Get up to date with the new look on the Formula 1 grid for 2021 with eight sets changing hands and two teams changing names. Four world champions, three rolls and no shortage of exciting team-mate games going forward from March
Last updated: 01/01/21 5:51 pm
MERCEDES: HAMILTON * & BOTTAS
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (* contract forthcoming) and Valtteri Bottas
Engine: Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton will start 2021 without a new Mercedes contract yet but there is still every expectation that an agreement will be reached at some point in the coming weeks to formally confirm the seven-time champion in their line-up. again. Valtteri Bottas will remain on it for the fifth consecutive campaign after agreeing a one-year extension in August.
BULL RED: VERSTAPPEN & PEREZ
Drivers: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
Engine: Honda
For the first time since 2007, Red Bull have gone beyond their trusted driver development program to fill one of their sets after Sergio Perez saved from what would have been a year for no reason on the sidelines just before Christmas. The long-time Racing Point / Force India driver, who became an F1 winner last month, is set to become the latest driver to take on the strong challenge of being a teammate to Max Verstappen, Red Bull’s established team leader. Honda will start their final year in F1, but Red Bull remains optimistic that they can take over the Japanese manufacturer ‘s engine until 2022.
MCLAREN: RICCIARDO & NORRIS
Drivers: Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris
Engine: Mercedes
Two big wins at the mobile Woking squad for 2021 – test race winner Daniel Ricciardo and, seven years after their long-term partnership expired, Mercedes engines. Lando Norris, who is still only 21, will compete in his third season in F1 after the first two years of his career up against former team player Carlos Sainz.
ASTON MARTIN: VETTEL & STROLL
Drivers: Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll
Engine: Mercedes
Gone has been the Racing Point name for the past two years and the world-famous Aston Martin venue, with both groups now under the same ownership. The high-profile rebranding is accompanied by the great arrival of four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, with Lance Stroll staying together for his third season at his father’s team.
ALPINE: ALONSO & OCON
Drivers: Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon
Engine: Renault
A mix of past and future here at what Renault had for 2021. Fernando Alonso returns for Enstone’s third spell after two years away from F1 but the team’s name and image are go under rebranding. Alpine is the name of the Renault sports car logo. After one challenging year alongside Ricciardo, Esteban Ocon is now facing an F1 driver who is even more successful as his teammate.
FERRARI: LECLERC & SAINZ
Drivers: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
Engine: Ferrari
The world champion in the Ferrari line may not be at the start of the season for just the second time in the last quarter, but Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz ‘s new signing are two of F1’ s best drivers. new generation. Leclerc has used Vettel as the Scuderia team leader over the past two seasons and Sainz, a fast and talented player for himself, will take on a new challenge.
ALPHATAURI: GASLY & TSUNODA
Drivers: Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda
Engine: Honda
Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda arrives to join Monza race winner Pierre Gasly after defeating the team last year in his test rounds for them and a race-winning F2 rookie season. Gasly has re-established his role at the team since mid-2019 and has developed into one of F1’s most consistent drivers. Like the Red Bull sister team, AlphaTauri enters the final year of their current engine configuration.
ALFA ROMEO: RAIKKONEN & GIOVINAZZI
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi
Engine: Ferrari
One of only three teams living with an unchanged line, Alfa Romeo will continue to combine unparalleled F1 experience at 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen, 41, and Antonio Giovinazzi who is getting better for third years in a row. The big focus on trying to improve the team’s competitiveness after 2020 will be difficult.
HAAS: MAZEPIN & SCHUMACHER
Drivers: Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher
Engine: Ferrari
In a complete reversal of the drivers accelerated by the financial impact of the global pandemic, Haas has turned an experience of 300 Grands Prix in their line for an all-rookie pair. Planning for the future towards the revision of the 2022 rules, Ferrari’s young F2 champion and Mick Schumacher is joined by Russian Nikita Mazepin.
WILLIAMS: RUSSELL & LATIFI
Drivers: George Russell and Nicholas Latifi
Engine: Mercedes
George Russell is the team’s main inspirational driver and will enter the third and final year of his Williams contract, with Mercedes likely to come calling for 2022. Nicholas Latifi will remain for a second term, when which both drivers and the celebrity team will be claiming for the 2020 turnaround going back to points in the first full year of its new ownership period.