F1 Podcast: New Rules & Regulations for an Exciting Season

Create a podcast about a new set of rules and regulations being brought into F1 to make the sport more exciting, increase global appeal, reduce predictability and improve investment in the sport. Discussion points: 1. A more climate friendly calendar schedule 2. Expansion to 12 teams 3. Every...

Create a podcast about a new set of rules and regulations being brought into F1 to make the sport more exciting, increase global appeal, reduce predictability and improve investment in the sport. Discussion points: 1. A more climate friendly calendar schedule 2. Expansion to 12 teams 3. Every team having their own individual engine manufacturer 4. The new driver line up 5. The new weekend schedule 6. Points and bonus points rules 7. Tyre changes Calendar schedule: Pre season testing in Bahrain Race 1 -- Bahrain Race 2 -- Qatar Race 3 -- Saudi Arabia Race 4 -- Azerbaijan Race 5 -- Turkey and Hungry alternate Race 6 -- Austria Race 7 -- Germany and France alternate Race 8 -- Belgium Race 9 -- Netherlands Race 10 -- UK Race 11 -- Monza Race 12 -- Monaco Race 13 -- Barcelona and Madrid alternate Race 14 -- Imola and Portugal alternate Race 15 -- Canada Race 16 -- New York Race 17 -- Miami Race 18 -- Texas Race 19 -- Las Vegas Race 20 -- Mexico Race 21 -- Brazil Race 22 -- Argentina and South Africa alternate Race 23 -- Australia Race 24 -- Singapore Race 25 -- China Race 26 -- Japan Race 27 -- Abu Dhabi Expansion to 12 teams -- engine manufacturers -- driver line up: Red Bull -- Ford -- Verstappen and Lawson McLaren -- Porsche -- Norris and Piastri Ferrari -- Ferrari -- Le Clerc and Hamilton Mercedes -- Mercedes -- Russell and Antonelli Aston Martin -- Honda -- Tsunoda and Dragovich Alpine -- BMW -- Gasly and Doohan RB -- Lamborghini -- Hadjar and Colapinto Williams -- Lotus -- Sainz and Albon Haas -- Hyundai -- Ocon and Bearman Audi -- Audi - Pourchaire and Bortiello Cadillac -- Cadillac -- Crawford and Stroll MG -- MG -- Zhou and Hulkenberg New weekend schedule: - Formula 1, 2, 3 and Women's series will all travel around together all year round - Each weekend will extend to 4 days - Each Formula will have 1 practice session, 1 qualifying session done in the same way, 1 sprint and 1 grand prix race - Every Formula 1 race -- Practice on the Friday, Qualifying and Sprint on the Saturday, Grand Prix on the Sunday - Qualifying will still be Q1, Q2 and Q3 - 6 drivers eliminated from Q1, then 6 drivers eliminated from Q2 - Qualifying sets the grid for the sprint - The result of the sprint is the grid for grand prix on the Sunday Points and Bonus Point rules: Sprint races: 1^st^ -- 8 points 2^nd^ -- 7 points 3^rd^ -- 6 points 4^th^ -- 5 points 5^th^ -- 4 points 6^th^ -- 3 points 7^th^ -- 2 points 8^th^ -- 1 point Bonus points: - Fastest lap in top 8 = 1 point - Fastest lap 9^th^-24^th^ = 1 point - 3 drivers that gain the most places = 1 point Grand Prix races: 1^st^ -- 20 points 2^nd^ -- 14 points 3^rd^ -- 11 points 4^th^ -- 8 points 5^th^ -- 7 points 6^th^ - 6 points 7^th^ -- 4 points 8^th^ - 3 points 9^th^ -- 2 points 10^th^ -- 1 point Bonus Points: Fastest lap in Top 10 only -- 1 point Tyre Rule Changes: To further improve the sport's carbon footprint, tyre reductions are being brought in. Soft tyres -- 4 sets of tyres -- 3 for qualifying and 1 for the race Medium tyres -- 3 sets of tyres -- 1 for practice, 1 for sprint race and 1 for the race Hard tyres -- 1 set of tyres -- 1 for the race All 3 types of tyres have to be used during the Grand Prix