For the second time in three years Ferrari’s closely-matched team mates swapped championship places at the final round.
2023 F1 season articles archive
Articles on the 2023 F1 season.
F1 teams banned from working on 2026 car designs until end of next year
Formula 1
Posted onFormula 1 teams have been banned from starting work on their new cars for the 2026 Formula 1 season until for more than a year.
Strong second half of Piastri’s debut season will put Norris on alert for 2024
2023 F1 team mates head-to-head
Posted onA strong debut season for Oscar Piastri, especially in the second half, will give Lando Norris plenty to think about for next year.
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.
Mercedes lost confidence in “disorientating” 2022 setback – Allison
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes’ technical director James Allison admitted the shock of the team’s backwards step in 2022 wrong-footed them at first.
Zhou raises his game but Bottas still lays down the law at Alfa Romeo
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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.
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.
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.
Bottas and Zhou see encouraging signs from overhauled 2024 car
Formula 1
Posted onValtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu are eager to drive their team’s 2024 car, which will be substantially different to the C43.
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.
How Sainz suffered the worst season finale for a driver since Schumacher in 1997
2023 Abu Dhabi GP stats and facts
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr had a dire final race of the year and Fernando Alonso underestimated how well his team did in the past. Here’s the stats from the F1 finale.
Piastri’s rapid learning key to his “exceptional” rookie season – Stella
Formula 1
Posted onMcLaren team principal Andrea Stella said Oscar Piastri has performed well above the team’s expectations in his first season driving for them.
Perez targets qualifying gains in 2024 as “Sunday form has been very, very strong”
Formula 1
Posted onSergio Perez has said his race day form was “very, very strong” during the 2023 season and he must improve his qualifying pace next year.