F1 is slowly coming back

Last year was meant to be a more active blog-year, however it seems the activity was not meeting my initiative goals. I pretent this year to be more on the move regarding F1 and some surrounding info on what I do or where I travel.

Some updates then before I start posting more interesting topics. Coronavirus outbreak has lead for F1 be suspended in China. The GP for now is pushed to the end of the calendar and it is a big unknown on how this will be handled. Russian GP was proposed to be swapped but then there would be little time for people to get the tickets, therefore this idea was discarded. China GP was meant to be held April 17-19 as the fourth race on the calendar, just after the new Vietnamese GP. Being China out of the calendar (for now) would mean a very rough drought of a month without Formula One; from April 5th to May 3rd when the Dutch GP comes back. Looks very uneven distribution taking into account later this year, races are back to back, weekend after weekend.

This week is launching week. Ferrari started the week on Tuesday, launching the SF1000. Red Bull and Renault followed on Wednesday and Today was Mclaren turn. Some expectations are set on Williams, trying to see if they will manage to put their car on time and if they will be ready to start testing weeks. Also Haas unveiled a new livery to be shown only hours before testing week. Mercedes is closing up the week, tomorrow Friday 14th.

Since 2021 is the beginning of a new era with a hard change on regulations, 2020 is more of a buffering season with less changes than what we anticipated (Pirelli tyres are remaining just as previous season). Some aero updates are expected, some more interesting than others and that is the analysis to be followed on these next days.

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