You beat me too it, personally I think Mercedes will be much better than last season, they showed in some races they were equal to RB maybe slightly better.
F1 2023 Season
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That post was half joking but so much detail analysis about this year Merc's car has been written and i'm well aware off it. We shall see next year whether its a good car like they believe it would be or just another terrible car with so much excuse all over it.
Audi says it will bring in a development driver later this year to help with its F1 preparations and the progress of its 2026 power unit.
Audi will join Grand Prix racing's grid in three years, the Ingolstadt firm developing its own F1 engine while it will work in partnership with Sauber in which it will acquire a stake for the development of its chassis.
The manufacturer's F1 boss Adam Baker says its way too early for Audi to discuss its potential driver line-up for 2026 although it will rely on a development driver to conduct its all-important simulator work at its base at Neuburg.
Asked if Audi would be seeking to hire German talent, Baker made clear that the priority would be on performance rather than nationality.
"It would be attractive, of course, but for us the performance of the drivers has priority," the Audi F1 boss told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, insisting that driver selection was still "too far away".
"We’re not even talking about the drivers for 2024 yet, so it’s very difficult to say how the driver market will develop for 2026.
"[We will] bring a development driver on board in the third quarter [of 2023], who will be particularly important for our power unit development in the driving simulator in Neuburg".
Audi's first high-profile hiring for its F1 project was Andreas Seidl, who was unexpectedly poached from McLaren last month and who has been installed at Sauber's headquarters at Hinwil where the German will oversee the Swiss outfit's collaboration with its partner and investor.
But more hirings are underway insist to Baker.
"We are already internationally positioned here at the site and the recruiting process is also geared in this way," he explained.
"We are specifically approaching subject matter experts who already have Formula 1 experience.
"This is the first time since 2009 that a power unit has been developed in Germany. Therefore, if we want experienced personnel, we are more likely to find them in the UK, France or Italy."
Audi will join Grand Prix racing's grid in three years, the Ingolstadt firm developing its own F1 engine while it will work in partnership with Sauber in which it will acquire a stake for the development of its chassis.
The manufacturer's F1 boss Adam Baker says its way too early for Audi to discuss its potential driver line-up for 2026 although it will rely on a development driver to conduct its all-important simulator work at its base at Neuburg.
Asked if Audi would be seeking to hire German talent, Baker made clear that the priority would be on performance rather than nationality.
"It would be attractive, of course, but for us the performance of the drivers has priority," the Audi F1 boss told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, insisting that driver selection was still "too far away".
"We’re not even talking about the drivers for 2024 yet, so it’s very difficult to say how the driver market will develop for 2026.
"[We will] bring a development driver on board in the third quarter [of 2023], who will be particularly important for our power unit development in the driving simulator in Neuburg".
Audi's first high-profile hiring for its F1 project was Andreas Seidl, who was unexpectedly poached from McLaren last month and who has been installed at Sauber's headquarters at Hinwil where the German will oversee the Swiss outfit's collaboration with its partner and investor.
But more hirings are underway insist to Baker.
"We are already internationally positioned here at the site and the recruiting process is also geared in this way," he explained.
"We are specifically approaching subject matter experts who already have Formula 1 experience.
"This is the first time since 2009 that a power unit has been developed in Germany. Therefore, if we want experienced personnel, we are more likely to find them in the UK, France or Italy."
https://racingnews365.com/ferrari-banned-from-meeting-for-2026-engine-regulations
Ferrari were not permitted to participate in a recent Engine Advisory Committee meeting unless it formally signed up to be part of the 2026 regulations.
Ferrari were not permitted to participate in a recent Engine Advisory Committee meeting unless it formally signed up to be part of the 2026 regulations.
The suspension was the big flaw of last season. Though the thought of them retaining the slim sidepods is worrying for the competitativeness of the season to come.
The sidepods are just one part of the aero system. One of their biggest problems last season was high drag. If they can overcome that, including a redesigned suspension, they should be more competitive.
Yes i agree, however it is concerning that no other team (and i will place my bets now for pre season testing) will go with the slim side pod design. It will be copies of the RB/Ferrari solutions.
I get why they would go down this path (the temptation of the "legendary amounts of downforce"), however the top aero people at RB/Ferrari ruled that out as unachievable. Like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Then Mercedes have to hope that the revised suspension / floor will increase the operating window for the car and get the tyres upto optimal temps quicker and in 1 lap.
Its alot of if/buts and maybes. Maybe they will have porposing again?
Safe bet would be to copy RB design and evolve it.
Pre season is going to be interesting....
Nobody is copying the Merc design because Merc haven't been able to unleash its potential. If Merc fix their car this year and it's suddenly the quickest car on the grid (could well be) you can be sure teams will be copying the design next year. Teams can no longer research completely different concepts because of the limited CFD, wind tunnel time and budget cap. There's an interview by AMuS with Newey where he speaks about this, even specifically about copying the Mercedes design. It's behind a paywall but it can be found on multiple sites including here:
Six Sprints 
Not only do we have 24 Grands Prix to look forward to in 2023, but six Sprint events too.
Sprints are 100km dashes to the line that take place on Saturday, ensuring action across the weekend, and setting the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix. We’ll see Sprints take place in Azerbaijan (Baku City Circuit), Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), Qatar (Lusail Circuit), the United States (Circuit of The Americas) and Sao Paulo (Interlagos).
There will be a couple of changes this season, with DRS activation to be brought forward by one lap at the start of Sprints and Safety Car restarts within Sprints, as part of a trial by the FIA, who are also bringing in some parc ferme and damage allowance changes.
Not only do we have 24 Grands Prix to look forward to in 2023, but six Sprint events too.
Sprints are 100km dashes to the line that take place on Saturday, ensuring action across the weekend, and setting the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix. We’ll see Sprints take place in Azerbaijan (Baku City Circuit), Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), Qatar (Lusail Circuit), the United States (Circuit of The Americas) and Sao Paulo (Interlagos).
There will be a couple of changes this season, with DRS activation to be brought forward by one lap at the start of Sprints and Safety Car restarts within Sprints, as part of a trial by the FIA, who are also bringing in some parc ferme and damage allowance changes.
Yes the suspension was the problem along with the floor I think, I don't think its a case of the zero pods not working, its more a case of them not working with the suspension and floor set up has it was, they showed glimpses last season they could make it work, if they get all 3 working together, then Mercedes could have a very good car, but can they get it working at all tracks is the big question.
Who asked for more sprints? It really doesn't do much for anyone.Six Sprints
Not only do we have 24 Grands Prix to look forward to in 2023, but six Sprint events too.
Sprints are 100km dashes to the line that take place on Saturday, ensuring action across the weekend, and setting the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix. We’ll see Sprints take place in Azerbaijan (Baku City Circuit), Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), Qatar (Lusail Circuit), the United States (Circuit of The Americas) and Sao Paulo (Interlagos).
There will be a couple of changes this season, with DRS activation to be brought forward by one lap at the start of Sprints and Safety Car restarts within Sprints, as part of a trial by the FIA, who are also bringing in some parc ferme and damage allowance changes.
Same as all the shite street circuits nobody wants. Money talks I guess.
Monaco should be the only one and that one is also shit. There isn't one street circuit I find remotely interesting.
I don't understand why is it 6 ? Seems arbitrary and like they're still not sure if it's s good idea. Either do it at every race or none at all. Imagine the FA saying at certain points of the year you get extra pts for a win
I don't get it, nobody likes thisI don't understand why is it 6 ? Seems arbitrary and like they're still not sure if it's s good idea. Either do it at every race or none at all. Imagine the FA saying at certain points of the year you get extra pts for a win
Probably gets more views this way, people prefer watching sprints over FP sessions I guess. All about money.
You are probably right, never seen one that is exciting though.
No and I hate that teams now only get 1 session to get their setup right. Should be at least two.
It's just silly, no real racing has ever happened during one of these.
I dont hate the sprints, I just 'hate' that they're no different than a normal Sunday race. It's just a shortened version.
They should do something different, and it should be a stand alone race that doesn't effect Sunday's positions.
They should do something different, and it should be a stand alone race that doesn't effect Sunday's positions.
yeah. like naked pit crews. or make them race on really small tyres, like mariokart.
lets have f1 swingers. All chuck your keys into a hat and lucky dip who gets what car.
I’m glad it’s just 6 to be honest the way they’re doubling down on this even with fans and teams hating this I thought it’d be way more.
https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/1...neral-motors-for-cadillac-formula-1-entry-bid
Andretti and Cadillac joint bid to join F1 in 2026
Andretti and Cadillac joint bid to join F1 in 2026
Interesting news and a smart move from Andretti in teaming up with GM, this should get at least one more engine manufacturer (or even constructor) from the States into the sport as well.
Think they're too late to enter as a new engine manufacturer for 2026.
I'd love a daft American big block car going sideways round every corner 
The 2026 deadline isn't that relevant in the point of a GM competitor, there will opportunities post 2026 for more engine manufacturers to come in.
I think they should do the sprint on the course backwards
I know American road cars are very different from an F1 car and 100% sure if they entered that a US based team could build an F1 car if they wanted to enter etc.
But slight change of topic, how are American sports cars compared to their European counter parts these days? I the past they were v8 muscle cars that were great for speed and power but handled like shite. Are the new corvettes or mustangs on par with a prancing horse or lambo or is it still more about power and noise. I guess I'm kinda comparing Daytona to F1 and that Daytona is still much bigger in the states compared to F1...
The Corvette Z06 is a monster of a car. Handles like the best and is very fast.
Americans used to have the reputation of only needing to go straight and fast, but they can build a weapon of a car if they need to.
Look at the Hennessey Venom GT also.
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Thanks for that - was an enjoyable watch!
It's certainly a great time for Chevy to get into F1. They're making fun, exciting and most importantly fast cars. It's a shame they don't have a better footing in Europe as i'm sure they'd be very popular here.
WTF messing about with something that wors just fine as it is.
F1 stakeholders have rubber-stamped plans to test a “revised qualifying format” at up to two events in 2023, for the purpose of “evaluating whether the revisions are suitable for subsequent championships”.
At these trial events, drivers must use the hard compound in Q1, the medium compound in Q2, and the soft in Q3. If a session is declared wet, any compound may be used.
The intention is also to reduce the number of tyres used on a grand prix weekend, as the events with the revised qualifying format will cut the mandated tyre allocation from 13 sets of slick tyres to 11 sets.
Within this allocation each driver will have an extra set of hard tyres (up to three) and an extra set of medium tyres (up to four), but lose three sets of soft tyres (down to four).
The number of intermediates (four sets) and wets (three sets) will remain unchanged.
F1 stakeholders have rubber-stamped plans to test a “revised qualifying format” at up to two events in 2023, for the purpose of “evaluating whether the revisions are suitable for subsequent championships”.
At these trial events, drivers must use the hard compound in Q1, the medium compound in Q2, and the soft in Q3. If a session is declared wet, any compound may be used.
The intention is also to reduce the number of tyres used on a grand prix weekend, as the events with the revised qualifying format will cut the mandated tyre allocation from 13 sets of slick tyres to 11 sets.
Within this allocation each driver will have an extra set of hard tyres (up to three) and an extra set of medium tyres (up to four), but lose three sets of soft tyres (down to four).
The number of intermediates (four sets) and wets (three sets) will remain unchanged.
Rumours floating about that Porsche have bought Williams, or atleast a chunk of Williams. Porsche making an announcement today after deleting all their posts on their Formula E Instagram page leaving just the post about an upcoming announcement. The video in that post has some (very) distorted frames of Frank Williams.
Gulf Porsche Williams would be a fantastic linkup so it probably won't be that.
Doesn’t look like that it’s an announcement of sorts with Williams today.
Only interesting bits I found on companies house around Williams today was that there was a lot of movement on dormant accounts/holding companies at the end of the year. Could suggest an imminent change, but not the Porsche announcement that many expected today.
Mercedes would've struggled to get out of Q1 at the start of last season with that set up