How Aston Martin and Alonso can save F1 2023 from Red Bull domination

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Alex Kalinauckas

Mar 7, 2023, 9:59 AM

OPINION: There’s more than one person in the Formula 1 paddock fearing Red Bull could win every race in the 2023 campaign after Max Verstappen’s Bahrain brilliance. But even if it’s just vaguely near that good, one driver returning to the spotlight could yet keep things interesting

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“Red Bull, they've got this championship,” Mercedes’ George Russell reflected after the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. “I don't think anybody's going to be fighting with them this year and I expect them to win... They should win every single race this season, is my bet.”

The paddock pessimism after Red Bull’s straightforward run to top winter testing and then setting a stunning long run pace in the season opener’s second practice session via star driver Max Verstappen proved correct. Red Bull has started 2023 in just as a commanding position as it ended 2022.

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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.