My version of the Storyline of Honda MyUniversalCareer 2024: At the end of the 2023 Season, Honda entered MyUniversalCareer after the struggles of Haas-Chevrolet. The Japanese manufactorer singed Romain Grosjean (who's Returning to MyUniversalCareer as if you play as him to score a Third place in South Africa/who will be replaced by Louis Deletraz after the 3'rd race) and Rookie Pedro Piquet.
2024 MyUniversalCareer Calendar prediction for @Thang Nguyen
1. South Africa (Based on Bahrain Endurance circuit 2010)
2. Australia
3. Bahrain
4. San Marino
5. Azerbaijan (based on old Singapore)
6. Turkey
7. Netherlands (Based on old Silverstone)
8. Spain
9. Monaco
10. Canada
11. France (Based on Delhi)
12. Austria
13. Britain
14. Germany
15. Hungary
16. Belgium
17. Italy
18. Singapore
19. Portugal
20. Europe (Jerez)
21. Russia
22. Vietnam (Based on Valencia)
23. Philippines (based on ?)
24. Japan
25. Brazil
26. Argentina (Based on Sepang)
27. Abu Dhabi
2024 MyUniversalCareer Calendar prediction for @Thang Nguyen
1. South Africa (Based on Bahrain Endurance circuit 2010)
2. Australia
3. Bahrain
4. San Marino
5. Azerbaijan (based on old Singapore)
6. Turkey
7. Netherlands (Based on old Silverstone)
8. Spain
9. Monaco
10. Canada
11. France (Based on Delhi)
12. Austria
13. Britain
14. Germany
15. Hungary
16. Belgium
17. Italy
18. Singapore
19. Portugal
20. Europe (Jerez)
21. Russia
22. Vietnam (Based on Valencia)
23. Philippines (based on ?)
24. Japan
25. Brazil
26. Argentina (Based on Sepang)
27. Abu Dhabi
Philippines is of course based on Austin mate!
And Turkey, if my game works with that circuit I'll add that one. Otherwise, I either reduce the calendar or base on Korea.
Story (My Version): At the end of 2023 MyUniversalCareer season, Williams decided to race with 2 Rookies, who are Nicholas Latifi and Ralf Schumacher's son David Schumacher. The team also added Rokit on their name as Williams decided to contuine with BMW for 2 more years.
Honda F1 (Replaces Haas for 2024 MyUniversalCareer season) Lineup Prediction:
1'st Driver: Romain Grosjean (1-3) / Louis Deletraz (4-27)
2'nd Driver: Pedro Piquet
Some pictures for you for the 2024 MyUniversalCareer Honda:
The French Grand Prix was added to the calendar, while the German Grand Prix returned after its absence from the 2017 season. The Malaysian Grand Prix was discontinued.
After an inconsistent 2017 season, Kimi Raikkonen decided to take a sabbatical drive at Ferrari.
The Finn's ex-teammate in Lotus, Romain Grosjean, was signed to replace him.
Mercedes and Red Bull retained their drivers.
Alonso was very unhappy at McLaren (after a very bad season) and joined Renault alongside Hulkenberg. Renault deciced to run a 2006-based livery for Alonso's return. Sainz, who lost his seat at Renault, returned to Toro Rosso alongside Pierre Gasly.
Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon had a very tense season at Force India with so many controversies, which led to Perez's leaving the team to rejoin McLaren. Wehrlein was chosen to fill the vacant seat at Force India.
Kvyat, who had been fired by Toro Rosso in late-2017, replaced Massa's seat at Williams, after the Brazilian retired at the end of the 2017 season.
Haas, with Grosjean gone, signed Charles Leclerc, who is going to make his F1 debut in 2018. Magnussen was retained at the team.
Jaguar decided to rejoin F1 and signed Ericsson and Palmer, who had been under-performing at their respective teams in 2017.
In 2017, Sauber had negotiations with Alfa Romeo but due to some problems, Alfa couldn't be the team's title sponsor, so BMW returned to F1 to sponsor Sauber for 1 year. With both drivers gone, Giovinazzi became the team's main driver, alongside Robert Kubica, who returned to F1 after 8 years.
McLaren and Toro Rosso swapped their respective engine suppliers.
Line-ups:
Mercedes: Hamilton-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Grosjean
Red Bull: Ricciardo-Verstappen
Force India: Wehrlein-Ocon
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Renault: Alonso-Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso: Sainz-Gasly
Haas: Magnussen-Leclerc
McLaren: Perez-Vandoorne
Sauber: Kubica-Giovinazzi
Jaguar: Palmer-Ericsson
The Nurburgring circuit re-entered F1 to host the German Grand Prix.
This season witnessed many drivers' transfers:
- Due to Malaysia no longer in F1, Petronas also withdrew from F1. This meant Mercedes would have a new title sponsor: Monster Energy. Hamilton, after losing out the 2018 title to Sebastian Vettel, returned to McLaren. His vacant seat would be filled by Fernando Alonso, who had an inconsistent season and lost his 4th position to Romain Grosjean after the final race in 2018.
- Grosjean decided to go back to Haas after Ferrari announced Vettel and Ricciardo would be their 2019 drivers.
- Red Bull promoted Gasly from Toro Rosso to replace Ricciardo, although the Frenchman only scored 1 point through the previous season with an under-performing Toro Rosso car.
- Jaguar scarcely developed their current car during 2018 as they were focusing on their 2019 one instead. With a car which is projected to be very competitive, they signed Hulkenberg from Renault and Vandoorne from McLaren as the 2019 drivers.
- Renault called back Sainz from Toro Rosso and signed Perez, who lost his seat to Lewis Hamilton in McLaren. The second seat at McLaren would be taken by Kevin Magnussen, after Vandoorne leaving the team to join Jaguar.
- Sauber finally had a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo and they signed Charles Leclerc and rookie Mick Schumacher.
- Both 2018 Sauber drivers, Giovinazzi and Kubica, would beshifted to Lamborghini. Christian Horner decided to merge Toro Rosso and Red Bull altogether, and Lambo wanted to rejoin F1. Therefore, the Italian manufacturer bought Toro Rosso and renamed as "Lamborghini F1 Team".
- Wehrlein, after a difficult season in Force India, moved to Haas alongside Romain Grosjean.
- Williams had their line-ups unchanged. However, they switched to using BMW engine.
- Lexus became the title sponsor of Force India. With Wehrlein gone, $ergey $irotkin made his F1 debut with the team.
Line-ups:
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Magnussen
Force India: Ocon-Sirotkin
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Kubica
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
The Argentinian Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar for 22 years, expanding the calendar to 22 races. The Hockenheimring circuit would host the German Grand Prix. The Bahrain Grand Prix was chosen as the first race of the season.
Red Bull switched to the Honda engine as their engine supplier.
- Robert Kubica retired from F1 as an active driver. therefore, Sergio Sette Camara would make his debut with Lamborghini, becoming the first Brazilian driver to compete in F1 for 3 years.
- Magnussen was interested in Formula E and joined that series, making the door open for Lando Norris to make his F1 debut alongside Lewis Hamilton.
- Daniil Kvyat and Sergey Sirotkin swapped their seats.
- The other drivers retained their seats for the 2020 season.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Williams: Stroll-Sirotkin
Force India: Kvyat-Ocon
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
The German Grand Prix was not included in the calendar.
Lexus bought out Force India to become "Lexus F1 Team".
- Bottas, Hulkenberg and Wehrlein made a circle seat-swapping: Bottas left Mercedes to join Jaguar, Hulkenberg left Jaguar to join Haas, Wehrlein left Haas to join Mercedes.
- Verstappen made a shocking move to Williams, replacing $irotkin. Sainz left Renault to replace Verstappen's Red Bull seat, re-partnering Gasly and Jack Aitken would make his F1 debut at Renault.
- The other drivers had their seats retained.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Renault: Perez-Aitken
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Lexus: Kvyat-Ocon
Haas: Grosjean-Hulkenberg
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
The Vietnamese Grand Prix joined the calendar and the German Grand Prix returned, making the season have 23 races.
There were several changes in the teams:
- Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean retired from F1. Sette Camare left F1 to join Formula E.
- Audi bought out Lamborghini after the latter's lack of success in F1.
- Both Vettel and Ricciardo left Ferrari to join Audi and McLaren respectively. Mick Schumacher joined Audi to become Vettel's teammate.
- Lexus became the Mercedes-B team, making Kvyat to leave the team. Kvyat replaced Grosjean in Haas while the vacant Lexus seat would be taken by rookie George Russell.
- Ferrari signed Leclerc and Giovinazzi as their 2022 drivers. Alfa Romeo fully bought Sauber to rename "Alfa Romeo Racing" and signed Antonio Fuoco and Guanyu Zhou.
- The rest of the drivers had their seats retained.
Mid season transfers: (before Round 14- Belgium Grand Prix)
- Alonso was very frustrated at Mercedes after a series of reliability issues so he left Mercedes and rejoined McLaren.
- Ricciardo had already wanted to join Renault but his move to McLaren was reluctant. As Aitken underperformed, the Brit was demoted to the team's test driver and Ricciardo finally had a chance to race with Renault.
- But there was still a vacant seat at Mercedes. Hamilton was called back to drive for the team for the rest of the season.
Line-up: (the names in brackets are the changed drivers in the mid-season transfer)
Mercedes: Alonso (Hamilton)-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Ricciardo (Alonso)-Norris
Lexus: Ocon-Russell
Renault: Perez-Aitken (Ricciardo)
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Haas: Hulkenberg-Kvyat
Audi: Vettel-Schumacher
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-Zhou
Monster Energy terminated their partnership with Mercedes. Also, HSBC parted ways with Jaguar.
Drivers transfers (sketched):
- Ocon was promoted to Mercedes to re-partner Wehrlein.
- Mick Schumacher was released by Audi and joined Lexus.
- Hamilton left Mercedes to join Audi.
- Stroll became Williams' test driver because Alonso signed a shocking deal to the team from McLaren.
- Sainz had a very disappointing season with Red Bull and left the team to join McLaren alongside Lando Norris.
- Dan Ticktum would make his F1 debut for Red Bull, alongside Pierre Gasly.
- Kvyat left Haas to become Jaguar's test driver.
- Zhou left Alfa Romeo to become Renaulr's test driver. Alfa are yet to announce the replacement driver.
- Haas are rumored to sign a Ferrari Academy driver.
Line-up:
Jaguar: Vandoorne-Bottas
Mercedes: Wehrlein-Ocon
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Sainz-Norris
Audi: Vettel-Hamilton
Williams: Alonso-Verstappen
Lexus: Schumacher-Russell
Renault: Perez-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Gasly-Ticktum
Haas: Hulkenberg-TBA
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-TBA
The French Grand Prix was added to the calendar, while the German Grand Prix returned after its absence from the 2017 season. The Malaysian Grand Prix was discontinued.
After an inconsistent 2017 season, Kimi Raikkonen decided to take a sabbatical drive at Ferrari.
The Finn's ex-teammate in Lotus, Romain Grosjean, was signed to replace him.
Mercedes and Red Bull retained their drivers.
Alonso was very unhappy at McLaren (after a very bad season) and joined Renault alongside Hulkenberg. Renault deciced to run a 2006-based livery for Alonso's return. Sainz, who lost his seat at Renault, returned to Toro Rosso alongside Pierre Gasly.
Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon had a very tense season at Force India with so many controversies, which led to Perez's leaving the team to rejoin McLaren. Wehrlein was chosen to fill the vacant seat at Force India.
Kvyat, who had been fired by Toro Rosso in late-2017, replaced Massa's seat at Williams, after the Brazilian retired after the 2017 season.
Haas, with Grosjean gone, signed Charles Leclerc, who is going to make his F1 debut in 2018. Magnussen was retained at the team.
Jaguar decided to rejoin F1 and signed Ericsson and Palmer, who had been under-performing at their respective teams in 2017.
In 2017, Sauber had negotiations with Alfa Romeo but due to some problems, Alfa couldn't be the team's title sponsor, so BMW returned to F1 to sponsor Sauber for 1 year. With both drivers gone, Giovinazzi became the team's main driver, alongside Robert Kubica, who returned to F1 after 8 years.
McLaren and Toro Rosso swapped their respective engine suppliers.
Line-ups:
Mercedes: Hamilton-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Grosjean
Red Bull: Ricciardo-Verstappen
Force India: Wehrlein-Ocon
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Renault: Alonso-Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso: Sainz-Gasly
Haas: Magnussen-Leclerc
McLaren: Perez-Vandoorne
Sauber: Kubica-Giovinazzi
Jaguar: Palmer-Ericsson
The Nurburgring circuit re-entered F1 to host the German Grand Prix.
This season witnessed many drivers' transfers:
- Due to Malaysia no longer in F1, Petronas also withdrew from F1. This meant Mercedes would have a new title sponsor: Monster Energy. Hamilton, after losing out the 2018 title to Sebastian Vettel, returned to McLaren. His vacant seat would be filled by Fernando Alonso, who had an inconsistent season and lost his 4th position to Romain Grosjean after the final race in 2018.
- Grosjean decided to go back to Haas after Ferrari announced Vettel and Ricciardo would be their 2019 drivers.
- Red Bull promoted Gasly from Toro Rosso to replace Ricciardo, although the Frenchman only scored 1 point through the previous season with an under-performing Toro Rosso car.
- Jaguar scarcely developed their current car during 2018 as they were focusing on their 2019 one instead. With a car which is projected to be very competitive, they signed Hulkenberg from Renault and Vandoorne from McLaren as the 2019 drivers.
- Renault called back Sainz from Toro Rosso and signed Perez, who lost his seat to Lewis Hamilton in McLaren. The second seat at McLaren would be taken by Kevin Magnussen, after Vandoorne leaving the team to join Jaguar.
- Sauber finally had a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo and they signed Charles Leclerc and rookie Mick Schumacher.
- Both 2018 Sauber drivers, Giovinazzi and Kubica, would beshifted to Lamborghini. Christian Horner decided to merge Toro Rosso and Red Bull altogether, and Lambo wanted to rejoin F1. Therefore, the Italian manufacturer bought Toro Rosso and renamed as "Lamborghini F1 Team".
- Wehrlein, after a difficult season in Force India, moved to Haas alongside Romain Grosjean.
- Williams had their line-ups unchanged.
- Lexus became the title sponsor of Force India. With Wehrlein gone, $ergey $irotkin made his F1 debut with the team.
Line-ups:
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Magnussen
Force India: Ocon-Sirotkin
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Kubica
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
The French Grand Prix was added to the calendar, while the German Grand Prix returned after its absence from the 2017 season. The Malaysian Grand Prix was discontinued.
After an inconsistent 2017 season, Kimi Raikkonen decided to take a sabbatical drive at Ferrari.
The Finn's ex-teammate in Lotus, Romain Grosjean, was signed to replace him.
Mercedes and Red Bull retained their drivers.
Alonso was very unhappy at McLaren (after a very bad season) and joined Renault alongside Hulkenberg. Renault deciced to run a 2006-based livery for Alonso's return. Sainz, who lost his seat at Renault, returned to Toro Rosso alongside Pierre Gasly.
Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon had a very tense season at Force India with so many controversies, which led to Perez's leaving the team to rejoin McLaren. Wehrlein was chosen to fill the vacant seat at Force India.
Kvyat, who had been fired by Toro Rosso in late-2017, replaced Massa's seat at Williams, after the Brazilian retired at the end of the 2017 season.
Haas, with Grosjean gone, signed Charles Leclerc, who is going to make his F1 debut in 2018. Magnussen was retained at the team.
Jaguar decided to rejoin F1 and signed Ericsson and Palmer, who had been under-performing at their respective teams in 2017.
In 2017, Sauber had negotiations with Alfa Romeo but due to some problems, Alfa couldn't be the team's title sponsor, so BMW returned to F1 to sponsor Sauber for 1 year. With both drivers gone, Giovinazzi became the team's main driver, alongside Robert Kubica, who returned to F1 after 8 years.
McLaren and Toro Rosso swapped their respective engine suppliers.
Line-ups:
Mercedes: Hamilton-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Grosjean
Red Bull: Ricciardo-Verstappen
Force India: Wehrlein-Ocon
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Renault: Alonso-Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso: Sainz-Gasly
Haas: Magnussen-Leclerc
McLaren: Perez-Vandoorne
Sauber: Kubica-Giovinazzi
Jaguar: Palmer-Ericsson
The Nurburgring circuit re-entered F1 to host the German Grand Prix.
This season witnessed many drivers' transfers:
- Due to Malaysia no longer in F1, Petronas also withdrew from F1. This meant Mercedes would have a new title sponsor: Monster Energy. Hamilton, after losing out the 2018 title to Sebastian Vettel, returned to McLaren. His vacant seat would be filled by Fernando Alonso, who had an inconsistent season and lost his 4th position to Romain Grosjean after the final race in 2018.
- Grosjean decided to go back to Haas after Ferrari announced Vettel and Ricciardo would be their 2019 drivers.
- Red Bull promoted Gasly from Toro Rosso to replace Ricciardo, although the Frenchman only scored 1 point through the previous season with an under-performing Toro Rosso car.
- Jaguar scarcely developed their current car during 2018 as they were focusing on their 2019 one instead. With a car which is projected to be very competitive, they signed Hulkenberg from Renault and Vandoorne from McLaren as the 2019 drivers.
- Renault called back Sainz from Toro Rosso and signed Perez, who lost his seat to Lewis Hamilton in McLaren. The second seat at McLaren would be taken by Kevin Magnussen, after Vandoorne leaving the team to join Jaguar.
- Sauber finally had a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo and they signed Charles Leclerc and rookie Mick Schumacher.
- Both 2018 Sauber drivers, Giovinazzi and Kubica, would beshifted to Lamborghini. Christian Horner decided to merge Toro Rosso and Red Bull altogether, and Lambo wanted to rejoin F1. Therefore, the Italian manufacturer bought Toro Rosso and renamed as "Lamborghini F1 Team".
- Wehrlein, after a difficult season in Force India, moved to Haas alongside Romain Grosjean.
- Williams had their line-ups unchanged. However, they switched to using BMW engine.
- Lexus became the title sponsor of Force India. With Wehrlein gone, $ergey $irotkin made his F1 debut with the team.
Line-ups:
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Magnussen
Force India: Ocon-Sirotkin
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Kubica
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
The Argentinian Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar for 22 years, expanding the calendar to 22 races. The Hockenheimring circuit would host the German Grand Prix. The Bahrain Grand Prix was chosen as the first race of the season.
Red Bull switched to the Honda engine as their engine supplier.
- Robert Kubica retired from F1 as an active driver. therefore, Sergio Sette Camara would make his debut with Lamborghini, becoming the first Brazilian driver to compete in F1 for 3 years.
- Magnussen was interested in Formula E and joined that series, making the door open for Lando Norris to make his F1 debut alongside Lewis Hamilton.
- Daniil Kvyat and Sergey Sirotkin swapped their seats.
- The other drivers retained their seats for the 2020 season.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Williams: Stroll-Sirotkin
Force India: Kvyat-Ocon
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
The German Grand Prix was not included in the calendar.
Lexus bought out Force India to become "Lexus F1 Team".
- Bottas, Hulkenberg and Wehrlein made a circle seat-swapping: Bottas left Mercedes to join Jaguar, Hulkenberg left Jaguar to join Haas, Wehrlein left Haas to join Mercedes.
- Verstappen made a shocking move to Williams, replacing $irotkin. Sainz left Renault to replace Verstappen's Red Bull seat, re-partnering Gasly and Jack Aitken would make his F1 debut at Renault.
- The other drivers had their seats retained.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Renault: Perez-Aitken
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Lexus: Kvyat-Ocon
Haas: Grosjean-Hulkenberg
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
The Vietnamese Grand Prix joined the calendar and the German Grand Prix returned, making the season have 23 races.
There were several changes in the teams:
- Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean retired from F1. Sette Camare left F1 to join Formula E.
- Audi bought out Lamborghini after the latter's lack of success in F1.
- Both Vettel and Ricciardo left Ferrari to join Audi and McLaren respectively. Mick Schumacher joined Audi to become Vettel's teammate.
- Lexus became the Mercedes-B team, making Kvyat to leave the team. Kvyat replaced Grosjean in Haas while the vacant Lexus seat would be taken by rookie George Russell.
- Ferrari signed Leclerc and Giovinazzi as their 2022 drivers. Alfa Romeo fully bought Sauber to rename "Alfa Romeo Racing" and signed Antonio Fuoco and Guanyu Zhou.
- The rest of the drivers had their seats retained.
Mid season transfers: (before Round 14- Belgium Grand Prix)
- Alonso was very frustrated at Mercedes after a series of reliability issues so he left Mercedes and rejoined McLaren.
- Ricciardo had already wanted to join Renault but his move to McLaren was reluctant. As Aitken underperformed, the Brit was demoted to the team's test driver and Ricciardo finally had a chance to race with Renault.
- But there was still a vacant seat at Mercedes. Hamilton was called back to drive for the team for the rest of the season.
Line-up: (the names in brackets are the changed drivers in the mid-season transfer)
Mercedes: Alonso (Hamilton)-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Ricciardo (Alonso)-Norris
Lexus: Ocon-Russell
Renault: Perez-Aitken (Ricciardo)
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Haas: Hulkenberg-Kvyat
Audi: Vettel-Schumacher
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-Zhou
The Dutch Grand Prix returned to the calendar after 38 years.
Monster Energy terminated their partnership with Mercedes. Also, HSBC parted ways with Jaguar.
Drivers transfers (sketched):
- Ocon was promoted to Mercedes to re-partner Wehrlein.
- Mick Schumacher was released by Audi and joined Lexus.
- Hamilton left Mercedes to join Audi.
- Stroll became Williams' test driver because Alonso signed a shocking deal to the team from McLaren.
- Sainz had a very disappointing season with Red Bull and left the team to join McLaren alongside Lando Norris.
- Dan Ticktum would make his F1 debut for Red Bull, alongside Pierre Gasly.
- Kvyat left Haas to become Jaguar's test driver.
- Zhou left Alfa Romeo to become Renault's test driver. Alfa are yet to announce the replacement driver.
- Haas are rumored to sign a Ferrari Academy driver.
Line-up:
Jaguar: Vandoorne-Bottas
Mercedes: Wehrlein-Ocon
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Sainz-Norris
Audi: Vettel-Hamilton
Williams: Alonso-Verstappen
Lexus: Schumacher-Russell
Renault: Perez-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Gasly-Ticktum
Haas: Hulkenberg-TBA
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-TBA
The French Grand Prix was added to the calendar, while the German Grand Prix returned after its absence from the 2017 season. The Malaysian Grand Prix was discontinued.
After an inconsistent 2017 season, Kimi Raikkonen decided to take a sabbatical drive at Ferrari.
The Finn's ex-teammate in Lotus, Romain Grosjean, was signed to replace him.
Mercedes and Red Bull retained their drivers.
Alonso was very unhappy at McLaren (after a very bad season) and joined Renault alongside Hulkenberg. Renault deciced to run a 2006-based livery for Alonso's return. Sainz, who lost his seat at Renault, returned to Toro Rosso alongside Pierre Gasly.
Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon had a very tense season at Force India with so many controversies, which led to Perez's leaving the team to rejoin McLaren. Wehrlein was chosen to fill the vacant seat at Force India.
Kvyat, who had been fired by Toro Rosso in late-2017, replaced Massa's seat at Williams, after the Brazilian retired at the end of the 2017 season.
Haas, with Grosjean gone, signed Charles Leclerc, who is going to make his F1 debut in 2018. Magnussen was retained at the team.
Jaguar decided to rejoin F1 and signed Ericsson and Palmer, who had been under-performing at their respective teams in 2017.
In 2017, Sauber had negotiations with Alfa Romeo but due to some problems, Alfa couldn't be the team's title sponsor, so BMW returned to F1 to sponsor Sauber for 1 year. With both drivers gone, Giovinazzi became the team's main driver, alongside Robert Kubica, who returned to F1 after 8 years.
McLaren and Toro Rosso swapped their respective engine suppliers.
Line-ups:
Mercedes: Hamilton-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Grosjean
Red Bull: Ricciardo-Verstappen
Force India: Wehrlein-Ocon
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Renault: Alonso-Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso: Sainz-Gasly
Haas: Magnussen-Leclerc
McLaren: Perez-Vandoorne
Sauber: Kubica-Giovinazzi
Jaguar: Palmer-Ericsson
The Nurburgring circuit re-entered F1 to host the German Grand Prix.
This season witnessed many drivers' transfers:
- Due to Malaysia no longer in F1, Petronas also withdrew from F1. This meant Mercedes would have a new title sponsor: Monster Energy. Hamilton, after losing out the 2018 title to Sebastian Vettel, returned to McLaren. His vacant seat would be filled by Fernando Alonso, who had an inconsistent season and lost his 4th position to Romain Grosjean after the final race in 2018.
- Grosjean decided to go back to Haas after Ferrari announced Vettel and Ricciardo would be their 2019 drivers.
- Red Bull promoted Gasly from Toro Rosso to replace Ricciardo, although the Frenchman only scored 1 point through the previous season with an under-performing Toro Rosso car.
- Jaguar scarcely developed their current car during 2018 as they were focusing on their 2019 one instead. With a car which is projected to be very competitive, they signed Hulkenberg from Renault and Vandoorne from McLaren as the 2019 drivers.
- Renault called back Sainz from Toro Rosso and signed Perez, who lost his seat to Lewis Hamilton in McLaren. The second seat at McLaren would be taken by Kevin Magnussen, after Vandoorne leaving the team to join Jaguar.
- Sauber finally had a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo and they signed Charles Leclerc and rookie Mick Schumacher.
- Both 2018 Sauber drivers, Giovinazzi and Kubica, would beshifted to Lamborghini. Christian Horner decided to merge Toro Rosso and Red Bull altogether, and Lambo wanted to rejoin F1. Therefore, the Italian manufacturer bought Toro Rosso and renamed as "Lamborghini F1 Team".
- Wehrlein, after a difficult season in Force India, moved to Haas alongside Romain Grosjean.
- Williams had their line-ups unchanged. However, they switched to using BMW engine.
- Lexus became the title sponsor of Force India. With Wehrlein gone, $ergey $irotkin made his F1 debut with the team.
Line-ups:
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Magnussen
Force India: Ocon-Sirotkin
Williams: Kvyat-Stroll
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Kubica
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
The Argentinian Grand Prix returned to the F1 calendar for 22 years, expanding the calendar to 22 races. The Hockenheimring circuit would host the German Grand Prix. The Bahrain Grand Prix was chosen as the first race of the season.
Red Bull switched to the Honda engine as their engine supplier.
- Robert Kubica retired from F1 as an active driver. therefore, Sergio Sette Camara would make his debut with Lamborghini, becoming the first Brazilian driver to compete in F1 for 3 years.
- Magnussen was interested in Formula E and joined that series, making the door open for Lando Norris to make his F1 debut alongside Lewis Hamilton.
- Daniil Kvyat and Sergey Sirotkin swapped their seats.
- The other drivers retained their seats for the 2020 season.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Verstappen-Gasly
Renault: Perez-Sainz
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Jaguar: Hulkenberg-Vandoorne
Haas: Grosjean-Wehrlein
Williams: Stroll-Sirotkin
Force India: Kvyat-Ocon
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
The German Grand Prix was not included in the calendar.
Lexus bought out Force India to become "Lexus F1 Team".
- Bottas, Hulkenberg and Wehrlein made a circle seat-swapping: Bottas left Mercedes to join Jaguar, Hulkenberg left Jaguar to join Haas, Wehrlein left Haas to join Mercedes.
- Verstappen made a shocking move to Williams, replacing $irotkin. Sainz left Renault to replace Verstappen's Red Bull seat, re-partnering Gasly and Jack Aitken would make his F1 debut at Renault.
- The other drivers had their seats retained.
Line-up:
Mercedes: Alonso-Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel-Ricciardo
Renault: Perez-Aitken
McLaren: Hamilton-Norris
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Lexus: Kvyat-Ocon
Haas: Grosjean-Hulkenberg
Sauber: Leclerc-Schumacher
Lamborghini: Giovinazzi-Sette Camara
The Vietnamese Grand Prix joined the calendar and the German Grand Prix returned, making the season have 23 races.
There were several changes in the teams:
- Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean retired from F1. Sette Camare left F1 to join Formula E.
- Audi bought out Lamborghini after the latter's lack of success in F1.
- Both Vettel and Ricciardo left Ferrari to join Audi and McLaren respectively. Mick Schumacher joined Audi to become Vettel's teammate.
- Lexus became the Mercedes-B team, making Kvyat to leave the team. Kvyat replaced Grosjean in Haas while the vacant Lexus seat would be taken by rookie George Russell.
- Ferrari signed Leclerc and Giovinazzi as their 2022 drivers. Alfa Romeo fully bought Sauber to rename "Alfa Romeo Racing" and signed Antonio Fuoco and Guanyu Zhou.
- The rest of the drivers had their seats retained.
Mid season transfers: (before Round 14- Belgium Grand Prix)
- Alonso was very frustrated at Mercedes after a series of reliability issues so he left Mercedes and rejoined McLaren.
- Ricciardo had already wanted to join Renault but his move to McLaren was reluctant. As Aitken underperformed, the Brit was demoted to the team's test driver and Ricciardo finally had a chance to race with Renault.
- But there was still a vacant seat at Mercedes. Hamilton was called back to drive for the team for the rest of the season.
Line-up: (the names in brackets are the changed drivers in the mid-season transfer)
Mercedes: Alonso (Hamilton)-Wehrlein
Jaguar: Bottas-Vandoorne
Red Bull: Sainz-Gasly
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Ricciardo (Alonso)-Norris
Lexus: Ocon-Russell
Renault: Perez-Aitken (Ricciardo)
Williams: Verstappen-Stroll
Haas: Hulkenberg-Kvyat
Audi: Vettel-Schumacher
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-Zhou
The Dutch Grand Prix returned to the calendar after 38 years.
Monster Energy terminated their partnership with Mercedes. Also, HSBC parted ways with Jaguar.
Drivers transfers (sketched):
- Ocon was promoted to Mercedes to re-partner Wehrlein.
- Mick Schumacher was released by Audi and joined Lexus.
- Hamilton left Mercedes to join Audi.
- Stroll became Williams' test driver because Alonso signed a shocking deal to the team from McLaren.
- Sainz had a very disappointing season with Red Bull and left the team to join McLaren alongside Lando Norris.
- Dan Ticktum would make his F1 debut for Red Bull, alongside Pierre Gasly.
- Kvyat left Haas to become Jaguar's test driver.
- Zhou left Alfa Romeo to become Renaulr's test driver. Alfa are yet to announce the replacement driver.
- Haas are rumored to sign a Ferrari Academy driver.
Line-up:
Jaguar: Vandoorne-Bottas
Mercedes: Wehrlein-Ocon
Ferrari: Leclerc-Giovinazzi
McLaren: Sainz-Norris
Audi: Vettel-Hamilton
Williams: Alonso-Verstappen
Lexus: Schumacher-Russell
Renault: Perez-Ricciardo
Red Bull: Gasly-Ticktum
Haas: Hulkenberg-TBA
Alfa Romeo: Fuoco-TBA
MyUniversalCareer Season 7 (2024) story (prediction)
Austin and Shanghai left the calendar as Kyalami, Istanbul Park, Imola, Estoril, Jerez and Philippines made it into MyUniversalCareer.
Wehrlein left Mercedes to join Formula E. His seat was taken by George Russell.
- Aston Martin, Porsche and Honda entered MyUniversalCareer.
- Williams signed 2 rookies (D. Schumacher & Latifi) to replace Alonso (who has retired from MyUniversalCareer) and Verstappen (who joined Jaguar).
- Mick Schumacher joined Ferrari to partner Charles Leclerc.
- Lexus signed Daniel Ricciardo and the rookie Antoine Hubert
- Red Bull retained Gasly, but lost Dan Ticktum to Jaguar. Jüri Vips was selected to replace the brit to make his MyUniversalCareer debut.
- Honda signed the returning Grosjean and rookie Piquet. However, Grosjean left the team at round 3, and replaced by Louis Deletraz.
- Aston Martin joined MyUniversalCareer with Rosberg & Alesi.
- Porsche joined MyUniversalCareer with Perez & Bottas.
- Audi retained Vettel, but Hamilton decided to retire from MyUniversalCareer for 2'nd time. He was replaced by Charles Leclerc's brother Arthur Leclerc.
2024 Round 4 (prediction)
Japanese Honda team has fired Romain Grosjean (although scored a podium in the opening round) from the team. Louis Deletraz was the selected one to replace Grosjean.
2024 Round 11 (prediction)
Sergio Perez gets a 3 race ban (from Race 11 to Race 14) for taking out a lot of cars during Round 10. He was replaced by Guanyu Zhou.
Line-up:
Porsche: Perez (1-10, 15-27)- Zhou (11-14)-Bottas
Honda: Grosjean (1-3)-Deletraz (4-27)-Piquet
Bandai Namco Aston Martin: Rosberg-Alesi
Jaguar: Verstappen-Ticktum
Ferrari: C. Leclerc-M. Schumacher
Williams: Latifi-D. Schumacher
Audi: Vettel-A. Leclerc
Lexus: Ricciardo-Hubert
Mercedes: Ocon-Russell
McLaren: Sainz-Norris
Red Bull: Gasly-Vips
MyUniversalCareer Season 7 (2024) story (prediction)
Austin and Shanghai left the calendar as Kyalami, Istanbul Park, Imola, Estoril, Jerez and Philippines made it into MyUniversalCareer.
Wehrlein left Mercedes to join Formula E. His seat was taken by George Russell.
- Aston Martin, Porsche and Honda entered MyUniversalCareer.
- Williams signed 2 rookies (D. Schumacher & Latifi) to replace Alonso (who has retired from MyUniversalCareer) and Verstappen (who joined Jaguar).
- Mick Schumacher joined Ferrari to partner Charles Leclerc.
- Lexus signed Daniel Ricciardo and the rookie Antoine Hubert
- Red Bull retained Gasly, but lost Dan Ticktum to Jaguar. Jüri Vips was selected to replace the brit to make his MyUniversalCareer debut.
- Honda signed the returning Grosjean and rookie Piquet. However, Grosjean left the team at round 3, and replaced by Louis Deletraz.
- Aston Martin joined MyUniversalCareer with Rosberg & Alesi.
- Porsche joined MyUniversalCareer with Perez & Bottas.
- Audi retained Vettel, but Hamilton decided to retire from MyUniversalCareer for 2'nd time. He was replaced by Charles Leclerc's brother Arthur Leclerc.
2024 Round 4 (prediction)
Japanese Honda team has fired Romain Grosjean (although scored a podium in the opening round) from the team. Louis Deletraz was the selected one to replace Grosjean.
2024 Round 11 (prediction)
Sergio Perez gets a 3 race ban (from Race 11 to Race 14) for taking out a lot of cars during Round 10. He was replaced by Guanyu Zhou.
Line-up:
Porsche: Perez (1-10, 15-27)- Zhou (11-14)-Bottas
Honda: Grosjean (1-3)-Deletraz (4-27)-Piquet
Bandai Namco Aston Martin: Rosberg-Alesi
Jaguar: Verstappen-Ticktum
Ferrari: C. Leclerc-M. Schumacher
Williams: Latifi-D. Schumacher
Audi: Vettel-A. Leclerc
Lexus: Ricciardo-Hubert
Mercedes: Ocon-Russell
McLaren: Sainz-Norris
Red Bull: Gasly-Vips
F1 2007 MOD PROGRESS: 90% ) (Still working on the CTF files and the enhanced graphics to realism though but it's not a big problem)
Date of release: This week! (Guaranteed before the 2019 French GP)
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F1 2007 MOD PROGRESS: 90% ) (Still working on the CTF files and the enhanced graphics to realism though but it's not a big problem)
Date of release: This week! (Guaranteed before the 2019 French GP)
Stay tuned!
F1 2007 MOD PROGRESS: 90% ) (Still working on the CTF files and the enhanced graphics to realism though but it's not a big problem)
Date of release: This week! (Guaranteed before the 2019 French GP)
Stay tuned!
F1 2007 MOD PROGRESS: 90% ) (Still working on the CTF files and the enhanced graphics to realism though but it's not a big problem)
Date of release: This week! (Guaranteed before the 2019 French GP)
Stay tuned!
F1 2007 MOD PROGRESS: 90% ) (Still working on the CTF files and the enhanced graphics to realism though but it's not a big problem)
Date of release: This week! (Guaranteed before the 2019 French GP)
Stay tuned!
