De Vries takes number 21 and Honda name returns on FIA’s 2023 F1 entry list

15 comments on “De Vries takes number 21 and Honda name returns on FIA’s 2023 F1 entry list”

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   Bleu (@bleu)
   15th December 2022, 12:13

   That will make fifth occasion where team-mates hold consecutive numbers since driver numbers were introduced:
   9 Ericsson/10 Kobayashi
   25 Vergne/26 Kvyat
   18 Stroll/19 Massa
   3 Ricciardo/4 Norris
   21 de Vries/22 Tsunoda
   1. 

      Dex
      15th December 2022, 14:53

      I think we’re getting too obsessed over all kinds of stats to be honest…
      1. 

         DonSmee (@david-beau)
         17th December 2022, 20:43

         Shows how boring the sport has become.
   2. 

      MacLeod (@macleod)
      16th December 2022, 7:48

      That means de Vries is the team nr. 1? I think Dex is right stats are fun but should be overbearing.
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   Qeki (@qeki)
   15th December 2022, 13:40

   Be in F1 long enough to become the villain or leave as a hero.

   Or come back again to become a honda
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   15th December 2022, 14:42

   I’m surprised how long he took to choose, considering he got formally confirmed on the Japanese GP weekend, while Sargeant got fully confirmed on the last race weekend some six weeks later & chose shortly after the weekend. Nevertheless, another number that someone (Gutierrez) had already used before since 2014 when the number-selection rule came.
   1. 

      Coventry Climax
      15th December 2022, 17:26

      Maybe he doesn’t give a hoot? I wouldn’t.
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      Coventry Climax
      15th December 2022, 17:41

      I still prefer the old system, where the drivers got numbered based on the championship order of the previous season.
      That gave it meaning, and makes it much easier to see what progress they make or steps back they take, compared to the previous season.
      Being identified by / associated with a number is like prisoners, or cows in a stable. Not my cup of tea.
      They already have a neat trick for that, which is called a ‘name’.

      Easier to see on track who’s who? Forget it, with the silly micro-size these numbers are put on the cars. It’s usually livery and wether the camera on top is yellow or not.
      1. 

         Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
         15th December 2022, 22:02

         I still prefer the old system, where the drivers got numbered based on the championship order of the previous season.

         I don’t, those numbers had no meaning, whereas now they’re part of the drivers’ identities. There aren’t many things from the last decade of Eccletone’s time in charge of F1 which I would hold up as an example of an improvement, but career racing numbers definitely were.
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            Coventry Climax
            16th December 2022, 0:09

            OK, different meanings, that’s allowed – I hope.
            To me, those numbers did have meaning, more than they do now.
            And again, driver’s identities have nothing to do with the numbers they chose.
            Look at your own site, no driver is ever referred to by their number only, and rarely ever with a name and number.
            And the latter probably just in the articles about the new drivers chosing their number.
      2. 

         MacLeod (@macleod)
         16th December 2022, 7:56

         Coventry Climax & @keithcollantine Watching those cars with different numbers just a year later was for the spectators on the tribune very hard to reconize drivers. I was one of those losing a bet because i mistaken my driver for his teammate.
         Certain in a time with no multimedia it was hard to get information you get from Keith’s website. Now days everyone want easy reconising things so different numbers would be seen as not cool…

         This system is very simple and understandable if you see nr. 44 this year or ten year ago you know it’s Lewis if they have diffenrent numbers you could mistake Lewis for his teammate….
4. 

   dot_com (@dot_com)
   15th December 2022, 19:29

   MoneyGram Haas F1 does not have a good ring to it.
5. 

   jer99 (@jer99)
   15th December 2022, 23:11

   So do the commentators now call the driver in car 14 as Diaz or the driver formerly known as Alonso?
   1. 

      I have an opinion
      16th December 2022, 9:57

      Fernando Maria Conchita Alonso Sanchez Vicario Senna da Silva
6. 

   Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
   16th December 2022, 21:28

   Only if his mother’s driving
   (hopefully Lance would beat her)

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