2021 New F1 car Launches

[Nitrodaze]

This are the dates published at the moment:-


Date - Team - Location
February 15 - McLaren - Woking
February 19 - AlphaTauri - Virtual
February 22 - Alfa Romeo - Warsaw
March 2 - Mercedes - Virtual
March 5 - Williams - Virtual

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Mclaren MCL35M 2021 Car

https://media-cdn.mclaren.com/media/images/galleries/MCL35M_launch_Website_Gallery_Image_1600x620_72_3. jpg

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Alpha Tauri AT02 2021 car

https://e0.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-alphatauri-f1-2021_5277641.jpg?20210219085008

https://e2.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-alphatauri-f1-2021_5277584.jpg?20210219081234

[Fortitude]

Found this list;

Car and team launch dates

February 15 McLaren
February 19 AlphaTauri
February 22 Alfa Romeo
February 23 Red Bull
February 26 Ferrari (Team launch)
March 2 Mercedes
March 2 Alpine
March 3 Aston Martin
March 5 Williams
March 10 Ferrari (Car launch)
TBC Haas

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12206599/f1-2021-calendar-testing-and-launches-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-formula-1-year

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Alfa Romeo C41 2021 Car

https://e1.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-alfa-romeo-2021-f1_5281331.jpg?20210222112221

https://e1.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-alfa-romeo-f1-2021_5281330.jpg?20210222112117

https://e1.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-alfa-romeo-f1-2021_5281402.jpg?20210222121948

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Redbull RB16B 2021 CAR

https://e0.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-red-bull-rb16b-new_5282353.jpg?20210223110312

https://e1.365dm.com/21/02/768x432/skysports-red-bull-rb16b-2021_5282356.jpg?20210223110342

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I found this interesting article that you may like to read. You may agree or disagree with some of it, but it does a good job of summarizing Romain Grosjean's career.

Grosjean - Life after F1 (https://medium.com/motor-racing/romain-grosjean-life-after-f1-d437a91a47a4)

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Petronas-Mercedes AMG W12 2021 Car

What a beauty?

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/eIecCMRX7Wt8zdHQKl8Qcg/https/media.fyre.co/iIfyHKcqTcygrzcoW1M1_EvdzzGZWYAUnG8l.jpg

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/osRE8RA2w0SIPPST0LC9yQ/https/media.fyre.co/fbmqkf4jSg2MwyMxzAGK_M256875.jpg

https://e0.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-mercedes-f1-2020_5290085.jpg?20210302122446

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Alpine A521 2021 Car

What a cool livery eh? I love that shade of blue.


https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-alpine-f1-car-launch_5290238.jpg?20210302151646

https://e1.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-alpine-f1-2021_5290237.png?20210302151633

[gm99]

Alpine A521 2021 Car

What a cool livery eh? I love that shade of blue.


That is the most beautiful F1 car I have seen in quite a while.

[Tazio]

Alpine A521 2021 Car

What a cool livery eh? I love that shade of blue.


https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-alpine-f1-car-launch_5290238.jpg?20210302151646

https://e1.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-alpine-f1-2021_5290237.png?20210302151633

Fred launches his new helmet! :dork:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvjpWqeXYAQ8G_c?format=jpg&name=360x360
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvjpWqXWQAADB3a?format=jpg&name=360x360

:angel: Somewhat like his old Renault helmet :dork:

[Zico]

They are all looking nice but liking the Alpine colour scheme the best by far, that is a really stunning combo.

Not really feeling the Merc so much with that clash in colours, can't be helped I guess.

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Aston Martin AMR21 2021 Car

British Racing Green
What a stunner! We are spoilt with some really great looking cars this season.

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/IpJTGsqNKA2aAh_N1fNlZg/https/media.fyre.co/AbsSnUkVQC1KLUeNH7Iw_c67c1171-b6fe-4a6e-b790-4b9438e58242.jpg

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/RX_aNnOQ_hMRcanX-aoA6Q/https/media.fyre.co/ScIw8gORU69Ye1MiXOOh_Aston_Martin_Cognizant_Formul a_One_TeamAMR2104.jpg

[truefan72]

Yeah...the Aston Martin livery is a thing of beauty. So far my favorite. Full disclosure though. I do love dark green liveries for some weird reason so this one has me over the moon. Well done!

[Nitrodaze]

Yeah...the Aston Martin livery is a thing of beauty. So far my favorite. Full disclosure though. I do love dark green liveries for some weird reason so this one has me over the moon. Well done!

Interesting article about this here (https://medium.com/motor-racing/new-brands-in-f1-53e405e13753)

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Haas 2021 Car

The red blue and white colours of the American flag showing prominently of the new car. It is brighter than last year's livery but not spectacular when you consider the Alpine or Aston Martin liveries. We hold our fingers crossed for Haas and hope they can get out their rot this season.

https://e1.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-haas-f1-2021_5292171.png?20210304080613

https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-haas-f1-2021_5292210.jpg?20210304083119

https://e0.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-haas-f1-2021_5292204.jpg?20210304082603

[truefan72]

Those are not the red white and blue reminiscent of The United States but rather the typical white blue and red scheme of the Russia flag most evident on the front wing, which is the actual flag itself. Fairly obvious I’d say. It seems Mazepin’s father bought his seat, probably at least half the team and the livery as well.
I predict Gene Haas to be completely bough out by mid season. Making it the second team bought as a plaything for a billionaire’s son.
The irony of the only “american team” that never considered an American driver at any point and now showcases Russian colors on its livery. Yeah...

[truefan72]

Interesting article about this here (https://medium.com/motor-racing/new-brands-in-f1-53e405e13753)

It sure was!
Thx for the share

[truefan72]

Both the Alpine and Haas liveries look like they should have been on A1GP cars.
The Alpine looks like a much sleeker French representation, while the Haas leaves no subtlety at all as to their intentions.
They both look like representations of their Countries world Cup Football Kits

The French
https://footballfashion.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/france-2020-2021-nike-soccer-jersey.jpg

The Russian 2020-2021 away kit
https://shopbongda.vn/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1596345506_785_Ro-ri-bo-dung-cu-san-nha-va-san-khach.jpg

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Those are not the red white and blue reminiscent of The United States but rather the typical white blue and red scheme of the Russia flag most evident on the front wing, which is the actual flag itself. Fairly obvious I’d say. It seems Mazepin’s father bought his seat, probably at least half the team and the livery as well.
I predict Gene Haas to be completely bough out by mid season. Making it the second team bought as a plaything for a billionaire’s son.
The irony of the only “american team” that never considered an American driver at any point and now showcases Russian colors on its livery. Yeah...

Wow, how l missed that fact. Of course it looks like the Russian flag. I had not seen the front when l wrote my piece about it. But it still has Haas broadly on it. I have wondered why Haas hasn't given an American driver a chance of exposure to F1. A return of Rossi would have been very welcomed. This is formula one, money talks.

It is interesting to see how nationalism is creeping into the F1 paddock. It served its purpose for getting nations to sponsor an F1 events. National flags on car use to be a Ferrari thing . We now see it with Alpine and the use of British flag to unveil the Aston Martin. National pride is a good thing, but nationalism is another thing l think.

[truefan72]

Wow, how l missed that fact. Of course it looks like the Russian flag. I had not seen the front when l wrote my piece about it. But it still has Haas broadly on it. I have wondered why Haas hasn't given an American driver a chance of exposure to F1. A return of Rossi would have been very welcomed. This is formula one, money talks.

It is interesting to see how nationalism is creeping into the F1 paddock. It served its purpose for getting nations to sponsor an F1 events. National flags on car use to be a Ferrari thing . We now see it with Alpine and the use of British flag to unveil the Aston Martin. National pride is a good thing, but nationalism is another thing l think.

Indeed. it was a bit cringe watching the Aston Martin reveal with the Union Jack as a covering. I guess the brand is a British company. and I suppose they will be playing the British anthem if they do win a race. But I'll give them a half pass at it was only the covering and they were probably going for some retro style thing.

As to the Haas livery, that's another story. Imagine for a second, that they actually win a race. I assume they will still be playing the USA national anthem, and a whole lot of Russians will be confused as to why their A1GP representation is not accompanied by their anthem.

Alpine was more subtle but their intentions were still pretty clear. I wonder if Abiteboul was uncomfortable with the whole nationalism push and part of the reason for his exit.
nationalistic sentiments in F1 teams is a bad path to go down IMO. It is a truly international sport with all teams having a wide range of nationalities working in all parts of every team. pushing a singular national identity for any team is not a good idea.

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Indeed. it was a bit cringe watching the Aston Martin reveal with the Union Jack as a covering. I guess the brand is a British company. and I suppose they will be playing the British anthem if they do win a race. But I'll give them a half pass at it was only the covering and they were probably going for some retro style thing.

As to the Haas livery, that's another story. Imagine for a second, that they actually win a race. I assume they will still be playing the USA national anthem, and a whole lot of Russians will be confused as to why their A1GP representation is not accompanied by their anthem.

Alpine was more subtle but their intentions were still pretty clear. I wonder if Abiteboul was uncomfortable with the whole nationalism push and part of the reason for his exit.
nationalistic sentiments in F1 teams is a bad path to go down IMO. It is a truly international sport with all teams having a wide range of nationalities working in all parts of every team. pushing a singular national identity for any team is not a good idea.

I am proud of my britishness, but the whole flag covering thing was sick. It put me off the team. I wondered how old Stroll took that one. I thought it was tasteless to say the least. Doing that with a Canadian co-sponsor present was very insensitive.

Alpine, l sort of understand abit. Afterall, the French government bailed out Renault at the start of the COVID pandenmic . They were about to fold it seemed. It is now a national car manufacturing company and the flag is there to make that statement l suppose.

The Russian flag on an American team's car, suggests that Haas does not have the clout of owner anymore. Because that must have been a very bitter pill to swallow. And he has to look at that all season long. Well, he knew the sort of fellow he got into bed with. Not the sort to be respectfull and tasteful in their approach. I doubt Haas would win a grandprix this season, but if the unlike event of them winning one does occur, we would see who is callling the shots on that occasion. If the American antherm is played, l guess it would put Mazepin Snr in his place. If the Russian anthem is played, then l guess it would say Haas is Mazapin's bitch now. I would love to see this one play out actually.

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Final calendar for the 2021 season

https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-f1-calendar-2021_5293508.png?20210305085340

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Williams FW43B 2021 car

https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-williams-f1-2021_5294077.jpg?20210305142640

https://e0.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-williams-f1-2021_5294086.jpg?20210305142937

https://e2.365dm.com/21/03/768x432/skysports-williams-f1-2021_5294083.jpg?20210305142848

[truefan72]

interesting but not that inspiring.
Better than the last few years though.
The lack of sponsorship is still worrisome.

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Ferrari SF21 2021 car

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/744SPCtxDIrMTJSaLXJWDg/https/media.fyre.co/popaouwPSJSBZTcgFsfN_Capture.jpg

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Ferrari SF21 2021 car

https://storify.com/services/proxy/2/744SPCtxDIrMTJSaLXJWDg/https/media.fyre.co/popaouwPSJSBZTcgFsfN_Capture.jpg

hmm my only change would be to make the entire livery the same red as the rear. that would have been sweet

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hmm my only change would be to make the entire livery the same red as the rear. that would have been sweet

Actually, l love this livery. This is easily the first Ferrari livery that has been bold enough to be different from the typical red. It is emblematic of the change that is about to come. And it links its past histories to its present. But it also shows that this is a new generation of management willing to be bold in their approach to racing. I say bravo to them, and hope they are faster this season.

[Firstgear]

It appears that Williams and Ferrari have opposing philosophies:
The Williams has it's old colors on the front - They are chasing their glorious days of the past.
The Ferrari has it's old colors on the back - They are running away from the past (few seasons).

[Nitrodaze]

As there are going to be an array of attachments to the chassis to try to recover the lost downforce at the rear. It is quite clear that all teams are hiding their goodies at launch time. Tomorrow, at testing one, we shall begin to see some of these things being added to the car, and the copy frenzy that follows.

All eyes would be on the Ferrari to see if they have improved at all. And on Mclaren to see what the difference might be to their pace with the Mercedes engine. Of course, we all are curious to see if Honda has managed to find a step forward with their engine. I would guess they would want to leave F1 as engine F1 champions. Well, the BS is over, it is time to show what they have got.