Kimi Räikkönen retired following the conclusion of the 2021 championship; Räikkönen won 21 races, and the 2007 World Drivers' Championship across a 19 season Formula career. Räikkönen's seat at Alfa Romeo was filled by Valtteri Bottas , who left Mercedes after 5 seasons. [43] In 23 races this season, a Formula 1 driver can theoretically collect a total of 598 championship points. Additionally there are more ways to earn points : the 2021 season introduced sprint The latest on the 2022 season including: new cars and regulations, standings, sprint races, full calendar, how to watch. Luke Slater 24 October 2022 • 2:37pm. The 2022 F1 season sees the biggest Here is your one-stop guide to the 2021 F1 season. Drivers. after pre-season testing Pirelli’s head of F1 and car racing Mario Isola said this year’s cars will be just as fast as 2020. Official Ticket Packages are now on sale for the 2023 Italian Grand Prix. 2. Circuit de Monaco. Opened in 1929, Circuit de Monaco has always been an unlikely and impractical venue for top-flight motor racing. Yet the race in the tiny principality on the French Riviera remains one of Formula 1’s blue ribbon events, even though wheel-to-wheel By James Galloway. Formula 1 has unveiled a record-length provisional calendar for the 2021 season as the sport plans to return to racing all around the globe. 22 races have been named for next In the 2021 season, the United States Grand Prix, which was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, hosted 400 thousands fans. Formula 1 Grand Prix attendance worldwide in 2021, by race This 2021 F1 calendar has been changed a couple of times. The original 2021 schedule was released by the FIA on the 10th of November 2020 and had 23 races. On the 12th of January 2021 the schedule was altered due to covid-19 restrictions by the authorities of Australia and China. The Australian GP got postponed to the 21st of November. The 2021 Formula 1 season will now run to 22 races as part of a revised schedule for the remainder of the year. As F1 continues to navigate the challenges posed by Covid-19 around the world, the Red Bull Racing won 21 out of 22 Grands Prix, breaking the team record for highest percentage of Grand Prix wins in a season at 95.45%, beating McLaren's 1988 season. Verstappen also broke the record for the highest Grand Prix win percentage for drivers, with a win rate percentage of 86.36%, beating the previous record set by Alberto Ascari in S8dd.