F1 Chairman and CEODomenicali revealed in an interview that 2022 season F1 will be confirmed to have 23 Grand Prix games .
In fact, in this season's F1, it initially included 23 Grand Prix games, and it is planned to become the season with the most events and the longest time span in the history of this sport. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, the schedule has to be revised many times in the F1 competition this season. With the official announcement of the Qatar Grand Prix last week, the number of games in the 2021 season officially reached 22 games.
For the 23 events planned for the 2022 season, Domenicari said that F1 will respect the epidemic prevention policies of various countries, but will still ensure that the number of sub-stations in the new season reaches 23 games as much as possible. He said, "This is our goal. F1 can become a symbol of hope for people and enjoy a normal life. We want to ensure that the schedule is arranged in an orderly manner, and of course the time of the game is considered to make the schedule logical. Although there is still a lot of uncertainty in , it can be revealed now that next year's season will start in mid-March and end in mid-November. "
This also means that the 2022 season will be the earliest season that F1 has ended in nearly 10 years. Of course, for Chinese car fans, they still want to know the most whether the Chinese station can return in the new season. Domenicari also mentioned that the new season's calendar will be announced later this month.
In addition to the number of match stations and event time for next season, Domenicari also mentioned the newly added qualifying sprint matches this season. In his opinion, this model has achieved "incredible success".
This season, F1 used the new qualifying sprint competition in Silverstone for the first time, replacing the regular qualifying competition with a 100-kilometer sprint competition to determine the starting order of Sunday's main race. This season has been unveiled on the two tracks of Silverstone and Monza, and next month, the third qualifying sprint match will be held at Brazil Interlagos.
However, the outside world's views on the ranking sprint match are still mixed. Although the teams initially expressed their support for the form of the race, some drivers still held their reservations about it. Red Bull driver Perez said after Italian Grand Prix : "The race did not happen, and I can't see any benefits of this form of race. I think this is boring for both car fans and drivers, and honestly it won't bring anything."
Domenicalis said: "I We said at the beginning of the year that there will be three tests this year to ensure we have the right future plans, and most of the opinions we receive are very positive. So we know there should be a good plan next year and also consider the views emphasized by those who don’t like this form. We won’t take the qualifying sprint model at will, but we still want to keep more or less a third of the race and connect with some different rewards and points styles, with a specific track. "This also means that F1 plans to adopt more of this model in 2022, with 7 to 8 races, accounting for one third of the entire calendar.
Of course, for F1 car fans, the most worthy of attention in the 2022 season is what changes will be in the F1 racing under the new rules. At present, all F1 teams are already working hard to develop new rules of cars. Norris of the team McLaren has recently experienced driving a new car in the simulator. After the experience, Norris said in an interview: "The car of feels very different when driving. In some ways, it is not as good as this year. , however, the car is still in its early stages of research and development, and there will be new changes at any time, so it is too early to draw a conclusion now."
announced the concept model of the new regulations in this year's British Grand Prix, and everyone also took this opportunity to get a glimpse of the true appearance of the 2022 racing car. Norris also mentioned in the interview that " Silverstone was the only real car we have seen." Currently, the McLaren factory cannot be called a car , just a bunch of drawings, and has not yet entered the production and assembly stage, because as the team's interpretation of the new regulations becomes more and more in-depth, the sketches he sees are always modified regularly.
The increase in the competition system and the changes in the rules. F1's 2022 season is destined to be a completely different season.
