2023 SEASON PREVIEW

Awith the exception of 2016 when his teammate Nico Rosberg won 2016. His run, however, has been halted by a new star, who emerged in 2016 for Red Bulls racing team. The Dutch driver Max Verstappen has finished on top the last two seasons and is continuing his reign into the 2023 season winning the first race in Bahrain. You can also guess that during Hamilton’s reign, his team was leading the constructor’s championship, and you would be right, as they won from 2014 to 2021. Only recently has there been a different team winning the constructors championship, that being Red Bull Racing in 2022.

“I think the title fight will be between Red Bull and Aston Martin this year,” Max Schrage (‘23) said. “I would not be surprised if Max Verstappen were to win his third championship this year.”

Unfortunately, many of the international Formula 1 races are early in the morning due to the time shift. You can watch on ESPN here in the US, or you can buy F1TV for $10 a month or $80 for a whole season. This grants you access to driver cams, live timing results, and even listening to the team radios. Whether you are looking to become a Formula 1 casual or a diehard Haas fan, The F1TV package is well worth the money as it gives you countless features to elevate your experience watching Formula 1, and would definitely make it a lot easier to understand if you’re just getting into it.

The races themselves are hard to grasp as newcomers, so here is an oversimplification of what a typical Formula 1 race looks like.

Qualifying

Qualifying starts with an 18-minute Q1, where drivers are not racing against each other, but rather against the clock. There are no placements, just times, and at the end of the 18 minutes the bottom five drivers with the slowest times are elim-