Новости за 08.02.2023

Max Verstappen looks ahead to what's in store for his 2023 season and whether the likes of George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris will be the main contentenders for his Championship.

It's a 3d rendering this time - but it's enough for Craig Scarborough to appraise the design work of the Sauber Alfa Romeo engineers going into 2023. Their new C43-Ferrari boasts some startling features - not all of which Scarbs believes will actually be raced - but there's some logical development features in there too.

Rewatch the Alfa Romeo C43 F1 car launch. This car was launched on the 7th of February 2023.

Feb.8 - Formula 1 will not "gag" its race drivers in 2023, the sport's CEO Stefano Domenicali insists. In recent days and weeks, drivers and team bosses have been speaking out about controversial FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's new guidelines against political speech and gestures. "We were supportive of the We Race As One initiative.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Valtteri Bottas is kicking off his 2023 campaign by insisting he still has "many years" in Formula 1 ahead of him. Many believed the Finn's new Alfa Romeo-Sauber contract last year was for multiple seasons, but he says an early priority in 2023 will be contract talks. "I have no doubt I still.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Some elements of Alfa Romeo's newly-launched 2023 car have a distinct Red Bull flavour to them, technical boss Jan Monchaux admits. According to the Spanish newspaper Diario Sport, Hinwil based Sauber's French-German technical boss admitted the Red Bull-like changes to the car are "quite obvious". "It's just about acknowledging that a particular team.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - An "indecisive" Honda is the reason Red Bull is teaming up with Ford for the new Formula 1 regulations in 2026. That is the view of Christijan Albers, who agrees that the energy drink-owned team ruled out a collaboration with Porsche because the VW-owned brand wanted equity. Honda, though, is another story -.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Gunther Steiner isn't expecting too much awkwardness when he bumps into Mick Schumacher in the F1 paddock this year. After months of tension and internal criticism of the young German driver in 2022, the Haas boss ultimately decided to oust Schumacher in favour of returning veteran Nico Hulkenberg. "There's a reason why we.....check out full post »

Feb.8 - Sauber has brushed off concerns it breached Swiss advertising laws during its reveal of the 2023 car on Tuesday. The Alfa Romeo-branded team has a new title sponsor this year - Stake, a Curacao-registered online casino and gambling portal. The Swiss newspaper Blick reports that the actual Stake logo, however, will only be.....check out full post »