Formula 1 - 2023 Season
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Ford partner with Red Bull in return to Formula 1
Ford will join forces with Red Bull as it returns to the Formula 1 paddock for the 2026 season
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Not F1 but racing: 2023 Bathurst 12hr is on YouTube right now on GTWorld’s channel, 7h44m left. Mount Panorama is a super fun track to race on, and this presentation (announcers and lack of ad breaks) is so much more watchable than the Daytona 24hrs that was on NBC in the US recently.
The Red Bull and Williams 2023 car launches were just livery reveals, as they both used last year’s cars. Alfa‘s launch showed big changes for 2023. The Race’s video (10min?) is pretty comprehensive, though you’ll be pausing and rewinding to fully grok the details they speed through. The car looks great in red and black.
Funny that Audi owns the Sauber team badged as an Alfa running a Ferrari engine. Alfa’s no longer the sponsor next year, and I believe Audi doesn’t fully come in until 2026. I I wonder if they’ll run as a Lambo for two years.
Edit: B Sport (3min) and Scarbs (15min?) and Kyle.Engineers (22min) on the Alfa launch.
B Sport is the best vid if you only have time for one. 3 mins long and covers all the technical bases.
Funny that Audi owns the Sauber team badged as an Alfa running a Ferrari engine. Alfa’s no longer the sponsor next year, and I believe Audi doesn’t fully come in until 2026. I I wonder if they’ll run as a Lambo for two years.
Edit: B Sport (3min) and Scarbs (15min?) and Kyle.Engineers (22min) on the Alfa launch.
B Sport is the best vid if you only have time for one. 3 mins long and covers all the technical bases.
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I watched parts of it live too and then watched extended highlights. This is a fun track to drive on and produces excellent racing too.
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Nah. The world needs to grow it's spine back and stop this cancerous woke PC bullshit that, the US media in particular, keeps shoving down our throats.
So he said something dumb 20+ years ago. Big deal. Is there anyone alive that hasn't said something dumb in their lives?
He thought it was important enough to self-publish. It was dumb then and it remains dumb now. He was 41 when he put that out to the world, not 21. It’s not dumb enough to get fired over, but it’s dumb enough to warrant a public apology or statement of growth.
Why did it surface now? Because the knives are out. It was probably him scoffing at the potential $20b sale that was the last straw, though. https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/64572992
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Ben Sulayem to step back from direct F1 involvement
Motorsport boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem says he will take a step back from direct involvement in Formula 1.
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Williams FW45 launch analysis by B Sport (3’).
McLaren MCL60 launch analysis by The Race (6’).
Aston AMR23 launch analysis by B Sport (4’) and The Race (6’).
Ferrari SF23 launch analysis by B Sport (5’) and The Race (9’).
Merc W14 launch analysis by B Sport (5’). Really cool look at outwash by seeing where tire smoke goes when a car locks a wheel under braking.
Merc’s official launch was tolerable enough that I watched all 30’. Note the announcers fawning over Lewis’ and George’s introductory answers and sort of curtly moving on from Mick’s, and Toto picking up on that and saying a bit more about Mick. Interesting moment. Valid reason for the car to be all black (lost the paint to save weight, like their original “silver”).
Edit: Kyle.Engineers is starting to put out his usual extended aero looks (~20’): Alfa C43, Haas VF23 (Virtual Ferrari?), Aston AMR23, McLaren MCL60, Ferrari SF23, Merc W14.
McLaren MCL60 launch analysis by The Race (6’).
Aston AMR23 launch analysis by B Sport (4’) and The Race (6’).
Ferrari SF23 launch analysis by B Sport (5’) and The Race (9’).
Merc W14 launch analysis by B Sport (5’). Really cool look at outwash by seeing where tire smoke goes when a car locks a wheel under braking.
Merc’s official launch was tolerable enough that I watched all 30’. Note the announcers fawning over Lewis’ and George’s introductory answers and sort of curtly moving on from Mick’s, and Toto picking up on that and saying a bit more about Mick. Interesting moment. Valid reason for the car to be all black (lost the paint to save weight, like their original “silver”).
Edit: Kyle.Engineers is starting to put out his usual extended aero looks (~20’): Alfa C43, Haas VF23 (Virtual Ferrari?
), Aston AMR23, McLaren MCL60, Ferrari SF23, Merc W14.
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Gary Anderson’s analysis of the Alpine A523: https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-promising-alpine-design-backs-up-bold-ambitions/
B Sport’s first look.
Missed Apex also had a Feb 5th Tech Time podcast, the first half of which covered some inwash/outwash details with Matthew Somerfield. Always worth checking out, but it’s not a background listen if you want details to stick.
B Sport’s first look.
Missed Apex also had a Feb 5th Tech Time podcast, the first half of which covered some inwash/outwash details with Matthew Somerfield. Always worth checking out, but it’s not a background listen if you want details to stick.
Pre-season testing this weekend!
Which an Aston driver will miss because of a cycling accident. No, not Alonso (again). Cue super-sub Niko! Wait, I’m being told he’s locked in a fulltime seat with Haas. Supposedly that leaves Vandoorne or Drugovich, unless it’s a minor accident that won’t mean missing the first race in which case the 41 year old Alonso might ask for the whole test to himself. How can such a minor story have so many interesting details?
Which an Aston driver will miss because of a cycling accident. No, not Alonso (again). Cue super-sub Niko! Wait, I’m being told he’s locked in a fulltime seat with Haas. Supposedly that leaves Vandoorne or Drugovich, unless it’s a minor accident that won’t mean missing the first race in which case the 41 year old Alonso might ask for the whole test to himself. How can such a minor story have so many interesting details?
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Honda considering formal F1 return in 2026
Honda says it is considering a formal return to Formula 1 to coincide with the new engine regulations that will be introduced in 2026.
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Tech Heads F1 is a podcast with an aerodynamicist (or two?) that just started putting out YouTube vids explaining aero features on the new cars. Three vids for now, about 10mins each (up the playback speed, the guy pauses a lot).
The Race also had an hourlong podcast with Gary Anderson (former F1 aero guy with Jordan) describing what he did and looked for in testing.
The BBC has a short article on the first day of testing. I expect a few cars to introduce new parts by the third day, so I’m not sure how much to read into times other than RB is probably still the car to beat. It seems they’re using the mysterious lightweight floor they developed late last year but didn’t need to put on.
Edit: F1TV Tech Time has Sam Collins walking the pit lane and pointing out interesting changes in each car on day one. Will Buxton said in their Highlights show that Stroll broke one or two wrists in his bike fall but expects to start the first race.
The Race also had an hourlong podcast with Gary Anderson (former F1 aero guy with Jordan) describing what he did and looked for in testing.
The BBC has a short article on the first day of testing. I expect a few cars to introduce new parts by the third day, so I’m not sure how much to read into times other than RB is probably still the car to beat. It seems they’re using the mysterious lightweight floor they developed late last year but didn’t need to put on.
Edit: F1TV Tech Time has Sam Collins walking the pit lane and pointing out interesting changes in each car on day one. Will Buxton said in their Highlights show that Stroll broke one or two wrists in his bike fall but expects to start the first race.
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Kyle analyses the test day 1 RB19 (12’).
So does B Sport (6’).
Edit: Kyle has a nice comparison at ~4’40” that shows the RB rake.
Both videos analyze the flo viz on the car. Really good stuff from both.
So does B Sport (6’).
Edit: Kyle has a nice comparison at ~4’40” that shows the RB rake.
Both videos analyze the flo viz on the car. Really good stuff from both.
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Four minute F1TV Sam Collins video showing the aero concept differences between RB and Ferrari.
Edit: Rumor is that RB wants to relocate AT to England or sell the team.
From BBC’: ”Alpine feel like they’ve got a car that’s capable of Q3, but that Aston Martin have leapfrogged then comfortably.”
Edit 2: F1 Live: 2023 post-test reaction had the usual comments on how each car looked and a really cool transition bw the 2022 and 2023 Merc at 34:10.
Consensus roughly seems to be RB will walk it, Ferrari confident, Merc may have taken a step but may be challenged by Aston who ppl think have leapt the midfield, Alpine confident but ppl didn’t get a read on their (very stiff) car (tho they didn’t test the soft tires, only the mediums and harder that’ll be used in next week’s race), McL had a lot of issues and downplayed their car but may still be in the fight with Alpine, Haas (second stiffest) and Alfa okay, Alpha iffy, Williams may start fighting the midfield despite personnel changes (new principal, no aero head replacement yet).
Also startling to hear that only three driver lineups remain unchanged: RB, Ferrari, Merc. Lot of rookies and driver changes.
Ferrari have moved their longtime trackside strategy head Iñaki Ruida [sic?] back to their homebase strategy center and put a new, young guy on the pitwall (rumored by Italian media to be a move Binotto would have made; he debriefed Vasseur). They’ve also simplified the pitwall by dropping down to six ppl rather than eight. Haas will have a half pitwall of only three ppl trackside.
Edit 3: Ted talks to Merc tech dir. Mike Elliot for 15mins, then goes over the other cars for another 15. I love how Ted spends minutes talking about paint and tire temp sensors but when Mike says most of the aero is generated under the car Ted glosses right over it…. Still, a good segment that shows pretty well which sidepod style each team has chosen and various other similarities (like gulleys/gutters up top that guide the halo wake to the back of the car).
Edit 4: B Sport’s test summary, 8min.
Edit: Rumor is that RB wants to relocate AT to England or sell the team.
From BBC’: ”Alpine feel like they’ve got a car that’s capable of Q3, but that Aston Martin have leapfrogged then comfortably.”
Edit 2: F1 Live: 2023 post-test reaction had the usual comments on how each car looked and a really cool transition bw the 2022 and 2023 Merc at 34:10.
Consensus roughly seems to be RB will walk it, Ferrari confident, Merc may have taken a step but may be challenged by Aston who ppl think have leapt the midfield, Alpine confident but ppl didn’t get a read on their (very stiff) car (tho they didn’t test the soft tires, only the mediums and harder that’ll be used in next week’s race), McL had a lot of issues and downplayed their car but may still be in the fight with Alpine, Haas (second stiffest) and Alfa okay, Alpha iffy, Williams may start fighting the midfield despite personnel changes (new principal, no aero head replacement yet).
Also startling to hear that only three driver lineups remain unchanged: RB, Ferrari, Merc. Lot of rookies and driver changes.
Ferrari have moved their longtime trackside strategy head Iñaki Ruida [sic?] back to their homebase strategy center and put a new, young guy on the pitwall (rumored by Italian media to be a move Binotto would have made; he debriefed Vasseur). They’ve also simplified the pitwall by dropping down to six ppl rather than eight. Haas will have a half pitwall of only three ppl trackside.
Edit 3: Ted talks to Merc tech dir. Mike Elliot for 15mins, then goes over the other cars for another 15. I love how Ted spends minutes talking about paint and tire temp sensors but when Mike says most of the aero is generated under the car Ted glosses right over it…. Still, a good segment that shows pretty well which sidepod style each team has chosen and various other similarities (like gulleys/gutters up top that guide the halo wake to the back of the car).
Edit 4: B Sport’s test summary, 8min.
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