Everyone who watches Formula One can agree that this championship fight between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton is one of the greatest battles that fans will be looking at and reminiscing on for years to come. It’s a battle of two great drivers and two legendary teams.
The dominance that Mercedes has had in the turbo-hybrid era doesn’t exist anymore. Red Bull caught up and they are now in an insanely close title fight where at the moment it looks like for the first time in seven years we might have a world champion from a team that isn’t Mercedes.
My prediction is that in upcoming years the field will start to close up on each other and won’t just be a fight between Red Bull and Mercedes for the championship. This is for a couple reasons;
First, the most obvious reason is with the new cars for the 2022-2023 season these cars are designed with the idea of closer racing in mind. It has less downforce loss when in turbulent air more than halving the percentage of downforce loss. This means that drivers can be braver on the brakes and can go for late braking overtakes (looking at you Danny Ric). This car is designed with the idea of having as much downforce as possible and as little downforce loss as possible and these cars will be able to race and race hard. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Second, all of the engine suppliers which are Renault, Mercedes, Ferrari, and the newest addition of Red Bull Powertrain, all have huge plans for next year. Ferrari which supplies Haas, Alfa Romeo and of course Ferrari have consistently been hyping up their new upgrades for next year’s powertrains. Ferrari’s Team Principal Mattia Binotto believes that this engine upgrade plus the new car will put them back into a championship fight. Now with Honda leaving F1 as a supplier and the creation of the new Red Bull Powertrain division which will be supplying the teams Red Bull racing and its’ junior team AlphaTauri, is going to go one of two ways; A) Red Bull will pick up right where it left off and will still be at the front fighting for championships, or B) They will struggle for a bit at the beginning of the season. I know personally I’m pretty optimistic for Red Bull Powertrain to come out swinging. Now Mercedes supplies Mclaren, Aston Martin Cognizant, Williams Racing and of course Mercedes AMG. Petronas Racing will quite obviously be a strong powertrain, as it has been for basically the past decade, but this season their dominance over the field is being challenged and next season with the upgrades from Ferrari and the so far unknown ability of the new Red Bull Powertrain I would expect for this to become even closer.
Third, with the proposed 2022 calendar being a record high 23 races means that there is a higher possibility of late season engine penalties and of reliability issues throughout the season which could lead to unexpected winners of grand prixs and of the possibility of unexpected championship contenders. While I personally believe that there could be a better schedule just based on what is closer and how easy it would be to actually get from one place to the next I’m still incredibly excited for 23 races next season and I know a lot of F1 fans agree with me on that.
The 2021 Formula One season has been a blast to watch and I don’t want it to end, but I’m excited for next season and for all of these changes that could really mean that we see different people standing on that top step of the podium and I can’t wait for that.
The dominance that Mercedes has had in the turbo-hybrid era doesn’t exist anymore. Red Bull caught up and they are now in an insanely close title fight where at the moment it looks like for the first time in seven years we might have a world champion from a team that isn’t Mercedes.
My prediction is that in upcoming years the field will start to close up on each other and won’t just be a fight between Red Bull and Mercedes for the championship. This is for a couple reasons;
First, the most obvious reason is with the new cars for the 2022-2023 season these cars are designed with the idea of closer racing in mind. It has less downforce loss when in turbulent air more than halving the percentage of downforce loss. This means that drivers can be braver on the brakes and can go for late braking overtakes (looking at you Danny Ric). This car is designed with the idea of having as much downforce as possible and as little downforce loss as possible and these cars will be able to race and race hard. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Second, all of the engine suppliers which are Renault, Mercedes, Ferrari, and the newest addition of Red Bull Powertrain, all have huge plans for next year. Ferrari which supplies Haas, Alfa Romeo and of course Ferrari have consistently been hyping up their new upgrades for next year’s powertrains. Ferrari’s Team Principal Mattia Binotto believes that this engine upgrade plus the new car will put them back into a championship fight. Now with Honda leaving F1 as a supplier and the creation of the new Red Bull Powertrain division which will be supplying the teams Red Bull racing and its’ junior team AlphaTauri, is going to go one of two ways; A) Red Bull will pick up right where it left off and will still be at the front fighting for championships, or B) They will struggle for a bit at the beginning of the season. I know personally I’m pretty optimistic for Red Bull Powertrain to come out swinging. Now Mercedes supplies Mclaren, Aston Martin Cognizant, Williams Racing and of course Mercedes AMG. Petronas Racing will quite obviously be a strong powertrain, as it has been for basically the past decade, but this season their dominance over the field is being challenged and next season with the upgrades from Ferrari and the so far unknown ability of the new Red Bull Powertrain I would expect for this to become even closer.
Third, with the proposed 2022 calendar being a record high 23 races means that there is a higher possibility of late season engine penalties and of reliability issues throughout the season which could lead to unexpected winners of grand prixs and of the possibility of unexpected championship contenders. While I personally believe that there could be a better schedule just based on what is closer and how easy it would be to actually get from one place to the next I’m still incredibly excited for 23 races next season and I know a lot of F1 fans agree with me on that.
The 2021 Formula One season has been a blast to watch and I don’t want it to end, but I’m excited for next season and for all of these changes that could really mean that we see different people standing on that top step of the podium and I can’t wait for that.
The dominance that Mercedes has had in the turbo-hybrid era doesn’t exist anymore. Red Bull caught up and they are now in an insanely close title fight where at the moment it looks like for the first time in seven years we might have a world champion from a team that isn’t Mercedes.
My prediction is that in upcoming years the field will start to close up on each other and won’t just be a fight between Red Bull and Mercedes for the championship. This is for a couple reasons;
First, the most obvious reason is with the new cars for the 2022-2023 season these cars are designed with the idea of closer racing in mind. It has less downforce loss when in turbulent air more than halving the percentage of downforce loss. This means that drivers can be braver on the brakes and can go for late braking overtakes (looking at you Danny Ric). This car is designed with the idea of having as much downforce as possible and as little downforce loss as possible and these cars will be able to race and race hard. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Second, all of the engine suppliers which are Renault, Mercedes, Ferrari, and the newest addition of Red Bull Powertrain, all have huge plans for next year. Ferrari which supplies Haas, Alfa Romeo and of course Ferrari have consistently been hyping up their new upgrades for next year’s powertrains. Ferrari’s Team Principal Mattia Binotto believes that this engine upgrade plus the new car will put them back into a championship fight. Now with Honda leaving F1 as a supplier and the creation of the new Red Bull Powertrain division which will be supplying the teams Red Bull racing and its’ junior team AlphaTauri, is going to go one of two ways; A) Red Bull will pick up right where it left off and will still be at the front fighting for championships, or B) They will struggle for a bit at the beginning of the season. I know personally I’m pretty optimistic for Red Bull Powertrain to come out swinging. Now Mercedes supplies Mclaren, Aston Martin Cognizant, Williams Racing and of course Mercedes AMG. Petronas Racing will quite obviously be a strong powertrain, as it has been for basically the past decade, but this season their dominance over the field is being challenged and next season with the upgrades from Ferrari and the so far unknown ability of the new Red Bull Powertrain I would expect for this to become even closer.
Third, with the proposed 2022 calendar being a record high 23 races means that there is a higher possibility of late season engine penalties and of reliability issues throughout the season which could lead to unexpected winners of grand prixs and of the possibility of unexpected championship contenders. While I personally believe that there could be a better schedule just based on what is closer and how easy it would be to actually get from one place to the next I’m still incredibly excited for 23 races next season and I know a lot of F1 fans agree with me on that.
The 2021 Formula One season has been a blast to watch and I don’t want it to end, but I’m excited for next season and for all of these changes that could really mean that we see different people standing on that top step of the podium and I can’t wait for that.