UNPICKING THE NEW PECKING ORDER
Writing this during the last stages of 2023 pre-season testing, one might hope to make a clear prediction for the coming season – but, as happens every year, the picture only really becomes apparent a few races into the season. That doesn’t prevent us, as competitive people, from analysing every bit of data, scrutinising every comment, and applying judgement to visual clues to try and establish the pecking order.
Restricting the pre-season test to just three days means there’s a lot of work for the teams to get through. The new-car sign-off lists have to be
