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The new, 75th Formula 1 season, the longest ever with 24 races, is already casting its shadows. Williams and Sauber will both present their new GP cars in England on February 5. The Hinwil team could also change the team name (StakeF1Team Kick Sauber), according to an announcement. Ferrari will follow on February 13. Eight days later, the three-day test drives begin in the Bahrain desert, where the real cars appear.
Around the world almost eight times
At Christmas, Pirelli surprises everyone with exact figures for the past season. We now know that the tires covered 307,925.8 kilometers in the 22 races. Around the world almost eight times. 6847 sets of rubber were used for 60,473 laps. Piastri spent the longest time on the road with the McLaren in Jeddah when he had to change the front wing after a starting crash with Gasly and then drove 302.5 kilometers to the finish.
Can McLaren attack Red Bull?
What do the 10 teams want? Red Bull is already entering its twentieth season. Verstappen secured both titles. You have no more wishes. Mercedes, which went without a win for the first time since 2011, wants to get back on the top podium with the W15 and Hamilton.
Ferrari wants a clear improvement after Sainz’s “accidental victory” in Singapore, and Leclerc wants to finally win again after 33 races! McLaren (with Mercedes horsepower in 2030) would like half a second. Then you might be able to take on Red Bull seriously with the best driver duo.
Aston Martin hopes that motivator Alonso (42) will extend his contract before 2025. Alpine would like Ocon/Gasly to collaborate on further development. Williams would like to see Sargeant deliver less nonsense and be able to defend 7th place. Alpha Tauri, which still does not have a new name, wants Ricciardo to deliver again.
Sauber simply hopes for a better car and that the two drivers Bottas and Zhou will finally wake up from their deep sleep together. Bottom team Haas simply wants to improve their ranking. A wish from the fans: RTL, which left Haas before the two Schumi years (2021/22), will return in 2024 with seven live races.
Ecclestone’s Christmas card
For the first time in more than thirty years, Bernie Ecclestone (93) did not send a funny or critical Christmas card about Formula 1 during the holidays. “This time I didn’t think of anything crazy. I wish everyone a good 2024 and a better world.” What makes GP-Zampano happy in his hometown of Gstaad BE: “Our son Ace is learning German. At first he didn’t like it, but now he translates a lot of words for us!”
Source : Blick
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