Formula 1 - This year's race car was presented by the defending champion

At the time, Mercedes switched from the previous silver to black because it also wanted to signal its support and support for the fight against racism and equal opportunities. This issue was seen as important primarily by the British-based German stable for the role of Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, who won the seventh individual world title in 2020.

This year's racing car is technically and technologically the same as last year, as the introduction of extensive rule changes was postponed from 2021 to 2022 by Formula 1 rulers after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic.

Since the introduction of the so-called hybrid engines in 2014, Mercedes has dominated the F1, Hamilton has won six World Cup victories with the team and was only able to beat him once, in 2016, but even then his teammate Nico Rosberg was the world champion.

The 36-year-old British star could be an World Cup winner for the eighth time this year, and not a single rider in Formula 1 has done so before. There is also only one seven-time world champion besides Hamilton, namely the legendary German Michael Schumacher, whose 20-year-old son Mick will make his debut in F1 this year.

Hamilton’s teammate will be Finland’s Valtteri Bottas, and the only pre-season official test will be held March 12-14 in Bahrain, where the first race of the record-breaking 23-race season will also be held on March 28th.

So far, five teams, Mercedes, Red Bull, Alfa Romeo, Alpha Tauri and McLaren, have unveiled this year’s race car, while Alpine on Tuesday (today), Aston Martin on Wednesday, Haas on Thursday and Williams on Friday. enter your racing machine. Finally, on March 10, Ferrari will present the 2021 model.

(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)