2023 Formula One World Championship

[Jer15]

Well....

2022 is in the books. Max won again. 

To date Aston Martin is the only team that announced their car launch date: Feb 13.

 

There's been a good amount of seat changes:

• Red Bull is keeping Max Verstappen (of course) and Sergio Perez but, of note, they brought back Daniel Ricciardo as the reserve driver. 
• Ferrari's seats aren't changing. 3 years in a row it's been Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz. Their big news is that brought in Fred Vasseur from Alfa Romeo to replace Binotto as the team principal.
• Mercedes has Lewis Hamilton and George Russell driving again. Much like Red Bull, they brought in someone who had a seat last year to be the reserve driver in Mick Schumacher. 2022 was the first year Hamilton failed to get a pole or victory and I think this will be a story to watch this year, was it a bad year or are we seeing Hamilton coming towards the end?
• Alpine retained Esteban Ocon but added Pierre Gasly. Will be interesting to see if Gasly succeeds away from the Red Bull teams. 
• With Dannyric gone, Oscar Piastri joins Lando Norris at McLaren. There was a lot of controversy around Piastri joining McLaren from the Alpine academy product being announced as getting the seat for Alpine earlier in the year and him denying that. There's a lot of promise around him, should be interesting to see if it materializes.
• Alfa Romeo had a strong start to 2022 and ended up in 6th and they'll stay with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.
• Fernando Alonso did not hide his displeasure with Alpine and now he's getting a new start with Aston Martin. Lance Stroll was unsurprisingly retained. 
• Haas is a team that just can't seem to find stability. They added Kevin Magnussen last year upon dropping Nikita Mazepin and Uralkali due to Russian ties (as per the board rules, let's not talk about that. I only mention it because it's a fact) and then they decided to part ways with Mick Shumacher at the end of the season and brought in Nico Hulkenberg. People immediately brought up the "suck my balls" incident so it will be interesting to see if Haas has a pair of drivers who will get along this season or not.
• AlfaTauri retained Yuki Tsunoda who will be joined by rookie Nyck de Vries. de Vries subbed in for Alex Albon at the Italian Grand Prix and scored points by finishing in 9th so he'll be another interesting story to follow.
• Alex Albon remains at William who have added rookie Logan Sargeant who spent 1 full year in F2. 

 

There will be 6 sprint races this year up from the 3 they had last year. Also a Las Vegas GP has been added this year while the Chinese GP has been cancelled. 

 

 

[AnPheitseog]

On 2022-12-21 at 3:45 PM, Jer15 said:

Well....

2022 is in the books. Max won again. 

To date Aston Martin is the only team that announced their car launch date: Feb 13.

 

There's been a good amount of seat changes:

• Red Bull is keeping Max Verstappen (of course) and Sergio Perez but, of note, they brought back Daniel Ricciardo as the reserve driver. 
• Ferrari's seats aren't changing. 3 years in a row it's been Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz. Their big news is that brought in Fred Vasseur from Alfa Romeo to replace Binotto as the team principal.
• Mercedes has Lewis Hamilton and George Russell driving again. Much like Red Bull, they brought in someone who had a seat last year to be the reserve driver in Mick Schumacher. 2022 was the first year Hamilton failed to get a pole or victory and I think this will be a story to watch this year, was it a bad year or are we seeing Hamilton coming towards the end?
• Alpine retained Esteban Ocon but added Pierre Gasly. Will be interesting to see if Gasly succeeds away from the Red Bull teams. 
• With Dannyric gone, Oscar Piastri joins Lando Norris at McLaren. There was a lot of controversy around Piastri joining McLaren from the Alpine academy product being announced as getting the seat for Alpine earlier in the year and him denying that. There's a lot of promise around him, should be interesting to see if it materializes.
• Alfa Romeo had a strong start to 2022 and ended up in 6th and they'll stay with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.
• Fernando Alonso did not hide his displeasure with Alpine and now he's getting a new start with Aston Martin. Lance Stroll was unsurprisingly retained. 
• Haas is a team that just can't seem to find stability. They added Kevin Magnussen last year upon dropping Nikita Mazepin and Uralkali due to Russian ties (as per the board rules, let's not talk about that. I only mention it because it's a fact) and then they decided to part ways with Mick Shumacher at the end of the season and brought in Nico Hulkenberg. People immediately brought up the "suck my balls" incident so it will be interesting to see if Haas has a pair of drivers who will get along this season or not.
• AlfaTauri retained Yuki Tsunoda who will be joined by rookie Nyck de Vries. de Vries subbed in for Alex Albon at the Italian Grand Prix and scored points by finishing in 9th so he'll be another interesting story to follow.
• Alex Albon remains at William who have added rookie Logan Sargeant who spent 1 full year in F2. 

 

There will be 6 sprint races this year up from the 3 they had last year. Also a Las Vegas GP has been added this year while the Chinese GP has been cancelled. 

 

 

The question becomes, will Gasly and Ocon's families get along or will they fight. Seeing as they hate each other.

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[AnPheitseog]

19 hours ago, Jer15 said:

 

The most important team on a good day to reveal.

 

Also, looks like the Chinese Grand Prix might return after all.

 

 

[AnPheitseog]

McLaren is releasing on 2023.02.13

 

 

[kiwi_canadian]

What happened with all the stuff with Mario Andretti and trying to get a team? I heard he had Cadillac/GM on board but noting since.

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17 minutes ago, kiwi_canadian said:

What happened with all the stuff with Mario Andretti and trying to get a team? I heard he had Cadillac/GM on board but noting since.

 

Still doesn't seem like its likely to go anywhere, especially since GM's immediate plans would just be re-badging Renault engines afaik.

 

I think it's mostly that having less teams drives up the value of current teams and having more teams decreases the payouts. Personally, I think it's short-sighted and F1 would benefit from having an American team that isn't Haas. 

[Jer15]

If his chances weren't good before.....I'd say they are zero now. 

 

He's taken to criticizing F1 now. 

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12783778/michael-andretti-slams-formula-1-greed-amid-cadillac-entry-row-mclaren-and-alpine-are-allies 

[kiwi_canadian]

 

He's not wrong... unfortunately for him, calling out the obvious isn't going to win him any brownie...sorry, ember points. 

[Jer15]

Feb 3 for Red Bull
 

 

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[Jer15]

A quick overview on the rule changes for 2023.

 

I'm excited for more sprint races. 

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.from-cutting-curfews-to-grid-penalties-10-rule-changes-you-need-to-know.5EN5ENd23oOqFDnw8fD0rp.html

[Jer15]

Last few dates:

 

 

 

[Jer15]

Just as a summery (way easier than typing it) 

 

 

[See Red]

Orlen is out as a principal sponsor for Alfa Romeo and is moving to Alpha Tauri as a title sponsor. Orlen will now partner with a scummy gambling website, Stake.  I don't know about Alfa Romeo as a brand but will this change their use of red?  Stake's branding seems to be dark blue and white. I imagine AT is going to have to adopt some red, which is a bummer. I've enjoyed their look. 

[Jer15]

 

 

[Jer15]

Not that it's a surprise but....No major changes for Red Bull
 

 

[See Red]

More noteworthy about the RBR unveiling is the news Ford's returning to the sport in 2026 and partnering with Red Bull.