It’s always a shame when the season is over. Just while he was still alive, we counted the days until the next race, we made predictions, we were happy and sad, and now he will become part of history. The last stage is just around the corner and we have to wait for the next race. There is snow outside the newsroom windows. Winter. It’s time to recap, but we’ll end this weekend and then we’ll get to the results.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix concludes the 2023 season and a challenging series of five rounds in six weeks. From Las Vegas to Abu Dhabi there are more than eight thousand miles and twelve time zones. The last challenge this year for the teams at the end of a busy season, but the employees can sleep on the plane and then, after one day of tests, everyone has a long-awaited holiday.
As we often say in the editorial office of F1News.ru: the season starts when there is already snow in Moscow, and ends when there is still snow. But there are presentations of new cars coming up, the New Year, winter tests – life goes on.
There will be no changes in the composition of the teams – I wanted to see the youth, but Formula 1 is becoming more and more closed, organizing tours around the world with a well-known line-up of participants. The entry of newcomers will not help ticket sales until the veterans leave, unless the newcomer is from the country where the race is being held.
There are fewer and fewer stages where there are no local racers. Now these are Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Hungary, Singapore, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Admittedly, Logan Sargent, not the fastest American, finishes three American stages at the same time. Apparently that’s why he keeps performing.
The season turned out to be interesting. Not so much the sports component, but Liberty Media’s initiatives, but this always happens when those who are not particularly versed in this industry raise the issue. So finally they called Brown and Domenicali.
The new regulations did not work, although a lot was spent on them, there were no more overtakes, after the departure of Charlie Whiting a crisis arose with the technical leadership of the FIA u200bu200band President Jean Todt actually resigned from power. The old structure collapsed, no new one appeared in its place. There’s only you and me left, and those who remember how it should be.
The last Grand Prix will be the last for the head of Toro Rosso / AlphaTauri, Franz Tost, who has always been very kind to F1News.ru and our readers. Honored, worthy person. In this structure almost nothing depended on him, but he protected his riders as best he could, including Daniil Kvyat.
The final Grand Prix will solve some fundamental problems. Most notable is the battle for second place in the constructors’ championship between Mercedes and Ferrari, for third place between McLaren and Aston Martin, and for places at the bottom of the rankings, which also bring in a lot of money.
The season is coming to an end. It wasn’t easy for us, but we tried not to let you know. Let’s see what the next one will be like.
In the meantime, there’s the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, New Year, new car presentations and short winter tests – it won’t be boring. Well, the new season is just around the corner!
Source: F1 News
I am Christopher Clyde, an experienced journalist and content writer with a passion for sports. I have been writing about Formula 1 news for the past five years and am currently employed as an author at athletistic.com, one of the top sports websites in the US.
