5 April - Grand Prix of Vietnam - Hanoi
3 May - Grand Prix of The Netherlands - Zandvoort
7 June - Grand Prix of Azerbaijan - Baku
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3 November - Grand Prix of the United States of America - Austin
25 October - Grand Prix of the United States of America - Austin
1 November - Grand Prix of Mexico - Mexico City
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers: 44. Lewis Hamilton, 77. Valtteri Bottas
2020 Season Predictions: Mercedes will spend the entire two weeks of testing in the midfield, complaining about minor issues and how strong the Red Bull/Ferrari look. They will arrive with a whole new "B-Spec" in week 2. They will win in Australia. Hamilton will be a seven time champion at the Mexico GP. Bottas will be renamed as Bottas 3-Point-Slow.
Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
Engine: Ferrari
Drivers: 5. Sebastian Vettel, 16. Charles Leclerc
2020 Season Predictions: Vettel will continue to yell over the radio. Ferrari will start backing Leclerc early on. Otherwise, Ferrari will Ferrari themselves again and come in a solid third in the WCC.
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing
Engine: Honda
Drivers: 33. Max Verstappen,
2020 Season Predictions: Red Bull Honda will win the winter testing, only to be nowhere behind Mercedes at the start of the season, despite all "we'll have a great start of a season now" claims before the season. A late resurgence isn't enough for Max to mount a challenge to Lewis, but a solid second in the WDC will mean his best result yet. Albon will score a few podiums as Ferrari squables among themselves.
Renault F1 Team
Engine: Renault
Drivers: 3. Daniel Ricciardo,
2020 Season Predictions: Daniel Ricciardo will leave the team at the end of the season, as he gets tired of Baguettes for every meal. Esteban Ocon will be haunted by the ghost of Nico Hulkenberg and never stand on the podium. Abiteboul will continue his delusions and think the Renault engine produces more horse power than Mercedes, Honda and Ferrari combined.
Engine: Ferrari
Drivers: 8. Romain Grosjean, 20. Kevin Magnussen
2020 Season Predictions: People will continue to think Haas is a team worth rooting for because they like how often Steiner says fuck on Netflix. Their cars and drivers most notable TV time will be as they screw over lap times of other teams by getting in the way.
McLaren F1 Team
Engine: Renault
Drivers: 55. Carlos Sainz, 4. Lando Norris
2020 Season Predictions: Memes and a tougher battle in the midfield.
Racing Point F1 Team
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers: 11. Sergio Pérez, 18. Lance Stroll
2020 Season Predictions: Lance Stroll will still not make it out of Q1 while Perez will continue to be the solid midfield he always was. Szafnauer will try his best to pretend Stroll is keeping his seat for 2021 on merit. Aston Martin will go bankrupt before the team can officially rename itself.
Alfa Romeo Racing
Engine: Ferrari
Drivers: 7. Kimi Raikkonen, 99. Antonio Giovinazzi
2020 Season Predicition: Kimi will learn how to braid Giovinazzi's hair.
Engine: Honda
Drivers: 26. Daniil Kvyat,
2020 Season Prediction: No podiums this year, Danniil Kvyat will lose his seat the first second a Honda junior finds himself with enough super license points to drive in Formula One.
ROKiT Williams Racing
Engine: Mercedes
Drivers:
2020 Season Prediction: Claire Williams will somehow keep her job as Williams continue their descent into becoming mid-1990s Tyrrell.
2020 RULE CHANGES
- In 2019, the chequered flag was changed by a chequered light panel to signal the end of the race, because a celebrity guest flag waver waved the flag too early in 2018. Naturally the light panel had crummy software (probably programmed by the same tech people that made F1TV) and flagged off the Japanese GP a lap too early. So now the flag is once again the end signal of a race.
- Pre-season testing has been shortend by 2 days, to two seperate weeks of 3-day testing each.
- Mid-season testing has been cancelled because nothing is changing this year and there's an extra race if China isn't cancelled.
- Post-season testing in Abu-Dhabi has teams now required to use a young rookie (two or less GP starts) for at least one full day.
- Thursday and Friday Curfew has been changed from 8 hours to 9 hours, during which time no mechanic is allowed to work.
- Mandatory miniature shark fins are now to be affixed to all cars, displaying the drivers number on them.
- Weigh bridge penalties have been made less strict so drivers don't necessarily have to get a pit-lane start for missing the weigh bridge light. Since this is now at the stewards discretion, expect only drivers they dislike to get penalized in the future.
- Teams may no longer shield their garage pitboxes with screens during testing, exceptions are made for when their car has the floor dismantled. Or for when a car is being recovered from an on-track failure.
- Metal may no longer be used on the first 50mm of the front wing, in a bid to preserve the tire life of whoever Vettel runs into. Metal attachments can only be placed 30mm from the endplate
- Brake Ducts are now considered "listed parts" and must therefor be produced by the teams themselves and cannot be bought from another team or a third party.
- Electronic aids used in the starting procedure have been further restricted. 90% of engine torque is now controlled by the driver through the clutch paddle(s). All clutch paddles are now to be a pull-paddle. Stall prevention and bite-point aids remain allowed. RIP Red Bull.
- Up to three MGU-K's can now be used by drivers, up from two. Due to the extra 2 races in this season, and the fact that almost half the grid used more of them last year and the rule was a bit ridiculous.
- Fuel outside of the fuel-cell is now restricted further down to 250ml instead of two liters. In other unexplained news, Ferrari will now be slower than Renault for some odd reason nobody can explain. Shut up, Max!
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