BOF Posted November 30, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2023 Link to 2023 thread Following on from a historically dominant, and therefore often boring, F1 season where nearly all of the excitement was found down the running order and in the battle for who will be runner-up to Red Bull, we go into a season where things appear remarkably stable. Both from a driver situation and a regulations one. At time of writing, it looks like only Logan Sargeant's seat is up for grabs, and even then it appears he is hot favourite to retain it. We do have 2 token name changes happening. Alfa Romeo have left the sport. Well, their badge has. So that'll either become Sauber or something else until it becomes a works Audi team in 2026. And Red Bull are re-branding AlphaTauri to VISA Cash App RB. LAUNCH DATES 1. Haas - 02/02 (Launch) 2= Stake Sauber - 05/02 (Launch) 2= Williams - 05/02 (Launch) * livery only 4. Alpine - 07/02 (Launch) 5. V-CARB - 08/02 (Launch) 6. Aston Martin - 12/02 (Launch) 7. Ferrari - 13/02 (Launch) 8= Mercedes - 14/02 (Launch) 8= McLaren - 14/02 (Launch) 10. Red Bull - 15/02 (Launch) TEAM CHANGES As mentioned above, Alfa Romeo have left the sport, so the Sauber team will continue to operate under the name Stake. AlphaTauri are set to run under VISA Cash App RB. Finally, Aston Martin will be modifying their name as Cognizant will no longer be a title sponsor. DRIVER CHANGES In what is literally the quietest driver's market in F1 history, all 20 seats will remain unchanged from what finished the 2023 season. I'm not sure this bodes particularly well for the junior formulas but hey ho. It is what it is. Maybe a bumper yield this year for the likes of Formula E, IndyNXT, Super Formula, Endurance sports cars etc. The likes of Liam Lawson, Theo Pourchaire & Frederik Vesti will be looking on with interest. TEAM ENGINE CHASSIS DRIVERS Red Bull Honda RBPT RB20 Max Verstappen Sergio Pérez Mercedes Mercedes W15 Lewis Hamilton George Russell Ferrari Ferrari SF-24 Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz McLaren Mercedes MCL38 Lando Norris Oscar Piastri Aston Martin Mercedes AMR24 Fernando Alonso Lance Stroll Alpine Renault A524 Pierre Gasly Esteban Ocon Williams Mercedes FW46 Alex Albon Logan Sargeant V-CARB Honda RBPT VCARB 01 Yuki Tsunoda Daniel Ricciardo Stake Ferrari C44 Valtteri Bottas Guanyu Zhou Haas Ferrari VF-24 Nico Hülkenberg Kevin Magnussen CALENDAR China is back on the calendar for the first time since 2019 and COVID forced them away. Imola is back on after the flooding of 2023. 1 Bahrain Sakhir 02/03/2024 2 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 09/03/2024 3 Australia Melbourne 24/03/2024 4 Japan Suzuka 07/04/2024 5 China Shanghai 21/04/2024 6 USA Miami 05/05/2024 7 Italy Imola 19/05/2024 8 Monaco Monte Carlo 26/05/2024 9 Canada Montreal 09/06/2024 10 Spain Barcelona 23/06/2024 11 Austria Red Bull Ring 30/06/2024 12 Great Britain Silverstone 07/07/2024 13 Hungary Budapest 21/07/2024 14 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 28/07/2024 15 Netherlands Zandvoort 25/08/2024 16 Italy Monza 01/09/2024 17 Azerbaijan Baku 15/09/2024 18 Singapore Marina Bay 22/09/2024 19 USA Austin 20/10/2024 20 Mexico Mexico City 27/10/2024 21 Brazil Interlagos 03/11/2024 22 USA Las Vegas 24/11/2024 23 Qatar Losail 01/12/2024 24 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina 08/12/2024 Pre-season testing 1 Bahrain Sakhir 21/02/2024 to 23/02/2024 Technical changes Scoops will now be allowed in order to cool down the cockpit area. Wheel covers aimed at reducing spray will be tested during the season. No wind tunnel or CFD work for the 2026 season will be allowed to be started until 2025. Sporting changes Sprint weekend order has been adjusted in order to fully separate the sprint from the main event. On sprint weekends there will now be a single practice session followed by the sprint qualifying. The sprint will then take place as first session on the Saturday, followed by main qualifying, and then the grand prix will remain on the Sunday. DRS will now be activated 1 lap after a restart instead of 2. This includes race start, safety car restart and red flag restart. Finally, the power unit allocation has been increased from 3 units to 4 for the 2024 & 2025 seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 24 races, wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Genie said: 24 races, wow! Need to get rid of all those pesky, historic, European circuits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 minute ago, kurtsimonw said: Need to get rid of all those pesky, historic, European circuits. I’d be happier if every single street circuit were removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Just now, Genie said: I’d be happier if every single street circuit were removed. Yeah definitely, but F1 seem intent on street circuits and wanting to push out the great old tracks. I just want some kind of entertainment next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: I just want some kind of entertainment next year. Me too, although I’m not that hopeful. The Red Bull will be even better. Ferrari, Mercedes and Williams will be playing catchup from day 1. Max will piss every race without even his team-mate putting him under pressure. Circuits which don’t promote racing. DRS which doesn’t encourage racing. As soon as there’s a tiny bit of drizzle the races will be red flagged. Bring it on! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted November 30, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2023 27 minutes ago, kurtsimonw said: Yeah definitely, but F1 seem intent on street circuits and wanting to push out the great old tracks. I just want some kind of entertainment next year. Amazing to see you back on here brother 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Dominance never lasts forever but with nothing at all changing it feels like a 4th title for Max unfortunately. Just hope its not as comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 1, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2023 Also worth mentioning we've a potential superstar skipping Formula 3 and jumping straight into a Formula 2 seat this season, and into a Prema seat no less. Andrea Kimi Antonelli only turned 17 in August, and this season won both the Formula Regional Middle East Championship (15 races) and the Formula Regional European Championship (20 races), the latter with Prema. In 2022 he also won 2 championships. Italian F4, ADAC F4 and the one-off F4 Cup for good measure. The kid is an absolute winning machine and it'll be interesting, to say the least, to see how he handles this massive jump in class. It's rare you get quite an obvious star as this jumping through the codes and winning titles like cheat codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 1, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2023 And there it is. Sargeant confirmed for 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, BOF said: And there it is. Sargeant confirmed for 2024. wow, they really couldnt find anyone better, such as someone with two legs, 2 arms and a functioning brain. i guess its not that easy tbf. prob because he's American tbh, new market, American driver, prob worth carrying a dead weight for the merch and exposure. /s (maybe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 1, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted December 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, MaVilla said: wow, they really couldnt find anyone better, such as someone with two legs, 2 arms and a functioning brain. i guess its not that easy tbf. prob because he's American tbh, new market, American driver, prob worth carrying a dead weight for the merch and exposure. /s (maybe). Ah he wasn't that bad, and it takes more than a year to find your feet. Look at Tsunoda. It took him until his 3rd year to look the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Just now, BOF said: Ah he wasn't that bad, and it takes more than a year to find your feet. Look at Tsunoda. It took him until his 3rd year to look the part. ye, fair point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 6, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted December 6, 2023 Fun fact. Lia Block, 17 year old daughter of Ken Block, will be in the F1 Academy support series (Wiki) this season. Quote The 2024 F1 Academy is a planned motor racing championship that is scheduled to be the second season of the F1 Academy, an all-female Formula 4-level racing series founded and organized under the management of Formula Motorsport Limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 5 Author Moderator Share Posted January 5 Launch dates starting to come in now. 4 updated on OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Steiner has left the Haas team then, but sad to see him go but you can’t blame them for trying something new. In other news I’ve just discovered he’s Italian and not German?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 10 VT Supporter Share Posted January 10 2 hours ago, AVFCDAN said: Steiner has left the Haas team then, but sad to see him go but you can’t blame them for trying something new. In other news I’ve just discovered he’s Italian and not German?! He's from South Tyrol, which has only been Italian since the end of the First World War. The land historically was part of Austria, and 'north' Tyrol still is Austrian. It's the least Italian part of Italy, the majority of people living there speak German, it's given a lot of autonomy from the Italian government and it culturally might as well be Austria. It's also caused Italy problems since they've 'owned' it - post war it had a separatist movement which also included some terrorism and lead to a spat between Austria and Italy, between the wars it caused tensions between the Nazis and Italian Fascists (Germany thought they should have it because of the German speaking people, the Italians didn't want to have non-Italians on 'their' land...), and now they basically don't get anything from owning and administering to it because of various treaties trying to sort the mess out. It's an interesting place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 No more drive to survive. I never watched it so it’s not a miss from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 17 Author Moderator Share Posted January 17 So AlphaTauri might be ... Visa CashApp Racing Bull this season Bit of a stupid name. Obviously it'll be Racing Bull to fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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