The New Era
The highly anticipated return of Formula 1 after 98 days since the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has encompassed the globe. New rule changes, new driver line ups, the longest race calendar in the history of the sport. It is the dawn of the new era. Prior to the opening race in Bahrain, Formula 1 testing had revealed many details that may or may not surprise you. Ferrari had a brilliant winter with tremendous development on their new car. It was an added benefit that they finished 6th in 2020 which meant they were granted a lot more wind tunnel time as opposed to their rivals Mercedes and Red Bull. Speaking of the two title protagonists last year, the Silver Arrows, who returned to their silver livery, developed radically different sidepods to the rest of the grid. However, they experienced several difficulties with porpoising (when the car jumps up and down on the straight). Contrastingly, Red Bull looked to have the best car of the three with a different side pod design of the