Why F1's 2021 rule changes are bigger than you think

F1's major rule changes for the cars have been pushed back to 2022, and the current cars are being carried over for 2021... right? Sort of. Rule changes are still being made for next year, and in this video Edd Straw explains what they are, and why the FIA has felt the need to try to curb the performance of the fastest F1 cars ever. We also round up the other minor changes on and off-track that are being made for next season.

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[EddieVanAidan]

Expectation: Bono my aero is gone!
Reality: Lap record in FP1

[mar_caum]

"Create problems for some teams"
*Show Willians
"And opportunities for others"
"Show Mercedes

[Nch]

So basically they reduced the rear downforce a lot...

**Vettel has left the chat**

[nandusai]

So this was Ferrari's Master🅱️lan... To perform badly in this season so that they get more testing time...

[TheSt]

I bet by the end of next year the engineers will have found ways to recover the downforce to levels they had in 2020 . I think the downforce cut at the beginning of the season will probably be about half what the FIA expects.

[manonamission]

Well, diffusers producing less downforce sounds an alarm to Seb Vettel

[XICS]

Mercedes : "oh noo... anyway..."

[sindhusojan]

Yo hit Me when the cost cap reaches $5

[eatens]

I literally just saw a article recently where mercedes announced that they had already managed to completely make up for the 2021 downforce cuts

[thomassumner]

Mercedes are still gonna win tho let's be honest

[sentinelcheese]

There's another innovation that isn't mentioned here and that is Mercedes cooling fins wheels. These fins distributed the heat evenly across the wheel and acted like cooling fins to cool the tires which gave them an edge in stints. This is also outlawed for next year.

[ND_msc]

Ferrari's Big Brain Move:
Being bad in 2020 so they can test more in 2021 to get an advantage for 2022
Now thats what i call planning for the future....

[mistamontero]

I want to congratulate Mercedes for winning both the 2021 Constructors and Drivers Championships.

[WayStedYou]

"give mercedes reason to be concerned"

Nice to sprinkle some comedy into this video.

[jatinshukla]

Fia trying make the fastest race cars in world slower every year.
Great.

[whassupg]

The teams will claw that performance back and be at least as fast as they are this year - probably still faster

[Chale]

*THE RACE, March 2021:*
_"How Mercedes increased downforce by 15% this season."_

[AryanSingh-sndx]

2021 expectations : Mercedes are no longer dominant
2021 reality: "Get in there Lewis"

[faizaanahmed]

Don't get your hopes up for a title fight, won't be seeing that until 2022

[alfamaize]

The fact that the side slots are being eliminated, this seems to me that the teams with the high rake set up will be effected the most- as they have to spend more effort sealing the floor to fully take advantage of the rake. And noting how Red Bull struggles to get their set up working ever year, it sure looks like they are going to be doing the same, again.

Merc and Racing Point will have the least challenge with their lower rake set up. But it will be interesting to see if any of the back markers can't get the floor to seal, which would make the change largely irrelevant..