2021 Alternate Formula One season

2021 Formula One season
Artem Markelov won his first Drivers Championship driving for BR Mansell.
Hydrogen Era
Season
Races	19
Start date	28 February
Start Event	Australian Grand Prix
End date	31 October
End Event	Chinese Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Artem Markelov
Constructor's Champion	Precision-Mercedes
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2020	2022

The 2021 Formula One season was the 72nd Formula One season, starting on February 28 and ending on October 31, the championship is contested over 19 Grands Prix. It was the first time that the season ended in October since 2006. This was the first season to be fully operated by the new FIA-run Formula Committee, having taken control of the series from Formula One Management in late 2020. This resulted in a number of rule changes, such as the return to a two-day qualifying as seen in Formula One from 1950 until the end of 2002. Reigning world champion Diego Álvarez Torrente did not return to defend his title, instead returning to the AutoReject World Series.

Artem Markelov won the Drivers' Championship driving for BR Mansell, becoming Russia's first Formula One Champion. Precision defended their Constructor's title successfully thanks to a late-season surge by its new drivers Dean Stoneman and Pascal Wehrlein.

Teams and Drivers

All teams used Continental tyres.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Third Driver
Loonmotor Formula 1 Team [?]	Loonmotor-Judd	GK-01	CFC	4	Robin Frijns	All	Beitske Visser
				98	Bradley Dagnall	All
Aeroflot BR Mansell Engineering [?]	BR Mansell-Toyota	MBR3	TFCS/F1	6	Artem Markelov	All	Sergey Sirotkin
				39	Sho Tsuboi	1-7, 9-19
					Sergey Sirotkin	8
TABAC Fernando Alonso Speed Team [?]	FAST-Mercedes	FA-03	MH221	7	Charles Leclerc	All	Jarno Trulli
				31	Esteban Ocon	All
Scuderia Ferrari Vodafone [?]	Ferrari	SF21-H	Type 01 2021	10	Jarno Trulli	17-19	None
				23	Alexander Albon	All
				64	Dave Cassidy	1-16
British Airways Sauber F1 Team [?]	Sauber-Judd	C40	CFC	13	Pastor Maldonado	All	Louis Delétraz
				84	Jack Aitken	All
AT&T Caterham F1 Team [?]	Caterham-Judd	CT09	CFC	18	Sebastian Vettel	All	Pedro de la Rosa
				47	Lando Norris	All
Shougang WilliamsF1 Team [?]	Williams-Ferrari	FW43	Type 01 2021	26	Robert Shwartzman	All	Lauren Kendrick
				70	Sérgio Sette Câmara	1-5, 8-19
					Marvin Kirchhöfer	6-7
Team Calinetic Share Now [?]	Calinetic-Judd	F1-CAL6	CFC	27	Jules Bianchi	All	Einar Ármannsson
				56	Einar Ármannsson	18-19
				73	Daniel Melrose	1-17
Red Bull Racing [?]	Red Bull-Ferrari	RB16	Type 01 2021	29	Roger Ibe	All	Harrison Newey
				33	Max Verstappen	All
Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsport [?]	Toyota	Fine-F1/21	TFCS/F1	37	Kazuki Nakajima	1-5, 7-19	Ritomo Miyata
					Einar Ármannsson	6
				77	Valtteri Bottas	All
Ebro Foods Dawson GP [?]	Dawson-Mercedes	GD-21	MH221	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	All	None
				99	Antonio Giovinazzi	All
TRILUX AMG Precision Motorsport [?]	Precision-Mercedes	KP21	MH221	57	Dean Stoneman	All	Marvin Kirchhöfer
				94	Pascal Wehrlein	All

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Shell Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	28 February	Lando Norris	Roger Ibe	Sebastian Vettel	Caterham-Judd	Sho Tsuboi	Ferrari
2	Gran Premio Globex de la República Argentina	Autódromo Roberto José Mouras	14 March	Artem Markelov	Robert Shwartzman	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Toyota	Dean Stoneman	Charles Leclerc
3	Hotstar Indian Grand Prix	Madras Motor Race Track	28 March	Alexander Albon	Dave Cassidy	Sho Tsuboi	BR Mansell-Toyota	Sho Tsuboi	Caterham-Judd
4	KFC Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	4 April	Sho Tsuboi	Dave Cassidy	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	Esteban Ocon	Jack Aitken
5	Cyta Cyprus Grand Prix	Akrotiri Bay International Circuit	18 April	Artem Markelov	Valtteri Bottas	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Toyota	Dawson-Mercedes	Precision-Mercedes
6	Grote Prijs van Nederland	Circuit Zandvoort	2 May	Sebastian Vettel	Artem Markelov	Sebastian Vettel	Caterham-Judd	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Dave Cassidy
7	Nitro Großer Preis von Deutschland	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	9 May	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Toyota	Toyota	Caterham-Judd
8	Marlboro Pilipinas Grand Prix	Zhuhai International Circuit	24 May *	Lando Norris	Pascal Wehrlein	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	F1 Fans	FASC
9	Globex Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	6 June	Artem Markelov	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	Precision-Mercedes	Antonio Giovinazzi
10	Vodafone Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	27 June	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado
11	British Grand Prix	Snetterton Circuit	4 July	Sebastian Vettel	Esteban Ocon	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Toyota	FAST-Mercedes	Sebastian Vettel
12	Vodafone Magyar Nagydíj	Hungaroring	18 July	Artem Markelov	Lando Norris	Esteban Ocon	FAST-Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas	Dean Stoneman
13	Bosch Grand Prix d'Île-de-France	Circuit Charles de Gaulle	1 August	Pascal Wehrlein	Dean Stoneman	Pascal Wehrlein	Precision-Mercedes	Roger Ibe	Dave Cassidy
14	Gran Premio Fiat d'Italia	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	29 August	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Calinetic-Judd
15	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	5 September	Dean Stoneman	Pascal Wehrlein	Pascal Wehrlein	Precision-Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas	Sebastian Vettel
16	New Zealand International Grand Prix	Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park	19 September	Dean Stoneman	Dean Stoneman	Dean Stoneman	Precision-Mercedes	Loonmotor-Judd	Alexander Albon
17	ING Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	3 October	Sebastian Vettel	Artem Markelov	Dean Stoneman	Precision-Mercedes	Alexander Albon	Daniel Melrose
18	Continental Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	17 October	Sebastian Vettel	Pascal Wehrlein	Dean Stoneman	Precision-Mercedes	Toyota	Artem Markelov
19	Toyota Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	31 October	Pascal Wehrlein	Sho Tsuboi	Dean Stoneman	Precision-Mercedes	Sho Tsuboi	Jarno Trulli

Championship Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Driver Standings

Pos Driver AUS ARG IND BHR CYP NED GER PHI ‡ POR FRA GBR HUN PAR ITA BEL NZL SIN ABU CHN Points 1 Artem Markelov 3 1 3 4 1 6 1 4 14† 4 1 3 6 3 Ret 3 4 Ret 3 158 2 Dean Stoneman 4 5 4 9 Ret 3 4 24† 2 3 4 5 5 4 Ret 1 1 1 1 152 3 Lando Norris Ret 6 Ret 1 15 Ret Ret 1 1 1 3 4 Ret 1 3 4 6 3 5 129.5 4 Esteban Ocon Ret 3 Ret 3 8 Ret 2 3 5 16† Ret 1 3 2 2 8 Ret Ret 6 103 5 Pascal Wehrlein 8 8 9 10 16 Ret 3 13 3 Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 101 6 Sebastian Vettel 1 7 Ret 6 7 1 5 2 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 88 7 Sho Tsuboi Ret 2 1 20† 4 2 Ret EX 4 15† Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 7 4 2 81 8 Dave Cassidy 2 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 7 5 8 5 10 Ret 8 5 9 7 80 9 Charles Leclerc Ret 11 6 5 9 Ret 8 10 9 2 2 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 5 4 72.5 10 Roger Ibe 10 4 8 12 3 9 Ret 6 7 6 Ret 9 2 Ret 6 12 Ret 12 9 66.5 11 Max Verstappen 5 Ret 7 Ret 5 4 Ret 7 13 8 7 8 Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret 8 55 12 Alexander Albon Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 10 Ret 6 Ret 7 8 8 15 10 6 Ret 38 13 Robert Shwartzman 6 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 11 11 Ret 8 Ret 4 9 Ret 9 9 7 10 36 14 Valtteri Bottas Ret Ret 11 11 6 16† 10 14 12 Ret 9 7 Ret 10 4 Ret 13 8 7 28 15 Sérgio Sette Câmara 7 9 17† 7 Ret INJ INJ 12 Ret 9 Ret 12 Ret Ret 5 11 Ret 10 Ret 18 16 Jack Aitken 9 12 14 15 14 12 Ret 19 Ret 7 13 13 Ret Ret 12 21 14 13 Ret 6 17 Kazuki Nakajima 11 Ret Ret 13 Ret INJ 9 15 16 14 12 11 9 11 11 16 12 9 15† 6 18 Marvin Kirchhöfer 7 Ret 4 19 Pastor Maldonado Ret Ret 10 14 10 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 18† 15 Ret 12 Ret 13 11 11 Ret 3 20 Daniel Melrose 13 Ret 13 16 13 Ret 13 20 17 10 14 17 10 14 10 18 15 EX 3 21 Sergey Sirotkin 8 1.5 22 Jules Bianchi 12 13 12 Ret Ret 11 11 17 15 11 11 14 Ret 13 Ret 14 19† 17 11 0 23 Carlos Sainz, Jr. Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 13 Ret 18 21† Ret 15 16 11 Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 13 0 24 Antonio Giovinazzi Ret 14 15 19 12 14 Ret 21 19 12 Ret 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 0 25 Robin Frijns 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 22 18 13 16 18 Ret Ret 13 19 16 15 14 0 26 Einar Ármannsson Ret Ret 12 0 27 Bradley Dagnall Ret 15 16 18 Ret 15 Ret 23 20 Ret 17 20 Ret 16 14 20 17 Ret Ret 0 28 Jarno Trulli 18 Ret Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

† – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points were awarded at the Pilipinas Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Constructor Standings

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	ARG	IND	BHR	CYP	NED	GER	PHI ‡	POR	FRA	GBR	HUN	PAR	ITA	BEL	NZL	SIN	ABU	CHN	Points
1	Precision-Mercedes	57	4	5	4	9	Ret	3	4	24†	2	3	4	5	5	4	Ret	1	1	1	1	263
		94	8	8	9	10	16	Ret	3	13	3	Ret	5	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	Ret
2	BR Mansell-Toyota	6	3	1	3	4	1	6	1	4	14†	4	1	3	6	3	Ret	3	4	Ret	3	240.5
		39	Ret	2	1	20†	4	2	Ret	8	4	15†	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	7	4	2
3	Caterham-Judd	18	1	7	Ret	6	7	1	5	2	6	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3	4	3	Ret	Ret	217.5
		47	Ret	6	Ret	1	15	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	3	4	Ret	1	Ret	5	6	3	5
4	FAST-Mercedes	7	Ret	11	6	5	9	Ret	8	10	9	2	2	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	5	4	175.5
		31	Ret	3	Ret	3	8	Ret	2	3	5	16†	Ret	1	3	2	2	8	Ret	Ret	6
5	Ferrari	10																	18	Ret	Ret	128
		23	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	5	Ret	9	10	Ret	6	Ret	7	8	8	15	10	6	Ret
		64	2	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	7	5	8	5	10	Ret	8	5	9	7
6	Red Bull-Ferrari	29	10	4	8	12	3	9	Ret	6	7	6	Ret	9	2	Ret	6	12	Ret	12	9	121.5
		33	5	Ret	7	Ret	5	4	Ret	7	13	8	7	8	Ret	7	7	6	8	Ret	8
7	Williams-Ferrari	26	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	6	11	11	Ret	8	Ret	4	9	Ret	9	9	7	10	59
		70	7	9	17†	7	Ret	7	Ret	12	Ret	9	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	5	11	Ret	10	Ret
8	Toyota	37	11	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	9	15	16	14	12	11	9	11	11	16	12	9	15†	34
		77	Ret	Ret	11	11	6	16†	10	14	12	Ret	9	7	Ret	10	4	Ret	13	8	7
9	Sauber-Judd	13	Ret	Ret	10	14	10	10	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	18†	15	Ret	12	Ret	13	11	11	Ret	9
		84	9	12	14	15	14	12	Ret	19	Ret	7	13	13	Ret	Ret	12	21	14	13	Ret
10	Calinetic-Judd	27	12	13	12	Ret	Ret	11	11	17	15	11	11	14	Ret	13	Ret	14	19†	17	11	3
		56																		Ret	12
		73	13	Ret	13	16	13	Ret	13	20	17	10	14	17	10	14	10	18	15
11	Dawson-Mercedes	55	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	13	Ret	18	21†	Ret	15	16	11	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	14	13	0
		99	Ret	14	15	19	12	14	Ret	20	19	12	Ret	19	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret
12	Loonmotor-Judd	4	14	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	12	22	18	13	16	18	Ret	Ret	13	19	16	15	14	0
		98	Ret	15	16	18	Ret	15	Ret	23	20	Ret	17	20	Ret	16	14	20	17	Ret	Ret

† – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points were awarded at the Pilipinas Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.