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  Hi, this week I'm predicting the 2023 season in Formula 1 This is based on my opinion and not the results of preseason testing in Bahrain Constructor's Championship 10. Alpha Tauri ( Yuki Tsunoda #22 and Nyck De Vries #21) Alpha Tauri has hired Nyck De Vries (won the 2019 F2 Championship). It is gonna be close between few different teams. 9. Williams (Alex Albon #23 and Logan Sargeant #2)   Williams has hired Logan Sargeant (F2 driver last   year). James Vowles is the new team principal   since Jost Capito has resigned from the role at the   end of last year. 8. Aston Martin ( Fernando Alonso #14 and Lance Stroll #18) Aston Martin signed Fernando Alonso after Sebastian Vettel retired last year. 7. Haas (Kevin Magnussen #20 and Nico Hulkenberg #27) Haas has replaced Mick Schumacher with Nico Hulkenberg. 6. McLaren (Lando Norris #4 and Oscar Piastri #81)  McLaren replaced Daniel Ricciardo with Oscar   Piastri (won F2 last year in his first season).   Andrea Stella is the new te

  Hi, this week I'm ranking the 2023 F1 liveries. All this my opinion, some are bad, good and great. 10. McLaren MCL60 9. Williams FW45 8. Red Bull RB19 7.  Aston Martin AMR23 6. Alpine A523 5. Alpha Tauri AT04 4. Mercedes W14 3. Haas VF-23 2. Alfa Romeo C43 1. Ferrari SF-23

  Hi, this week I'm introducing Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (born 12 December 1946) is a retired Brazilian automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Early life Emerson Fittipaldi was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the younger son of prominent Italian-Brazilian motorsports journalist and radio commentator Wilson Fittipaldi Sr and his wife Józefa "Juzy" Wojciechowska, an immigrant from Saint Petersburg of Polish and Russian descent. He was named after American author and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Both his parents had raced production cars shortly after the Second World War and Wilson Sr was also responsible for the first Mil Milhas race in 1956, in São Paulo, having been inspired by the 1949 Italian Mille Miglia. Emerson, along with his brother Wilson, became motorsports enthusiasts as young children. Career history At age 14, Fittipaldi was racing motorcyc

  Hi, this week I'm introducing Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian-born American former racing driver. One of the most successful drivers in the history of motorsports, Andretti is one of only two drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He has also won races in midget car racing and sprint car racing. Early life Mario Andretti and his twin brother Aldo were born to Alvise Andretti, a farm administrator, and his wife, Rina, in Montona, Istria (now Motovun, Croatia). Istria was then part of the Kingdom of Italy, but it was annexed by Yugoslavia at the end of World War II, as confirmed by the Treaty of Paris and Treaty of Osimo. The Andretti family left in 1948, during the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, ending up in a refugee camp in Lucca, Italy. Andretti told author Paul Stenning: "My father left everything behind, we left our home and took what we could c