Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes AMG W10, leads Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 W10, Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari SF90, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF90, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB15, and the rest of the field at the start There are also provisional returns for the Australian, Canadian, Singapore and Japanese grands prix, following their cancellation from the previous two seasons owing to the effects of COVID-related travel restrictions.Īlthough Albert Park returns to the calendar, the Bahrain Grand Prix will take the Melbourne circuit’s usual slot as the first race of the season, with a week’s gap to the second round on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit before Australia’s return. Wheel covers return, and the front wheels now have a deflector over the top to assist with this. In their place comes a new breed of "wheel bodywork", which intends to minimise the effects of the wake produced by the wheels as they rotate. In 2022, the massively complex bargeboards will be completely removed. There's a lot of change to the amount of bodywork for the next era of F1 cars. The tyres will change, as F1 moves to an 18-inch rim for 2022. To make sure each team uses the floor as it should, a standard tea-tray will be developed to attach to the front of the floor. Unlike the old-school ground effects, the car won't have sliding skirts, and instead has a range of fins underneath to minimise any disturbance. This means the floor is relied on more for downforce, and reduces the wake produced by various bodywork components. As the air flows under the car, it's squeezed through the point closest to the ground, developing an extreme low-pressure area, creating a large amount of suction underneath. Ground-effect underbody tunnels have not been permitted in Formula 1 since 1982, but the calls for their reintroduction have become rather loud in recent years.į1 has sought to reduce the current reliance on wings for downforce, which have been blamed for the "dirty air" that has made close-quarters racing difficult in modern times, which meant the idea of a return to ground effects was more attractive to the rulemakers.īy creating a very pronounced entry at the front of the floor, the air moves through two Venturi tunnels. The largest difference to the 2022 F1 aerodynamics package is the return to a ground-effect formula. 2022 Formula 1 car – stats, design and speed As a rough guide, in 2021 McLaren was the first team to unveil its new car on 15 February with AlphaTauri and Alfa Romeo following suit on the 19 and 22 February respectively.įerrari was the last team to launch its 2021 car, and did so just two days before pre-season testing started (launching on 10 March before testing on the 12th). No teams have confirmed when they’ll be launching their cars yet, however with pre-season testing starting on 23-25 February they’ll need to be launched before that. Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images The cars of Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF21, and Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR21 Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin remain at Haas following the team’s point-less season in 2021. Pierre Gasly remains at AlphaTauri alongside Yuki Tsunoda, who admitted he was surprised to be retained by the team, as Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll continue at Aston Martin for a second season together.
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