Qatar will skip 2022 ahead of its hosting of the FIFA World Cup in the winter. When is pre-season testing? Pre-season testing is expected to take place at two venues, with the first three days being run at the Barcelona circuit from the 23-25 February, with Bahrain hosting the second block of running from the 11-13 March ahead of the grand prix. This will be the first opportunity to see the 2022 cars in action, although teams will naturally keep their cards close to their chest. 2022 Formula 1 rule changes In addition to the technical regulations, F1 is introducing a number of changes to the windtunnel and CFD testing structure that cuts the amount of testing allowed depending on a team’s championship placing in 2021. The base figures supplied allow a team within one aerodynamic testing period (ATP, of which there are six in a season) 320 windtunnel runs, 80 hours of wind-on time (defined as when the air moves more than 15m/s), with teams allowed to spend a total of 400 hours within the windtunnel. The percentage values apply depending on where each team finishes. Finishing first in the constructors’ standings rewards a team a multiplier of 70%, meaning a team’s time in the windtunnel is handicapped, and finishing 10th comes with a 115% multiplier, meaning they get more time available. CFD terms work on the same basis. There are also more sprint races expected for the 2022 season, with F1 planning to expand to six races from the three in 2021. Bahrain, Imola, Montreal, Red Bull Ring, Zandvoort and Interlagos are expected to be the nominated venues. Furthermore, the cost cap is expected to drop in 2022 to $140m for the year, down from the $145m allowed in 2021. |
Aston Martin has become the first Formula 1 team to formally announce its launch plans for its new car ahead of the 2022 season. Luke Smith Jan 14, 2022, 3:54 AM In an email sent to fans on Friday morning, Aston Martin confirmed that the AMR22 car will be unveiled on 10 February from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Gaydon. It marks a first date in the diary for F1 launch season in 2022, when all 10 teams will unveil significantly revised designs under the overhauled technical regulations for the upcoming campaign. Ferrari has set a loose plan of launching its car around 16-18 February, but is yet to announce an exact date. Pre-season testing begins at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain on 23 February. Teams will get six days of pre-season running before the opening round of the season takes place in Bahrain on 20 March. |
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Alonso makes a good point about the tires for next year. He is the 'old man' now lol. So skilled. Still the best in the series. Not Max by any means to me.
Alonso: Oldest driver tag now gives me an advantage in F1 By: Adam Cooper Jan 16, 2022, 3:57 AM Alpine Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso insists he sees his age and experience as an advantage. The Spaniard turned 40 last July, and with his contemporary Kimi Raikkonen now retired he is the oldest driver on this year’s grid, ahead of 37-year-old Lewis Hamilton. Alonso made his Grand Prix debut with Minardi in 2001. He missed the 2002 season while serving as Renault test driver and took a break from F1 after his final season with McLaren in 2018, before returning with Alpine last year. He cited the knowledge of low-profile racing tyres gained in the World Endurance Championship with Toyota in 2019 and 2020 as a specific example of the benefits of his extended career. “On the age, I feel good, honestly I feel an advantage,” he said when asked by Autosport about his new position as F1’s senior driver. “When I come to a circuit, I know the circuits. Now everyone is testing this 18-inch tyre, and I know very well these tyres from the WEC. “There is exactly the same behaviour on the tyres, and the same way you have to drive the tyre, which is very different. So all the things that I am facing, for other people are live for the first time, and for me it's a second or third time. So this is good.” Alonso acknowledged that to continue to race at the top level requires some sacrifices, especially with the busy calendar of the current era. The 2022 season, his 18th as an F1 race driver, will see a record 23 events held. “The only problem to be older is that you have to have the motivation to go into a season that you will be 300 days per year away,” he said. “You have to have that desire, you have to have that lifestyle that allows you to dedicate yourself to this sport. Read Also: “Apart from that, all the other things are advantages. So because I'm in a moment in life that I want to dedicate my moment in time to F1, it’s fantastic. I think I only see advantages. “And then, physically, I think the cars of today are not very demanding. I think 2004-5, maybe the age was a limitation.” https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/al...in-f1/7310539/ |
Let the fun begin and hopefully have as close as season as last year with a couple of other teams....
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Mclaren boss with good concise view here.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ab...brown/7360442/ Abu Dhabi 'pantomime' proves F1 and FIA needs reform - Brown By: Jonathan Noble Jan 17, 2022, 8:44 AM McLaren CEO Zak Brown urges Formula 1 chiefs and the FIA to be stronger in moving control away from teams, as fallout from last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix continues. F1 and its governing body have found themselves on the receiving end of a wave of criticism for the way in which the 2021 season ended in controversy after the way a late-race safety car restart was handled at the final race. While an FIA investigation into the events of Abu Dhabi and questions over F1's decision-making process is ongoing, Brown says the lessons of 2021 show that change is needed. He says that the arrival of new FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem offers a great opportunity for a much-needed new approach that could avoid the kind of 'pantomime audition' scenes that F1 descended in to last season. Writing on McLaren's website, Brown said: "It is clear that some of the rules and their governance are not acceptable as things stand. No one is happy with the inconsistency in the policing of the regulations, but which has been habitually exploited by teams for competitive advantage. "I have said before that the teams have too much power and it needs to be reduced. We have a significant role in the drafting of the regulations and governance of Formula 1 and that influence is not always driven by what is best overall for the sport. "Yes, teams should be consulted, and their informed perspectives considered, particularly on long-term strategic issues. But at times it has seemed the sport is governed by certain teams. "Let us not forget that we, the teams, have contributed to the inconsistencies in the policing of the regulations as much as anyone. It is the teams who applied the pressure to avoid finishing races under a Safety Car at all costs. "It is the teams who voted for many of the regulations they have complained about. It is the teams who have been using the broadcasting of radio messages to the race director to try to influence penalties and race outcomes, to the point where an over-excited team principal plays to the gallery and pressurises race officials. "This has not been edifying for F1. At times it's felt like a pantomime audition rather than the pinnacle of a global sport." |
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The a--holes of RedBull putting out all this propaganda about Mercedes wing. There was nothing of course. SO the loudest b-tchy team were the one's that had to alter wing design last year.
Funk them and their so called WDC title. If you complain this loudly and falsely and nothing is found you should be penalized. You employ media/social media so loudly etc thats bringing the sport into a large negative light and you have no proof. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fi...clear/7384171/ FIA plans to further tweak rear flexi-wing tests despite all-clear By: Jonathan Noble Co-author: Giorgio Piola Jan 18, 2022, 4:17 AM The FIA says it uncovered no 'monkey business' with its increased rear wing flexibility tests in Formula 1 last year, but it wants to further improve its checks for 2022. The closing stages of the F1 campaign were marred by accusations from Red Bull that its title rival Mercedes was using flexi-wings to increase its straightline speed. The suspicion was that Mercedes had found a clever way for its main plane to flex down at high speed to help reduce drag. Red Bull even went as far as suggesting that marks seen on the Mercedes endplate were evidence of the wing moving, even though its rival was always adamant the marks were a red-herring. In response to Red Bull's concerns about the situation, the FIA launched a fact-finding mission from the Qatar Grand Prix to better investigate the behaviour and characteristics of the rear wings of all the teams. While the new tests had no regulatory value, so were not to check on the legality of cars, it was hoped that they would provide some answers about whether or not the regulations needed to be tightened up for the future. Speaking about what the FIA found in those examinations, F1's head of single-seater matters Nikolas Tombazis explained that nothing out of the ordinary was uncovered. However, he suggested that the governing body would be looking at ways to improve the manner in which wings can be checked going forward to help ensure teams were not finding clever ways to make wings flex. |
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I guess my point was we have come to expect that kind of behavior from RB and it's reinforced because they get the attention they seek. Their whimsical whining needs to be dismissed and shut down instead.
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Woo! new thread!
I guess to lightly touch on some of the things already said: Most of us long-time fans are used to RB complaining and just ignore it. I think it's causing more of a stir now thanks to the increased fan-base and recent influx of interest due to DTS. It's actually genius by RB to take advantage of that and try to use their new following of fans to paint Mercedes as some type of "cheater". I agree with Jar's point that it's the governing body who is to blame for entertaining these ******** tests, but I also agree with DLSTR that Horner and Marko suck. On Lewis retiring, only he knows what he will do. He has literally said nothing and everyone is throwing a fit. It's quite hilarious. IMO, he's doing the right thing. Anything he says will just fuel idiocy. |
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LH owns so many people LOL. He owns so many that hate him. They wont shut up. The Max maniacs in particular. Pathetic. All that matters is the FIA and F1 clean up the rules for some better decision making going forward. |
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As for the FIA and F1M, all that matters is money. This inquiry won't resolve anything, a few changes will be made and some people forced to throw themselves on their swords, but then it will be back to very much business as usual. The only way to truly get better decision making would be to to delegate it to some very advanced AI and hope for the best. Very few humans would be able to take all of the factors into account, weigh them, and process and communicate an answer in the kinds of time constraints required. If they did hire someone (say a military commander - perhaps a combat seasoned warship captain), they teams would have him fired in a heartbeat because the "right" answer for the race would never be the "right" answer for at least half of the grid. The first thing that I would suggest is that communication between teams and Race Control be one-way only (from the Stewards room outbound). The teams can fill in a form or something to point out an infraction, but they should never have been allowed to be in the ear of those directing the race, in real time. There needs to be a buffer in between. Either a person, a system, or time. EDIT: Then, superficial rule changes (the kind we are likely to see as a result of this inquiry) are not the answer. The problem at Abu Dhabi wasn't that some of the cars got to un-lap themselves, or that Masse took initiative based on the spirit of the rule, but rather that the un-lapping rule exists in the first place. Same with red flag work on cars, and safety car pitting. None of these should be looked at in a vacuum. The rule book is already too thick, but a lot of it doesn't seem to make sense anymore. |
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https://motorsport.tv/embed/5Lz9zQs5...works-complete - Video link Albert Park modification works complete ahead of F1 return By: Andrew van Leeuwen Jan 21, 2022, 4:17 AM Modifications to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix layout at Melbourne's Albert Park have been completed ahead of this year's race. Australia is due to return to the F1 calendar with the third round of the 2022 season on 10 April, the first time it will have hosted an F1 race since 2019 due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 event was cut short by a positive COVID-19 case at McLaren before a wheel was turned in practice, and it was called off last year altogether due to the country's closed borders. The break in racing has allowed the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to complete significant works to the Albert Park layout aimed at creating more overtaking opportunities. Changes to the layout include Turns 9 and 10 being turned into a fast, sweeping complex, while a number of other corners have been widened to increase apex speed. Paired with the new-spec cars due to be introduced this year, its expected the layout will be provide improved wheel-to-wheel racing and faster laptimes. The circuit, mostly made up of public roads around Albert Park lake, has also been resurfaced for the first time since it began hosting F1 back in 1996. "Five seconds a lap quicker, but [with] the new-spec cars, closer racing," said AGPC CEO Andrew Westacott when asked what to expect from the new layout. "You can actually tail the car in front and expect to be able to overtake and be in a competitive position. albert-park-modifications-1.jpg Albert Park modifications Photo by: Australian Grand Prix Corporation "The main location is Turn 11 at the south end of the lake near Ross Gregory Drive and Ross Gregory Oval. We expect that to be a major overtaking opportunity. "The widening of five other turns, particularly the increase of speed at Turn 6 where they're going to go from about 90 km/h to 150 km/h, that really does set it up for speeds in excess of 330 km/h around Lakeside [Drive], pulling four and a half Gs. "Making sure the racing is going to be as exciting as possible is the reason why Formula 1 has changed the specification of the cars for this season. And it's the reason why we've resurfaced the track for the first time in 25 years." Newly-signed Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas won the last Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes in 2019. |
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What's going to be very interesting to watch over these few months is whether the sprint races will happen again this season.
From what I've read here https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...Prix%20weekend, some teams are requiring F1 to get more money to fix the broken parts that went into these races. What do you think about that? Are you in favor of sprint races being held at some tracks this season as well? |
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Agree, the sprints are rubbish.
They aren't contested because it’s better to start one or two places further back than have a DNF on Saturday and start the race from the back or pit lane, and potentially have a compromised car. I’m not for gimmicks. They are obviously meant to increase viewership / ticket sales on Friday when they run quali on sprint weekends. The only way they would be interesting to me would be if they started the sprint in reverse finishing order from the previous weekend. This might encourage real racing on Saturday, but would eliminate Friday qualifying so it would defeat the purpose for F1. |
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Ferrari making the effort!!
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/fe...orano/7569046/ Ferrari to run four-day F1 test at Fiorano By: Jonathan Noble Ferrari is to conduct a four-day test at its Fiorano test track this week as part of its build-up preparations for the new Formula 1 season. While work is continuing on its 2022 challenger, which has a codename of 674 and is being launched on 17 February, the Maranello outfit wants to ensure its drivers and team personnel are back up to speed after the winter break. It has therefore slated in a four-day run with last year's SF21 at its Maranello test venue for regular drivers Carlos Sainz Jr and Charles Leclerc, as well as Robert Shwartzman, who is its official test driver. Shwartzman, who took part in last year's post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test, will start the test on Tuesday before running again on Friday. Leclerc will test on Wednesday, with Sainz getting an outing on Thursday. As well as being an opportunity for the drivers to get back up to speed with F1 cars, Ferrari mechanics and engineers will also be on hand to get themselves best prepared as possible for the challenges ahead. Ferrari finished third in the 2021 constructors' championship and it hopes to further close the gap on Mercedes and Red Bull this year. |
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By: Jonathan Noble Jan 26, 2022, 6:47 AM Formula 1 has confirmed the first pre-season test in Barcelona will run behind closed doors, and won’t feature live timing or television coverage. While the dates for the first two-pre season tests had been agreed several months ago, the details of the runs in Barcelona and Bahrain had still to be finalised. On Wednesday, however, F1 confirmed that its contract with both venues had been agreed, as it laid out the plans for the two three-days tests. The Barcelona test will take place from 23-25 February, while the event in Bahrain will run from 10-12 March, ahead of the season opener on 18 March. While there will be tremendous hype surrounding the first running of 2022 machinery at Barcelona, F1 is treating it as nothing more than a shakedown run – which normally take place as private events. In a statement explaining the plan, F1’s official website said: “The first outing is a lower key, pre-testing track session at Barcelona on 23-25 February, allowing the teams to shake down their all-new-for-'22 cars for the first time in the same place. “However, as is traditional with teams’ pre-testing-type events, the running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya won’t feature live, race-style coverage or live timing, but will include content and best lap times at the end of each day.” hile fans will not be allowed in, media and broadcasters will be in attendance at the event to provide news and updates, and teams will be able to post their own content on social media. Furthermore, F1 will also distribute their own official content and updates at the end of each day. While the decision to treat the Barcelona test like a shakedown will disappoint fans who have attended testing at the venue in the past, it is understood that the decision was made after prompting for teams to change pre-season running for 2022. With the regulations having whittled down preparations to just a single official test from 2021, a push was made to expand running for 2022 because of the change of rules. That move has been accommodated by adding the private test in Barcelona, which F1 and teams want to treat as nothing more than a shakedown for them to better understand the new car. F1 wants to treat the second test in Bahrain as the official pre-season event – so it will feature the more regular live timing and television coverage, and will be open to fans. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1...-test/7620852/ |
So this is 22 in effect but relates to last season obviously.
This is yields a literal permanent asterisk on the Max title. Period! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/60160969 Formula 1's governing body is planning a new race-management structure in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the problems at last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. There is widespread acceptance across the sport that race director Michael Masi failed to follow the rules correctly during a late safety-car period in the title-deciding race. That resulted in Red Bull's Max Verstappen passing Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to beat the Mercedes driver to the title. Governing body the FIA has been seeking the teams' views on the matter. The inquiry launched after Abu Dhabi is still ongoing and no concrete conclusions have yet been reached. But sources have told BBC Sport that the FIA's plans are to introduce a series of safeguards that will leave the race director freer to make decisions in a calmer environment. Many insiders admit that Masi made a series of operational errors in the closing laps at Yas Marina that were contrary to the rules and accepted protocols - and there remain serious questions about his future in the role. At the same time, it has been accepted that the Australian was left exposed, isolated and under too much pressure in the final laps of the race. A support structure is being planned for the race director, insiders say. This is likely to include a barrier between that role and the teams to avoid the direct lobbying to which Masi was subjected from the team bosses of both Mercedes and Red Bull in Abu Dhabi. Revisions to the operations of the stewards - who are independent of the race director and decide on penalties for breaches of the rules - are also being considered. Will Masi keep his job? Removing Masi and finding a new race director is a recommendation some of the teams have made to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, BBC Sport has learned. Some senior insiders say they cannot see how Masi can credibly remain in his role into another season, arguing not only that Abu Dhabi fatally undermined his credibility, but that the errors he made there were merely the biggest and latest of a series over the course of the 2021 season and before. And high-level sources say that the most likely scenario is that a new race director will be installed for the 2022 season. However, there is far from unanimity on the matter. Other teams are said be either ambivalent as to whether Masi stays or would have no problem with it, as long as a more effective support system was put in place around him. Red Bull denied that they had called for Masi to go. Ferrari said they were not aware of any such request. Mercedes, McLaren, Alpine, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Haas were unavailable. Williams said it "does not believe it is for teams to decide FIA personnel". The drivers' views on Masi remain unclear, although a number complained over the course of last season about the inconsistency of decisions, particularly in the context of some of the battles between Hamilton and Verstappen. The FIA was unavailable for comment but Ben Sulayem said in a letter to FIA member clubs after his election that he "will take all the necessary decisions after examining the findings of the detailed analysis on this subject decided unanimously by the World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris last 15 December. "I will do so in complete independence, refusing any pressure from any quarter, in the sole interest of our sport." Why is this a big deal? The fallout from Abu Dhabi remains the single biggest topic facing F1 and the FIA. The credibility of the sport has been called into question - the FIA itself has admitted it was "tarnishing the image" of F1. And Hamilton, who is said to have lost trust in the FIA, will not decide whether to return to F1 this year until he has an understanding of the actions the governing body plans to take to address the concerns that arose during 2021 over race management. There is a feeling that the FIA initially believed the furore over Abu Dhabi would die down with time. But one influential senior figure told BBC Sport: "Anyone thinking this would go away has not realised the gigantic size of this event." Where is the FIA's inquiry? Ben Sulaymen has consulted with all the team bosses to seek their views on what went wrong in Abu Dhabi and what changes could be made to militate against a repeat. The FIA's secretary general for motorsport and executive director of single-seaters Peter Bayer last week took part in a meeting of the teams' sporting directors, which the FIA says was part of the inquiry into Abu Dhabi. Masi chaired the meeting, but insiders say he recused himself when the subject turned to the operation of the safety car in Abu Dhabi and the consequences and ramifications of that. It was agreed at the meeting that, in future, the race director's actions have to be predictable - it was Masi's improvisations around and failure to follow the rules in Abu Dhabi that led to the outcry after the race. Bayer is next expected to meet the F1 drivers to seek their views on Abu Dhabi and other matters, although no date has yet been set for this meeting. Following that is a meeting of the F1 Commission - which involves the teams, the FIA and F1 - on 14 February, at which it is expected that the changes the FIA proposes as a result of Abu Dhabi will be discussed. What is the fuss about Hamilton lost out in Abu Dhabi after Masi over-rode the rules with regard to the operation of the safety car, having come under pressure from the bosses of the two title-contending teams. Masi's motivation, it is said, was an apparent attempt to ensure the race did not end under caution. It had been previously agreed by the teams that, in the event of a late safety car, ending grands prix under racing conditions was a preferable outcome where possible. But the result was that Masi failed to apply the rules correctly in two separate areas - over dealing with lapped cars, and in the timing of the restart. In doing so, Hamilton, who was on course to win the race and the world title, was left a sitting duck on old tyres when the race resumed for just one final lap and Verstappen, on fresh tyres, passed him to take the race and the championship. |
https://f1i.com/news/431002-honda-to...ntil-2025.html
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko has revealed that Honda will continue its direct supply of engines to the energy drink company's F1 teams until the end of 2025. The change of plan takes a significant burden off Red Bull Powertrains which was expected to fully take over Honda's engine program from 2023. Following its official departure from F1 as a works supplier to Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri, Honda struck an agreement with Red Bull by which it would continue to produce and assemble its annual allocation of power units at its Sakura R&D facility in Japan. It was also agreed that Honda would provide technical support to Red Bull on race weekends while the bulk of its UK personnel would transfer to Red Bull Powertrains in Milton Keynes. However, while it was originally expected that Red Bull would take over Honda's power unit program from next year - including its intellectual property - for a three-year period running up to the start of F1's new engine regulation cycle in 2026, the Japanese manufacturer has now changed its plan. The article goes on to explain the real reason from RB's perspective - not supplying engines until 2026 makes them a newcomer should Audi or Porsche enter F1 at that time, and RB Powertrains would be able to share in any concessions they might be afforded. Also, I suspect some creative accounting to maintain the cost cap, but those rules must be so complex (what is and is not included if the team is also an engine manufacturer) that who knows... |
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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ri...honda/7734284/
Rivals downplaying impact of 2022 F1 fuel, says Honda By: Jonathan Noble Co-author: Ken Tanaka Jan 30, 2022, 5:46 AM Honda believes that other Formula 1 manufacturers are deliberately playing down the difficulty all of them are facing in recovering power lost due to a switch to more sustainable fuel. As part of the rules overhaul for this year, F1 is demanding that cars use E10 fuel – which is a mixture of 90 percent fossil fuel and 10 percent ethanol. The change has been widely expected to trigger a drop in power, but there have been suggestions from manufacturers that they have managed to recover all of those losses. But Honda’s Yasuaki Asagi, who previously led development of the Japanese power unit and remains involved in the revamped project, is sceptical about that. Speaking to Autosport about how much power will be lost for 2022 because of the change, he said: “That's a secret. “It seems that other companies say it's about the same but, on the contrary, making such an announcement means that it's difficult to get the same power as last year." Asagi said that the challenge of the new fuel had not been easy, although there were some hidden benefits from the change. “The response to E10 fuel is the largest [challenge],” he said. “The engine architecture had already been set (with the new 2021 power unit) so we have made changes to bring out the best performance with E10 fuel. "When it comes to E10 fuel, the power and energy that it has with the same weight are reduced. That is the characteristic of alcohol fuel. "On the other hand, the abnormal combustion (knocking) of the old fuel will be easier to control now. "We are aiming for maximum efficiency, but with E10 fuel, the power of the engine will also decrease and the amount of power generation will also decrease." Asagi confirmed that much of the work on the 2022 power unit had been set in stone at the end of last year. "There are always small details and corrections if there are problems, but if you hadn't finished the concept or the basics by the end of last year, you would not be in time for the season." |
So much drama and the season has not even started
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LOL, and the FIA is keen on keeping the drama going all the way until the beginning of the race season. It is their fault that all the controversy has taken away from Max's championship.
Also, there was no way Honda was going to step away from red Bull. They want a constructors championship. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk |
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/me...to-21/7772402/
Video Link - https://motorsport.tv/embed/Cl11psde...ions-explained Mercedes expects 2022 F1 cars to offer "relatively similar" performance to '21 By: Luke Smith Jan 31, 2022, 11:37 AM Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott believes Formula 1 cars will offer a "relatively similar" level of performance this year compared to 2021 despite the overhaul of the technical regulations. F1 teams will unveil their new cars in the coming weeks ahead of the 2022 season that offers the most significant change to the rulebook since the start of the V6 hybrid era in 2014. The aerodynamic regulations have been revised to allow for more wheel-to-wheel racing on track by reducing the impact of dirty air, while fewer technical freedoms have been afforded in a bid to create closer on track competition. The cars will also be heavier than in 2021, as well as switching to new 18-inch wheel rims. The regulations were originally expected to slow the cars down by a number of seconds per lap compared to the outgoing 2021 designs. But the expected time loss has been falling as teams have completed more simulations and made more progress over the winter to regain performance. Speaking in a video published by Mercedes explaining the changes to the technical regulations, Elliott said that he did not believe there would be a huge change in the outright performance of the cars between 2021 and 2022. "The overall performance of the new cars is probably not going to be very different from the old [ones]," Elliott said. "Obviously the intention of these regulations was to try and improve overtaking, and it will be a little bit of time before we can see whether that's actually happened. "The car is a bit heavier, the power unit on the E10 fuel is going to perform slightly differently, and the way the aerodynamics are going to work and the set-up of the car that goes with it will be different as well. "Until we get the best out of that, until we've developed that through testing and the first few races, we're not really going to know. "But overall, I suspect the performance will be relatively similar to last year." upload_2022-1-31_16-32-57.png FIA head of single-seaters Nikolas Tombazis said at the end of last season that he thought the time loss would be "quite close" to the 0.5 seconds that had been speculated. "I don't know for sure because it will depend on tyres, it will depend on how much power they find on the engine as well, and the driveability part of the aerodynamics," said Tombazis. "I am afraid I can't give an answer to that. But it's going to be in the ballpark, I think." Mercedes will unveil its new car for the 2022 season, the W13, on 18 February, and is expected to complete an initial shakedown with the car at Silverstone as part of the launch. Rumours emerged in recent days that Mercedes had failed a crash test with part of the new chassis, but the team has since clarified that its car passed the FIA's homologation process on 13 January. |
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