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Easy glory for Max Verstappen and Red Bull, glorious heroics for Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin. Misery for Ferrari, disappointment for Mercedes and a battle for last between a McLaren and an Alpine. The disparity between the 2023 Bahrain Grand ...

‘Not good’ – Leclerc despondent after Bahrain GP double blow

Charles Leclerc said it was impossible to find any positives from Ferrari’s Bahrain Grand Prix after he retired from the 2023 Formula 1 season opener with an engine problem, having been – in his assessment – a second off Red ...

Mercedes’ Bahrain GP silver linings amid F1 car concept gloom

The Bahrain Grand Prix weekend has confirmed Mercedes needs to make big changes and explore “untreaded paths” with its car. But though the team has admitted it was wrong to carry over its 2022 car concept, but there was at ...

Q1 exit and Norris gap do ‘impressive’ Piastri a disservice

Oscar Piastri’s first Formula 1 qualifying session ended quickly with elimination from the first part of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying and a near half-a-second deficit to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Given the McLaren looked like a marginal Q2 car through ...

Haas team-mate disparity one of biggest early-2023 F1 surprises

Some 2023 Formula 1 team-mate battles always looked destined to be one-sided, generally because of the relative inexperience on one side of the garage. The Haas fight between Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen wasn’t expected to be one of them. ...

Alonso ‘living a dream’ – and a podium looks realistic

An “unreal” Bahrain Grand Prix weekend fighting Formula 1 teams he thought “untouchable” has left Aston Martin “living a dream”, says Fernando Alonso – but the best may be yet to come. Alonso says it “feels too good to be ...

How Albon was denied a shock Bahrain GP Q3 appearance

Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon believes he could have made it into the final part of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying if his front wing wasn’t damaged in Q2. Most – including Albon – had Williams pegged as the slowest ...

Ferrari’s key Bahrain GP rival is Aston Martin not Red Bull

Ferrari’s Formula 1 drivers are bracing “for a tough Sunday” at the Bahrain Grand Prix with Carlos Sainz expecting to be fighting with Aston Martin rather than the front-row starting Red Bulls. Charles Leclerc and Sainz qualified third and fourth ...

Why Gasly’s starting his new F1 life from last place

Alpine was the unknown quantity of the 2023 Formula 1 pre-season. Technically slowest in testing, but all the evidence from trackside observations, rivals’ expectations and the team’s clear optimism suggested that wasn’t the reality. Yet an Alpine starts last for ...

Mark Hughes: Sakhir’s new volatility means race isn’t won yet

Beneath the surface of the varying competitive order of the top four cars at the Bahrain Grand Prix between FP1 and qualifying a lot was going on. For once even the top teams were not fully in control of their ...

Vowles sets out criteria in Williams F1 tech chief search

Williams is looking to recruit a new technical director with Formula 1 experience, although team principal James Vowles is open to hiring a newcomer to the role. Vowles said during pre-season testing that recruiting a technical director and head of ...

‘Unprecedented talent’ – Why Alonso and Aston expected this step

The combination of what Fernando Alonso describes as the “unprecedented talent” in the team and promising simulation numbers while the car was in development means Aston Martin was always cautiously optimistic about making a strong start to the 2023 Formula ...

More helmet cameras and new cockpit angles in F1 2023 TV plan

Helmet cameras from up to eight drivers per weekend and a push to add new cockpit angles are part of Formula 1’s 2023 broadcasting plan. After the successful trial of what is often referred to colloquially as ‘driver’s eye’ camera ...

The battle to avoid being last in F1 has taken a twist

While most of the middle of the Formula 1 field looked hard to predict heading into the Bahrain Grand Prix, the identities of who’d be right at the front (Red Bull) and who’d be right at the back (Williams) looked ...

Verstappen looks vulnerable but his main rivals look worse

Not fastest in either session, six tenths of a second away from pacesetting Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in practice one, concerned by how his car’s behaviour had changed since the serenity of testing a week ago. Max Verstappen’s latest ...

Nine things we learned from F1 2023’s first proper day

After an unspectacular pre-season test threw up little in the way of curious storylines, the first proper day of Formula 1 2023 was much more interesting. A slightly jumbled pecking order on Bahrain Grand Prix Friday has left us with ...

Trackside verdict: Every 2023 F1 car’s first qualifying simulation

Formula 1 has just had the most relevant, insightful and exciting free practice session it will have all year – because it featured the first real qualifying simulations of 2023. Friday practice is usually nothing to get too excited about, ...

Mark Hughes: Alonso really is Red Bull’s biggest Bahrain threat

There has been a general cynicism from the watching world about the pace of the Aston Martin, but not from within the Formula 1 paddock. Even before the car took to the track the jungle drums were unusually busy about ...

Hamilton: Hard for Mercedes to catch F1’s best with this concept

Lewis Hamilton believes it will be ”quite hard with the concept we have” for Mercedes to close the gap to the front of the Formula 1 field and admitted after the first practice session of 2023 that the team “is ...

Alonso’s verdict as big Aston Martin performance step validated

Fernando Alonso continues to downplay Aston Martin’s prospects for the Formula 1 season opener despite the team confirming a big performance step over winter by topping Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Aston Martin emerged as a potential threat ...

Alonso quickest in surprise-filled second Bahrain GP practice

Fernando Alonso beat the Red Bulls to the fastest time in second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix as the hype surrounding Aston Martin’s 2023 Formula 1 car persisted. Key moments: > Alonso sets fastest time of weekend so far ...

Mark Hughes: The F1 2023 car changes declared by each team

The Bahrain FIA technical update of each of the cars which usually compiles each team’s development changes to the cars since the previous race is this time – because it’s the first race of the season – more of a ...

Red Bull and Mc Laren explain their 2026 F1 engine deal talks

McLaren and Red Bull have confirmed that they have held talks about a 2026 Formula 1 engine supply deal, as first revealed by The Race. Red Bull has registered as an engine supplier for F1’s new rules in 2026, and ...

Hamilton gets FIA jewellery exemption over ‘disfigurement’ worry

Lewis Hamilton has been granted a medical exemption to wear jewellery in Formula 1 races as the FIA shares a concern about potential disfigurement if he repeatedly removes a nose piercing. Hamilton was at the centre of a strange stand-off ...

Gary Anderson explains how DRS actuators work on F1 cars

We don’t always see the detail of what makes these things work, and I am sure every Formula 1 team has different solutions, but Mercedes kindly left its DRS actuator exposed in Bahrain on Thursday and in full view for ...

We answer the big F1 2023 questions

The 2023 Formula 1 season begins with an overwhelming title favourite but plenty of intrigue over which teams will challenge that favourite and how quickly. Here are our writers’ takes on the biggest questions going into F1 2023, including some ...

Why F2/F3’s new sustainable fuel is ‘more extreme’ than F1’s

Formula 2 and Formula 3 will take the first major step in Formula 1’s plan to have 100% sustainable, synthetic fuels in Bahrain this weekend with the competitive debut of the new Aramco-supplied spec fuels. F2 and F3 will use ...

Gary Anderson: Mercedes’ Bahrain GP update could fix a key deficit

Mercedes admitted the rear wing it ran during Formula 1’s sole 2023 pre-season test was less than optimal. That’s Mercedes-speak for the fact it didn’t have the planned start-of-2023 rear wing ready in time, which for a top team is ...

Norris: Mc Laren waiting for upgrades a top team should start with

Expectations are low for McLaren heading into the Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with its hopes for 2023 pinned on an upgrade package that’s due to be introduced in Azerbaijan at the end of next month. Lando Norris says ...

Ferrari/Mercedes drivers sure Aston is in F1’s lead fight

Aston Martin will start the season “fully in the fight” at the front of the 2023 Formula 1 field, according to the Ferrari and Mercedes drivers. The pace of Aston Martin’s AMR23 raised eyebrows in the sole pre-season test in ...

Hamilton knew Mercedes was still adrift when he first tried W14

Lewis Hamilton says he knew from his very first laps in the Mercedes W14 that its 2023 Formula 1 car was not going to be quick enough at the start of the season. From its launch event through pre-season testing, ...

Bahrain GP will exaggerate ‘league of its own’ Red Bull’s lead

Ferrari and Mercedes drivers expect Red Bull to be “in a league of their own” in Formula 1’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but there’s a faith the track may be exaggerating the gap. Speaking in the FIA press conference ahead ...

Last but a better last – Albon’s pessimistic Williams assessment

Williams will start the 2023 season at the bottom of the Formula 1 pecking order and can only really aim at present to be a less distant last. Getting into the points will require significant help from external events. Alex ...

Why the team that was slowest in F1 testing is so optimistic

Alpine ended pre-season testing with the slowest time of any of the 10 teams but heads into the Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix “cautiously optimistic”, in the words of team principal Otmar Szafnauer. The question is, why? Its best ...

Mercedes is more threatening than ever. But when can it win?

Expectations have been high over the winter of an instant Mercedes fightback following a disappointing 2022 but it may need to play the long game to have a say in the outcome of the 2023 Formula 1 season. An unprecedented ...

Haas’s big decision looks a success – but ‘stress test’ awaits

‘It’s like they’ve never been away’ is a cliche that can be too easy to reach for. But in the case of Nico Hulkenberg’s Formula 1 return with Haas so far, nothing else fits so well. Even regardless of the ...

Susie Wolff appointed head of F1’s new all-female series

Former Williams Formula 1 test driver, Venturi Formula E team boss and Dare to be Different creator Susie Wolff has become managing director of the new all-female F1 Academy series. The F1 Academy will be a single-make series for Formula ...

Nine questions F1 teams want answering in F2 this year

Formula 1’s primary feeder series Formula 2 fires back into life this weekend with its opening 2023 round supporting F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. There are 22 drivers on the grid who are all keen to prove to the onlooking F1 ...

Gary Anderson compares F1’s top three designs

Red Bull may have done most of the winning in the 2022 Formula 1 season, but that hasn’t stopped its main rivals Ferrari and Mercedes sticking to their guns with their 2023 design concepts. There are plenty of differences in ...

Alfa Romeo’s biggest F1 problem is 50% solved for 2023

Even during Alfa Romeo’s relatively glorious first part of the 2022 Formula 1 season, its car had a conspicuous shortcoming that was holding it back. The foundation of the pace that allowed Valtteri Bottas to qualify in the top eight ...

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