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Oracle Red Bull Racing (Honda RBPT) #1 Max Verstappen #11 Sergio Pérez Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Sir Lewis Hamilton #63 George Russell Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #16 Charles Leclerc #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. (Rounds 1, 3-24) / #38 Oliver Bearman (Round 2) McLaren F1 Team (Mercedes) #4 Lando Norris #81 Oscar Piastri Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (Mercedes) #14 Fernando Alonso #18 Lance Stroll BWT Alpine F1 Team (Renault) #10 Pierre Gasly #31 Esteban Ocon Williams Racing (Mercedes) #2 Logan Sargeant (Rounds 1-2, 4-) #23 Alexander Albon Visa Cash App RB F1 Team (Honda RBPT) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #22 Yuki Tsunoda Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber (Ferrari) #24 Zhou Guanyu #77 Valtteri Bottas MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #20 Kevin Magnussen #27 Nico Hülkenberg CURRENT SCHEDULED CALENDAR 21st February-23rd February Pre-Season Testing (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 2nd March Round 1 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 9th March Round 2 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah) 24th March Round 3 - Australian Grand Prix (Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne) 7th April Round 4 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka) 21st April Round 5 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 5th May Round 6 - Miami Grand Prix (Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida) 19th May Round 7 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola) 26th May Round 8 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 9th June Round 9 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal) 23rd June Round 10 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 30th June Round 11 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 7th July Round 12 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 21st July Round 13 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 28th July Round 14 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 25th August Round 15 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort) 1st September Round 16 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza) 15th September Round 17 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 22nd September Round 18 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 20th October Round 19 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 27th October Round 20 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 3rd November Round 21 - São Paulo Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Interlagos, São Paulo) 23rd November Round 22 - Las Vegas Grand Prix (Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas, Nevada) 1st December Round 23 - Qatar Grand Prix (Lusail International Circuit, Lusail) 8th December Round 24 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) --- TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES: In response to extreme conditions resulting in cockpit overheating during the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, teams will now be allowed to install a scoop to the car that is intended to cool down the driver and cockpit area. Wheel covers will be further tested during the season. Teams will not be allowed to start development of the car intended for the 2026 season, which will see major technical regulations rule changes, until the start of 2025. The "alternative tyre allocation" trialled at the 2023 Hungarian and Italian Grands Prix, where drivers were given 11 sets of tyres in an attempt to cut costs in the sport, will be discontinued. Therefore, every driver and team will revert to having 13 sets of tyres available during every race weekend. The C0 tyre compounds which were introduced but not used during the 2023 season were dropped from the tyre line-up. A proposed trial for a ban on tyre blankets for this season following by a full ban in 2025 was abandoned. SPORTING REGULATION CHANGES: The F1 Commission – a body composed of representatives from the FIA, all Formula One teams, and Formula One itself – announced that the structure of the sprint weekends will change for 2024, though exact details on these changes have yet to be finalised. The details of these changes will be discussed at the first F1 Commission meeting of 2024, with the intent of further rationalising sprint events and separating them from the rest of the Grand Prix weekend.

Oracle Red Bull Racing (Honda RBPT) #1 Max Verstappen #11 Sergio Pérez Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #16 Charles Leclerc #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Sir Lewis Hamilton #63 George Russell BWT Alpine F1 Team (Renault) #10 Pierre Gasly #31 Esteban Ocon McLaren F1 Team (Mercedes) #4 Lando Norris #81 Oscar Piastri Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake (Ferrari) #24 Zhou Guanyu #77 Valtteri Bottas Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (Mercedes) #14 Fernando Alonso #18 Lance Stroll MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #20 Kevin Magnussen #27 Nico Hülkenberg Scuderia AlphaTauri (Honda RBPT) #21 Nyck de Vries (Rounds 1-10) / #3 Daniel Ricciardo (Rounds 11-12, 15-) / #40 Liam Lawson (Rounds 13-14) #22 Yuki Tsunoda Williams Racing (Mercedes) #2 Logan Sargeant #23 Alexander Albon CURRENT SCHEDULED CALENDAR 23rd February-25th February Pre-Season Testing (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 5th March Round 1 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 19th March Round 2 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah) 2nd April Round 3 - Australian Grand Prix (Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne) 30th April Round 4 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 8th May Round 5 - Miami Grand Prix (Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida) 28th May Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 4th June Round 7 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 18th June Round 8 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal) 2nd July Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 9th July Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 23rd July Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 30th July Round 12 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 27th August Round 13 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort) 3rd September Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza) 17th September Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 24th September Round 16 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka) 8th October Round 17 - Qatar Grand Prix (Lusail International Circuit, Lusail) 22nd October Round 18 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 29th October Round 19 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 5th November Round 20 - São Paulo Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 18th November Round 21 - Las Vegas Grand Prix (Las Vegas Street Circuit, Las Vegas, Nevada) 26th November Round 22 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) --- TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES: Following large amounts of porpoising during 2022, the FIA is proposing to introduce changes to the regulations to limit excessive porpoising. Floor edges would be raised by 15 millimetres (0.59 in) and the throat of the diffuser would also be raised, by a yet to be determined amount. The diffuser edge stiffness will be increased and an additional sensor will be mandated to monitor the porpoising phenomenon more effectively. Lateral floor deflection tests are also due to be more stringent.. Following Zhou Guanyu's crash at the 2022 British Grand Prix, a rounded top will now be required on the roll hoop, which will reduce the chance of it digging into the ground during an accident; a change will be made to ensure a minimum height for the point of application of the homologation test; there will be a new physical homologation test where the load pushes the roll hoop in the forward direction; there will be a definition of new tests, to be carried out by calculation. The FIA altered the wording of the aerodynamic regulations, after Mercedes produced a front wing which exploited a potential loop-hole in the regulations. Mercedes introduced slot gap separators on their front wings at the 2022 United States Grand Prix, although they did not intent to run them at the event. Rival teams argued that the new front wing was illegal. Mercedes argued that the regulations allowed slot-gap separators as they were "primarily" there for "mechanical, structural or measurement reasons", and therefore any secondary aerodynamic benefit would be allowed. The FIA ruled that the brackets were illegal at the following 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix, and changed the wording of the regulations to avoid other teams using a similar argument in the future. The size of the mirrors will be increased for better rearward visibility. SPORTING REGULATION CHANGES: With the intention of making tyre usage more sustainable in the future, Formula One will trial a reduction in allocated tyre sets from 13 to 11 at two races in 2023. At these races the use of tyres in qualifying will be mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2 and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry. Teams are usually free to choose which tyre compound they run during qualifying. Pirelli announced a change to the available tyre compounds for 2023, with a compound to be inserted between the old C1 and C2 compounds. This change is supposed to provide teams with more flexible strategy options after criticism towards the original C1 compound for a large drop in grip compared to the other tyres. The budget cap is reduced to $135 million. It was originally set at $140m in 2022 before being increased to $142.4m to account for inflation. There will be only three days of pre-season testing, a reduction from 2022 when there were six days. The sprint event format is due to be run at six Grands Prix from this season onwards, compared to three in 2021 and 2022. It is due to take place at the Azerbaijan, Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, United States and São Paulo Grands Prix. The FIA's International Sporting Code has been updated for 2023 to include stricter controls on drivers and teams making political statements with a new article 12.2.1n introduced stating that drivers and teams must receive FIA permission before conducting a political statement or protest and that any protest without permission would be considered a breach of the FIA's neutrality rules. The move was widely seen as response to acts such as Lewis Hamilton wearing a t-shirt in support of police-killed black-American woman Breonna Taylor on the podium at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix. The FIA stated this update to the ISC was done to move it in line with the ethical principles of political neutrality laid out by the International Olympic Committee, which gave formal recognition to the FIA in 2013 in the Olympic Charter. The FIA are due to take further steps to relax COVID-19 safety protocols that were first introduced in 2020. These relaxing of restrictions includes the removal of the need for proof of vaccination for those working in the paddock. The FIA had previously dropped the requirements for mandatory face masking and mandatory COVID-testing in 2022.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Sir Lewis Hamilton #63 George Russell Oracle Red Bull Racing (Red Bull RBPT-H) #1 Max Verstappen #11 Sergio Pérez Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #16 Charles Leclerc #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren F1 Team (Mercedes) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #4 Lando Norris BWT Alpine F1 Team (Renault) #14 Fernando Alonso #31 Esteban Ocon Scuderia AlphaTauri (Red Bull RBPT-H) #10 Pierre Gasly #22 Yuki Tsunoda Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (Mercedes) #5 Sebastian Vettel (Rounds 3-) / #27 Nico Hülkenberg (Rounds 1-2) #18 Lance Stroll Williams Racing (Mercedes) #6 Nicholas Latifi #23 Alexander Albon (Rounds 1-15, 17-) / #45 Nyck de Vries (Round 16) Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen (Ferrari) #24 Guanyu Zhou #77 Valtteri Bottas Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #20 Kevin Magnussen #47 Mick Schumacher CURRENT SCHEDULED CALENDAR 23rd February-25th February Pre-Season Testing (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 10th March-12th March Pre-Season Testing (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 20th March Round 1 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 27th March Round 2 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah) 10th April Round 3 - Australian Grand Prix (Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne) 24th April Round 4 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola) 8th May Round 5 - Miami Grand Prix (Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida) 22nd May Round 6 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 29th May Round 7 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 12th June Round 8 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 19th June Round 9 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal) 3rd July Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 10th July Round 11 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 24th July Round 12 - French Grand Prix (Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet) 31st July Round 13 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 28th August Round 14 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 4th September Round 15 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort) 11th September Round 16 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza) 2nd October Round 17 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 9th October Round 18 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka) 23rd October Round 19 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 30th October Round 20 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 13th November Round 21 - São Paulo Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 20th November Round 22 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) --- RACE DIRECTION: Michael Masi, who had served as race director since the death of Charlie Whiting in 2019, was removed from the role of race director after an inquiry into the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As part of a restructuring of race control, Masi was replaced by former DTM race director Niels Wittich and World Endurance Championship race director Eduardo Freitas. The pair will assume the role on an alternating basis. Herbie Blash, Whiting's former deputy, was appointed as permanent senior advisor to the race director. The FIA will also introduce a new virtual race control system, much like the video assistant referee in football, as well as a ban on team communications that lobby race officials. Radio between teams and FIA officials will also no longer be broadcast on television to protect race officials. Unlapping procedures are to be reassessed by the Formula One Sporting Advisory Committee and presented prior to the start of the season. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS: The 2022 World Championship is due to see an overhaul of the technical regulations. These changes had been planned for introduction in 2021, with teams developing their cars throughout 2020. However, the introduction of the regulations was delayed until the 2022 championship in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once the delay was announced, teams were banned from carrying out any development of their 2022 cars during the 2020 calendar year. Prior to the season the FIA said it anticipated that the car performance deficit between the fastest and slowest teams on the grid would be cut by half when compared to 2021. Drivers were consulted on developing the new technical regulations, which were deliberately written to be restrictive so as to prevent teams from developing radical designs that limited the ability of drivers to overtake. The FIA created a specialist Working Group, or committee of engineers, tasked with identifying and closing loopholes in the regulations before their publication. The elimination of loopholes will, in theory, stop one team from having a dominant car, and in turn allow for closer competition throughout the field while improving the aesthetics of the cars. This philosophy was a major aim of the new regulations. Red Bull car designer Adrian Newey noted that the regulation changes were the most significant in Formula One since the 1983 season. The technical regulations will reintroduce the use of ground effects for the first time since venturi tunnels under cars were banned in 1983. This will coincide with a simplification of the bodywork, making the underside of the car the primary source of aerodynamic grip. This aims to reduce the turbulent air in the wake of the cars to allow drivers to follow each other more closely whilst still maintaining a similar level of downforce compared to previous years. Further changes to the aerodynamics are aimed at limiting the teams' ability to control airflow around the front wheels and further reduce the cars' aerodynamic wake. This includes the elimination of bargeboards, the complex aerodynamic devices that manipulate airflow around the body of the car. The front wing and endplates will be simplified, reducing the number and complexity of aerodynamic elements. The front wing must also directly connect to the nosecone, unlike pre-2022 designs where the wing could be connected to the nose via supports to create a space under the monocoque, thereby encouraging airflow under the car by way of the wing's larger surface area and the nose's increased height. The rear wings will be wider and mounted higher than in previous years, with additional restrictions in place to limit the constructors' ability to use a car's exhaust gases to generate downforce. Figures released by the Working Group revealed that where a 2019-specification car following another car had just 55% of its normal levels of downforce available, a 2022-specification car following another car would have up to 86% of its normal levels of downforce. Teams will be further restricted in the number of aerodynamic upgrades they can introduce to the car, both over the course of a race weekend and over the course of the championship. These rules were introduced to further cut the costs of competing. Following the decision to delay the 2021 regulations to 2022, aerodynamic development of the cars was banned from 28 March 2020 to the end of 2020. In 2021 the championship introduced a sliding scale system to regulate aerodynamic testing. Under this system, the least successful teams in the previous year's World Constructors' Championship standings would be given additional time for aerodynamic testing. Conversely, the most successful teams would be given less time to complete testing. The system was trialled in 2021 with the results used to create a more formal, structured and steeper model for the 2022 championship. Discussions over the 2022 engine regulations began in 2017 and were finalised in May 2018. The proposed regulations involved removing the motor generator unit–heat (MGU-H) to simplify the technology used in the engine whilst raising the maximum rev limit by 3,000 rpm. Further proposals dubbed "plug-and-play" would see engine suppliers bound by the regulations to make individual engine components universally compatible, allowing teams to source their components from multiple suppliers. Manufacturers would also be subject to a similar regulation concerning commercially available materials as chassis constructors would be subject to from 2021. The proposals were designed to simplify the engine technology whilst making the sport more attractive to new entrants. However, as no new power unit suppliers committed themselves to entering the sport in 2022, the existing suppliers proposed to retain the existing power unit formula in a bid to reduce overall development costs. The quota system of power unit components would continue in 2022, with teams given a limited number of individual components that can be used before incurring a penalty. The exhaust system would be added to the list of components, with teams allowed to use a maximum of six throughout the championship. Standardised components were introduced in 2022, with the technical regulations requiring standard components to be in place until 2024. These standardised components include the gearbox and fuel system. Some aerodynamic components—such as the tray that sits at the front of the car floor—will also be standardised so as to restrict teams' ability to develop the area and gain a competitive advantage. Individual parts will now be classified as a way of clarifying the rules surrounding them: "Listed parts" refers to the parts of the car that teams are required to design by themselves. "Standard parts" is the name given to the parts of the car that all teams must use, including wheel rims and equipment used in pit stops. "Transferable parts" are parts that a team can develop and sell on to another team, such as the gearbox and the clutch. "Prescribed parts" are parts that teams are required to develop according to a prescriptive set of regulations. Prescribed parts include wheel arches and wheel aerodynamics. "Open-source parts" may be developed collectively by teams and sold on to customers. Steering wheels and the DRS mechanism are listed as open-source parts. The system of categorising parts was introduced to allow for design freedom as the overhaul to the aerodynamic regulations was highly prescriptive. Wheel diameter will increase from 13 inches (33 cm) to 18 inches (46 cm). The 18-inch wheels were introduced into the Formula 2 Championship in 2020, to test changes in tyre behaviour. It was originally proposed that the use of tyre warmers—electric blankets designed to keep the tyres at the optimal operating temperature when not in use—would be banned, although this decision was later reversed after opposition from the tyre supplier Pirelli. Tyre warmers will instead become a standardised piece of equipment, with all teams required to use the same product with a view to eventually phase them out altogether by 2024. While Pirelli remain the official tyre partner and provider, BBS would partner and supply the rims to all Formula One teams from 2022 as part of a four-year deal. SPORTING REGULATIONS: Having been first trialled under the name "sprint qualifying" in 2021, the format returned also for this championship with the name changed to "sprint". The weekend format will be unchanged from 2021 and will be run at the Emilia Romagna, Austrian and São Paulo Grands Prix with points now awarded to the top eight finishers rather than the top three finishers as was the case in 2021. Unlike the previous season, the driver who sets the fastest time in qualifying will be credited as the official polesitter, with the winner of sprint continuing to have the right to start the Grand Prix from the first place grid spot. Following the controversy surrounding the awarding of points at the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, the criteria needed for points to be awarded for uncompleted events was altered. The requirement, pending approval by the World Motor Sport Council, was changed so that: No points will be awarded unless a minimum of two laps had been completed under green flag conditions. If more than two laps are completed, but less than 25% of the scheduled race distance, points will be awarded on a 6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 5. If 25%–50% of the scheduled race distance is completed, points will be awarded on a 13–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 9. If 50%–75% of the scheduled race distance is completed, points will be awarded on a 19–14–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 10. If more than 75% of the scheduled race distance is completed, full points will be awarded. The previous criteria had been in place for over 40 years prior to the change, last being altered some time between the 1977 and 1980 seasons. Additionally, the fastest lap point will now only be awarded if more than 50% of the scheduled race distance is completed In light of the controversy surrounding the safety car at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the procedures for the safety car restart have been changed. Rather than waiting until the lap after the last car has unlapped itself from the leader, the safety car will now be withdrawn one lap after the instruction that lapped cars may unlap themselves has been given. Additionally, the wording of the regulations was altered and now state that "all" cars rather than "any" cars will be allowed to unlap themselves, if deemed safe by the race director. The rule that had been in place since 2014, requiring drivers that advance to the third segment of qualifying to start the race on the tyres they used to set their fastest time in the second segment of qualifying, has been scrapped. All drivers will now have free choice of starting tyre for the Grand Prix on Sunday at all events.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team (Mercedes) #44 Sir Lewis Hamilton #77 Valtteri Bottas Red Bull Racing Honda (Honda) #11 Sergio Pérez #33 Max Verstappen McLaren F1 Team (Mercedes) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #4 Lando Norris Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team (Mercedes) #5 Sebastian Vettel #18 Lance Stroll Alpine F1 Team (Renault) #14 Fernando Alonso #31 Esteban Ocon Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow (Ferrari) #16 Charles Leclerc #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda (Honda) #10 Pierre Gasly #22 Yuki Tsunoda Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN (Ferrari) #7 Kimi Räikkönen (Rounds 1-12, 15-) / #88 Robert Kubica (Rounds 13-14) #99 Antonio Giovinazzi Uralkali Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #9 Nikita Mazepin #47 Mick Schumacher Williams Racing (Mercedes) #6 Nicholas Latifi #63 George Russell CURRENT SCHEDULED CALENDAR 12th March-14th March Pre-Season Testing (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 28th March Round 1 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 18th April Round 2 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola) 2nd May Round 3 - Portuguese Grand Prix (Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão) 9th May Round 4 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 23rd May Round 5 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 6th June Round 6 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 20th June Round 7 - French Grand Prix (Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet) 27th June Round 8 - Styrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 4th July Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 18th July Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 1st August Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 29th August Round 12 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 5th September Round 13 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort) 12th September Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza) 26th September Round 15 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 10th October Round 16 - Turkish Grand Prix (Istanbul Park, Tuzla) 24th October Round 17 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 7th November Round 18 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 14th November Round 19 - São Paulo Grand Prix (Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo) 21st November Round 20 - Qatar Grand Prix (Losail International Circuit, Lusail) 5th December Round 21 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah) 12th December Round 22 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) --- The 2021 championship was due to introduce significant changes to the regulations, including the sport's governance and the sporting rules but these were delayed in March 2020 in response to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These rule changes will instead be introduced in 2022. FINANCIAL REGULATIONS: The championship is due to introduce a budget cap, with teams limited to spending a maximum of $145 million per year. Teams will be required to use more commercially available materials and to submit their annual expenditure. Some teams argued to further reduce the budget cap to $100 million, citing concerns that the long-term financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the future of as many as four teams. Formula One managing director Ross Brawn stated that the sport's intention is to reduce the budget cap further in the coming years. The value of the budget cap is set for 21 races; each additional race increases the budget cap by $1 million, and vice versa: each race removed from the scheduled twenty-one race calendar deducts the budget cap by $1 million. However, the budget cap does not include marketing budget, drivers' salaries and the salaries of the team's top three executives. In addition, under a later agreement among the teams regarding the introduction of sprint qualifying races, each team will receive an additional $500,000 for the three sprint qualifying races on top of the current budget cap, and further flexibility on budget cap in case the cars got damaged during the sprint qualifying races. There are also additional restrictions dictating how prize money can be spent. The cap only applies to expenditure related to car performance, which will remain in place until 2026. In the event that a team breaks the financial regulations, the team can be penalised. It was originally planned a range of punishments for exceeding their annual budget which include being deducted championship points, having reduced testing time, a race ban, or—for the most severe cases—disqualification from the championship. However, Toto Wolff later revealed that the intended sporting penalties such as points deductions and reduced testing for budget cap breaches will not be handed out having been voted down by three teams including Red Bull and Ferrari. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS: Teams will be limited in what components can be modified for the 2021 season, with this requirement introduced to ease financial pressures on teams brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some changes will be mandated by the FIA, including adjustments to outer floor that are designed to reduce downforce levels. Teams can also apply for special dispensation to make changes, most notably in the case of McLaren who were given permission to modify their car to accommodate the switch from Renault to Mercedes engines. This prompted the FIA to introduce a token system whereby teams will be given a series of tokens which can be exchanged for the introduction of specific component upgrades. However, some aerodynamic rule changes were enacted by the FIA. The floor of the cars will be 'clipped' in order to reduce downforce for 2021. In 2020 the floor was permitted to run in a straight line from an area adjacent to the cockpit back to a point ahead of the rear tyre. However, from 2021 that point ahead of the tyre will be moved 100 millimetres (3.9 in) inboard, making the floor edge a diagonal line when viewed from above. This change is expected to reduce downforce levels by 5%. Further, some slots on the edge of the floor will be removed, brake duct winglets will be narrowed by 40 millimetres (1.6 in) and diffuser fences will be narrowed by 50 millimetres (2.0 in). These three changes are expected to reduce downforce levels by a further 5%, meaning the 2021 regulations will see a total 10% reduction in downforce. However, it is expected that teams will increase downforce by 4–5% over the winter, so the anticipated overall downforce reduction is approximately 5%. The "dual-axis steering" system developed by Mercedes in 2020 is banned starting from 2021. The dual-axis steering system allows the driver to adjust the toe of the front wheels to optimise mechanical grip by pulling or pushing on the steering wheel. The FIA will introduce newly revised wing load tests mid-season at the French Grand Prix to clamp down on potentially excessively flexing rear wings. This comes after Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team had claimed, at the Spanish Grand Prix, that the rear wing of the Red Bull RB16B flexed significantly at high speed and load, allowing greater top speeds. Under Formula One regulations wings must be immobile and rigidly attached to the bodywork. From the Belgian Grand Prix onwards a new technical directive will be enforced surrounding pit stop equipment after concerns teams were flouting the article 12.8.4 of Formula One technical regulations that state that pit equipment may only be filled with compressed air or nitrogen and that sensors on this equipment must 'act passively' to achieve quicker pit stop times and potentially meaning cars could be released in an unsafe condition. To help enforce this new tolerance parameters will be introduced of 0.15 seconds from when the tyres have been fitted and tightened to the dropping of the jack and 0.2 seconds from the dropping of the jack to a car being released by the pit crew. The change was originally supposed to come in for the Hungarian Grand Prix, but was postponed. In a further clarification the FIA will have the means of ensuring the new tolerance limits are adhered to by using an intelligent wheel gun. SPORTING REGULATIONS: Teams will be required to allow a driver who has competed in fewer than two Grands Prix to replace one of their race drivers in a Friday practice session over the course of the season. Whilst these rules are intended to give a chance to more non-Formula One drivers to test a Formula One car, the wording of this rule means that teams satisfy the requirement if one of their regular drivers is in their rookie season. Following Mercedes' tyre error during the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, where George Russell was given front tyres allocated to Valtteri Bottas during a pit stop, the FIA has adjusted the rules on tyre usage; drivers using mixed compound sets or using sets allocated to another driver on their cars will be permitted to complete two laps before the driver must pit to correct the error before facing a penalty. Under the previous rules, drivers could be disqualified as soon as such error had occurred. The race time limit for red flagged races will also be reduced from four hours to three hours. RACE WEEKEND STRUCTURE: For the 2021 season, the schedule of a race weekend has been revised. Under the pre-existing regulations a race weekend spanned four days with the Thursday before the race being reserved for media and promotional events and scrutineering; however, under the new regulations all of Thursday's events were moved to the Friday morning, with the times between activities on that day being reduced. Cars are now under parc fermé conditions following the end of free practice three instead of qualifying, further restricting teams and drivers making major changes to setups ahead of the race. The length of the two Friday practice sessions has been cut from 90 minutes (as had been the case since the 2007 season) to 60 minutes. The 2021 W Series for female drivers has been added to the list of support racing series alongside Formula 2, Formula 3 and Porsche Supercup. The 2021 W series season will start at Circuit Paul Ricard where it will be a support event for the French Grand Prix in late June and will end in Mexico City in late October, supporting the Mexico City Grand Prix. Formula 2 and Formula 3 will support Formula One on alternate weekends, rather than the same ones as a cost saving measure. There will be a trial of sprint races at the British and Italian Grands Prix, along with another Grand Prix yet to be selected. Qualifying for these sprint races would take place on Friday afternoon in place of the normal second practice session and the races will be run over the least number of laps to exceed 100 km (62 mi), approximately one third of a normal race distance. The result of the sprint race will determine the starting grid for the main race. Three points will be awarded to the winner of the sprint race, two points to the runner-up and one point to the third-placed finisher. If the trial is successful it is proposed that sprint races will be introduced across a wider number of events for the 2022 season. The British Grand Prix timetable for 16–18 July revealed that there would be no running for Formula One cars until 14:30 local time on Friday with the normal Qualifying starting at 18:00. Normally, the second Practice Session would have been at around 14:00, with no running in the evening. A second practice session is due to start at 12:00 on Saturday, before the Sprint Qualifying at 16:30. The main race is due to start at 15:00 on Sunday. At events with Sprint Qualifying the parc ferme will be brought forward to Friday after normal Qualifying which will see drivers only allowed to use the softest avaliable tyre with the usual requirement for the top 10 to start on the tyres they used for their best lap in Q2 removed for events including Sprint Qualifying in their schedule. There is also no requirement to make a pit stop during Sprint Qualifying. All 20 drivers at events where Sprint Qualifying takes place will be given free tyre choice ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix. Teams will be given a $500,000 overall grant by the FIA to cover the cost of the scheduled three sprint races.

Not sure how popular Formula 1 games are these days, but just thought I'd pass on that the new F1 2020 game from Codemasters (to be available on PS4, Xbox & PC) will be released on 10th July. With the season currently scheduled to start on 28th June in France (although things are changing all the time in the current climate), that means the game will come out within a couple of weeks of what is intended to be the first race of the season. The big features are that Formula 2 will again be part of the game, better multiplayer and there will be the option to create your very own team in a new management mode, which admittedly does sound fun. There will be a 'Michael Schumacher Deluxe' edition to celebrate the great man, which will feature four of his most iconic cars (quoting from the article now) including the Jordan 191 in which he made his debut, his title-winning Benetton B194 and B195 and the Ferrari F1-2000 that took him to the first of his five titles with the Italian team. The only editions I've seen thus far on Amazon are for PS4, £54.99 for the 'seventy' edition and £64.99 for the Schumacher Deluxe. The Schumacher Deluxe is listed to be released three days early on 7th July. Not sure how reliable that is.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton (Rounds 1-15, 17) / #63 George Russell (Round 16) #77 Valtteri Bottas Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #16 Charles Leclerc Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (Honda) #23 Alexander Albon #33 Max Verstappen McLaren F1 Team (Renault) #4 Lando Norris #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault DP World F1 Team (Renault) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #31 Esteban Ocon Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda (Honda) #10 Pierre Gasly #26 Daniil Kvyat BWT Racing Point F1 Team (BWT Mercedes) #11 Sergio Pérez (Rounds 1-3, 6-) / #27 Nico Hülkenberg (Rounds 4-5) #18 Lance Stroll (Rounds 1-10, 12-) / #27 Nico Hülkenberg (Round 11) Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN (Ferrari) #7 Kimi Räikkönen #99 Antonio Giovinazzi Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #8 Romain Grosjean (Rounds 1-15) / #51 Pietro Fittipaldi (Round 16-17) #20 Kevin Magnussen Williams Racing (Mercedes) #6 Nicholas Latifi #63 George Russell (Rounds 1-15, 17) / #89 Jack Aitken (Round 16) INTENDED CALENDAR 19th February-21st February 2020 Pre-Season Testing 1 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 26th February-28th February 2020 Pre-Season Testing 2 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 15th March 2020 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 22nd March 2020 Round 2 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 5th April 2020 Round 3 - Vietnamese Grand Prix (Hanoi Street Circuit, Hanoi) 19th April 2020 Round 4 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 3rd May 2020 Round 5 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort) 10th May 2020 Round 6 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 24th May 2020 Round 7 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 7th June 2020 Round 8 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 14th June 2020 Round 9 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal) 28th June 2020 Round 10 - French Grand Prix (Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet) 5th July 2020 Round 11 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 19th July 2020 Round 12 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 2nd August 2020 Round 13- Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 30th August 2020 Round 14 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 6th September 2020 Round 15 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 20th September 2020 Round 16 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 27th September 2020 Round 17 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 11th October 2020 Round 18 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka) 25th October 2020 Round 19 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 1st November 2020 Round 20 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 15th November 2020 Round 21 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 29th November 2020 Round 22 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) CURRENT SCHEDULE Round Grand Prix Circuit Race date 1 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 5 July 2 Styrian Grand Prix 12 July 3 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Mogyoród 19 July[e] 4 British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 2 August 5 70th Anniversary Grand Prix 9 August 6 Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 16 August 7 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 30 August 8 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 6 September 9 Tuscan Grand Prix Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero 13 September 10 Russian Grand Prix Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 27 September 11 Eifel Grand Prix Nürburgring, Nürburg 11 October 12 Portuguese Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 25 October 13 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 1 November 14 Turkish Grand Prix Intercity İstanbul Park, Tuzla 15 November 15 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 29 November 16 Sakhir Grand Prix 6 December 17 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 13 December SPORTING REGULATIONS: Teams are allowed to use an additional MGU-K compared to 2019 to compensate for the increased demands of contesting the originally planned 22 races. Drivers who participate in free practice sessions will be eligible for additional FIA Super Licence points. Any driver who completes a minimum 100 km (62 mi) during a free practice session will receive an additional Super Licence point on the condition that they do not commit a driving infraction. Drivers may only accrue ten Super Licence points per year from free practice sessions. As a result of the expanded calendar, the two pre-season tests due to take place at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will be reduced in length from four days to three days each, whilst the two in-season tests that took place at Bahrain International Circuit and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2019 have been discontinued. Teams will also no longer be allowed to hide their cars during testing. The amount of time in which car mechanics are not allowed to work on the car has been extended from eight to nine hours. The rules surrounding jump starts and the weighbridge have been relaxed with the race stewards now being able to hand out less severe punishments for missing the weighbridge and jump starts. TECHNICAL REGULATIONS: In order to reduce the risk of punctures, the last 50 mm (2.0 in) of the front wing can no longer contain any metal. Brake ducts can no longer be outsourced and must be made and designed by the team. The amount of fuel that can be outside of the fuel tank has been reduced from 1 litre (1.8 imp pt) to 250 millilitres (0.44 imp pt). The level of driver aids at the start will also be decreased. COVID-19 PANDEMIC REGULATORY CHANGES: The pandemic required changes to the format of a race weekend, which included abandoning the drivers' parade and pre-race assembly for the host venue's national anthem. A modified podium ceremony was planned for after races. The FIA introduced limits to the number of team personnel who could be on the starting grid to prepare cars and changed the cut-off times for cars to leave pit lane to minimise the amount of time team personnel spent on the grid. Tyre supplier Pirelli was also required to provide an identical allocation of tyre compounds to all teams and drivers. Where Pirelli were previously required to announce compounds for a race several weeks in advance, this window was reduced to two weeks, allowing them to respond to anticipated changes to the calendar. In June, Formula One launched the We Race As One initiative to fight global inequity and the impact of COVID-19. The initiative used a rainbow logo, with the #WeRaceAsOne hashtag, and featured prominent We Race As One branding on vehicles (including the safety car) and signage on track. Formula One and several teams launched projects or fundraising efforts in support of the initiative.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #77 Valtteri Bottas Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #16 Charles Leclerc Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (Honda) #10 Pierre Gasly (Round 1-12) / #23 Alexander Albon (Rounds 13-) #33 Max Verstappen Renault F1 Team (Renault) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #27 Nico Hülkenberg Rich Energy Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #8 Romain Grosjean #20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren F1 Team (Renault) #4 Lando Norris #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (BWT Mercedes) #11 Sergio Pérez #18 Lance Stroll Alfa Romeo Racing (Ferrari) #7 Kimi Räikkönen #99 Antonio Giovinazzi Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda (Honda) #23 Alexander Albon (Round 1-12) / #10 Pierre Gasly (Rounds 13) #26 Daniil Kvyat ROKiT Williams Racing (Mercedes) #63 George Russell #88 Robert Kubica CALENDAR 18th February-21st February 2019 Pre-Season Testing 1 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 26th February-1st March 2019 Pre-Season Testing 2 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 17th March 2019 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 31st March 2019 Round 2- Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 14th April 2019 Round 3 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 28th April 2019 Round 4 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 12th May 2019 Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló) 26th May 2019 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 9th June 2019 Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal) 23rd June 2019 Round 8 - French Grand Prix (Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet) 30th June 2019 Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 14th July 2019 Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 28th July 2019 Round 11 - German Grand Prix (Hockenheimring, Hockenheim) 4th August 2019 Round 12- Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród) 1st September 2019 Round 13 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 8th September 2019 Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 22nd September 2019 Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 29th September 2019 Round 16- Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 13th October 2019 Round 17 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka) 27th October 2019 Round 18 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 3rd November 2019 Round 19 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 17th November 2019 Round 20 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 1st December 2019 Round 21 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) DRIVER SAFETY: The FIA introduced a new standard for driver helmets designed to improve safety. Under the new standard, helmets will be subjected to a more thorough range of crash tests aimed at improving energy absorption and deflection as well as reducing the likelihood of objects penetrating the helmet's structure. All certified helmet manufacturers were required to pass the tests in advance of the 2019 championship to have their certification renewed. Once introduced to Formula One, the new standard will gradually be applied to all helmets used by competitors in every FIA-sanctioned event. TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES: In a bid to improve overtaking, teams agreed to a series of aerodynamic changes that affect the profile of the front and rear wings. The front wing endplates were reshaped to alter the airflow across the car and reduce the effects of aerodynamic turbulence and winglets above the main plane of the front wing have been banned. The slot in the rear wing was widened, making the drag reduction system (DRS) more powerful. The agreed-upon changes were drawn from the findings of a working group set up to investigate potential changes to the technical regulations in preparation for the 2021 championship. Parts of the technical regulations governing bodywork were rewritten in a bid to promote sponsorship opportunities for teams. The agreed changes are to mandate smaller bargeboards and limit aerodynamic development of the rear wing endplates to create more space for sponsor logos. The changes were introduced as a response to falling revenues amid teams and the struggles of smaller teams to secure new sponsors. The mandated maximum fuel levels were raised from 105 kg (231 lb) to 110 kg (240 lb) so as to minimise the need for drivers to conserve fuel during a race. Driver weights are no longer considered when measuring the minimum weight of the car. This change was agreed to following concerns that drivers were being forced to lose dangerous amounts of weight in order to offset the additional weight of the post-2014 generation of turbo-hybrid engines. Drivers who weigh less than 80 kg (180 lb) will have to make up this weight with ballast, located around the seat to minimise possible performance gains. The changes were introduced to eliminate the advantage drivers with a naturally-smaller body shape had over taller and heavier drivers, and to discourage unhealthy diet and exercise regimes to improve performance. Tyre supplier Pirelli renamed its range of tyres following a request from the FIA and the sport's management. The governing body argued that the naming conventions used in 2018 were obtuse and difficult for casual spectators to understand. Under the new plan, names given to particular compounds, such as "hypersoft" and "ultrasoft", will be replaced by referring during each race to the three compounds teams have available for that race as soft, medium and hard. This is hoped to aid fans understanding the tyre compounds used at each round. The actual compounds for the season will be referred to by number, from the firmest ("1") to the softest ("5"). Pirelli will continue to decide which three compounds are made available for each race. The practice of using colours to identify the specific compound (such as pink for the hypersoft) will be discontinued, with white, yellow and red being used for the three compounds available for each race where white denoted the hardest available compound and red the softest. As all five compounds are available in testing there will be slight variations in the details on the tyre sidewalls to distinguish between the different compounds during testing. The championship will introduce a bonus point to a driver who sets the fastest race lap, with the constructor of the driver also receiving the point. The point will only be awarded if the driver finishes inside the top ten. This makes 2019 the first time since 1959 that the championship will introduce a bonus point for fastest lap.

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #77 Valtteri Bottas Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #7 Kimi Räikkönen Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (Renault, TAG Heuer branded) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #33 Max Verstappen Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) (ROUND 1-12) #11 Sergio Pérez (Round 1-12) #31 Esteban Ocon (Round 1-12) Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes) #18 Lance Stroll #35 Sergey Sirotkin Renault Sport Formula One Team (Renault) #27 Nico Hülkenberg #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Scuderia Toro Rosso (Honda) #10 Pierre Gasly #28 Brendon Hartley Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #8 Romain Grosjean #20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren Formula 1 Team (Renault) #2 Stoffel Vandoorne #14 Fernando Alonso Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari) #9 Marcus Ericsson #16 Charles Leclerc Racing Point Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) (ROUND 13-) #11 Sergio Pérez (Round 13-) #31 Esteban Ocon (Round 13-) CALENDAR 26th February-1st March 2018 Pre-Season Testing 1 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 6th-9th March 2018 Pre-Season Testing 2 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 25th March 2018 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 8th April 2018 Round 2- Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 15th April 2018 Round 3 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 29th April 2018 Round 4 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 13th May 2018 Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 27th May 2018 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 10th June 2018 Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal) 24th June 2018 Round 8 - French Grand Prix (Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet) 1st July 2018 Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 8th July 2018 Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 22nd July 2018 Round 11 - German Grand Prix (Hockenheimring, Hockenheim) 29th July 2018 Round 12- Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Budapest) 26th August 2018 Round 13 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 2nd September 2018 Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 16th September 2018 Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 30th September 2018 Round 16- Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 7th October 2018 Round 17 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka) 21st October 2018 Round 18 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 28th October 2018 Round 19 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 11th November 2018 Round 20 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 25th November 2018 Round 21 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) DRIVER SAFETY: Following a series of serious incidents in open-wheel racing—including the fatal accidents of Henry Surtees and Justin Wilson—in which drivers were struck in the head by debris, the FIA announced plans to introduce additional mandatory cockpit protection with 2018 given as the first year for its introduction. Several solutions were tested, with the final design subject to feedback from teams and drivers. Each design was created to deflect debris away from a driver's head without compromising their visibility or the ability of safety marshals to access the cockpit and extract a driver and their seat in the event of a serious accident or medical emergency, with a series of serious accidents—such as the fatal accidents of Jules Bianchi and Dan Wheldon—recreated to simulate the ability of devices to withstand a serious impact. The FIA ultimately settled on the "halo", a wishbone-shaped frame mounted above and around the driver's head and anchored to the monocoque forward of the cockpit. Once introduced, the halo concept is scheduled to be applied to other open-wheel racing categories including Formula 2 and Formula 3. The FIA revealed plans to allow teams some design freedom in the final version of the halo. Race Director Charlie Whiting noted that the halo would be incorporated into the chassis design from its inception rather than attached once the design was completed. SPORTING REGULATION CHANGES: The number of pre-season test days will be reduced to seven, while the mid-season test held in Bahrain in 2017 will be moved to Barcelona. The rules governing starting procedures will be changed for 2018, granting race stewards the power to issue penalties for improper race starts even if a driver's start does not trigger the automated detection system. The changes were introduced following a series of incidents throughout 2017; during the Chinese Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel positioned his car too far across his grid slot to be detected by the detection system; while at the Austrian Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas's start was called into question for his reaction time despite the detection system recognising it as legal. Drivers will be required to wear gloves containing biometric sensors which record their vital signs in order to better assist marshals and recovery crews in assessing their condition in the event of an accident. TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES: Drivers will be limited to three complete engines (down from four in 2017) for the whole season. Despite protests from several teams, the FIA decided to implement the rule for 2018. The FIA banned the use of "shark fins", a carbon-fibre extension to the engine cowling aimed at directing airflow over the rear wing. The use of "T-wings", a horizontal secondary wing mounted forward of and above the rear wing, will be banned. The FIA will introduce further restrictions against the practice of oil burning, where engine oils are burned as fuel to boost performance. The practice, which was first used in 2017 saw teams burning as much as 1.2 litres per one hundred kilometres. For the 2018 championship, this figure will be revised down to a maximum of 0.6 litres per one hundred kilometres. Tyre supplier Pirelli will provide teams with two new tyre compounds in 2018. Each of the 2017 compounds will be made softer, with a new "hypersoft" tyre becoming the softest of the seven. A new "superhard" tyre will also be introduced. The hypersoft compound will be marked by a pink sidewall, while the superhard will be orange. The hard compound, which previously used orange markings, will instead become pale blue.

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #77 Valtteri Bottas Red Bull Racing (Renault, TAG-Heuer branded) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #33 Max Verstappen Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #7 Kimi Räikkönen Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) #11 Sergio Pérez #31 Esteban Ocon Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes) #18 Lance Stroll #19 Felipe Massa (Rounds 1-10, 12-) / #40 Paul di Resta (Round 11) McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team (Honda) #2 Stoffel Vandoorne #14 Fernando Alonso (Rounds 1-5, 7-) / #22 Jenson Button (Round 6) Scuderia Toro Rosso (Renault) #26 Daniil Kvyat (Rounds 1-14, 17) / #10 Pierre Gasly (Round 15-16) / #28 Brendon Hartley (Round 18-20) #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. (Round 1-16) / #39 Brendon Hartley (Round 17) / #10 Pierre Gasly (Round 18-20) Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #8 Romain Grosjean #20 Kevin Magnussen Renault Sport Formula One Team (Renault) #27 Nico Hülkenberg #30 Jolyon Palmer (Round 1-16) / #55 Carlos Sainz Jr. (Round 17-) Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari 061 (2016-spec)) #9 Marcus Ericsson #36 Antonio Giovinazzi (Round 1-2) / #94 Pascal Wehrlein (Round 3-) CALENDAR 27th February-2nd March 2017 Pre-Season Testing 1 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 7th-10th March 2017 Pre-Season Testing 2 (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 26th March 2017 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 9th April 2017 Round 2 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 16th April 2017 Round 3 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 30th April 2017 Round 4 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 14th May 2017 Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 28th May 2017 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 11th June 2017 Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal) 25th June 2017 Round 8 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku) 9th July 2017 Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 16th July 2017 Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 30th July 2017 Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Budapest) 27th August 2017 Round 12 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 3rd September 2017 Round 13 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 17th September 2017 Round 14 - Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur) 1st October 2017 Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 8th October 2017 Round 16 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka) 22nd October 2017 Round 17 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 29th October 2017 Round 18 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 12th November 2017 Round 19 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 26th November 2017 Round 20 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) GENERAL CHANGES: In September 2016, Liberty Media purchased a minority stake in the sport from CVC Capital Partners ahead of a hoped-for full buyout in time for the 2017 season. As part of the deal, the sport adopted a model similar to that used by the US National Football League and Major League Baseball, with teams entitled to purchase a stake in the sport As a response to widespread changes in the technical regulations expected to increase cornering speeds by up to 40 km/h (24.9 mph), the FIA requested that every circuit on the calendar undergo revisions to update safety features. TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES: The technical regulations governing bodywork design were revised for 2017, with the objective of improving lap times by four to five seconds over the 2016 generation of cars. These changes include: An increase of the width of the front wing to 1,800 mm (70.9 in). Lowering the rear wing by 150 mm (5.9 in) and moving its position back by 200 mm (7.9 in). The leading edge of the barge boards being brought forward to allow teams more freedom in controlling airflow. An increase of the width of the front and rear tyres to allow cars to generate more mechanical grip. The minimum weight of the car including the driver being raised by 20 kg to 722 kg, with teams allowed to use 105 kg of fuel to account for the increase in minimum weight. The token system used to regulate power unit development — where the power unit was divided into individual areas, and each area assigned a points value with development of these areas deducting points from a manufacturer's overall points quota — will be abandoned. Restrictions are to be placed on the dimensions, weight and the materials used to build each individual component of the power unit. Teams are restricted to four power units per season regardless of the number of Grands Prix in the season. Previous seasons had included a provision for a fifth power unit if the number of Grands Prix in a season exceeded 20; from 2017, this provision is to be abandoned. The cost of a power unit supply is reduced by €1 million in 2017 ahead of a further reduction in 2018. Cameras will no longer be permitted to be mounted on stalks, located on the nose of the car. SPORTING REGULATION CHANGES: Under rules introduced in 2015, grid penalties for exceeding a driver's quota of power unit components carried over from one race to the next if the penalty could not be fully served when issued. When this carry-over system was abandoned, teams could build up a reserve of spare components by introducing several at once while only serving a single grid penalty. From 2017, teams will only be able to use one new component over their quota per race, with any additional components incurring further penalties. This change prevents teams from "stockpiling" spare power unit components. Power unit suppliers will have an "obligation to supply", mandating that they supply power units to any team, should a team end up without an agreement. The rule was introduced following the breakdown in the relationship between Renault and their customer teams Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso at the end of the 2015 season that left both teams in limbo until deals could be arranged. In the event that a race is declared wet and must start behind the safety car, the grid will follow normal starting procedures once conditions are declared satisfactory for racing. Drivers will line up on the grid for a standing start once the safety car pulls into pit lane, although any laps completed behind the safety car will count towards the total race distance.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #6 Nico Rosberg Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #7 Kimi Räikkönen Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes) #19 Felipe Massa #77 Valtteri Bottas Red Bull Racing (Renault, TAG-Heuer branded) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #26 Daniil Kvyat (Round 1-4) / #33 Max Verstappen (Round 5-21) Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) #11 Sergio Pérez #27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault Sport F1 Team (Renault) #20 Kevin Magnussen #30 Jolyon Palmer Scuderia Toro Rosso (Ferrari 0594/4, 2015 spec) #33 Max Verstappen (Round 1-4) / #26 Daniil Kvyat (Round 5-21) #55 Carlos Sainz, Jr. Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari) #9 Marcus Ericsson #12 Felipe Nasr McLaren Honda (Honda) #14 Fernando Alonso (Round 1, 3-21) / #47 Stoffel Vandoorne (Round 2) #22 Jenson Button Manor Racing MRT (Mercedes) #88 Rio Haryanto (Round 1-12) / #31 Esteban Ocon (Round 13-) #94 Pascal Wehrlein Haas F1 Team (Ferrari) #8 Romain Grosjean #21 Esteban Gutiérrez CALENDAR 22th-25th February 2016 Pre-Season Testing 1 - (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 1st-4th March 2016 Pre-Season Testing 2 - (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 20th March 2016 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 3rd April 2016 Round 2 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 17th April 2016 Round 3 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 1st May 2016 Round 4 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 15th May 2016 Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 29th May 2016 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 12th June 2016 Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal) 19th June 2016 Round 8 - Grand Prix of Europe (Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan) 3rd July 2016 Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 10th July 2016 Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 24th July 2016 Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Budapest) 31th July 2016 Round 12 - German Grand Prix (Hockenheimring, Hockenheim) 28th August 2016 Round 13 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 4th September 2016 Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 18th September 2016 Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 2nd October 2016 Round 16 - Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur) 9th October 2016 Round 17 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka) 23rd October 2016 Round 18 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 30th October 2016 Round 19 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 13th November 2016 Round 20 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 27th November 2016 Round 21 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) General changes: The FIA and Formula One Management will be granted greater power to change the Sporting and Technical Regulations and to make decisions affecting the governance of the sport. Technical Regulation changes: Cars were required to be designed with a separate wastegate for exhaust gases to pass through in a bid to increase the noise of the cars following criticism since the introduction of the 2014 generation of engines. Tyre supplier Pirelli introduced a fifth tyre compound known as "ultrasoft", with the manufacturer stating that they would only be available on street circuits. Pirelli changed their approach to tyre supply in 2016, bringing three dry compounds to races instead of two. The compounds are made public two weeks before each event. Pirelli assigns two "choice" compounds, and a third set (the softest available regardless of Pirelli's selection) are given to teams reaching Q3. Drivers select their remaining ten tyre sets for the event between the three compounds and must use two dry compounds during the race, provided that at least one set is from the Pirelli "choice" selection. The FIA has opted to increase the number of tokens available for power unit development starting in 2016. While the initial plans would have given manufacturers fifteen tokens for the season, the number was raised to thirty-two, the same number as 2014, in order to allow struggling manufacturers such as Renault and Honda to improve their development. This decision also allows further development on parts that were initially planned to be closed off, including the upper and lower crankcase, valve drive, crankshaft, air-valve system and ancillaries drive. Sporting Regulation changes: Starting in 2016, the number of pre-season tests were reduced from three to two. The FIA formally increased the maximum events allowed in a season from 20 to 21 to accommodate the calendar's approval. The stewards are given greater powers in enforcing track limits, with drivers required to stay between the white lines marking the edges of the circuit, except in cases of driver error. The change was introduced after an investigation by Pirelli into Sebastian Vettel's high-speed blow-out at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix that concluded that Vettel's off-track excursions had been a significant factor in the incident. The FIA is also exploring a number of solutions to discourage drivers from abusing track limits and aid in their policing, including GPS tracking, the reprofiling of kerbs, the installation of pressure-sensitive sensors and the use of high-speed cameras. Any driver who causes the start of the race to be aborted will be required to start the race from pit lane at the restart. The procedure for issuing gearbox penalties will be amended so that penalties are applied in the order that they are awarded, bringing the system in line with the wider grid penalty system. The Virtual Safety Car system is to be used in practice sessions as well to avoid the unnecessary use of red flags and session stoppages. The drag reduction system, which is deactivated when under Virtual Safety Car periods and full-course yellow flags, is to be available as soon as a Virtual Safety Car period has ended; drivers previously had to wait two laps before the system was reactivated. The qualifying process was heavily revised two weeks before the season began. The three-period format first introduced in 2006 was retained, but with a progressive "knock-out" style of elimination. Despite widespread criticism of the format at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and a vote from the teams to revert to the pre-2016 format, the FIA's F1 Commission chose to maintain the system ahead of a full review later in the season. The stewards' powers to monitor pit-to-car communications were broadened for the 2016 season, with race control able to monitor the radio feeds for each driver in real time and consult with engineering advisors to further monitor the content in a bid to crack down on driver coaching and the use of coded messages. The process new drivers go through in order to qualify for a superlicence will be changed, with additional restrictions put in place as part of the wider FIA Global Pathway. The changes were introduced following controversy surrounding Max Verstappen qualifying for a superlicence at the age of 16 after a single season competing in European Formula 3.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #6 Nico Rosberg Infiniti Red Bull Racing (Renault) #3 Daniel Ricciardo #26 Daniil Kvyat Williams Martini Racing (Mercedes) #19 Felipe Massa #77 Valtteri Bottas Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #5 Sebastian Vettel #7 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren Honda (Honda) #20 Kevin Magnussen (Round 1) / #14 Fernando Alonso (Rounds 2-19) #22 Jenson Button Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) #11 Sergio Pérez #27 Nico Hülkenberg Scuderia Toro Rosso (Renault) #33 Max Verstappen #55 Carlos Sainz, Jr. Lotus F1 Team (Mercedes) #8 Romain Grosjean #13 Pastor Maldonado Manor Marussia F1 Team (Ferrari 059/3 (2014-spec)) #28 Will Stevens #98 Roberto Merhi (Rounds 1-12, 15, 19) / #53 Alexander Rossi (Rounds 13-14, 16-18) Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari) #9 Marcus Ericsson #12 Felipe Nasr CALENDAR 15th March 2015 Round 1 - Australian Grand Prix (Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne) 29th March 2015 Round 2 - Malaysian Grand Prix (Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur) 12th April 2015 Round 3 - Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai) 19th April 2015 Round 4 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir) 10th May 2015 Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona) 24th May 2015 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo) 7th June 2015 Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal) 21st June 2015 Round 8 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg) 5th July 2015 Round 9 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone) 26th July 2015 Round 10 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Budapest) 23rd August 2015 Round 11 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot) 6th September 2015 Round 12 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza) 20th September 2015 Round 13 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore) 27th September 2015 Round 14 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka) 11th October 2015 Round 15 - Russian Grand Prix (Sochi Autodrom, Sochi) 25th October 2015 Round 16 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas) 1st November 2015 Round 17 - Mexican Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City) 15th November 2015 Round 18 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo) 29th November 2015 Round 19 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi) REGULATION CHANGES - TECHNICAL The number of power units that a driver may use in a season will be reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015. The rules regarding engine development that were introduced in 2014 will change, with the manufacturers allowed to perform half the development permitted in 2014; the development will be halved again in 2016. Following the backlash over "ugly" nose designs in 2014, the FIA moved to amend the rules surrounding nose designs for the 2015 season. Noses will now be lower than in 2014, retaining a minimum cross section, but they must taper to a point at a fixed linear rate, effectively outlawing the dramatic finger shapes seen in 2014 in favour of a more gradual shape. Furthermore, the design of the nose must be symmetrical and consistent with the centreline of the car, thereby banning the more exotic designs, such as the "twin-tusk" approach used by Lotus on the E22 chassis. The minimum weight of the cars at all times during an event was increased to 702 kilograms (1,548 lb). The ban on Front-and-Rear Interconnected suspension systems (FRIC) implemented in the middle of the 2014 season was formalised, with the regulations stating that the front and rear suspension must be designed in such a way that any change in performance must be a direct result of a change in load applied solely to them. The anti-intrusion panels on both sides of the survival cell have been extended upwards to the rim of the cockpit and alongside the driver's head. Following the financial struggles faced by Marussia and Caterham in 2014, the FIA approved the use of 2014-specification chassis in 2015 provided that teams showed cause and received an individual dispensation to compete with their old chassis. However a request by Manor F1 to use their 2014 car was later rejected by the other teams. Subsequent regulation changes allowed the team to use the 2014 model of Ferrari power units in their 2015 chassis instead of the 2015 specification power units used by Ferrari and other customer teams. REGULATION CHANGES - SPORTING The replacement of a complete power unit will no longer result in a penalty. Instead, penalties will be applied cumulatively for individual components of the power unit. If such a grid place penalty is imposed and the driver's grid position is such that the full penalty cannot be applied, then the remainder of the penalty will no longer be carried over to the next race, but will instead be applied in the form of a time penalty during the race corresponding to the number of grid spaces remaining in the penalty. In addition to the existing five-second penalty that may be served during a driver's scheduled pit stop, a new ten-second penalty that will have to be served in the same manner, will be introduced. If a car is deemed to have been released from its pit stop in an unsafe manner, the driver will receive a ten second stop-and-go penalty. Further penalties will be applied if the stewards believe that the driver is aware of this and attempts to drive the car regardless. The qualifying procedure has been further clarified to cater to different sizes of starting grids: if twenty-four cars are entered for the race, seven will be eliminated after the each of the first two qualifying segments; if twenty-two are entered, six will be eliminated after each qualifying segment and so on if fewer cars are eligible. The partial ban on pit-to-car communication introduced at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix will be extended to include a blanket ban on sharing technical data between team and driver, such as specific fuel consumption settings. Double points will no longer be awarded at the final event of the championship. In light of a regulation introduced in 2014 dictating that a race can not run for more than four hours and following recommendations from the report into Jules Bianchi's accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the start times of five Grands Prix have been brought forward by one hour, so that races do not start with less than four hours until dusk. Thus, the Australian, Malaysia, Chinese, Japanese and Russian Grands Prix will start an hour earlier than in 2014. In the aftermath of Bianchi's accident, a new procedure called virtual safety car (VSC) will be introduced, obliging drivers to reduce their speed to match the one indicated on their displays on their steering wheels. The procedure may be initiated when double waved yellow flags are needed on any section of a circuit where competitors and officials may be in danger, but the circumstances are not as such to warrant deployment of the actual safety car. The safety car procedure was amended. Once the last lapped car has passed the leader, the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap. This is a change of the previous practice which required the unlapped cars to have caught up with the back of the pack before the safety car could return to the pits. If a race is suspended, the cars will no longer line up on the grid but will slowly proceed to the pit lane instead. Pit exit will be closed and the first car to arrive in the pit lane will proceed to the exit with the other lining up behind the first one. If any team personnel or team equipment remain on the grid after the fifteen-second signal has been shown before the start of the formation lap, the driver of the car concerned must start the race from the pit lane. If the driver concerned fails to obey this, they will receive a ten second stop-and-go penalty. Drivers are no longer permitted to change the design of their helmet in-season.

So, I don't know if there's a thread for browser games that's reasonably young. I found one that's from 2012 and I didn't want to revive that old thing so I started an individual thread about this game I'm playing right now. As many people know I really love open wheel racing a lot, seeing I just started doing a diary about F1 right now. It's called ''MyRacingCareer" and it's pretty much what it says on the tin. You sign up, you create a driver and you try to make him into the next F1 god like Pastor Maldonado (Or some scrub like Hamilton). You start out driving with a factory spec F3 car and there's a fuck tonne of tracks in the game which you can freely sign up to drive in. You can drive 2 individual races at one time and also be part of 2 ''series'' which are basically their own race classes ranging from local ones like a ''British Series'' to World Series where you need to have a certain ranking to be a part of it. Your driver has 19 skill areas across 6 different groups from the obvious driving skills to the stuff like Charisma and Man Management in the ''personal skills''. You can allocate a bunch of points to start with and you can use earned money to train him to become even better over time... You start out with a bunch of ''investor'' money that allows you to hire some staff and afford extra training from the get go. The game itself is completely text based, so you wont have to do any of the driving yourself. You on the other hand sign your driver up for races, and then set up the car to get the best time possible and become succesful. The setup system is very forgiving and your driver (and Race Engineer) give you feedback after every testing stint so you can tweak the car and actually get somewhere and not be at the mercy of having to guess what might be good or not. So even for people with little knowledge of technical stuff it's very forgiving and helps you out. You set your tactics and the driving style of your driver and then you cross your fingers hoping for a good performance, at the start the chances are very slim that you are going to win since single races are also being driven by high quality drivers who want to make extra cash and/or improve set-ups. The Rookie Series on the other hand is a nice way to get your first taste of competitive driving. Being able to drive 2 series and also 2 individual races at the same time means that you can do something every single day and have a race every day which is great to stay engrossed and not get bored quickly. Also the Formula 1 aspect is still a work in progress and it's planned to start next in-game season which is in about a month, the interesting part of that system is that there are teams owned by a group of users instead of every user having their own driver, and every team has to fill 2 seats every season which is a juggle between personal politics, choosing the best driver and also the drivers liquid assets. But i'll stop rambling now because as you can read I'm pretty damn psyched about the game and it's a really fun little time waster to spare 10-15 minutes every day and see how I can become successful in the game. http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/ Maybe if a bunch of people sign up to the game on this forum we could share car set-up's and give us all more chances to have great races. I have some setups saved on my PC which I tweak with every race, and of course the more people over here are sharing set ups the quicker we can all get better and have some EWB dominance... Also, if people need help or tips for the game ask me. I don't have the most experience myself, but I have come to grips with the game for the most part. EWB User Accounts (for viewing pleasure): JasonMUFC: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31306/ Chris2K: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31303/ OGpistolpete: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31297/ Lanky316: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31346/ MDK: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31360/ Berober: http://www.myracingc.../en/user/31318/ Slogger: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/31382/ Plubby: http://www.myracingcareer.com/en/user/32502/

Infiniti Red Bull Racing (Renault) #1 Sebastian Vettel #3 Daniel Ricciardo Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #44 Lewis Hamilton #6 Nico Rosberg Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #14 Fernando Alonson #7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 Team (Renault) #8 Romain Grosjean #13 Pastor Maldonado McLaren Mercedes (Mercedes) #22 Jenson Button #20 Kevin Magnussen Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) #27 Nico Hülkenberg #11 Sergio Pérez Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari) #99 Adrian Sutil #21 Esteban Gutiérrez Scuderia Toro Rosso (Renault) #25 Jean-Éric Vergne #26 Daniil Kvyat Williams F1 Team (Mercedes) #19 Felipe Massa #77 Valtteri Bottas Marussia F1 Team (Ferrari) #17 Jules Bianchi (Round 1-15) #4 Max Chilton (Round 1-16) Caterham F1 Team (Renault) #9 Marcus Ericsson (Round 1-16) / #46 Will Stevens (Round 19) #10 Kamui Kobayashi (Round 1-11, 13-16, 19) / #45 André Lotterer (Round 12)

Infiniti Red Bull Racing (Renault) #1 - Sebastian Vettel #2 - Mark Webber Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari) #3 - Fernando Alonso #4 - Felipe Massa Vodafone McLaren Mercedes (Mercedes) #5 - Jenson Button #6 - Sergio Pérez Lotus F1 Team (Renault) #7 - Kimi Räikkönen (Round 1-17) / Heikki Kovalainen (Round 18-19) #8 - Romain Grosjean Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes) #9 - Nico Rosberg #10 - Lewis Hamilton Sauber F1 Team (Ferrari) #11 - Nico Hülkenberg #12 - Esteban Gutiérrez Sahara Force India F1 Team (Mercedes) #14 - Paul di Resta #15 - TBA Williams F1 (Renault) #16 - Pastor Maldonado #17 - - Valtteri Bottas Scuderia Toro Rosso (Ferrari) #18 - Daniel Ricciardo #19 - Jean-Éric Vergne Caterham F1 Team (Renault) #20 - Charles Pic #21 - TBA Marussia F1 Team (Cosworth) #22 - Timo Glock #23 - Max Chilton Rule Changes from 2012 Sporting regulations At the June 2012 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA announced plans to introduce cost-control measures for the 2013 season, which would be policed by the FIA pending the agreement of the teams. This follows a failed attempt by former FIA President Max Mosley to introduce a budget cap for the 2010 season, and the withdrawal of Ferrari, Torro Rosso, Sauber and Red Bull from the Formula One Teams Association in December 2011 over the implementation of the Resource Restriction Agreement, a voluntary agreement between teams to limit costs in the sport. Following HRT's omission from the provisional entry list, the grid was reduced to twenty-two cars, prompting a change to qualifying procedures. With twenty-two cars on the grid, six cars – instead of seven – will be eliminated during the first period of qualifying, with six more eliminated at the end of the second period. The third qualifying period remains unchanged, with the ten fastest drivers all advancing to the final ten minutes of qualifying. The rules governing the use of the Drag Reduction System (DRS) will be altered. Where drivers were free to use the system at will during free practice and qualifying, from 2013, the use of DRS will be restricted to the designated DRS zone in a bid to improve safety. In response to this, the FIA announced plans to include two DRS zones at every circuit on the 2013 calendar where it was feasible to do so. The FIA is seeking to remove the rules of "force majeure" to clarify scrutineering procedures. Under the rules of force majeure, cars must be able to return to the pits under their own power during qualifying or else risk exclusion from the results. However, if a team can adequately demonstrate that circumstances beyond their control forced them to stop a car on the circuit before it could return to the pits, then the rules of force majeure dicatate that the team and driver in question are exempt from any exclusion. Under new regulations, force majeure would no longer be recognised as a valid reason for stopping a car. These changes were first proposed in the aftermath of the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when Red Bull Racing instructed Sebastian Vettel to stop on the circuit after qualifying. Although race stewards initially accepted the team's explanation that the order came because of an imminent technical fault that threatened lasting damage to Vettel's engine, it was later discovered that Vettel had insufficient fuel in his car at the time and had been ordered to pull over so as to preserve the mandatory one litre sample required for testing at the end of qualifying. As a result, Vettel was excluded from the results, and the changes to force majeure were put forward. Following a crackdown on driving standard by race stewards in 2012, the FIA has sought to introduce a "penalty points" system of enforcing driving standards modelled on the points system used for road-going drivers' licences worldwide. Under the system, driving infringements would be assigned a points value that would be deducted from a driver's Super Licence when they commit an infraction. When a driver accumulates a pre-determined number of points, they face an automatic ban from racing. The practice of mid-season testing, which returned to Formula One in 2012 after having been banned in 2009, will be discontinued in 2013 as part of cost-cutting initiatives. Teams will be faced with an increased entry fee for the season. Whereas entry fees had previously been fixed at €309,000 (USD$396,637) for all teams, from 2013, entry fees will be based on the World Championship points a team scored during the previous season. Teams will now pay a basic entry fee of USD$500,000 (€389,525), plus USD$5,000 (€3,895) per point scored. The reigning Constructors' champions will pay at a premium rate of USD$6,000 (€4,614) per point scored. With a final tally of 460 points, Red Bull Racing were presented with an entry fee of USD$3,260,000 (€2,507,091). Technical regulations Changes to the rules in 2012 resulted in the development of a "platypus" nose, with teams designing cars with a visible change in height along the nose assembly of the car. The design attracted criticism, with Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber labelling the cars "ugly" and Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali calling them "not that pretty". At the 2012 Australian Grand Prix, Charlie Whiting, the FIA technical delegate, announced that although the changes to the sporting regulations planned for the 2014 season would effectively remove the "platypus" effect, the sport's governing body is planning to phase the stepped nose out for 2013. The FIA later accepted a proposal that would allow teams to cover up the stepped nose with a "modesty plate", a panel designed to obscure the step without fundamentally altering the aerodynamic profile of the car or offering any aerodynamic gain itself. The FIA will completely overhaul testing procedures for front wings in 2013, introducing a more-comprehensive and strenuous series of tests designed to root out the practice of exploiting flexible bodywork regulations. The "double-DRS" system, first developed by Mercedes for the W03 in 2012 will be banned in 2013. The device, which used a series of channels that ran through the car to create a stalling effect over the front wing when the rear wing Drag Reduction System was open, thereby cancelling out the downforce generated under normal conditions, would allow the car to achieve a higher top speed and better stability in fast corners. The system was the subject of several legal challenges early in the 2012 season, and rival team Lotus developed a similar system of their own before teams agreed to a ban in July 2012. However, while the regulations specifically banned the system developed by Mercedes, they make no provision for the variant developed by Lotus. Other changes The Sixth Concorde Agreement – the contract between the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the Formula One teams and the Formula One Administration which dictates the terms by which the teams compete in races and take their share of the television revenues and prize money – which was first ratified by teams in 2009 expires at the end of 2012, necessitating the creation of the Seventh Concorde Agreement. As part of the renewed Agreement, the commercial rights to the sport were to be floated on the Singapore Stock Exchange; however, in June 2012 the planned floatation was delayed, with weak markets, uncertainty within Europe over the continent's economic future, and Facebook's disappointing IPO cited as reasons for the delay. The sport's decision-making process will be restructured. Prior to 2013, any decision to change the sporting or technical regulations required the agreement of at least 70% (or nine votes) of the teams in order for those changes to be accepted. From 2013 onwards, those changes will only need a 51% majority (seven teams) in order to be approved. The Technical and Sporting Working Groups, the committees responsible for deciding upon the technical and sporting regulations, will also be disbanded in favour of a "Strategy Working Group" that will oversee both technical and sporting regulations and will be made up of representatives from each of the teams that scored points in the previous season's championship, the FIA, Formula One Management, one engine supplier and six event promoters. FIA President Jean Todt described the changes as necessary and designed to give each of the stakeholders in the sport a proportionate representation in deciding the future of Formula One.