Ferrari boss under the blowtorch; Norris warned over ‘red hot’ rookie: Five stories to watch in 2023
There’s a lot to look out for in Formula 1’s longest ever season. With 23 races ahead of us running all the way to the end of November, the pressure on teams and drivers to maintain a high level of performance will be immense.
And it’ll be doubly hard when new challenges emerge. Will Aston Martin upset the equilibrium between the top three teams, and how might Mercedes handle falling into the midfield? How much influence can Fernando Alonso have on the podium make-up?
Lando Norris is dealing with his third teammate in four years, but for the first time in his career he’ll be the senior driver, not the up-and-coming young gun. Will that throw him off his game or make him only more ferocious?
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSLance Stroll opens up on his bike injury as the hype around Aston Martin’s potential grows.
The only way for Daniel Ricciardo to get back onto the Formula 1 grid in 2024 is to hope Sergio Perez falls on his sword, according to Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft.
Ricciardo was ousted from McLaren last season and has sought refuge at old team Red Bull Racing as a third driver for 2023 while he decides whether he has the enthusiasm to continue in F1.
The eight-time race winner had options to race in the bottom half of the field this year but said he doesn’t want to stay in the sport just to make up the numbers.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSEveryone is optimistic at the start of a Formula 1 season until the lights go out on Sunday.
F1’s 10 teams will have nowhere to hide this weekend. Unlike the gamesmanship of pre-season testing, which requires some heavy interpretation to make any sense of the times, the stopwatch won’t lie during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
But it’s not just championship points and race wins against which teams will measure success — indeed not every team is capable of winning races, and one or two might not even score points.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSAussie rising star Oscar Piastri will get just six months to prove that he belongs in Formula 1 before he risks being turfed out, according to Sky Sports F1 commentator Martin Brundle.
Piastri has enjoyed an illustrious junior career on his way to the premier class, with three successive championships, including rookie titles in Formula 3 and Formula 2.
Despite spending a year on the sidelines as an Alpine reserve driver, he remains one of the most highly anticipated rookies in recent years thanks to his sparkling CV.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSMichael Andretti is having a terrible time attempting to break back into the world of Formula 1.
Andretti, the 1991 CART champion son of 1978 F1 world champion Mario, has been trying to prise his way into the sport for more than a year but has been perpetually rebuffed.
First his attempt to buy Sauber fell flat. Then the sport offered him a lukewarm response to a request to enter as a new constructor.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSExtreme E is back for season 3! Join James Baldwin and Michael Lamonato as they bring you up to speed with the driver and team changes as well as the new sporting format for 2023.
It’s a brand-new season of Formula 1, but can Ferrari or Mercedes prevent Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen from winning the championship again?
It’s been a long 12 months in the life of Oscar Piastri.
From the highs of winning his junior titles to the purgatory of a year on the sidelines and the low of being painted as a Formula 1 villain, the 21-year-old Melburnian has borne much weight on his shoulders on the way to finally signing up with the historic McLaren team for his long-awaited F1 debut.
It means he arrives in the top tier of the sport already well seasoned by its cruel and unpredictable twists and turns — and with the reputational baggage that comes with that too.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSDespite the huge history and immense complexity of Formula 1 as a sport, sometimes it seems like nothing riles up F1 fans more than docudrama series Drive to Survive.
You either love it or loathe it. Either you binged it all on Friday night or you refuse to watch it. The drama is either a bit of fun or deeply disrespectful.
Whatever your personal taste, there’s no doubting its influence.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSAfter 16 years in Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton is used to contract speculation.
But contract years hit differently for the racing veteran these days. As the most successful driver of all time and comfortably the grid’s highest profile personality, he holds all the cards in any negotiation. His seven titles and unprecedented 103 wins have earnt him that right.
What Hamilton wants Hamilton gets. But what happens when what the Briton wants isn’t possible to obtain?
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSAfter 16 years in Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton is used to contract speculation.
But contract years hit differently for the racing veteran these days. As the most successful driver of all time and comfortably the grid’s highest profile personality, he holds all the cards in any negotiation. His seven titles and unprecedented 103 wins have earnt him that right.
What Hamilton wants Hamilton gets.
But what happens when what the Briton wants isn’t possible to obtain?
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSFor the second season in a row there’s only question worth asking in Formula 1: can anyone catch Max Verstappen?
As a rare Formula 1 world champion, Max Verstappen has guaranteed himself an entry in the F1 history books.
But the greats are never truly satisfied with just an entry.
Verstappen has been a record-breaker and trend-setter from the moment he got behind the wheel of a Toro Rosso in free practice at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSMichael and Rob are joined by some new voices for a special announcement.
Oscar Piastri’s long-awaited debut looms large this week, with just days remaining before the heralded Aussie finally turns a wheel in anger in the premier class.
But despite cracking F1 in his own right after a glittering junior career, comparisons with McLaren predecessor Daniel Ricciardo are never far from hand.
While both drivers have moved on from last year’s messy silly season merry-go-round, it’s now up to Piastri to carve out a place for himself in the F1 landscape.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSThe time before the first race is generally one for optimism. Hopes and aspirations for the year are still alive in the lead-up to the first qualifying session of the year, when the stopwatch will cruelly show up those who haven’t put in the work during the off-season.
But some will start the year with more than just their own performance on their minds.
With only 20 drivers and 10 teams in the sport, there’s no space for anyone who isn’t performing at their maximum. Several drivers and even some teams will start the year knowing that how strongly they deliver on their potential this season could be career or history defining.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSMichael Lamonato and Julianne Cerasoli give you a taste of Pit Pass F1 as we get ready for the Bahrain Grand Prix.