Evaluation: Matters we realized from the 2023 F1 period

While the 2024 Formulation one period is just all-around the corner, F1Technical’s senior author Balázs Szabó usually takes a search back again at the final year’s championship, choosing up some critical points, stats and trivia.

19 – In overall, Max Verstappen amassed 19 wins in 2023 with which he surpassed his possess preceding history from 2022 when he secured fifteen wins throughout the period. Back again in 2022, the Dutch driver surpassed the history of thirteen race victories in a period which equally Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013) obtained earlier.

Pole positions – Verstappen secured the optimum amount of pole situation, acquiring established the quickest qualifying lap in twelve gatherings. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc took 5 pole positions in 2023, but he unsuccessful to transform these commencing positions into a race get.

Regardless of enduring a demanding yr in 2023, Pink Bull driver Sergio Perez secured two pole positions, the similar amount as Ferrari’s Spanish driver Carlos Sainz. 7-time earth winner Lewis Hamilton took a shock pole situation at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but he unsuccessful to get the Budapest F1 race.

Rookie motorists – The 2023 F1 period observed Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri make their grand prix debut. The Australian experienced a sluggish begin to the period, but he promptly picked up his pace, scoring a pole and a get in dash races. In the close, the previous F2 and F3 winner scored a overall of ninety seven factors, ending the yr ninth in the Drivers’ Championship.

The American driver experienced a torrid period, acquiring lined up final on the grid additional frequently than any other driver, undertaking so 6 periods.

Carefully matched – Pierre Gasly still left the AlphaTauri crew at the close of final yr to sign up for Alpine for 2023. While the pair was anticipated to generate an intra-crew rivalry, Ocon and Gasly survived the yr without the need of enormous conflicts. The two French motorists finished the yr eleventh and twelfth in the Drivers’ Championship, only 4 factors divided.

In the same way carefully matched ended up the Alfa Romeo pair as Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu concluded the yr fifteenth and 18th respectively with 4 factors separating the Finn and the Chinese driver.

When Carlos Sainz headed Charles Leclerc in the Drivers’ Standings for most of the yr, the period-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix observed the Monegasque bounce forward of the Spaniard to end the yr 6 factors forward.

86.four% – Verstappen’s history of 19 wins throughout 22 gatherings gave him a proportion of 86.three% with which he surpassed a history that Alberto Ascari has held considering the fact that 1952. The Italian received 6 races in eight gatherings in 1952, attaining a proportion of seventy five%. Michael Schumacher’s optimum proportion was seventy two.22%, obtained in his most dominant period of 2004 whilst Sebastian Vettel recorded a proportion of sixty eight.forty two% in his most commanding yr in 2013.

ten – Verstappen broke Vettel’s preceding history of nine consecutive wins as nicely. The Dutchman recorded a profitable streak of ten victories in between the Miami and the Italian Grand Prix.

Curiously, Verstappen finished the period with 7 consecutive wins which indicates that he ‘only’ wants to get the opening 4 races of the period to defeat his possess history.

1003 – Verstappen expended 1003 laps in 2023 in the guide which is a new history in the historical past of Formulation A single.

575 – Verstappen secured his 3rd F1 title with a tally of 575 factors, breaking his possess history from the 2022 F1 period when he scored a overall of 454 factors. The preceding history belonged to Lewis Hamilton, who gathered 413 factors to get his sixth F1 crown in 2019.

nine – It was Verstappen to safe the optimum amount of quickest laps in 2023 as he established the fastest race lap in nine gatherings. It was the similar feat that previous two-time earth winner Mika Häkkinen obtained back again in 2000. On the other hand, the complete history is a overall of 10 quickest race laps in the similar yr, obtained by Michael Schumacher in 2004 and Kimi Räikkönen in 2005 and 2008.

twelve – Verstappen secured the pole situation in twelve races in 2023. On the other hand, it is nonetheless significantly from the complete history as Sebastian Vettel took fifteen pole positions in 19 races in 2023. In phrases of ratio, Nigel Mansell experienced a additional convincing end result in 1992 as he secured fourteen pole positions in sixteen races.

Climate problems – Austin proved to be the most popular race of the yr in phrases of ambient temperature, with 34.seven levels centigrade on Saturday throughout the Dash race and 32.eight levels throughout Sunday’s Grand Prix. Zandvoort was the coolest, with an normal temperature of fifteen.one levels. In phrases of asphalt temperature, Hungaroring was the most popular race of the yr with fifty three.six levels, whilst the coolest was Las Vegas with eighteen.five levels.

Longest stint – As for the longest stints are involved, McLaren rookie driver Oscar Piastri stood out with his incredibly extended operate in Jeddah. On only his next Formulation one race visual appearance, the Australian was compelled to quit at the close of lap a person to improve a weakened entrance wing pursuing speak to with Pierre Gasly. At the similar time, he bolted on a established of C2 tyres that he drove all the way to the flag: a overall length of 302.five kilometres.

Selection of sets – In overall, Pirelli’s Formulation one tyres drove practically 8 periods all-around Earth’s circumference during the 22 Grands Prix that built up the 2023 period. Specially, 307,925.eight kilometres ended up travelled more than sixty,473 laps by the six,847 sets of tyres that ended up pushed for at minimum a person lap.

Speediest tyre improve – McLaren broke the preceding history of quickest tyre improve. The papaya-colored crew serviced Lando Norris’ MCL60 at the Qatar Grand Prix in just one.80s with which McLaren obtained a new earth history, surpassing Pink Bull’s preceding most effective time of one.82s.