Sergio 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.
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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.
Wolff has no doubt Hamilton can be champion again despite second win-less season
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton will be ready to compete for the world championship again once Mercedes give him a competitive car, team principal Toto Wolff believes.
19 Hypercars entered for 2024 WEC season including third Ferrari with Kubica
WEC
Posted onThe FIA has confirmed its Hypercar class will swell to 19 entries for the 2024 World Endurance Championship season.
Ferrari ‘only half-did the job’ using Leclerc to keep Perez ahead of Russell – Horner
Formula 1
Posted onFerrari didn’t go far enough in their efforts to use Charles Leclerc to hold up George Russell, says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
Hamilton ‘can guess where Red Bull will be next year’ after 17-second win
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton expects Red Bull to stay ahead in 2024 • Ben Sulayem will take “extreme measures” on schedule • Ocon hopes to be fit for test
Why Ferrari doubt any strategy would have got Sainz the points they needed
2023 Abu Dhabi GP data
Posted onWhile one Ferrari finished second, the other couldn’t even reach the eighth place they needed to secure second in the championship. Did they get Sainz’s strategy wrong?
Hamilton would have gone straight on if he hadn’t crashed into me – Gasly
Formula 1
Posted onPierre Gasly said Lewis Hamilton “destroyed” his diffuser by running into him, which ended his chance of a points finish.
Norris ‘tried to let Perez past and somehow he crashed into me’
Formula 1
Posted onLando Norris was baffled by his collision with Sergio Perez during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, saying he was trying to let his rival by when they tangled.