2021 Astyrian Formula One Championship

The 2021 Astyrian Formula One Championship is a planned motor racing championship marking the 61st running of Astyrian Formula One. It is the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars by the Astyrian Motorsport Federation (AMF). The season will begin in February and end in November, covering 22 grands prix in 20 countries throughout Astyria. Drivers and constructors will be competing to win the Drivers' Championship and Constructors' Championship, respectively.

With the departure of reigning Drivers' Champion Simo Rassinen, this will mark the first season since < year > where a reigning champion did not compete. Sidus will be starting the season as the defending champions for the Constructors' Championship, having won their 4th title in the 2020 Confederate Grand Prix.

Entries

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Race Drivers
				No.	Driver name
AMZ	AMZ-Sidus	AMZ S21	Sidus 616M-1	16 20	Aleksander Valiny Dalriny Mikov
Angelbridge Racing	Angelbridge-Phaeton	Angelbridge AB14	Phaeton T71	8 90	Octavius Clearwater Decius Whitewall
Breuer NidEnergie Racing Team	Breuer	Breuer BR9	Breuer BH9-16	14 26	Nicolas Von Siedel Maximilian Frentzen
Delaney Grand Prix Team	Delaney-Sidus	Delaney RD46	Sidus 616M-1	3 31	Devin Acker Nick Hardy
Kappaksturslid F1 Team	Kappaksturslid-Breuer	Kappaksturslid KP17	Breuer BH9-16	48 97	Maríón Álfheiður Ólafur Guðestersson
LZS F1 Racing Team	LZS-FMK	LZS F1.21	FMK WW6-13 H-power	2 72	Stefan Lakowski Ivan Jovanović
MacGregor F1 Team	MacGregor-Sidus	MacGregor MG2021	Sidus 616M-1	21 24	Steven Grey Conway Prescott
Merlin F1 Team	Merlin-Phaeton	Merlin WY9	Phaeton T71	59 66	Gianpiero Santoro Dominic Hudnall
Stabulum Phaethonti	Phaeton	Phaeton SPT72	Phaeton T71	5 7	Tertius DiParadisa Pekka Koivu
Raamaker F1 Team	Raamaker-FMK	Raamaker RM-25	FMK WW6-13 H-power	13 38	Robert van Grol Bram Dichter
Sevir F1 Team	Sevir-FMK	Sevir SE-06	FMK WW6-13 H-power	11 89	Phillip Rollins Matthew Martins
Sidus F1 Racing Team	Sidus	Sidus FS-221	Sidus 616M-1	6 95	Lauren Blake Guy Bassett

Team changes

Sorsa and Cozworth have announced that they will no longer supply power units beyond 2020. Sorsa has supplied the Delaney, Kappaksturslid, and Sevir teams for the 2020 season, while Cozworth supplied the Merlin team. In light of this, these teams have switched to Sidus, Breuer, and Phaeton engines, respectively.

Slovertian auto manufacturer AMZ is joining the Formula One grid, becoming the first Slovertian team to compete in a championship season. In order to save costs on development, AMZ sources power units from Sidus.

After 2020 Drivers' Champion Simo Rassinen's departure, Sidus entered Aquitaynian driver Lauren Blake for the 2021 season. She is the 2020 Astyrian Formula Two Drivers' Champion and a test driver for Sidus for the past three years. Her entry into the sport marks the first time a female driver is competing in all rounds of the Astyrian F1 championship.

Summary

Opening rounds

The first race of the season began in earnest at the Aswickan Grand Prix. Phaeton driver Pekka Koivu claimed pole position, with MacGregor's Conway Prescott coming in 2nd and LZS's Ivan Jovanović in 3rd. Koivu continued to maintain his lead for 33 laps until Steven Grey passed him. But the Valkean driver retook the lead 11 laps later, claiming the victory, with Grey behind him in 2nd place. This victory ended Prescott's 4-year winning streak at the Aswickan Grand Prix. Angelbridge driver Decius Whitewall had to retire on the last lap of the race due to gearbox trouble. In her debut race, Blake won 3rd place, earning her first podium.