One thing F1 must not ignore for 2021

Formula 1 has outlined its plans to create better racing with its 2021 rules restructure. But there is one element closely linked to this that is currently being overlooked

Jonathan Noble Jul 25, 2019, 11:37 AM

Upd: Jul 25, 2019, 1:20 PM

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While much of the interest surrounding Formula 1's 2021 regulations has revolved around the cars and the new financial rules intended to make the grid closer, there is one pillar of change that must not be ignored if the championship is to seal a successful future. The tracks.

Even if future money rules work in establishing a level playing field, and there are cars that are super competitive and can race each other hard, it could all mean nothing if F1 does not ensure that it is racing on the right type of circuit.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.