In the 2022 season of Formula One the apex motorsport ushered in the most extensive vehicle changes in its history, revolutionizing the sport with a hard spending cap ($140-million per team for 2022, with various adjustments for 2023), and ostensibly leveling the field for parity. This goal of equalization was largely realized as one of the most exciting, down-to-the-wire seasons created shifts across the grid—with Ferrari edging itself above Mercedes-AMG Petronas for the first time in a decade, Alpine Renault finally cracking the top four, and Alfa Romeo moving up three slots thanks partly to the addition of AMG veteran Valtteri Bottas jumping in the driver’s seat.
For 2023 the rule changes are much more subtle, meaning constructors can add to last year’s machines instead of reimagining them from the ground up. After several races, some major talking points materialized, headlines drafted in smoldering rubber. Although as everyone knows in F1 teams can make major in-season developments
