Formula 1 2022

[Zear0]

Noting in the 2021 thread comments questions were raised about next (this) season...

 

Calendar:

20 March    Bahrain    Sakhir
27 March    Saudi Arabia    Jeddah
10 April    Australia    Melbourne
24 April    Emilia Romagna    Imola*
8 May    Miami    Miami**
22 May    Spain    Barcelona*
29 May    Monaco    Monaco
12 June    Azerbaijan    Baku
19 June    Canada    Montreal
3 July    United Kingdom    Silverstone
10 July    Austria    Spielberg
24 July    France    Le Castellet
31 July    Hungary    Budapest
28 August    Belgium    Spa
4 September    Netherlands    Zandvoort
11 September    Italy    Monza
25 September    Russia    Sochi
2 October    Singapore    Singapore*
9 October    Japan    Suzuka
23 October    USA    Austin*
30 October    Mexico    Mexico City
13 November    Brazil    Sao Paulo
20 November    Abu Dhabi    Abu Dhabi

 

Rule Changes Regarding Car Design (have to click):

 

Drivers:

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

Edited 14 December 2021 by Zear0

[goody2028]

Really hope it lives up to the expectations with the whole new dynamic. Even if it’s half as exciting as last season it’s should be a good one. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Fernando Alonso will be the 2022 world champion

[Simmo86]

Hopefully Red Bull in the mud after putting all their eggs into this years basket and also having no clue about looking after their own PU's!

[The Horse's Mouth]

Max has confirmed he will use the number 1 on the car, absolutely love that, first time in 8 years we'll see it on a car mental 

Edited 14 December 2021 by The Horse's Mouth

[Zear0]

58 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Max has confirmed he will use the number 1 on the car, absolutely love that, first time in 8 years we'll see it on a car mental 

Approve of that.  Nice that someone is making the nod of being champ over the marketing stuff.

[UniFox21]

Interested to see how Bottas does in the Alfa

[Leicester_Loyal]

I'm not over the absolute farce that was F1 2021 to even think about watching this again.

[Legend_in_blue]

Hopefully, Masi will take no part in it.  This and an abundance of tweaks to the racing regulations that RB cannot twist in their favour.  Ban the aggressive "block pass".  Sorted.

[Stinkenzo]

2 hours ago, UniFox21 said:

Interested to see how Bottas does in the Alfa

With his pretty shocking racecraft in the midfield this season I can't see him doing well at all unless Alfa produce a car around an Alpha Tauri level or better. Great qualifier though most of the time so will hopefully give himself something to defend

[Asha]

How about some predictions then boys

 

WDC -

WCC -

Different winning drivers -

Different winning teams -

Most exciting race -

Least exciting race -

Number of races cancelled due to Corona -

Biggest surprise -

Biggest disappointment -

Other - 

[Asha]

 

WDC - Charles Leclerc

 

WCC - Mercedes 

Different winning drivers - 7 (Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton, Russell, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Norris)

Different winning teams - 4 

 

Most exciting race - Baku

 

Least exciting race - Monaco

 

Number of races cancelled due to Corona - 1 (Australia)

 

Biggest surprise - Schumacher gets a podium in Baku after a crazy race 

 

Biggest disappointment - Red Bull struggle after giving everything to win last season, and need time to develop their engine. 

Other - It’s a titanic three-way title battle between Leclerc, Russell and Norris, with their team-mates just behind. Red Bull a clear fourth fastest but Max picks up a few wins anyway. Williams and Haas are both much improved and fight in the midfield with Alpine, AM and Alpha Tauri. Alfa Romeo are absolute dogshit. Legend-in-blue is still crying about Abu Dhabi. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

WDC -Fernando Alonso

 

WCC - Alpine

 

Different winning drivers -(Alonso,Ocon, Hamilton, Verstappen,LeClerc & Vettel)

 

Different winning teams - 5

 

Most exciting race - Canada

 

Least exciting race - Miami

 

Number of races cancelled due to Corona - Australia

 

Biggest surprise - Vettel win in Hungary

 

Biggest disappointment - George Russell

 

Other - Alpine get a brawn like head start on everyone, Sainz and LeClerc to be the spiciest pairing with a real bitterness towards the end. Alpha Tauri to be the team with the biggest drop off fighting for 9th with Alfa romeo but Gasly still delivers some points. Ricciardo has another stinker, but McLaren don't adapt well to the changes but get a few podiums on the power tracks

 

Driver moves

Hamilton & Alonso to retire at the end of the season 

Ocon takes the Mercedes seat for 2023, Alpine replace both with Piastri & Gasly

Daruvala joins Alpha Tauri 

Logan Sargeant replaces Latifi with him leaving F1

[Zear0]

1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

WDC -Fernando Alonso

 

WCC - Alpine

 

Different winning drivers -(Alonso,Ocon, Hamilton, Verstappen,LeClerc & Vettel)

 

Different winning teams - 5

 

Most exciting race - Canada

 

Least exciting race - Miami

 

Number of races cancelled due to Corona - Australia

 

Biggest surprise - Vettel win in Hungary

 

Biggest disappointment - George Russell

 

Other - Alpine get a brawn like head start on everyone, Sainz and LeClerc to be the spiciest pairing with a real bitterness towards the end. Alpha Tauri to be the team with the biggest drop off fighting for 9th with Alfa romeo but Gasly still delivers some points. Ricciardo has another stinker, but McLaren don't adapt well to the changes but get a few podiums on the power tracks

 

Driver moves

Hamilton & Alonso to retire at the end of the season 

Ocon takes the Mercedes seat for 2023, Alpine replace both with Piastri & Gasly

Daruvala joins Alpha Tauri 

Logan Sargeant replaces Latifi with him leaving F1

What have you read regarding the Alpine, or is it just wishful thinking?

[The Horse's Mouth]

15 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

What have you read regarding the Alpine, or is it just wishful thinking?

Bit of both 

[Nalis]

9 hours ago, Asha said:

How about some predictions then boys

 

WDC - Hamilton

WCC - Red Bull

Different winning drivers - Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez, Russell, Norris (in the rain), Leclerc

Different winning teams - Merc, Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari

Most exciting race - Spa

Least exciting race - Monaco

Number of races cancelled due to Corona - 4

Biggest surprise - Perez being closer to Max and Lewis

Biggest disappointment - Russell

Other - 

[goody2028]

9 hours ago, Asha said:

How about some predictions then boys 

WDC - Hamilton 

WCC - Mercedes

Different winning teams - Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari. 

Most exciting race - Spa 

Least exciting race - Monaco (obviously)

Number of races cancelled due to Corona - 2

Biggest surprise - Tsunoda 

Biggest disappointment - Russell 

Other - Lando to win his first race within first 5 circuits. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Otmar has left Aston 

[Zear0]

6 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Otmar has left Aston 

Such an inconsistent team (when they're not copying Mercedes...). Have a great season, which you think they'll build on then, go backwards. 

[Super_horns]

Hamilton not certain to return this season.

 

He didn’t show it publicly at first but clearly quite naturally wasn’t happened with what happened last season and wants heads to roll before being committed to staying in F1,

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/59951382

Edited 11 January 2022 by Super_horns

[Asha]

Not a chance he’s going to retire.

 

This is just Mercedes trying to scare the high powers into binning off Masi and/or giving them future advantages. 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

If Mercedes are trying to get things changed to favour them again then sod them let Lewis retire who cares but if they're trying to get the rules implemented fairly and consistently across the board and clarity on what them rules are then fair enough. 

 

Could be a good season with some midfield teams starting well, but I won't be holding my breathe just yet. Be good to see mclaren back at the front. 

[Super_horns]

I suspect Mercedes just want to see the rules applied correctly and consistency for all.

 

I am sure Hamilton will want to carry on but might feel a bit sorry for himself and felt everything was against them.

 

Seems the FIA agreed to a thorougher investigation into events in exchange for Mercedes to  drop their legal action .
 

Edited 12 January 2022 by Super_horns

[Stinkenzo]

Why would anyone with a brain believe Mercedes are doing a deal to bend things in their favour in the future? Lol 

[The Horse's Mouth]

He literally did this last year without the controversy, of course he'll be on the grid next season, they're all bigging it up so it's a lovely story when their car is two seconds quicker