With today's first practice, tomorrow's practice and qualifying and the first race on Sunday (from 16 p.m.), in Bahrain, the 74th season in Formula 1 (F1), the longest in the history of the sport, begins. The current champion is Max Verstappen, who last year had one of the most dominant seasons in Formula 1 history, in which he won his second world title, breaking the record for the number of wins in a single season.
This season will have the largest number of races ever in one season, a total of 23, in 20 countries, on five continents. Formula 1 has also scheduled six sprint races, twice as many as in 2021 and 2022. In F1 sprints the standard one-hour qualifying session has been moved to Fridays, setting the starting positions for Saturday's 100km race, which in turn determines the starting order for Sunday's main event. This season the sprints will be held in Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, USA and Brazil. The choice for 2023 came after research into the most suitable tracks for the format, including overtaking opportunities, close racing and high-speed sections, F1 said.
After three months of anticipation, testing has come through, which in turn has raised as many questions as it has answered about the relative performance potential that exists in the field. Verstappen will attempt to do what only the legendary and greatest few in Formula 1 history have achieved, which is to win three world titles in a row. What's more, they would be his first three titles, a feat previously achieved only by Sebastian Vettel, writes Formula 1. Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have three or more titles in a row.
For the new season, the ride height and diffusers have been adjusted, there have been changes to the safety standards for car rims, the cars have been reduced in weight, there has been a change to the mirrors, the number of hours worked by F1 team members during race weekends will be reduced, there is a revised qualifying format, new fuel temperatures have been determined in the Formula car...
Before the drivers, however, there are many records to break, such as those for the most titles (Schumacher and Hamilton each have seven), the most career hat-tricks (victory, pole position and fastest lap in the same race, Schumacher leads with 22, Hamilton has 19), most career Grand Slams (pole position, win, fastest lap and lead in each lap in one race, Jim Clark has eight, Hamilton six), most points in a season (Verstappen set this record with 454 points out of 596 possible in 2022), most podiums in a season (Verstappen 18 in 2021), most consecutive races leading the overall championship standings (Schumacher 37, Verstappen has 17)…
The expansion of the calendar for the year has led to races on two weekends in a row, and in some cases three weekends in a row. There will be a total of three rookies this season, Oscar Piastre, Nick de Vries and Logan Sargent.
The new season in Formula 1 is starting, the longest in the history of this sport
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With today's first practice, tomorrow's practice and qualifying and the first race on Sunday (from 16 p.m.), in Bahrain, the 74th season in Formula 1 (F1), the longest in the history of the sport, begins. The current champion is Max Verstappen, who last year had one of the most dominant seasons in Formula 1 history, in which he won his second world title, breaking the record for the number of wins in a single season.
This season will have the largest number of races ever in one season, a total of 23, in 20 countries, on five continents. Formula 1 has also scheduled six sprint races, twice as many as in 2021 and 2022. In F1 sprints the standard one-hour qualifying session has been moved to Fridays, setting the starting positions for Saturday's 100km race, which in turn determines the starting order for Sunday's main event. This season the sprints will be held in Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Qatar, USA and Brazil. The choice for 2023 came after research into the most suitable tracks for the format, including overtaking opportunities, close racing and high-speed sections, F1 said.
After three months of anticipation, testing has come through, which in turn has raised as many questions as it has answered about the relative performance potential that exists in the field. Verstappen will attempt to do what only the legendary and greatest few in Formula 1 history have achieved, which is to win three world titles in a row. What's more, they would be his first three titles, a feat previously achieved only by Sebastian Vettel, writes Formula 1. Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have three or more titles in a row.
For the new season, the ride height and diffusers have been adjusted, there have been changes to the safety standards for car rims, the cars have been reduced in weight, there has been a change to the mirrors, the number of hours worked by F1 team members during race weekends will be reduced, there is a revised qualifying format, new fuel temperatures have been determined in the Formula car...
Before the drivers, however, there are many records to break, such as those for the most titles (Schumacher and Hamilton each have seven), the most career hat-tricks (victory, pole position and fastest lap in the same race, Schumacher leads with 22, Hamilton has 19), most career Grand Slams (pole position, win, fastest lap and lead in each lap in one race, Jim Clark has eight, Hamilton six), most points in a season (Verstappen set this record with 454 points out of 596 possible in 2022), most podiums in a season (Verstappen 18 in 2021), most consecutive races leading the overall championship standings (Schumacher 37, Verstappen has 17)…
The expansion of the calendar for the year has led to races on two weekends in a row, and in some cases three weekends in a row. There will be a total of three rookies this season, Oscar Piastre, Nick de Vries and Logan Sargent.
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