Formula 1 car weights will continue to rise next year, despite teams having agreed to carry over their current chassis into 2021.
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F1’s ‘aero handicap’ rules will get much tougher in second year
2021 F1 season
Posted onProposed new F1 rules which will set different restrictions on how much aerodynamic development each team can do will become tougher in the year after they are introduced.
F1 plans to freeze teams’ power unit designs in 2023
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 intends to freeze teams’ power unit designs from the 2023 season, ahead of the introduction of a new engine formula.
F1 budget cap to fall again in 2022 and 2023
2021 F1 season
Posted onA reduction in the Formula 1 budget cap for 2021 will be just the first step in an incremental fall in spending levels over at least the next three seasons.
FIA makes extensive F1 rules changes for 2020 and 2021 in response to “crisis”
2020 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA has agreed a series of F1 rules changes for 2020 and 2021 in response to the “crisis” instigated by the delayed start to the season.
Pirelli change test plans as 18-inch tyres are delayed to 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli is changing the development plan for its new 18-inch tyres after the sport delayed their introduction by a year.
Unanimous agreement to postpone new F1 cars for 2021 – but not budget cap
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA, Formula 1 and teams have unanimously agreed to delay part of Formula 1’s radical new rules package which was due for introduction next year.
FIA confirms “drastic improvements” to F1 car safety in 2021
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA has confirmed it will ‘drastically improve’ the strength of chassis from the 2021 F1 season and introduce other safety improvements.
Pirelli dismisses fears 2021 rules will slow F1 cars to F2 speeds
2021 F1 season
Posted onClaims Formula 1 could be little quicker than Formula 2 after new regulations are introduced in 2021 have been rejected by Pirelli’s head of F1 and car racing Mario Isola.
Would the FIA strip a team or driver of a title for breaking the budget cap?
Dieter's Inbox
Posted onTeams who break F1’s new budget cap could be stripped of their titles five years after they’ve won them, according to the rules. Would the FIA really make good on that threat?
Why one team is warning F1’s 2021 cars will be a “nasty piece of work” to drive
2021 F1 season
Posted onRacing Point technical director Andrew Green is concerned F1’s new cars for 2021 may not be able to race more closely and will be “nasty” to drive.
F1 drivers could get grid penalties for brake changes in 2021
2021 F1 season
Posted onDrivers will receive grid penalties if they use too many sets of brake discs and pads from the 2021 F1 season.
FIA: New 2021 F1 rules won’t force all cars to look the same
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s new rules for the 2021 season won’t force all the teams’ cars to look alike, according to the FIA’s Nikolas Tombazis.
Analysis: What’s new in the 2021 F1 regulations
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 has revealed its long-awaited rules package for 2021. Here’s what changed on the cars, in the race weekends, and the new budget caps.
New F1 rules for 2021 approved unanimously
2021 F1 rules
Posted onFormula 1 and the FIA’s plan to overhaul the sport’s rules in 2021 has been approved unanimously by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.
F1 presents its new car for the 2021 season
2021 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 has revealed how cars could look under its definitive rules package for the 2021 season, including a reshaped front wing.
Minor changes to 2021 rules following teams’ concerns over ‘GP1’ cars
2021 F1 season
Posted onMinor revisions have been made to the proposed F1 rules for 2021 after some teams raised concerns they would turn the sport into a ‘GP1’ formula.
Will Liberty’s final bid to win teams over to its 2021 F1 vision succeed?
RacingLines
Posted onWill F1 climb down again over its 2021 rules plan? Will Ferrari try to veto them? Dieter Rencken analyses the implications of today’s crunch meeting over the sport’s future.
FIA will make concessions to avoid ‘GP1’ cars in 2021 – Steiner
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA is prepared to relax its planned changes to the 2021 technical to give teams greater design freedom, according to Haas team principal Guenther Steiner.
Why the FIA has cancelled its plan for standard F1 brakes in 2021
2021 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA has cancelled another of its plans to introduce standard parts in 2021, this time brakes systems. What does this mean for F1’s new rules package?