Racing: 2023 Formula 1 Season

[JoVel]

Driver lineup

Red Bull	Max Verstappen	Sergio Perez
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz
Mercedes	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton
Alpine	Esteban Ocon	Pierre Gasly
McLaren	Lando Norris	Oscar Piastri
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas	Zhou Guanyu
Aston Martin	Lance Stroll	Fernando Alonso
Haas	Kevin Magnussen	Nico Hulkenberg
AlphaTauri	Yuki Tsunoda	Nyck de Vries
Williams	Alex Albon	Logan Sargeant

Driver moves 2022-23

Nyck de Vries: Formula E / Mercedes reserve -> AlphaTauri
Nico Hulkenberg: Aston Martin reserve -> Haas
Oscar Piastri: Alpine reserve -> McLaren
Logan Sargeant: F2 -> Williams
Pierre Gasly: AlphaTauri -> Alpine
Fernando Alonso: Alpine -> Aston Martin
Mick Schumacher: Haas -> Mercedes reserve
Daniel Ricciardo: McLaren -> Red Bull reserve
Nicholas Latifi: Williams -> ???
Sebastian Vettel: Aston Martin -> Retirement

Race calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	5 March
2	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit	19 March
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit	2 April
4	Azerbaijan Grand Prix*	Baku City Circuit	30 April
5	Miami Grand Prix	Miami International Autodrome	7 May
6	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Imola Circuit	21 May
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	28 May
8	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	4 June
9	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	18 June
10	Austrian Grand Prix*	Red Bull Ring	2 July
11	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	9 July
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	23 July
13	Belgian Grand Prix*	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	30 July
14	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort	27 August
15	Italian Grand Prix	Monza Circuit	3 September
16	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	17 September
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course	24 September
18	Qatar Grand Prix*	Losail International Circuit	8 October
19	United States Grand Prix*	Circuit of the Americas	22 October
20	Mexico City Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	29 October
21	Sao Paulo Grand Prix*	Interlagos Circuit	5 November
22	Las Vegas Grand Prix	Las Vegas Street Circuit	18 November
23	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	26 November

* sprint race weekend

- Chinese GP is still officially cancelled, but it's now again in speculation after China eased up on their Covid restrictions. It would take place on April 16th.
- First race at the new street circuit in Las Vegas
- Return to Qatar

Pre season testing February 23-25 in Bahrain.

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[pseudoswede]

Looking forward to see two new teams on the grid...eventually.

I also hope it will still be a three-horse race (Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari) by the end of October.

Miami was super boring, and I can't imagine Vegas being any better (plus adding 200,000 drunk dudebros ensures I'll never visit Vegas around that time).

Also hoping that Portimao gets added to the schedule instead of Shanghai.

 

[MXD]

Looking forward to see two new teams on the grid...eventually.

I also hope it will still be a three-horse race (Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari) by the end of October.

Miami was super boring, and I can't imagine Vegas being any better (plus adding 200,000 drunk dudebros ensures I'll never visit Vegas around that time).

Also hoping that Portimao gets added to the schedule instead of Shanghai.

I may be mixing up races, but wasn't Miami's ugliness (the area where they're racing, not the city itself) the bigger issue? From what I remember it was an okay race.

 

[MXD]

I rarely hope to see teams crash and burn (figuratively speaking).

But I hope McLaren crash and burn this season. That crashing and burning cannot really send them possibly further than 6th in the constructor standings (I think Aston Martin improve a bit), but I hope that's where they end up. With some further hilarity such as Lando Norris wanting to leave but realizing the hard way that the only available seat available upwards is the 2nd drive in Red Bull (and probably losing it to Nyck De Vries or something).

Well, Red Bull too. But McLaren more.

 

[Ceremony]

I rarely hope to see teams crash and burn (figuratively speaking).

But I hope McLaren crash and burn this season. That crashing and burning cannot really send them possibly further than 6th in the constructor standings (I think Aston Martin improve a bit), but I hope that's where they end up. With some further hilarity such as Lando Norris wanting to leave but realizing the hard way that the only available seat available upwards is the 2nd drive in Red Bull (and probably losing it to Nyck De Vries or something).

Well, Red Bull too. More McLaren more.

Why?

 

[JoVel]

I also hope it will still be a three-horse race (Red Bull, Mercedes, and Ferrari) by the end of October.

Not holding by breath on Ferrari.

I always thought 2022 would be their chance. Merc and RB had all their focus on the 2021 title fight while realistically Ferrari had all their eyes on 2022 since early 2020. I do see them falling into a bit of a no man's land here, Red Bull 2017-18 esque. Where they're still one of the top teams but clearly inferior to the top 2, while having no trouble being ahead of whoever finishes fourth. Perhaps picking up the odd win here or there.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

NO Magnusson preview at Daytona ROLEX (Hand Surgery);

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[CHRDANHUTCH]

Miami GP to add 3000 seats;

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[JoVel]

Car (or livery) launch dates:

Haas - January 31
Red Bull - February 3
Williams - February 6
Alfa Romeo - February 7
AlphaTauri - February 11
Aston Martin - February 13
McLaren - February 13
Ferrari - February 14
Mercedes - February 15
Alpine - February 16

 

[Khelandros]

Audi has purchased part of Sauber.

Audi buys stake in Sauber F1 team ahead of 2026 entry

www.motorsport.com

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Red Bull debut today 2 pm on Sky Sports F1;

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[Khelandros]

Red Bull to partner with Ford, starting in 2026.

Ford announce new technical partnership with Red Bull for 2026 and beyond | Formula 1®

Fresh from confirmation of their upcoming return to F1, Ford have revealed that they are doing so through a “long-term strategic technical partnership” with Red Bull Powertrains, ahead of the sport’s new engine regulations coming into play.

www.formula1.com

 

[PanniniClaus]

Red Bull to partner with Ford, starting in 2026.

Ford announce new technical partnership with Red Bull for 2026 and beyond | Formula 1®

Fresh from confirmation of their upcoming return to F1, Ford have revealed that they are doing so through a “long-term strategic technical partnership” with Red Bull Powertrains, ahead of the sport’s new engine regulations coming into play.

www.formula1.com

Great to have Ford back... I thought they may end up with the US teams but hard to turn down a partnership with Red Bull.

 

[Albatros]

Ford has been kind of synonymous with Cosworth anyway.

 

[Khelandros]

Williams also unveiled a new Alex Albon

















That's all of them.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Aston Martin/McLaren updates released:

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[max21]

this shit is beautiful

 

[max21]

Kinda cool to see Merc stick to their side pod design, Toto saying they don’t think the side pod is a performance relative part. Can’t wait for the season to start, Haas new livery looks good on track also. Just hoping someone can give Redbull a fight

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Alpine reveal shortly

 

[Albatros]

Haas new livery looks good on track also.

Getting a bit close to some classic IndyCar Haas liveries though. It's one thing for Gene Haas to use his own name the way he does, but another to start copying other things from the more established team.

Other than that, even Sauber's livery looks like Alfa is on its way out.

 

[JoVel]

They need to mandate a certain percentage of the car that has to be painted or whatever, because I don't want to have 20 cars with nothing but sponsor stickers slapped on a full carbon fiber background.

I think I read somewhere that the paint adds up to about 6 kg of weight, so they're all obviously gonna reduce it until someone tells them not to.

 

[Ceremony]

Haas: Black with white
Red Bull: Very dark blue
Williams: Blue
Alfa: Black with red
AlphaTauri: Dark blue
McLaren: Black with orange
Aston: Dark green
Ferrari: Red with black
Mercedes: Black
Alpine: ... why is this being launched at eight in the evening? Either way, blue.

What a line-up. I think there's more surface area of the McLaren with sponsors on it than colours.

 

[Khelandros]

Alpine really milking the reveal. I'll update the livery post once they do.

 

[JoVel]