Talk:2021 Formula One World Championship

Free practice driver rule (again)

I edited off the mention of rule change where FP1 drivers for inexperienced drivers were mandatory. It was supposed to be introduced for this year, but in the end 2021 sporting regulations don't include it (rule 26.1 b). However, 2022 sporting regulations have such a rule mentioned (numbers of rules were changed, now rule 3.12.2).

Also we have seen that seven teams never fielded an extra driver for FP1, only Williams, Alfa Romeo and Alpine did that. Guanyu Zhou did only one FP1 so Alpine doesn't escape with that. Callum Ilott did two FP1 sessions for Alfa Romeo while Williams fielded Roy Nissany in three and Jack Aitken in one sessions. Also, according to the spirit of the rule, AlphaTauri and Haas fielded rookie driver(s) so they are deemed to use such driver in Bahrain and Emilia Romagna GPs.

I pointed this in April (see in archive 2) but it didn't get any reaction. Would it be suitable to mention that the rule was postponed until 2022? BleuDXXXIV (talk) 12:01, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

What we need is a source which says that the rule was delayed from 2021 to 2022. SSSB (talk) 12:15, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

@SSSB: Would any of these potential sources help? 1: Formula 1 is set to introduce a regulation from 2022 that mandates teams to run young drivers in certain free practice sessions. - 2: From 2022, all 10 teams will be forced to run a rookie driver in two different Friday practice sessions during the year. - 3: Formula 1 teams will all have to run a rookie during a given number of grand prix practice sessions from the 2022 season in an effort to create more opportunities for young drivers. At present, teams have the option to replace one of their race drivers with an alternative driver during Friday practice – but only Williams, Alfa Romeo and Alpine have taken up that opportunity during the current season. - 4: All 10 Formula 1 teams will be forced to run a rookie driver on two Friday practice occasions in 2022 following a change in the sporting regulations.

Sadly, none of them mention that there was a delay that caused it. The closest I could find for that was this article: 5: Earlier this month, F1, the FIA and all 10 teams unanimously agreed to delay the introduction of the 2021 regulations by a year to 2022. The WMSC has now rubber stamped the move, allowing the relevant regulations to be adjusted. (...) Teams will also be able to hold a one-day test within 48 hours of the final race of the season to run young drivers. Up to two cars may be used for this test but it remains optional. Hopefully, something from this will be useful. --Super Goku V (talk) 23:44, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing privisionally won the championship for the first time in his career though this is under appeal by Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished runner up; Mercedes won the constructor championship for the eighth time in a row.

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Max verstappen won the world driver championship for the first time in his career. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished as runner up. Mercedes won the eighth consecutive World Constructor Championship. Marskore (talk) 20:07, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done, an intention to appeal has been lodged.Tvx1 20:14, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

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Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing won the championship for the first time in his career. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished runner up; Mercedes won the constructor championship for the eighth time in a row.[1][2]

Remove references, they are about the 2020 season, not 2021 season. Marskore (talk) 20:17, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Replaced the ref. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 23:35, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Mercedes protests

The controversial end of the final race, and the two Mercedes protests, made the news yesterday. I'd previously been unaware of the event. So I came here hoping to learn what the protests were about. But I find that covered in just two sentences, with nothing about the substance of the protests – despite it being the most notable event of the race, maybe of the whole championship. Maproom (talk) 08:42, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Maproom: it is covered extensively (possibly excessivly) at 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. SSSB (talk) 10:22, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

So it is. I know so little about the subject that I can't judge whether it should be discussed more deeply in this article as well. I don't even know how the two articles' subjects differ (and I don't want to know, please don't tell me). Maproom (talk) 14:48, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

I definetly think it should, but to a lower level of detail. SSSB (talk) 14:53, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2021

In the first paragraph below the picture, the first sentence has a grammatical error. It says, “... an end the...” and it should say, “and end to the...” 24.184.190.225 (talk) 05:01, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

 Done, thank you. 5225_C (talk • contributions) 05:33, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Error in "World Constructors' Championship standings" table

A number of Norris and Ricciardo race results are the wrong way round under the "World Constructors' Championship standings" table. It looks as if Norris' results should be on the top line and Ricciardo's on the bottom. The errors are as follows;

Hungarian GP - It states Norris can 11th and Ricciardo retired. These need to be switched. Belgium GP - It states Norris came 4th and Ricciardo came 14th. These need to be switched Italian GP - It states Norris won and Ricciardo came second. These need to be switched. Russian GP - It states Norris 4th and Ricciardo came 7th. These need to be switched. USA GP - It states Norris 5th and Ricciardo came 8th. These need to be switched. Saudi Arabian GP - It states Norris 5th and Ricciardo came 10th. These need to be switched. 90.251.38.240 (talk) 21:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Constructors' table isn't "one line per driver", the best result goes on top - regardless of whose result it was. SSSB (talk) 22:29, 17 February 2022 (UTC)