Sunday February 19th. We have finally reached the last winter weekend before the start of the 2023 Formula 1 season. All the cars have been more or less presented, although there is undoubtedly expectation to know the true forms of the Red Bull RB19. Suspense that will end next Thursday, when the engines will start on the morning of February 23rd for the first day of pre-season testing which will take place at the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain, the venue that will also host the first round of the 2023 championship, the Bahrain Grand Prix, scheduled from March 3rd to 5th. ScuderiaFans.com will keep you up to date with the live timings and all the actions from the Bahrain International Circuit during the three days of testing.
Charles Leclerc’s expectations for the 2023 Formula 1 season
Will it still be the year of Red Bull, or will there be any chance of a fight with Scuderia Ferrari? What role will Mercedes have in terms of championship duels? There are all questions to which the fans would like to already have answers and that have been addressed by the Maranello driver, Charles Leclerc: “I am sure that Mercedes will be a threat this year. They ended last season with a progressive increase of performance and it’s impossible to exclude someone like Lewis Hamilton from the world championship fight. If he has a car up to it, he will clearly be there in the fight. We must not forget what he achieved so far in Formula 1. He still possesses those skills and last year he proved it on several occasions as well.” – the Scuderia Ferrari drivers explained, as recently reported by Motorsportweek.com.
“Obviously there will also be Red Bull,” added the Monegasque, then concentrating on the work that the Ferrari technicians carried out over the winter to try and fight for the title in the upcoming Formula 1 campaign – “We tried to focus more on reliability. I don’t want to say too much, but we spent a lot of time on it.” – Charles Leclerc admitted – “I hope I won’t have as many problems as in 2022. Last year we finished second, so the next step is to win. It will be difficult but we will work hard to succeed,” a determined Charles Leclerc concluded, just a few days until the official pre-season testing session at the Bahrain International Circuit.
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