A strong debut season for Oscar Piastri, especially in the second half, will give Lando Norris plenty to think about for next year.
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Mercedes’ rivals deny complaining to FIA over exchange of confidential information
Formula 1
Posted onAll nine of Mercedes’ rival teams have denied making a complaint to the FIA over an alleged exchange of confidential information.
Russell can’t repeat points win over Hamilton but proves a close match again
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onAfter two seasons, George Russell has the best scoring rate against Lewis Hamilton than any of his team mates since Jenson Button.
Zhou raises his game but Bottas still lays down the law at Alfa Romeo
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onZhou Guanyu may have scored the same number of points as he did in his rookie season, but he did a better job in a weaker car.
Mercedes and F1 hit back hard against FIA claim over leak of confidential information
Formula 1
Posted onFormula One Management and Mercedes rejected the FIA’s claim confidential information was leaked from the championship to an unnamed team principal.
Hulkenberg overshadows Magnussen on return, but both have little to celebrate
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onNico Hulkenberg justified Haas’s decision to give him his first full-time seat for four years, but neither he nor Kevin Magnussen had much to work with.
Miami and Shanghai replace Spa and Baku on F1’s sprint race roster for 2024
Formula 1
Posted onFormula 1 will hold six sprint races again next year but the venues of two of the events will change.
Perez’s progress is reversed as team mate Verstappen obliterates all opposition
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onSergio Perez appeared to have taken a step forward at Red Bull last season, but Max Verstappen blew him away in their third year as team mates.
Alpine’s third choice narrowly out-scores Ocon in his first season at team
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onPierre Gasly took the Alpine seat two other drivers had turned down, then out-scored team mate Esteban Ocon despite being frustrated by the team’s tactics.
Stroll reaches 100 qualifying defeats in 136 starts at hands of latest team mate
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onLance Stroll has never out-qualified a team mate over a season of Formula 1. This season Fernando Alonso inflicted his 100th defeat in 136 races.
F1 needs quality events, not “races for the sake of doing them” – Perez
Formula 1
Posted onSergio Perez says Formula 1 must not put races on just for the sake of having races amid concern over the demands of next year’s record-breaking calendar.
Why have Williams kept the faith in Sargeant after heavy defeat to Albon?
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onRookie Logan Sargeant was vastly out-performed by his more experienced team mate Alexander Albon this year. Why have Williams kept him?
Alonso’s strong start, Norris’s late surge: Which F1 drivers beat their 2022 scores?
Formula 1
Posted onOnly one driver increased their points score in 2023 by more than Max Verstappen did. Here’s how they all compared.
Mercedes’ team photo shows we still have a long way to go on diversity – Hamilton
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton is proud of Mercedes’ efforts to increase the diversity of its staff but says it will be a “long slog” to achieve the results he wants.
Why luck was a factor in Perez’s penalty for “joke” comment
Formula 1
Posted onA recent change to Formula 1’s team radio broadcasts means remarks like Sergio Perez’s which got him in trouble could go unheard.
Only Verstappen got the best from his car every weekend, rival team bosses admit
Formula 1
Posted onMax Verstappen was the only driver who consistently got the best from his car during 2023, the bosses of his two closest rivals admitted.
Red Bull’s race advantage ‘the major thing we’ll see different next year’ – Domenicali
Formula 1
Posted onFormula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is confident Red Bull’s rivals will tackle a key area of their superiority next season.
2023 post-season F1 testing at Yas Marina in pictures
F1 pictures
Posted onThe final day of official Formula 1 running this year is underway at the Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi, where all 10 teams are participating.
Verstappen could have missed the last 10 races and still won the title
F1 statistics
Posted onMax Verstappen could have stayed at the beach instead of returning from the summer break and still won the title by a point. Here’s the key stats from his dominant season.
Fifth in points for Aston Martin ‘hurts because we were better than that’ – Alonso
Formula 1
Posted onAston Martin deserved to finish higher than fifth in the constructors’ championship said Fernando Alonso, after the team failed to overhaul McLaren for fourth.