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It looks really great. 

It looks like Kick Sauber won't change their engine manufacturer and will continue with Ferrari.

I hope they don't have big problems with the car in the upcoming season. When it comes to their drivers Bottas is normally not a bad driver. But he isn't competitive anymore unlike his times at Mercedes. Even then Mercedes were preventing him to get ahead of Hamilton.    Zhou is a skilled driver but not competitive enough. I hope Kick Sauber have a better-built car to be more competitive for upper positions.

You know Alfa Romeo finished the previous season in 9th place. 

There were quite a few from season 2022 to 2023 but then the ending of most by the defaming of the FTX exchange happened.

Here is a list of those partnerships with each team tied to cryptocurrency projects:
                 2022                  2023
McLaren   OKX, Tezos            OKX, Tezos
Ferrari       Velas   
Alpine      Binance                 Binance
AlphaTauri   Fantom   
Red Bull   Bybit, Tezos           Bybit
Aston M    Crypto.com, Socios   Crypto.com, Socios
Mercedes   FTX   
Haas       OpenSea               OpenSea
Alfa Romeo  Floki, Vauld, Socios, Everdome   Socios, Everdome, CryptoDATA
Williams   Virtua                   Kraken

There should be some not resigning for whatever reason going into this season. So as you had mentioned, those are the main sponsorships from the big named ones. Except for Crypto.com having Miami's Track named after them and who are the main sponsors to some of the tracks and most of the televised F1 promotional events.

Here is an interesting article to read up on with the introduction of Web3 entering into the F1 scene for the coming year:
https://forkast.news/crypto-and-formula-ones-honeymoon-is-over-can-web3-save-a-rocky-marriage

Do you know how many confirmed cryptocurrency companies sponsorship we have in Formula 1 this season?

Please correct me if I am wrong and add missing information: Red Bull - ByBit exchange, McLaren - OKX exchange, Kick Sauber - Stake casino.

The Sauber and Williams reveals were nice to see especially so early before the season starts and we will see Alpine next then we will see what Aston Martin has on the 12th of February.
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/f1-car-launch-dates-and-times-for-every-team

Just remember that the teams don't show their true cars. Due to other teams who hadn't shown theirs yet in getting any design ideas prior to the season.
It is all about show and not innovation at these unveiling of their car designs and more of a brand recognition play at these events.

Williams design is nice, but when cars will be racing on track, it will be difficult to spot difference from 2023.
But it will be difficult to beat Sauber, so far it's best livery for me, this bright green is so eye-catching. Maybe they won't fight for highest positions this year, but their car will be visible without any doubts.

Kick Sauber just released their 2024 formula car with new fluorescent green and black design and Stake crypto sponsorship seen all over!
I have to admit that it looks fantastic but they wont be winning any title this year with their drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.
Bottas can win some points this season and maybe few races, but I dont expect that from Chinese driver.


https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.first-look-kick-sauber-show-off-dazzling-livery-with-a-slew-of-changes-to.7tUcB0jd4VIdbGNbDmP1Pv.html

Are you referring to Suzuki or Suzuka? but yeah it might be Suzuki, for sure another year another Partnership and sponsors for the F1 this coming season, and there is a lot of great news that many fans are now getting into but yeah Suzuka Circuit is going to be in the Calendar for F1 and it will be on April 5, to April 7, this year that will be an explosive ride and expecting the tight corners of the Suzuka Circuit for sure,


After Lewis Hamilton's shift of driver, there is news saying Carlos Sainz had 4 teams interested in him after Ferrari chose Hamilton, it is really a bummer for Sainz not to been picked by Ferrari I think Ferrari wants to be number 1 again because this bold move they have on Hamilton, now Carlos Sainz have tons of option either Mercedes and Red Bull still have unconfirmed race seats for 2025 although Barretto believes it’s Mercedes at which he has the better chance in what would therefore become a straight swap with Hamilton, Sainz still has many options,

https://www.planetf1.com/news/carlos-sainz-four-f1-team-options-lawrence-barretto

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Shocking Move for F1 Academy as MP Motorsports have announced all of their 3 drivers for this season and that will be the Al Qubaisi sisters, along with Emely De Heus who will complete the Drivers for the MP Motorsports team take note Red Bull will be backing them up,

Williams are going to reveal their 2024 car in just about 13 mins and it will be streamed live on this channel-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhZanlp3-g

They uploaded a sneak peek on their website and i really love this shade of blue 

Still a long ways to go for them to make a hunt for a replacement driver and one who will make a great fit being considered the wingman to Russell and not better than him.

Wasn't Ricciardo the third driver at Red Bull before going to AlphaTauri essentially the same organization but still driving for a different team. Think he had only one race while there. But he was on the sidelines most of the time basically being a cheerleader while at Red Bull for his stint there.

Nice little video to watch about Hamilton's move to Ferrari and why he chose to go there:

Hamilton REVEALS The REAL Reason About Ferrari F1 Move! - The Racing Guru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbj3zKKpj1I

It also helped him make the choice being very good friends with Fred Vasseur where they have kept in contact on a weekly basis.

3rd driver means not on the race grid anymore. only as a test driver and reserve driver if the 2 main drivers lewis hamilton or Charles Leclerc are injured can only race on the grid again. if there is an offer from another team to be the main driver or on the science grid, he will definitely choose to leave ferarri.

Meanwhile Suzuka extended the partnership with f1.

They will be in F1 for at least 5 more years.

Well, it was a failed bid for Andretti to join the F1 and likely take out the fan base for the USA as Andretti is an all-American brand so for sure F1 getting this aside is something fans never really expected, Except for maybe Alpine and McLaren, there's no other team that has been even remotely in favor of Andretti joining F1, and  Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull voicing their discontent and opposing the joining of Andretti this season,

For sure there is a fan base that likes this idea as there will be an additional slot for drivers that want to try F1, but unfortunately will be very difficult as some thin tracks could also be congested with that many Driver in the Race.


Shocking! I never expected that to happen, but I have seen an interview that this is a long-time dream for Lewis Hamilton if he becomes a Ferrari driver, right now the question for me is who will be the change driver is it Carlos Sainz or Charles Leclerc both driver done a great deal last season Carlos Sainz also taking the wins at Singapore but for sure Charles Leclerc has many podium win, than him and maybe it is because of the points Carlos Sainz just had 200 points while Charles Leclerc had 206,


If the other one is now on the other side of the team for sure George Russell will not let Lewis Hamilton pass, but if the whole F1 had a fixed race there is a possibility, for now, what could we expect for the F1 this 2024 season, it will be another one-sided one, and what can we expect in the 2025 season, it will be an awesome thing that we never know and it is great to speculate on what may happen, if there will be a new leader or if there will be a new dominant team,

Imagine the scenario where Lewis is second in a race and Max 1st behind like 3 seconds.
With a Russell near Hamilton but faster.

Do you think he let Russell pass?

Ok it is an almost impossible scenario...

This will only be bad if they take it personally, but the Mercedes team and Lewis have definitely a professional relationship and I don't think they will have a hard time. It's just that their contract and loyalty to Lewis weren't any more up to par with Mercedes that's why he wanted to be in a team that actually wants him, and yearly contracts for Lewis aren't gonna cut it. I think I understand why Lewis decided that.

Yup as I said it will be a mess.

Sainz and Hamilton will give a hard time for the team but I guess in this case they can have penalties on their salary and they can be benched for the 3rd driver.

Ferrari should still have Giovinazzi under contract if things are really bad he will race over Sainz.

Lewis Hamilton to ferrari is definitely the talk these days, but nobody talks about the other two situation. First of all, Sainz is gone with this new information, which will impact his season, he will not play team racing and he will try to get the most points, to him Charles is the enemy as well maybe more than anyone else and he may not listen to what others will say, no team order could make him give up positions anymore, or maybe better yet he might do it because he wants to show others he can be a team player.

Another situation is the empty Mercedes seat, sure Grossjean is a funny bit and all, but we know they will try to get someone better, I do not know who that person will be but they will really need someone great at that spot if they want to have a chance.

Salary of Hamilton it is rumored to be ardoung 50mil year.

It is a lot of money but it is nothing, If I'm correct Ferrari already went up 10% on stock market and these are bilions of $

Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari? This is very interesting. I was surprised to find out the information of my flagship racer I decided to move to Ferrari with an confirmed agreement.
He said looking for new challenges. I think it's not looking for new challenges, but want to feel wearing red clothes before retirement and greater money.
Hamilton's move to Ferrari reminded legend racer Michael Schumacher and another row of former F1 champions.

Oh that is a funny post but might be an interesting discussion lol. Grosjean has been out for a while, right? He is in IndyCar right now? Maybe he can go back now but it might be a terrifying thing for him remembering the Bahrain GP in 2020. 

Definitely a hard thing to bet on but it can be a fun and interesting one to participate in. Maybe Sainz or Albon? Since he will be likely exchanging seats. He has had a strong performance in Ferrari, why not move that performance to Mercedes? Or Albon, maybe he could have a great duo with Russells, since close age right? We will see. That's just my opinion.

‘I hold no grudge’ – Wolff on Hamilton’s Ferrari move, how he was told and the search for a replacement

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.i-hold-no-grudge-wolff-on-hamiltons-ferrari-move-how-he-was-told-and-the.1cATzXmouKYAF9TtytvlTZ.html
The name didn't come out on that discussion but I found this one post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C20btUTpGAS/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=0e3886d0-8c4b-4d28-b462-a6b04df5dc24

In 2020-2022 he was contacted by Toto for test day but his not available. The reason, he is busy. Now, he is coming out to talk. That one comment there though was hilarious.

The news on the other hand has different thoughts about the replacements.
1. Carlos Sainz
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Alex Albon
4. Esteban Ocon
5. Daniel Ricciardo

Who do you think it will be? Wild guess? It would be fun if there's a line in sportsbet about this. The odds input though will be difficult.