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      Ferrari reveal new F1 car as Leclerc hails ‘special’ team and talks up championship chances

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      CHARLES LECLERC has hailed his Ferrari team as special after the Italian outfit launched their car for the 2023 Formula one season. The Scuderia will be desperately hoping this is the car to end their championship drought in 2023.
      Ferrari’s car for the 2023 Formula one season.Credit: EPA
      Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz alongside team principal Fred Vasseur.Credit: AFP
      The most iconic team on the grid haven’t won a championship since 2007.
      A failure to claim either the drivers or constructors championship would make it the longest drought in the team’s history.
      Ferrari launched the SF-23 from their Maranello base with Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz present alongside new team principal Fred Vasseur and other members of senior management.
      Both drivers took to the teams Fiorano track following the launch to do the cars first laps in front of the teams fans on a special demo day.
      Leclerc said: ” It felt good. The first kilometres of this new project, after doing so many kilometres on the simulator, it feels special.”
      He added: ” Everything went smoothly.
      “Obviously, with two laps it’s difficult to go into details but I already gave my feedback to the engineers once I was in the car to get the first feeling.”
      The Italian team will be hoping to go one better after finishing second to Red Bull in the constructors championship last season.
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      Leclerc taking the SF-23 for its first laps on Ferrari’s Fiorano track.Credit: Rex
      Leclerc added: “The goal is to win. The feeling of winning is what motivates me and motivates all the team, too.
      “So I’m really looking forward to getting back in the car and trying to win that championship.”

      Despite a strong start to the 2022 season winning two of the first three races of last season Leclerc came up short to run away championship winner Max Verstappen.
      He said: “We’ve done a great job working it and trying to address the weaknesses that there were on this car, so hopefully it will be better.”
      Leclerc concluded : “We finished second in the constructors championship and the drivers’ championship, so I’m really looking forward to this new car.
      Pre season testing takes place in Bahrain from February 23-25 with the first race of the Formula One season taking place at the same venue on March 5. More

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      When does the F1 2023 season start? Bahrain Grand Prix date, start time, stream, TV channel

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      THE 2023 Formula One season get’s underway with the Bahrain Grand Prix next month, with Max Verstappen aiming to become a triple World Champion. Red Bull dominated the 2022 season as they won 17 of 22 races with Verstappen taking a whopping 15 victories and team mate Sergio Perez two.
      Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo at the launch of Red Bulls 2023 car.Credit: AFP
      Charles Leclerc on the podium at last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Credit: Rex
      The pressure will be on new Ferrari team principle Fred Vasseur to deliver a title winning car as The Scuderia look for their first drivers title since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
      The 2022 car was fast but unreliable with Charles Leclerc taking 3 victories whilst Carlos Sainz took his maiden F1 win at Silverstone.
      Mercedes had a difficult 2022 season with the Brackley outfit only registering a solitary victory courtesy of George Russell at Interlagos.
      Lewis Hamilton failed to win a race for the first time in his Formula One career in 2022 and will be desperate to get back on the top step of the podium in 2023.

      Elsewhere on the grid Fernando Alonso replaced the retiring Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin, Nico Hulkenburg returned to the sport with Haas, Pierre Gasly joined Alpine, Nyck de Vries joined Alpha Tauri, Oscar Piastri replaced Daniel Ricciardo at Mclaren and Logan Sargeant joined Williams.
      When is the Bahrain Grand Prix?

      The Bahrain Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, March 5.
      The race will begin at 3pm UK time.

      What channel is it and can it be live streamed?

      The Bahrain Grand Prix will be live on Sky Sports F1 with highlights on Channel 4.
      You can live stream the race on the Sky Go app which you can download on your tablet or mobile device.

      What are the teams and drivers?

      Red Bull: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
      Ferrari: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
      Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
      Alpine: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly
      Mclaren: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
      Alpha Tauri: Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries
      Alfa Romeo: Valterri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou
      Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll
      Haas: Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg
      Williams: Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant

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      Diogo Dalot arrives at Man Utd training in stunning £250,000 Ferrari as he closes in on bumper new contract

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      MANCHESTER UNITED star Diogo Dalot was spotted arriving for training in a mega £250,000 Ferrari as he closes in on a new contract.The Portuguese defender is enjoying his best season at Old Trafford so far and was thriving under Erik ten Hag until injury struck.
      Diogo Dalot rocked up for Man Utd training in a stunning FerrariCredit: Eamonn and James Clarke
      The black Ferrari FF has a price tag of around £250,000Credit: Eamonn and James Clarke
      The 23-year-old was a regular starter before the World Cup and kept Aaron Wan-Bissaka out of the team.
      But Dalot’s season has been hampered by injury in recent weeks after he limped off with a knock in a Carabao Cup clash with Charlton last month.
      However, the star did return to the bench in the weekend win over Crystal Palace.
      And now he looks ready to get back in the fast lane when called upon by Ten Hag as he rocked up to the club’s HQ in his new motor.
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      Dalor appeared to be driving a black Ferrari FF, which has a price tag of around £250,000 and a top speed of 208 mph.
      It also accelerates from nought to 62mph in just 3.7 seconds due to its 650 bhp 6.25litre V12 engine and his former team-mate Nemanja Matic also previously owned one.
      And the star may just have forked out and treated himself early as he celebrates his new contract with United.
      We reported earlier how Dalot is set to sign a new deal after Barcelona lost hope of landing the full-back.
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      Dalot, who may return to the line-up to face Leeds in the Premier League tomorrow, initially had a one year extension clause in his contract triggered in December, meaning his agreement runs until the summer of 2024.
      But the Red Devils are now looking towards the long-term and now hope they have tied down the ace.
      Dalot arrived at Man United in 2018 but initially struggled to cement the right-back spot permanently and spent a season on-loan at AC Milan.
      But he has gone from strength to strength this term and regularly plays alongside Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw in what appears to be ten Hag’s first-choice back four.
      Diogo Dalot returned to the United squad after injury last weekendCredit: Getty More

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      F1 champ Max Verstappen shows love for Ferrari with Red Bull star set to buy £375,000 SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano

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      FORMULA ONE superstar Max Verstappen appears set to buy a Ferrari car.Verstappen has been on fire after winning two consecutive F1 titles with Red Bull.
      Red Bull superstar Max Verstappen appears set to buy a FerrariCredit: TikTok / @andrea_masina
      Max Verstappen was keen to buy a red SF90 Stradale Assetto FioranoCredit: TikTok / @andrea_masina
      Formula One champion Max Verstappen already has a Ferrari in his garageCredit: TikTok / @andrea_masina
      The 25-year-old has done his team proud, but also seems to have a lot of love for Ferrari.
      Viral TikTok clips have shown the Dutch star in a Ferrari garage in Monte Carlo trying out one of their cars.
      Verstappen is reportedly set to buy a red SF90 Stradale Assetto Fiorano.
      That could set the two-time world champion back a whopping £375,000.
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      The Dutchman already has a Ferrari in his garage, and that is the Monza SP2 which cost about £1.42million.
      Fans were left in awe by those clips as they took to social media to share their two cents.
      One F1 enthusiast tweeted: “I wonder if Max got a friends and family discount.”
      Another commented: “It’s hard to find a Red Bull to ride on, and it is hard to say no to a red Ferrari car.”
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      A third wrote: “So he owns a Ferrari on and off the track.”
      This fan posted: “He just wants to look at the engine ahead of next season.”
      And that one tweeted: “Everyone is a Ferrari fan.” More

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      F1 fans ‘crying’ as Sebastian Vettel shares picture of Michael Schumacher nearly decade after horror ski accident

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      FORMULA ONE fans have been left emotional after Sebastian Vettel shared a throwback picture with Michael Schumacher. The four-times world champion retired from the sport at the end of last season after a sensational racing career spanning almost 15 years.

      Vettel said goodbye to F1 at the end of last seasonCredit: Getty
      He long admired fellow German and F1 legend Schumacher, who won seven titles across the 90s and 2000s.
      Schumacher was involved in a ski accident in 2013 and has not been seen in public since.
      But Vettel shared an old picture of the ex-Ferrari driver which touched many F1 fans.
      The Instagram snap showed Schumacher knelt over a young Vettel, sat in a small silver go-kart.
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      Wearing a red cap, Schumacher looks over Vettel while holding a flag in his right hand.
      A small audience of people are visible in the background for the competitive karting race in Germany.
      Vettel captioned the photo: “Receiving last Orders (NRW Cup Final, Kerpen, Germany).”
      Fans were loving the heartfelt photo.
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      One wrote: “This right here. This is cute.”
      Another said: “Seb, I don’t want to cry but now you are making me.”
      A third said: “Who’s cutting onions man?”
      Schumacher won the world championship in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton and then every year from 2000 to 2004 at Ferrari.
      Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson would all win F1’s greatest prize before Vettel began his own reign of dominance between 2010 and 2013 for Red Bull.
      In recent years Vettel has taken up a mentoring role for Michael’s son Mick, who is now a reserve driver with Mercedes after two years racing with Haas.
      Mick posted his own emotional message to his father earlier this month on Michael’s birthday. More

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      Lewis Hamilton ‘not in same class’ as Sebastian Vettel with Brit told he was way ahead in terms of F1 talent

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      SEBASTIAN VETTEL was “never in the same class” as Lewis Hamilton, according to former Williams and Ferrari team manager Peter Windsor.Four-time world champion Vettel, 35, retired at the end of the 2022 season after 16 years in F1.
      Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have won 11 world titles between themCredit: Getty
      Vettel won four F1 world championships between 2010 and 2013Credit: Reuters
      All of his title triumphs came with Red Bull as he claimed four successive championships between 2010 and 2013.
      He then went on to drive for Ferrari and Aston Martin but failed to clinch a fifth crown.
      Meanwhile, Hamilton has gone on to win seven world titles – a record he shares with Michael Schumacher.
      The Brit, 38, who is preparing to enter his 17th season in the sport, won his first championship with McLaren and has won his other six with Mercedes.
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      Both men made their debuts in the 2007 season and have enjoyed historic careers in F1.
      But Windsor, who worked as a sponsorship manager at Williams and general manager of Ferrari’s UK base in the 1980s, believes Vettel cannot be considered on the same level as Hamilton.
      Speaking on his Twitch channel, he said: “I always thought Vettel was a very reflexy, very fast, very well-balanced driver who, even in his testing for Sauber days, was nothing other than the ultimate exponent of turning the corner into a V shape.
      “And when he couldn’t do that because of the geography of the corner, he was about the same as the average [driver], but when he could do it on a particular type of corner, he was brilliant and had that ability to do it.
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      “And he had that at Red Bull, when he had that amazing grip at the rear, blown diffuser and everything else.
      “When that went away in the regulations in his last year at Red Bull, he became just an ordinary racing driver and actually struggled against Daniel Ricciardo. It was obvious then that that’s how he was exposed.
      “He didn’t say at the end of that year, or during that year, ‘wow, I’m in trouble here. When I don’t have a great back end, I need to start to be able to play with it a bit more and do more with the front, get the front to work.’
      “[There were] all sorts of things he could have done but he didn’t do any of that.
      “He just signed off and went to Ferrari and arrived as the four-time World Champion who was greeted with a lot of money and a lot of fan adulation.
      “And he never got any better, he was still the same driver. That’s the Sebastian Vettel story.”
      Windsor then referenced the collision between Vettel and Hamilton in 2017 where the German hit the back of the Brit after accusing him of brake testing.
      Continuing to talk about Vettel, he added: “The only thing you only can add is that he’s also the guy, behind the Safety Car, who drove into Lewis Hamilton at Baku [in 2017] because he was annoyed with Lewis for driving slowly.
      “He got away with that. He got away with that with a very, very small fine whereas Dan Ticktum lost his licence for a year for doing virtually the same thing. So that was disproportionate. He was very lucky to get away with that.
      “I never would have put him in the same class as Lewis. Maybe, if he’s got a really good back end on the car, I’d put him up there with Fernando [Alonso] – but if he’s got a wayward back end and not a lot of grip [he’s in trouble].
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      “Overall, throw a bit of crosswind at Seb, throw a bit of crosswind at Fernando, throw a bit of oil on the track, throw a bit of tyres going off – Fernando’s always going to do a better job [than Vettel] with all the variables up in the air.
      “Seb is very locked into what he does well.”
      Peter Windsor rates Hamilton well above VettelCredit: Getty More

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      F1’s Mick Schumacher joins Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s backup driver after Ferrari axe as he joins dad’s old team

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      MICK SCHUMACHER has joined Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s backup driver.The son of legend Michael failed to earn a new deal with Ferrari’s feeder team Haas.
      Mick Schumacher is the new Mercedes reserve driverCredit: Getty
      Father Michael spent three years with the team before he retiredCredit: AFP
      Mercedes revealed the news in a tweet that said: “Willkommen, Mick. 👋 Say hello to our 2023 Reserve Driver, @SchumacherMick.”
      The deal is a lifeline for Schumacher, who will also serve as back-up to George Russell for the 2023 season.
      It could be an emotional move, with father Michael having driven for Mercedes for three years until his ultimate retirement in 2012.
      Ferrari recently announced the axing of Mick Schumacher from its young driver academy, with the decision made just two days after Fred Vasseur was confirmed as new team principal of the Italian outfit.
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      A statement from Scuderia Ferrari confirmed the team and Schumacher had “mutually decided not to extend their collaboration, after working together for four years with Mick having been part of the Ferrari Driver Academy.”
      It added: “Mick joined the Ferrari family through the young driver programme in 2019 and, as an FDA driver, competed in Formula 2 for two seasons with the Prema Racing team.
      “He won three races and secured the 2020 championship title. The following year, he made his Formula 1 debut with the Haas F1 Team.
      “He raced for the team for two years, starting in 43 races and scoring 12 points, finishing sixth in this year’s Austrian Grand Prix and eighth in the British Grand Prix.
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      “In addition, he covered the role of reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari for the 2022 Formula 1 season.
      “Scuderia Ferrari thanks Mick for these four years and the many kilometres covered together, and wishes him all the best for the future.”
      Schumacher, 23, was axed by Haas as a driver for the 2023 campaign in favour of the experienced Nico Hulkenberg, 35, after struggling to get to grips with F1.
      The German failed to gain a single point in his debut season in 2021.
      He then improved in 2022, along with the car, and finished in 16th place in the Drivers’ Championship.
      However, his 12 points accrued still left him 13 points behind team-mate Kevin Magnussen.
      After the 2021 season, it was revealed that Mick Schumacher had caused more damage to his car in that campaign than any other driver.
      The German racked up a £4million bill for the Haas team after requiring eight new front wings and nine sets of suspension.
      Ahead of his deal with Mercedes, Schumacher said he was humbled to hear of Toto Wolff’s interest.
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      He commented: “Mercedes is an awesome brand and what they’ve achieved in Formula 1 is incredible.
      “For sure I am looking at my options, and Mercedes is a part of it.”
      Mick Schumacher will be backup to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell after joining MercedesCredit: Getty More

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      Ferrari hire replacement for axed Mattia Binotto as McLaren and Sauber get involved in bizarre managerial merry-go-round

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      FERRARI, McLaren and Sauber have all appointed new team chiefs in a bizarre managerial merry-go-round.Ferrari have signed Fred Vasseur as team boss after axing Mattia Binotto earlier this month.
      Ferrari have found a replacement for axed team boss Mattia BinottoCredit: Splash
      Fred Vasseur is joining Ferrari from SauberCredit: PA
      Vasseur, 54, joins the Italian team from Sauber, who have confirmed that highly-rated German, Andreas Seidl, has taken the position of CEO of the Sauber Group, which in turn is expected to run as the Audi F1 team in 2026.
      Seidl, who previously worked at BMW and Porsche, has left his role at McLaren where he has helped the team rebuild after a wretched few years.
      And he will be replaced by Andrea Stella, who has been promoted from his role as Executive Director by the Woking-based team.
      It is one of the biggest managerial shake-ups in years and will have widespread repercussions across the paddock as each new arrival tries to recruit new team members.
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      Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said: “We are delighted to welcome Fred Vasseur to Ferrari as our team principal.
      “Throughout his career he has successfully combined his technical strengths as a trained engineer with a consistent ability to bring out the best in his drivers and teams.
      “This approach and his leadership are what we need to push Ferrari forward with renewed energy.”
      Vasseur will be charged with delivering Ferrari their first title since 2008.
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      Andreas Seidl joins Sauber from McLaren, and has been replaced by Andrea StellaCredit: Getty
      He has a long career in motorsport and co-founded the ART Grand Prix junior team, which helped Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Nico Rosberg on their way up the ladder.
      Meanwhile, McLaren will be disappointed to lose Seidl, who has taken credit for the team’s improvements on track since he joined in 2019.
      Seidl will take over the CEO position held by Vasseur at the Sauber Group, which run as the Alfa Romeo team in F1.
      However, he will not hold the role of Team Principal, with a new appointment to be announced in due course.
      Seidl said: “It is great to join the Sauber Group from January: this is a team with a rich history in Formula One and an organisation I know really well from my time working and living in Hinwil for four years.
      “I can’t wait to join the team and work with all the colleagues at the Sauber Group on the ambitious goals we have set together.”
      And McLaren boss Zak Brown says replacing Seidl by promoting Stella was a natural choice.
      He said: “Andrea is a highly talented, experienced and respected member of our team with a strong track record of leadership and success in Formula One.
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      “His move into this role is a great example of the strength in depth we have in our team, and I’m excited to be working more closely with him with a joint focus on moving up the grid and winning races.”
      The triple signings come a day after Williams parted company with their team boss Jost Capito, with no replacement yet announced. More