he F1 World Championship 2023 After 22 races, Max Verstappen became the great ruler and the remaining grid positions for the 2023 season became increasingly even, with Fernando undoubtedly the great protagonist, apart from the Dutchman. Alonso is in his first year with Aston Martin. As with the end of the season, it’s time to give recognition to the drivers and teams on the grid.

2023 F1 Season Highlights

10. Verstappen signs historic year

Max is in his 10th year. Perez took two of his first four wins and struggled with his car in Singapore, finishing fifth. But the rest were all wins. 19 out of 22, his 86% overall. He won the title in the most overwhelming way, but most importantly without making any mistakes at the most important moments. Like in Monaco, when Alonso pushed him all the way to the last few thousand in qualifying. He did not fail in difficult conditions and flew with Red Bull. He became the first champion to take second place and double the points. He is the only team that has more points than any other team. The driver who led the most Grands Prix, laps, and kilometers in one year. If it doesn’t deserve a 10, no one deserves it.

8.5.Alonso, a year to remember

bright. Whenever he had a car that was on the podium, he always took advantage of it. He started the year with his best car in second place and had five podiums in his first six races. In Canada and the Netherlands, thanks to better adaptation to difficult conditions with pure hands, achieved two more victories without a podium car, and in São Paulo won the match against the “Czech” with a worse car This year, we won for the 8th time. He always got the best out of his Aston Martin, beating teammate Stroll 20-2 in qualifying, losing Q3 only twice (at the end of the year) and finishing fourth in the World Championship with a car that finished by a wide margin. Ta. From those standpoints. Aston Martin finished fifth in the constructors’ standings with 280 points, 206 of which went to Fernando. At the age of 42, he performed at the highest level. I couldn’t ask for more.

7. McLaren, how is that possible?

McLaren started the year as one of the last teams left, as they knew their starting car wasn’t good. They had to change the concept and in doing so they surprised. They have been fighting for second place car very consistently since Silverstone. Norris failed in several classifications and, despite scoring seven podiums, was unable to capitalize on all his opportunities. It should be improved. McLaren has shown that significant progress is possible in development.

6. Mercedes is still far away

In a bad year when they didn’t have a winning car, Mercedes were able to change the car concept and develop it to the point where they finished runner-up in the constructors’ championship. But for a championship team, it’s just a smidge. Hamilton finished third in the world championship and finished on the podium six times, but hasn’t won in over two years. It wasn’t Russell’s best year, with just two podium finishes. Red Bull was so far away that they only came close to winning in Austin.

Ferrari, very irregular course

For Ferrari, anything other than fighting for the title is a failure. The red car was very fast in the corners, but in the race it sank due to deterioration. Sainz’s win in Singapore and his improved car in the closing stages saved him from any worries. Carlos had consistently outperformed Leclerc throughout the year, but his results underperformed in the final two races, leaving him behind Charles in the overall standings.

Notes regarding the entire grill:

• 10: Verstappen: Historic. The best car and the best driver, a perfect and overwhelming combination.
• 8.5: Alonso: Great. Insatiable. champion. In case you were wondering, he made it clear that he is still one of the best drivers on the entire F1 grid. In every sense of the word. If his car had continued to develop, he would have finished second. absolutely. He had to wrestle with a car that was too far away at the end.
• 7.5: Albon: Great. He gave a perfect performance. He beat Sargent 22-0 in qualifying and was always in contention for points, reaching Q3 seven times and finishing fourth in qualifying at Zandvoort.
• 7: Lewis Hamilton: All grown up. He has improved since last year and consistently outperforms Russell. He has lost both wins and winning cars.
• 7: Lando Norris: Room for improvement. Despite the praise he received from the British press, Rand proved to be excellent but highly irregular. Norris failed in several classifications, including podium cars in Qatar (where track limits removed laps when he could have won pole) and Mexico. In general, he corrected most of his mistakes during the race, but he was not able to take advantage of all his chances, despite earning seven podiums. He can’t afford to fail because he wants to be the best player. We have to improve.
• 7: Liam Lawson: Awesome. He had the difficult task of replacing Daniel Ricciardo at short notice, and it was also his debut on a complex course like Zandvoort in very difficult conditions. He made few mistakes and was on track. He scored points in his third F1 race in an urban area like Singapore.
• 6.5: Sainz: That’s not fair. His results do not reflect his age at all and do not do justice to his performance. It was a very erratic, complex and very difficult car to drive, and he spent most of the year captaining Ferrari, giving instructions and trying to find a setting against Leclerc, who had a much harder time. He took pole position at Monza and in that race Charles came out strong on the final attack for the podium. Then in Singapore he took pole position and took a very classy win with an exciting finish. The Las Vegas sewers and last weekend’s misdeeds were too much to blame on him in terms of classification.
• 6.5: Leclerc: Far. More is expected of those who are called to take on the world. He suffered too much earlier this year with a car that was moving away from his style and had to make adjustments towards a car that had too much understeer and he didn’t like it. Many classifications failed, especially in sensitive conditions. His score rises with moments of success, special moments of brilliance, such as the last two weeks in Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi, and podiums and pole positions in Baku, Spa and Mexico.
• 6: Oscar Piastri: The Future. He has proven to be extremely talented and has a great personality. Although he has lacked consistency, this is his rookie year and he has already achieved great results in his first year in F1, most importantly with his first sprint win in Qatar. At times, it seemed like he was getting to Norris’ beard, but it was less consistent. He made it clear that he has a lot of future ahead of him.
• 6: Ricardo: Updated. A season plagued by injuries. He replaced Hungarian de Vries and outperformed the Dutchman from the start, but was injured in Zandvoort. He left with the feeling that he was closer to an older version of himself than the one he showed at McLaren. He lacked race. He qualified fourth in Mexico and finished seventh.
• 5: Perez: Approved. He needs to prove more. He is in a very difficult position, facing the champion and perhaps the best player on the grid in an atmosphere of maximum tension and all against each other. But with the best car on the grid, he should have performed better. In the races Red Bull was much better, so he took second place in the World Championship, but it was the first time that the champion doubled the second place in points … “Czech” was the first time the car was far away His style, especially in changing conditions, as he was unable to find the missing comma in the set-up changes he applied over the weekend when he failed badly in ‘qualifying’.
• 5: George Russell: Down. More was expected of George in 2022 and beyond. Things didn’t go well for him. The quality is even higher than that.
• 5: Gasly and Ocon: Fight. As expected, tensions were too high between the two sides in some races, with some drivers making contact and others not following orders. Gasly beat Esteban in his first year at Alpine. Ocon is also too aggressive at times. Gasly was on the podium at Zandvoort and Ocon was on the podium at Monaco, both saved by their respective podiums. His car also did not meet expectations.
• 5: Tsunoda: Irregular. He achieved good results in various classes and races.
• 5: Bottas: Fighter. Author of 10 of 16 Alfa Romeo points. He had an inspirational day and always fought close to the points, from cars that needed improvement to cars that needed more.
• 5: Hulkenberg: Veteran. He accounted for nine of Haas’ 12 points.
• 4: Zhou: I’m waiting. He lost the battle to teammate Bottas. He needs to take the steps he said he should take in this course.
• 4: Kevin Magnussen: Overcome. He was constantly overtaken by Hulkenberg. In Miami, he qualified fourth.
• 3: Lance Stroll: Lost. Compared to Alonso, he lost 20-2. Fernando was fourth in the World Championship with 206 points, while Lance was 10th with 74 points. If Fernando had been a little better, Aston Martin would have finished fourth in the constructors’ championship, or perhaps a little higher. Fernando finished on the podium eight times, while Lance failed to finish on the podium. Sure he started the year plagued by injuries, but his performance was much lower than Alonso’s. He has improved in his last few appointments and that has helped him perform better.
• 1: Sergeant Logan: Too bad. He would continue with Williams, but his year was not good between incidents and very poor results. He only scored once, in Austin, and failed to win a game against his teammate Albon (22-0).
• 0: Nick de Vries: Doubly disappointing. The season did not end due to poor performance.