Kick-off for this 2023 season has been awarded! Twenty of the world’s top drivers compete for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first of 23 Grand Prix counting for the world championship. All six “Sprint” races will be on the drivers’ schedule. The successor to double champion Max Verstappen is clear. The Dutch driver could see him winning a third consecutive title and above all pocketing Sakhir’s first victory on the international circuit.
The 100% French team (crew, engine, drivers) is joining F1 in an unheard-of way for thirty-four years! But that will be the case this season with Alpine, driven by Esteban Ocon (26 years old in the photo) and Pierre Gasly (27 years old). Even more incredible, the two champions were born in Normandy in Évreux (27) and Rouen (76) respectively. It was also in Normandy where the two men had their first karting duel at the Anneville-Ambourville circuit. Between friendship and rivalry, they are now teammates and they say they are ready to “write a great story together”, each with a Grand Prix victory: in 2020 Gasly at Monza (Italy), the following year at Ocon, Hungaroring (Hungary). ). For Alpine, which is also a brand “made in Normandy” as it has been in Dieppe since 1955 (but manufactured by Enstone, UK for the A523 chassis and Viry-Châtillon for the engine), the goal is at least as long as 2022 do well: 4th in the builders ranking.
Bahrain Grand Prix will be on Canal+ on Sunday, March 5th at 15:55
FREDERIC LOHEZIC
Source: Programme Television
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