2021 Formula 1.5 Season

Daniel Ricciardo 2019 Renault — Daniel Ricciardo was the defending world champion

The 2021 Formula 1.5 season was the 72nd season of the Formula 1.5 World Championship.
The season started on 28th of March with the Bahrain Grand Prix and ended on 12th December with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Lando Norris won his first Drivers Championship with 325 points, whilst racing alongside last year's F1.5 champion Daniel Ricciardo.
Ferrari won the Constructors Championship on 628 points, with one round to go ahead of the reigning constructor champions McLaren.

Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place

Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Charles Leclerc
McLaren-Mercedes	Ferrari	Ferrari

Entries[]

The teams and drivers fielding the 2020 F1.5 grid were announced after the Spanish Grand Prix. The roster remained unchanged from 2020, meaning the grid was made up of McLaren, Aston Martin, Alpine, Ferrari, AlphaTauri, Alfa Romeo, Haas, and Williams. Racing Point was rebranded in 2021 as Aston Martin, whilst Renault also rebranded to Alpine.

Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	Rounds	Test Drivers
Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	SF21	Ferrari	16	Charles Leclerc	All
Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	SF21	Ferrari	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	All
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	C41	Ferrari	7	Kimi Räikkönen	1-12, 15-	Robert Kubica Callum Illot
			99	Antonio Giovinazzi	All	Robert Kubica Callum Illot
			88	Robert Kubica	13-14
Uralkali Haas F1 Team	VF-21	Ferrari	9	Nikita Mazepin	All
Uralkali Haas F1 Team	VF-21	Ferrari	47	Mick Schumacher	All
McLaren F1 Team	MCL35M	Mercedes	4	Lando Norris	All
McLaren F1 Team	MCL35M	Mercedes	3	Daniel Ricciardo	All
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	AMR21	Mercedes	5	Sebastian Vettel	All
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	AMR21	Mercedes	18	Lance Stroll	All
Alpine F1 Team	A521	Renault	14	Fernando Alonso	All	Zhou Guanyu
Alpine F1 Team	A521	Renault	31	Esteban Ocon	All	Zhou Guanyu
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AT02	Honda	10	Pierre Gasly	All
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AT02	Honda	22	Yuki Tsunoda	All
Williams Racing	FW43B	Mercedes	6	Nicholas Latifi	All	Roy Nissany Jack Aitken
			63	George Russell	All

Team Changes[]

Racing Point was officially rebranded as Aston Martin for the 2021 season and beyond.
Renault was officially rebranded as Alpine for the 2021 season and beyond.
McLaren moved to Mercedes engines from Renault engines.

Driver Changes[]

Daniel Ricciardo took over Carlos Sainz Jr.'s seat at McLaren.
Carlos Sainz Jr.]] took over Sebastian Vettel's seat at Ferrari.
Sebastian Vettel moved to Aston Martin, replacing Sergio Pérez who got promoted to F1.0.
Nikita Mazepin was promoted from F2 to a race seat at Haas.
Mick Schumacher was promoted from F2 to a race seat at Haas.
Fernando Alonso returned to the sport at Alpine replacing Daniel Ricciardo.
Yuki Tsunoda was promoted from F2 to a race seat at AlphaTauri.

Season Calendar[]

Bold indicates Grands Prix that weren't included in the original 2020 calendar.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Originally Scheduled Date
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sakhir	March 28th
2	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Imola	April 18th
3	Portugese Grand Prix	Algarve	May 2nd
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Barcelona	May 9th
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	May 23rd
6	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku	June 6th
7	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	June 20th	June 27th
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Styria	June 27th	July 4th
9	Styrian Grand Prix	Styria	July 4th	-
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone	July 18th
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroing	August 1st
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	August 29th
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Zandvoort	September 5th
14	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 12th
15	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi	September 26th
16	Turkish Grand Prix	Instanbul	October 10th	June 13th
17	American Grand Prix	Austin	October 24th
18	Mexico Grand Prix	Mexico City	November 7th	October 31st
19	Sao Paulo Grand Prix ^[1]	Interlagos	November 14th
20	Qatar Grand Prix	Lusail	November 21st
21	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah	December 5th	November 28th
22	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina	December 12th	December 5th
Cancelled Grands Prix
	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai	Postponed	April 11th
	Canadian Grand Prix	Montreal	Cancelled	June 13th
	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore	Cancelled	October 3rd
	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Cancelled	October 10th
	Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne	Cancelled	November 21st

Season Report[]

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winner Constructor	Report
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Pierre Gasly	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
2	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
3	Portugese Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Fernando Alonso	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc ^[2]	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Report
6	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	Report
7	French Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Sebastian Vettel	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
8	Styrian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Pierre Gasly	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Pierre Gasly	Pierre Gasly	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	George Russell	Nikita Mazepin	George Russell	Williams- Mercedes	Report
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Pierre Gasly	Sebastian Vettel	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri- Honda	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren- Mercedes	Report
15	Russian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Report
16	Turkish Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
17	American Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
18	Mexican Grand Prix	Pierre Gasly	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri- Honda	Report
19	Sao Paulo Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Kimi Raikkönen	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
20	Qatar Grand Prix	Pierre Gasly	Lando Norris	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	Report
21	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Report
22	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lando Norris	Lando Norris	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Report

Driver Standings[]

	Driver	BAH	EMI	POR	ESP	MON	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NED	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	KSA	ABU	Points
1	Lando Norris	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	1	1	2	Ret	11	6	2	4	3	4	7	6	6	7	4	325
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	4	3	7	3	1	7	7	2	2	4	2	8	4	4	1	4	3	3	2	4	5	1	316
3	Charles Leclerc	2	2	2	1	DNS	3	12	3	4	1	Ret	6	2	3	11	1	1	2	1	5	4	7	312
4	Pierre Gasly	Ret	5	6	6	4	2	3	Ret	5	9	4	4	1	Ret	9	2	Ret	1	3	8	3	3	222
5	Daniel Ricciardo	3	4	5	2	9	8	2	9	3	3	9	2	7	1	2	9	2	9	Ret	9	2	9	220
6	Fernando Alonso	Ret	8	4	13	10	5	4	5	6	5	3	9	3	6	3	12	14†	6	5	1	10	5	176
7	Esteban Ocon	9	7	3	5	6	Ret	10	10	Ret	7	1	5	5	8	10	6	Ret	10	4	2	1	6	166
8	Lance Stroll	6	6	10	7	5	Ret	6	4	9	6	Ret	16	8	5	7	5	8	11	Ret	3	8	10	117
9	Sebastian Vettel	11	12	9	9	3	1	5	8	13†	Ret	DSQ	3	9	10	8	14	6	4	7	7	13†	8	111.5
10	Yuki Tsunoda	5	9	11	Ret	13	6	9	6	8	8	5	12	Ret	DNS	13	10	5	Ret	11	10	11	2	78
11	Kimi Raikkönen	7	10	Ret	8	8	9	13	7	11	13	8	15	WD		5	8	9	5	8	11	12	Ret	58
12	George Russell	10	Ret	12	10	11	14	8	Ret	7	10	7	1	13	7	6	11	10	12	9	14	Ret	Ret	48.5
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	8	11	8	11	7	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	7	7	8	10	12	6	Ret	42.5
14	Nicholas Latifi	Ret	Ret	14	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	6	7	12	9	15	13	11	13	12	Ret	9	12†	15
15	Mick Schumacher	12	13	13	14	15	11	15	12	14	15	10	13	14	13	Ret	15	12	Ret	14	13	Ret	11	1
16	Robert Kubica													11	12									0
17	Nikita Mazepin	Ret	14	15	15	14	12	16	14	15	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	14	16	13	14	13	15	Ret	WD	0

Constructor Standings[]

	Team	BAH	EMI	POR	ESP	MON	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NED	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	KSA	ABU	Points
1	Ferrari	2	2	2	1	DNS	3	12	3	4	1	Ret	6	2	3	11	1	1	2	1	5	4	7	628
1	Ferrari	4	3	7	3	1	7	7	2	2	4	2	8	4	4	1	4	3	3	2	4	5	1	628
2	McLaren-Mercedes	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	1	1	2	Ret	11	6	2	4	3	4	7	6	6	7	4	545
2	McLaren-Mercedes	3	4	5	2	9	8	2	9	3	3	9	2	7	1	2	9	2	9	Ret	9	2	9	545
3	Alpine	9	7	3	5	6	Ret	10	10	Ret	7	1	5	5	8	10	6	Ret	10	4	2	1	6	342
3	Alpine	Ret	8	4	13	10	5	4	5	6	5	3	9	3	6	3	12	14†	6	5	1	10	5	342
4	AlphaTauri- Honda	Ret	5	6	6	4	2	3	Ret	5	9	4	4	1	Ret	9	2	Ret	1	3	8	3	3	300
4	AlphaTauri- Honda	5	9	11	Ret	13	6	9	6	8	8	5	12	Ret	DNS	13	10	5	Ret	11	10	11	2	300
5	Aston Martin- Mercedes	6	6	10	7	5	Ret	6	4	9	6	Ret	16	8	5	7	5	8	11	Ret	3	8	10	228.5
5	Aston Martin- Mercedes	11	12	9	9	3	1	5	8	13†	Ret	DSQ	3	9	10	8	14	6	4	7	7	13†	8	228.5
6	Alfa Romeo Racing- Ferrari	7	10	Ret	8	8	9	13	7	11	13	8	15	11	12	5	8	9	5	8	11	12	Ret	100.5
6	Alfa Romeo Racing- Ferrari	8	11	8	11	7	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	12	7	7	8	10	12	6	Ret	100.5
7	Williams- Mercedes	10	Ret	12	10	11	14	8	Ret	7	10	7	1	13	7	6	11	10	12	9	14	Ret	Ret	63.5
7	Williams- Mercedes	Ret	Ret	14	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	6	7	12	9	15	13	11	13	12	Ret	9	12†	63.5
8	Haas- Ferrari	12	13	13	14	15	11	15	12	14	15	10	13	14	13	Ret	15	12	Ret	14	13	Ret	11	1
8	Haas- Ferrari	Ret	14	15	15	14	12	16	14	15	14	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	14	16	13	14	13	15	Ret	WD	1

↑ The São Paulo Grand Prix is subject to the reinstatement of the contract between race organisers and the Formula One Group after it was suspended in January.
↑ Charles Leclerc set the fastest qualifying time, but did not start the race. Pole position was left vacant on the grid. Carlos Sainz, in the second slot, was the first driver on the grid. Leclerc is still considered to have held pole position.

[1] The São Paulo Grand Prix is subject to the reinstatement of the contract between race organisers and the Formula One Group after it was suspended in January.

[2] Charles Leclerc set the fastest qualifying time, but did not start the race. Pole position was left vacant on the grid. Carlos Sainz, in the second slot, was the first driver on the grid. Leclerc is still considered to have held pole position.

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