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Alonso: Aston Martin faces "tricky period" as it makes next step in F1

The Silverstone outfit made huge progress in 2023, with Alonso logging eight podiums, including three second places.

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Exact Cross Mol: Lucinda Brand powers to victory in the sand

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Stella singles out "exceptional" Japan F1 podium as Piastri's 2023 highlight

Piastri delivered one of the most impressive debut seasons in recent years, taking two podiums and a pole-to-flag win in Qatar's sprint as his McLaren team hit a purple patch of form after the summer break.

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McLaren singles out "exceptional" Japan podium as Piastri's F1 2023 highlight

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Why the work never stops for Pirelli in F1

The year also saw an ultimately aborted effort to create no-blanket slicks for 2024, the successful introduction of a full wet that did work without blankets, a new construction introduced at the British GP to deal with ever-increasing downforce, and an end-of-season request from the F1 Commission to tackle the…

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Sainz "wouldn't like to start" the 2024 season without new F1 deal

The contracts of both Sainz and his team-mate Charles Leclerc are expiring at the end of 2024, with both drivers potentially becoming key players in the 2025 silly season.

Motorsport

Friday favourite: How tin-top partners built an enduring relationship

In a professional racing career that spanned over 30 years before his retirement at the age of 59 in 2021, Gabriele Tarquini has worked with more team-mates than he would care to mention. “I drove with a lot of fantastic drivers, challenging and very strong opponents also in my team…

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What if Red Bull/Verstappen never raced in F1 2023?

Fernando Alonso humbles Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz in wheel-to-wheel combat, then profits from Charles Leclerc’s engine failure to win the opening race of 2023. The two-time Formula 1 world champion’s Bahrain success marks his first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

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What if Verstappen and Red Bull had never raced in F1 2023?

Fernando Alonso humbles Lewis Hamilton then Carlos Sainz in wheel-to-wheel combat plus profits from Charles Leclerc’s engine failure to win the opening race of 2023. The two-time Formula 1 world champion’s Bahrain success marks his first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

Motorsport

Arrow McLaren’s Ward “cautiously optimistic” for 2024 after growing year

Last offseason, Arrow McLaren grew by 40%, with several additions to personnel that included the likes of former Andretti Autosport driver Alexander Rossi in the newly-added third car. While the new hires helped grow the numbers to fill roles, many came in without previous experience in the sport.

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The 10 brightest female stars of 2023

Continuing our festive top 50 drivers theme, we thought we'd weigh up the best female challengers from the 2023 season across the wider world of motorsport.

Motorsport

Autosport's 10 brightest female stars of 2023

Continuing our festive top 50 drivers theme, we thought we'd weigh up the best female challengers from the 2023 season across the wider world of motorsport.

Autosport

Brown: McLaren F1 can "get ahead" of any tension between Norris and Piastri

Despite a one-off clash in the Italian Grand Prix, Norris and Piastri enjoyed a harmonious relationship in 2023, with Norris the de facto team leader in his fifth year with the Woking squad while Piastri came in as a rookie.

Autosport

Brown: McLaren can "get ahead" of any tension between Norris and Piastri

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Stroll says he couldn't doubt himself amid F1 mid-season struggles

While the Spaniard logged eight podiums, Stroll's best result was a fourth in the high-attrition Australian GP.

Autosport

How we decide Autosport’s Top 50 drivers of the year

Every year, Autosport selects and ranks the top 50 drivers of the year. It’s an enormous task that always creates debate and controversy, both inside and outside the Autosport office. So, how do we do it?

Motorsport

Vasseur: "More aggressive" mentality the biggest Ferrari improvement in F1 2023

Vasseur arrived at Ferrari last winter to replace Mattia Binotto and while he arrived too late to have a significant effect on the 2023 car project, his reorganisation efforts did start showing promise across the second half of 2023.

Autosport

Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #50 Sergio Perez

One of this year’s biggest questions in deciding the top 50 was whether Perez deserves to be on the list. He’d started 2023 well, with two wins and two second places in the opening four races to hint at giving Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen more than a notional title…

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #49 Nicky Catsburg

If there was a sportscar driver you wanted in your car for a 24-hour race this year, it was Nicky Catsburg. Victories at the Nurburgring (outright), Le Mans (GTE Am) and Spa (Pro-Am), each in different cars, underlined that the versatile Dutchman is operating at the top of his game.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #47 Tomoki Nojiri

After two years of dominating Super Formula, Nojiri returned to earth in 2023 amid his struggles to come to terms with the new SF23 aero package, with its reduced rear downforce and resultant shift towards oversteer. That showed when he suffered an uncharacteristic pre-season testing crash.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #44 Nico Hulkenberg

After losing his full-time F1 drive with Renault at the end of 2019, Nico Hulkenberg had to make do with a handful of super-sub outings for Racing Point/Aston Martin until Haas came knocking.

Autosport

Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #43 Pascal Wehrlein

Initially Pascal Wehrlein looked set for a maiden Formula E title when Porsche hit the ground running with the Gen3 machines.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #42 Gabriel Bortoleto

It’s no wonder Fernando Alonso signed Bortoleto to his A14 Management stable in autumn of last year. The Brazilian hadn’t overwhelmed in Formula Regional, but as an F3 rookie he put in a dominant charge to the title for Trident, emerging with a lead in the standings from the first…

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #41 Sebastien Bourdais

On the face of it, Sebastien Bourdais didn’t have the kind of year to justify such a high ranking. There was only one win in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with the Ganassi Cadillac squad.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #40 Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti finished a close second to Theo Pourchaire in Formula 2 after a superb sophomore year in the series on his switch to Prema.

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