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McLaren got the jump ahead of everyone and other teams are yet to release theirs

Their racer norris is whopping 11x odds to win bahrain GP, to be honest im kinda tired of seeing verstappen every race at 1.2 - 1.3 odds 

Seen some videos released a couple of days ago about the new livery of McLaren and they didn't inspire me one bit:
2024 McLaren F1 livery: LAUNCHED! - from official McLaren channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UuFXnoIrUk

What we learned from McLaren's surprise 2024 F1 'launch' - TheRace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1ilLZuKuE

Let's see what the expert Tommy and Matt have to say what they think of it:
Our reaction to McLaren’s SURPRISE 2024 F1 Livery launch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFsbeHG2VVY

Livery design for sure doesn't matter as they can surely drive to the finish line just coated in white or black, but because it represents their team and the sponsorship that they at designs like livery seem popular with the audience, and for sure the teams can be distinguished by their car design, I just wish that the color of Haas look like Alpha Tauri and Mercedes close color with the Aston Martin can change a bit so we could distinguish the team even more,

There is news right now that  Alfa Romeo has dropped their name moniker but this season a new title sponsor brings a new identity to the famous Swiss team Alfa Romeo no more and this team will be called Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber or Kick Sauber now with the upcoming reveal of their livery and their driver uniform is now yet known,

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F1 Academy News



Prema Racing is the 1st team in the F1 Academy that now has a full team because right now Maya Wueg has been announced as the new driver for the team, with the reigning Drivers’ and Teams’ Champions the first to finalize their roster,

Born in Spain, 19-year-old Weug also holds Belgian and Dutch nationality. After starting off in karting at age seven, she went on to become Vice Champion in the Spanish Championship in 2015, before going on to make her debut in the European Karting Championships two years later

And addition to Campos Racing Chloe Chambers joined the F1 Academy grid as Haas has announced the 19-year-old as their nominated driver for the upcoming campaign, for sure I will keep yu guys updated if F1 Academy will have a newer racer or if the team roster is now complete,

Took a quick look and can't tell the difference from last seasons so yeah, they are minor changes. Just more black wrap it seems. Other than that can't see anything they need to change since they ended last season on a high except for the last race.
The ones with the name changes must have their livery design altered the most so to fit with team specifications.
So all we can do is to wait and see what comes from each team released from day-to-day until start of race day.

@owengtam09
Thank you for the updates on the F1 Academy teams and their drivers so far. They did make an impression last season for the F1 racing fans for a change if Red Bull are totally dominant this season as well.
Of course all F1 teams will make official announcements of their new cars even if they do have minor changes.
It is a tradition in the sport afterall and common courtesy to show what you got!

For sure we will see another dominant race for Red Bull but let's wait for it because some teams will also be having their new Machine, and right now we are just waiting if that machine can do great on the track or not, but if you look at the progress of the winnings for the last season we can see that Red Bull really dominant the whole season, but you can see that Red Bull didn't really dominant the last season completely we can say that Ferrari and McLaren have snuck some win in there if not the Podium Carlos Sainz getting that 1 time 1st place for the Ferrari, for sure there is a chance that there will be a shift of Dominance that may happen,


Thanks for sure Mercedes and Alpine have already announced their new Machine that will likely be great for this season, I don't know if all teams in the F1 will be announcing their own Machine if they had one they would be good too go racing for sure but a new Machine will surely have new upgrades and possibilities of dominating this season again,

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F1 Academy news right now well, if Bianca Bustamante is joining McLaren as their driver development program and in the new F1 Academy team Art Grand Prix she will be their new driver, along with William Racing's 17-year-old Lia Block, so these two are the confirmed drivers for ART Grand Prix, Tina Hausmann represent Aston Martin for the 2024 F1 Academy and will be driving for Prema Racing alongside Doriane Pin that is a Mercedes Junior Program, while Carrie Schreiner will be part of the Campos Racing team and joining Sauber Academy development programme, while Alpine Junior Abbi Pulling will be joining Rodin Motorsports, for the new set up for the teams and drivers for the F1 Academy so far that is the announce drivers they have

While there is at least few weeks until we will see launch of first F1 cars, today Mclaren released design of their livery. It's difficult to spot difference as they made minor changes. You can see it in link, lazy to upload photo from phone.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-2024-f1-livery-mcl38-launch/10566302/
Probably biggest change will be in Sauber design as they're no longer with Alfa Romeo and Alpha Tauri if they're going to change their name.

@owengtam09
Really nice video of the unveiling of the new RB car for 2024 season!
Totally forgot it will be in another month as the time is quickly approaching for the new season so let's get to it already!

@ILuckyGuyI
I know what you mean. Many were even to the point of wanting Perez to go off to another team but they were sorely disappointed.
More or less another year of pure domination so those we believe it will be are already looking towards 2026.
Hardcore F1 fans won't care as all they want are the sights and sounds of the track once more in their lives.

Red Bull don't even need to reveal their car as it isn't hard to predict how fast it will be.    Unfortunately I have no choice other than watching this boring Red Bull dominance for at least 2 more seasons.    Don't get me wrong I don't have anything personal against Red Bull normally. I was thinking the same for Mercedes also when they were highly dominant.

I just don't like it when there isn't any competition for the title between at least two drivers. Competition is in the nature of Formula 1 normally.

But dominant teams are really killing the competition. I hope FIA do something about it as of 2026 season. 

Many are looking forward to that F1 testing race even though it is just a test February 21 seems like a long wait and just like you I am also looking forward to the upcoming race, after that dominance of Red Bull, what do many things in store for us in the year 2024, and there are many questions for sure, do Red Bull and Max Verstappen still remain dominant this year, or he can see an equal footing with the Ferrari, or McLaren, as this two teams have surely given the fans some bliss of seeing that there is a chance for other teams to face Red Bull or Max Verstappen just going to break most records this year, and for sure I can not wait for that to happen,

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BREAKING NEWS

After the Launching of the new Challenger for 2024 by Mercedes and Alpine, Red Bull is also preparing for their 20th season of Formula 1 they will show off the new car they will use to contest it on February 15, here is the clip https://x.com/redbullracing/status/1746910165109015002?s=20



So we are expecting a new Machine for Season 20, so because the old machine was RB19 this must be RB20 for sure, the new machine and the new upgrade could be there for the car, and for sure Max Verstappen is excited about using this new machine and like while Sergio Perez and speaking of Perez he is thankful enough for Red Bull for giving him another chance this year, and for sure we will see another tandem of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez for sure,

For sure Ferrari can not do something more beyond their budget I really think that they are trying to enforce what they can give to their drivers and that is the common good for their racers, and sure they think highly of Charles Leclerc as Ferrari have sign a very lucrative contract for Charles Leclerc so the Ferrari can keep him, and for sure Ferrari is giving their best for their drivers that is for sure, the only problem is the given budget,


There are surely some deals like that but Ferrari has already secured both of their drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, for sure Charles Leclerc has a done deal contract for Ferrari, and yeas Carlos Sainz has already made a done deal with Ferrari as well so both Ferrari drivers are happy with their situation right now as both drivers have won the Podium many times for Leclerc and Carlos Sainz have won the race 1 time on Singapore where both RB 19 machine both have a problem, so yeah it was Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes have won that race and the podiums,


For sure I will be looking forward to that 1st day of training for the F1 and it will be in Sakhir, Bahrain, actually, I am really excited after that last race and great performance for Max Verstappen that I got much more interest with F1 racing now, and performance wise clearly Red Bull will surely attain their dominance even in this season,

I guess because of the recent performance of both Ferrari Drivers in the recent season Ferrari will surely keep both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, at 1st Many thought that Charles Leclerc would be the only driver that could stay with Ferrari and rumors have speculated that Sainz may go but with the Singapore GP performance of Carlos Sainz have shown that he can win and because both Ferrari has some technical issues with their machines Carlos Sainz have won the Singapore Grand Prix that is without the Red Bull, but it was an awesome performance for Carlos Sainz,


It will be on February 5, they will be announcing the new model or chassis for their car, as Alfa Romeo and Peter Sauber are quite excited about announcing something for us, and it is an early Christmas gift for fans and for the media for this kind of a big revelation but still, there are so much that could happen with that given date so let's just wait and see what Peter Sauber has in store with us, https://x.com/alfaromeostake/status/1738258933305725396?s=20

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And looking at the 2024 schedules the Start of the race was on February 29, to March 02, and Bahrain will be the 1st country the F1 will have the official race while February 21-23 will be the Pre-Season Testing in Bahrain International Circuit, in Sakhir,

We have the 1st dates for the presentation of the new cars.

Williams and Sauber, will present their cars on the 5th of Februrary.

Both Ferrari drivers had been locked in with their contracts into the 2025 and beyond even before the season ended. I believe I had a post about it during the race in the United States when Sainz signed his and Leclerc back in June or July if I recall correctly.
They are the Ferrari boys atleast for this coming season at the very least so no movement of the horses.

Series 2 is a whole different beast when it comes to which teams are on top. Not one is dominate over the others. Very interesting if we have a season such as the last one where Red Bull is winning almost every race will make fans switch to this tier of F1 so to get a change in racing once in a while.

You never know. Because as with every sport: Money Talks!
So who knows if a team splashes enough cash in the other teams face and the driver has the desire to make moves, then they can work something out.
But unlikely in a middle of a season.
Contracts are usually meant to be broken when it comes to F1 or have been in any sport for that matter.

I think Ferrari is not worth of Leclerc! I think Leclerc has so much potential that is underestimated by Ferrari's poor performance these last 10 years or more! Leclerc deserves a more competitive team. Yes, I know that there is no team that can truly challenge Red Bull but still Ferrari should be doing much more taking into account their history in motorsports.

every series is almost always won by the redbull team, because the car is so good that other teams such as mercedez or ferarri have not been able to compete, only in series2 which are considered to be their home base can compete and even win, for example the monza italy series for ferarri or the silver stone England series for mercedez.
I hope ferarri and mecedez can build a good f1 car next year, so the competition in f1 will be interesting again.

There are still speculations related to Ferrari's drivers before next season. I mean those speculations are especially about Sainz. However Ferrari is expected to extend both of their drivers' contracts soon. Leclerc's contract is expected to be extended by 3 years and it is thought as 2 years for Sainz. I think it would be sensible to have a shorter contract with Sainz.

Because I don't feel like Sainz will be staying as long as Leclerc at Ferrari. At some point I expect Sainz to leave and maybe he could even return to McLaren. Above all else I think Leclerc deserves a better car here. Ferrari is said to be renewing nearly all of the part of their car for next season. But we will see how much this will affect their performance.

Thanks mate. I'll be paying more attention to this thread in the upcoming season, both of F1 and MotoGP.

A few days ago I saw a video saying that in MotoGP, the portuguese rider will have a 2024 Aprillia bike to show what he's made of. Let's see if he can do better and if luck is with him or not. Last season was a disgrace! Always getting hit by others! Poor guy!

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Yep.

The last time we go 2 "at same level" driver for one year was 2016-2017.

When Rosberg won the title and retired at the end of the season.

My first post here. heheh. Never came to this section.
I feel kind of the opposite regarding Verstappen and Perez. At the end of the day, they have the same car, and Perez is pretty much always quite far behind Verstappen. Of course each one setup their cars differently according to their driving styles, but this said, it looks like that either Verstappen is much better than Perez or it's Perez that is way worse driver than Verstappen!