Formula One 2023

[Lineker]

 Oracle Red Bull Racing (Honda RBPT)
 #1 Max Verstappen
 #11 Sergio Pérez

 Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari)
 #16 Charles Leclerc
 #55 Carlos Sainz Jr.

 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (Mercedes)
 #44 Sir Lewis Hamilton
 #63 George Russell

 BWT Alpine F1 Team (Renault)
 #10 Pierre Gasly
 #31 Esteban Ocon

 McLaren F1 Team (Mercedes)
 #4 Lando Norris
 #81 Oscar Piastri

 Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake (Ferrari)
 #24 Zhou Guanyu
 #77 Valtteri Bottas

 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team (Mercedes)
 #14 Fernando Alonso
 #18 Lance Stroll

 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (Ferrari)
 #20 Kevin Magnussen
 #27 Nico Hülkenberg

 Scuderia AlphaTauri (Honda RBPT)
 #21 Nyck de Vries (Rounds 1-10) /  #3 Daniel Ricciardo (Rounds 11-12, 15-) /  #40 Liam Lawson (Rounds 13-14)
 #22 Yuki Tsunoda

 Williams Racing (Mercedes)
 #2 Logan Sargeant
 #23 Alexander Albon

CURRENT SCHEDULED CALENDAR

23^rd February-25^th February
 Pre-Season Testing (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir)

5^th March
 Round 1 - Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir)

19^th March
 Round 2 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah)

2nd April
 Round 3 - Australian Grand Prix (Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne)

30^th April
 Round 4 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit, Baku)

8^th May
 Round 5 - Miami Grand Prix (Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida)

28^th May
 Round 6 - Monaco Grand Prix (Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo)

4^th June
 Round 7 - Spanish Grand Prix (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló)

18^th June
 Round 8 - Canadian Grand Prix (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal)

2^nd July
 Round 9 - Austrian Grand Prix (Red Bull Ring, Spielberg)

9^th July
 Round 10 - British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone)

23^rd July
 Round 11 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Hungaroring, Mogyoród)

30^th July
 Round 12 - Belgian Grand Prix (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot)

27^th August
 Round 13 - Dutch Grand Prix (Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort)

3^rd September
 Round 14 - Italian Grand Prix (Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza)

17^th September
 Round 15 - Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore)

24^th September
 Round 16 - Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka)

8^th October
 Round 17 - Qatar Grand Prix (Lusail International Circuit, Lusail)

22^nd October
 Round 18 - United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas)

29^th October
 Round 19 - Mexico City Grand Prix (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City)

5^th November
 Round 20 - São Paulo Grand Prix (Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo)

18^th November
 Round 21 - Las Vegas Grand Prix (Las Vegas Street Circuit, Las Vegas, Nevada)

26^th November
 Round 22 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi)
 

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TECHNICAL REGULATION CHANGES:

• Following large amounts of porpoising during 2022, the FIA is proposing to introduce changes to the regulations to limit excessive porpoising. Floor edges would be raised by 15 millimetres (0.59 in) and the throat of the diffuser would also be raised, by a yet to be determined amount. The diffuser edge stiffness will be increased and an additional sensor will be mandated to monitor the porpoising phenomenon more effectively. Lateral floor deflection tests are also due to be more stringent..
• Following Zhou Guanyu's crash at the 2022 British Grand Prix, a rounded top will now be required on the roll hoop, which will reduce the chance of it digging into the ground during an accident; a change will be made to ensure a minimum height for the point of application of the homologation test; there will be a new physical homologation test where the load pushes the roll hoop in the forward direction; there will be a definition of new tests, to be carried out by calculation.
• The FIA altered the wording of the aerodynamic regulations, after Mercedes produced a front wing which exploited a potential loop-hole in the regulations. Mercedes introduced slot gap separators on their front wings at the 2022 United States Grand Prix, although they did not intent to run them at the event. Rival teams argued that the new front wing was illegal. Mercedes argued that the regulations allowed slot-gap separators as they were "primarily" there for "mechanical, structural or measurement reasons", and therefore any secondary aerodynamic benefit would be allowed. The FIA ruled that the brackets were illegal at the following 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix, and changed the wording of the regulations to avoid other teams using a similar argument in the future.
• The size of the mirrors will be increased for better rearward visibility.

SPORTING REGULATION CHANGES:

• With the intention of making tyre usage more sustainable in the future, Formula One will trial a reduction in allocated tyre sets from 13 to 11 at two races in 2023. At these races the use of tyres in qualifying will be mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2 and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry. Teams are usually free to choose which tyre compound they run during qualifying.
• Pirelli announced a change to the available tyre compounds for 2023, with a compound to be inserted between the old C1 and C2 compounds. This change is supposed to provide teams with more flexible strategy options after criticism towards the original C1 compound for a large drop in grip compared to the other tyres.
• The budget cap is reduced to $135 million. It was originally set at $140m in 2022 before being increased to $142.4m to account for inflation.
• There will be only three days of pre-season testing, a reduction from 2022 when there were six days.
• The sprint event format is due to be run at six Grands Prix from this season onwards, compared to three in 2021 and 2022. It is due to take place at the Azerbaijan, Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, United States and São Paulo Grands Prix.
• The FIA's International Sporting Code has been updated for 2023 to include stricter controls on drivers and teams making political statements with a new article 12.2.1n introduced stating that drivers and teams must receive FIA permission before conducting a political statement or protest and that any protest without permission would be considered a breach of the FIA's neutrality rules. The move was widely seen as response to acts such as Lewis Hamilton wearing a t-shirt in support of police-killed black-American woman Breonna Taylor on the podium at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix. The FIA stated this update to the ISC was done to move it in line with the ethical principles of political neutrality laid out by the International Olympic Committee, which gave formal recognition to the FIA in 2013 in the Olympic Charter.
• The FIA are due to take further steps to relax COVID-19 safety protocols that were first introduced in 2020. These relaxing of restrictions includes the removal of the need for proof of vaccination for those working in the paddock. The FIA had previously dropped the requirements for mandatory face masking and mandatory COVID-testing in 2022.

[Meacon Keaton]

I hate the FIA being more strict on political views. Fuck that.

I'm glad they're addressing the Zhou crash at Silverstone. That was terrifying and the fact they didn't update us for like fifteen minutes after he ended up in the fence gave me Dale Earnhardt flashbacks (yeah, I'm old now :/). 

[METALMAN]

Moneygram Haas lol

also the political view stuff is yet another example of rules directly targeted at Lewis Hamilton. Hopefully Mercedes give him a good car and he shows them where to go with number eight.

[Slogger]

On 24/12/2022 at 10:28, METALMAN said:

Moneygram Haas lol

also the political view stuff is yet another example of rules directly targeted at Lewis Hamilton. Hopefully Mercedes give him a good car and he shows them where to go with number eight.

At least we know what Moneygram does

coughMissionWinnowcough

[Chris2K]

10 hours ago, Slogger said:

At least we know what Moneygram does

coughMissionWinnowcough

That's a bad cough. Sounds like you've been using too many of Mission Winnow's parent company's products.

[Lineker]

 

[Meacon Keaton]

I could be wrong, but I think Michael Andretti may be interested. It's all been so hush-hush.  

[Lineker]

 

[Lineker]

On 02/01/2023 at 22:14, Meacon Keaton said:

I could be wrong, but I think Michael Andretti may be interested. It's all been so hush-hush.  

 

[Chris2K]

I can't wait to hear Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes explain how General Motors may not have the sustained funding for an F1 team to survive.

[Meacon Keaton]

Cadillac, eh? If you thought F1 cars were already getting too big for certain tracks...

[Gazz]

Yeah, I assume the Cadillac F1 car will weigh 36 tons, be 14ft wide, 26ft long, and incapable of going around corners.

[Meacon Keaton]

And driven by an 81-year old man who always has his turn signal on.

[Twist]

5 minutes ago, Meacon Keaton said:

And driven by an 81-year old man who always has his turn signal on.

Mario getting back in the seat.

[gunnar hendershow]

18 minutes ago, Meacon Keaton said:

And driven by an 81-year old man who always has his turn signal on.

And has this on the dash

[Schlitzbrille]

27 minutes ago, damhausen said:

And has this on the dash

High beams on by 3:30 pm

[Slogger]

On 06/01/2023 at 06:01, Gazz said:

Yeah, I assume the Cadillac F1 car will weigh 36 tons, be 14ft wide, 26ft long, and incapable of going around corners.

65 tonnes of American pride

[Chris2K]

On 05/01/2023 at 19:13, Chris2K said:

I can't wait to hear Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes explain how General Motors may not have the sustained funding for an F1 team to survive.

Well that didn't take long.

 

[Chris2K]

The teams (that is, allegedly, 9 of them except Alpine because Renault want to sell engines to the Andretti team) now think that the entry fee should be $600-700 million, instead of the $200 million that is written in the laws of the sport.

This goalpost moving is an embarrassment to everyone involved at this stage.

[JasonM]

"Sure, we unanimously agreed to a 200M entry fee. But we now unanimously agree we didn't expect anybody to be able to hock up the price, so we're unanimously deciding to ignore our own precedent and jack up the price some more"

And when they somehow get 600M, they'll probably push it to a billion because they like a round number.

This entire thing is just fully establishing that the voting power of the teams need to be heavily curbed because they're detrimental to the actual sport. I can understand protecting (financial) interests, but when after so long of famine they finally get a few reputable clubs to show up, suddenly they're clutching their pearls.

Of course, the demands are conveniently only levied to an independent side like Andretti-Cadillac, and not against AUDI or Porsche. The double standards are embarrassing.