2021 Formula One World Championship

## Entries

The following teams and drivers are currently under contract to compete in the 2021 World Championship. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

### Team Changes

* Renault DP World F1 Team changed name to Renault Infiniti F1 Team as Infiniti took over as main sponsors.
* BWT Racing Point F1 Team had a full rebrand to BWT Aston Martin F1 Team.
* ROKiT Williams Racing changed to Lavazza Williams Racing as Lavazza took over as main sponsors.
* Two new teams joined F1:
	+ Panthera Team Asia F1 was announced to join the 2021 season in October of 2020. The team joined with their own engine and parts.
	+ Buzz Carlin F1 Team was announced to join the 2021 season in December of 2020. The team had previous experience in multiple other Formula categories and joined with Renault engines, with their own parts.

### Driver Changes

* George Russell replaced Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.
* Sergio Pérez became a test driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.
* Daniel Ricciardo replaced Sebastian Vettel at Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow.
* Giuliano Alesi and Marcus Armstrong became test drivers for Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow.
* Artem Markelov became a test driver for McLaren F1 Team.
* Sebastian Vettel replaced Daniel Ricciardo at Renault Infiniti F1 Team.
* Pascal Welhrein became a test driver for Renault Infiniti F1 Team.
* Jean Daruvala replaced Daniil Kvyat at Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda.
* Jüri Vips and Jack Doohan became a test driver for Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda.
* Valtteri Bottas replaced Sergio Pérez at BWT Aston Martin F1 Team.
* Robert Shwartzman replaced Antonio Giovinazzi at Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN.
* Mick Schumacher became a test driver for Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN.
* Pedro Piquet replaced Romain Grosjean at Haas F1 Team.
* Romain Grosjean became a test driver for Haas F1 Team.
* Paul Aron replaced George Russell at Lavazza Williams Racing.
* Nico Hülkenberg and Guanyu Zhou became drivers for Panthera Racing Asia F1.
* Récardo Bruins Choi became a test driver for Panthera Racing Asia F1.
* Antonio Giovinazzi and Yuki Tsunoda became drivers for Buzz Carlin F1 Team.
* Stoffel Vandoorne became a test driver for Buzz Carlin F1 Team.

#### Mid-Season Changes

* Pierre Gasly replaced Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing Honda after a severe collision between Max Verstappen and Nico Hülkenberg in the Austrian Grand Prix, which injured Verstappen. This left Verstappen unable to complete the rest of the Formula One Season.
* Jüri Vips replaced Pierre Gasly at Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda as Pierre Gasly temporarily raced for Red Bull Racing Honda.
* Récardo Bruins Choi, the first South Korean driver, replaced Nico Hülkenberg at Panthera Team Asia F1 after a severe collision between Max Verstappen and Nico Hülkenberg in the Austrian Grand Prix.

## Calendar

The following twenty-three Grands Prix were run as part of the 2021 World Championship. Each race was run over a minimum number of laps that exceeds a total distance of 305 km (189.5 mi); the only exception to this is the Monaco Grand Prix, for which the distance is 260 km (161.6 mi).

### Calendar Changes

* The Malaysian and Indian Grand Prix were re-added to the calendar after 4 year long and 8 year old hiatuses respectively.
* The French Grand Prix was removed from the calendar after the organizers were unable to renew it.
* The Mexican Grand Prix was removed from the calendar however was reconfirmed for 2022.
* The Miami Grand Prix was announced around late 2019 to join the calendar, which was confirmed in late 2020.

## Results and Standings

### Scoring System

Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers and the driver who set the fastest lap. The points were awarded for every race, using the following system:

### World Drivers' Championship standings

\* – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

### World Constructors' Championship standings

\* – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

## Non-championship races

Non-championship races made a return in 2021, with the last non-championship race being in 1983. The FIA added 4 non-championship races inbetween gap weeks of the F1 World Championship.