30% of the teams in Formula 1 have already given up the 2021 season

So much for the Formula 1 season 2021 for at least three teams, as two other smaller F1 teams have declared together with Haas that their main focus this year will be on the production of cars for the brand new technical rules in 2022.

Williams, Alfa Romeo and Haas know they won’t be able to compete in 2021. That’s 30% of the teams and six of the 20 cars on the grid who are now turning their attention away from the efforts of the current season.

“This season is a transition season,” said Jost Capito, Williams CEO. “We are fully focused on the 2022 car because we have almost nothing to do with the 2021 car. We will fight during the season, we will attack, but we know our options are limited.”

It is similar with Alfa Romeo. Technical boss Jan Monchaux said the decision as to when the resources should be switched to 2022 has already been made.

“The updates we’re bringing to Imola were completed two or three weeks ago,” he told Auto Motor und Sport. “The engineers are now being pushed to the 2022 project.”

Monchaux said the Switzerland-based team that previously drove as Sauber have had problems since the last big rule change in 2017 because they didn’t have enough resources to get the new project off to a good start.

“The car was four and a half, five seconds behind everyone and we are still suffering from it,” said Monchaux. “If you start with such a handicap under these rules, it’s over. You won’t catch up.

“That is why it is extremely important for us that the first car with these very different regulations is correct. Then we will no longer have a massive handicap where we are constantly fighting to not be the last or the penultimate one.”

Neither Haas, Alfa Romeo nor Williams could score a point at the season opener in Bahrain. Alpine, who made a high-profile offseason commitment with Fernando Alonso, was also goalless at the start.

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