2021 F1 season articles archive

FIA president Jean Todt describes F1’s heat energy recovery technology as a “beautiful piece of art” but says he is willing to drop it to attract new manufacturers.

Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff has described Liberty Media’s plan to scrap team’s ‘mission control’ virtual garages in 2021 as a “very bad idea”.

Bringing back refuelling would add little to the spectacle of F1 according to senior technical figures from two of the sport’s leading teams.

‘Mission control’-style virtual garages used by F1 teams could be scrapped in 2021 under plans to cut costs and make racing less predictable.

Liberty Media has been urged by one of the sport’s longest-running teams not to back down from plans to introduce a budget cap to F1 in 2021.

Restrictions on F1 engine performance including rev and fuel flow limits will be relaxed under further proposals for changes to the formula from 2021.

Ferrari and Mercedes will receive a much smaller share of F1’s prize money from 2021 under new plans for how the near-$1 billion fund will be shared out.

Mercedes executive director Toto Wolff says a mooted cost cap of $150 million for Formula One teams in 2021 is “not achievable” but is close to being realistic.