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At A Glance

The 2023 Season So Far...

The 2023 season has had a bumpy start for most teams while Red Bull manages to increase distance from other teams on the Constructors Standings.

Featured Driver of the Month

Charles Leclerc - Ferrari

While gearing up for the Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc's performance in Practice 1 and 2 looked promising, and landed Leclerc in P7 for qualifying, meaning he's 7th on the starting grid for the race. This position was very short lived after Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll made contact with Leclerc's rear right wheel, causing him to spin out into the gravel on the third turn of lap 1 resulting in a DNF (did not finish). Fast forward to the Azerbaijan GP, where the Ferrari driver was doing phenominal, finishing podium on Practice 1, Qualifying, the new-to-this season Sprint Shootout, the Sprint, and finishing P3 Overall in the Grand Prix. Leclerc's performance in Australia compared to Azerbaijan is night and day, and it seems Ferrari had the right idea with the strategy they executed for Charles.

Headshot photo of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc looking straight at the camera.

Current Standings for the 2023 season

Week of May 7th 2023

After the Miami GP this week, Red Bull continues to dominate the standings with 224 total points, with their two drivers, Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, maintaining the #1 and #2 spot for the driver's standings. In second place we have Aston Martin, who has seen incredible success with driver Fernando Alonso, who has gotten 75 of the 102 total points for Aston Martin. In at third we have Mercedes with 96 points, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Geroge Russell having near the same amount of points. After Mercedes is Ferrari, with 78 points, which is faily low for a team with such great history, but drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz hope to start gaining more points quickly. "It's very tough for us at the moment" said Sainz. Tied for 5th we have McLaren and Alpine, both with 14 points and seeing a steep drop-off behind Ferrari. In 7th is the Haas F1 Team with 8 points, followed by Alfa Romeo with 6 points. In 9th and 10th we have AlphaTauri with 2 points, and Williams in last with 1 point.