Welcome to the Formula 1 2013 thread -

Teams and Drivers

Caterham - Charles Pic and TBC
Ferrari - Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa
Force India - Paul di Resta and TBC
Lotus - Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean
Marussia - TBC and Max Chilton
Mclaren - Jenson Button and Sergio Perez
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg
Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
Sauber - Nico Hulkenburg and Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso - Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams - Pastor Maldnado and Valtteri Bottas


2013 Calendar

Mar 17 - Albert Park, Australia
Mar 24 - Sepang, Malaysia
Apr 14 - Shanghai, China
Apr 21 - Sakhir International, Bahrain
May 12 - Barcelona, Spain
May 26 - Monte Carlo, Monaco
Jun 09 - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada
Jun 30 - Silverstone, Great Britain
Jul 07 - TBA, Germany
Jul 28 - Hungaroring, Hungary
Aug 25 - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Sep 08 - Monza, Italy
Sep 22 - Marina Bay, Singapore
Oct 06 - Yeongam, Korea
Oct 13 - Suzuka, Japan
Oct 27 - Buddh International, India
Nov 03 - Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Nov 17 - Circuit of the Americas, United States
Nov 24 - Interlagos, Brazil

Car Launches

Jan 31 - McLaren
Feb 01 - Ferrari
Feb 01 - Force India
Feb 02 - Sauber
Feb 03 - Red Bull
Feb 04 - Mercedes
Feb 04 - Toro Rosso
Feb 19 - Williams

Winter Testing

Feb 05 - Jerez
Feb 06 - Jerez
Feb 07 - Jerez
Feb 08 - Jerez
Feb 19 - Barcelona
Feb 20 - Barcelona
Feb 21 - Barcelona
Feb 22 - Barcelona
Feb 28 - Barcelona
Mar 01 - Barcelona
Mar 02 - Barcelona
Mar 03 - Barcelona

Eagerly awaiting....

I was looking forward to a week in NYC and catching the Grand Prix in New Jersey. Hopefully next year...

I'm looking forward to two things. One, see what Hamilton can do for Mercedes and two, see what happens at Mclaren with JB and Perez

Timo Clock has left Marussia with "immediate effect" - Clicky

BBC F1 team so far...

Suzi Perry - Main Presenter
Lee McKenzie - Co Presenter (possibly doing the same pit interviews as last year).

Looks like a good line up so far

So have Eddie, David etc been given the push?

No word as yet.

I haven't heard anything official either way.

Suzi Perry strongly hinted on Twitter that Eddie and DC were joining her in the paddock this year - not exactly official, but pretty close to it.

It would be a great loss if there wasn't an ex F1 drive at least on the team.

Ross Brawn's role is under threat at Mercedes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21143847

I find that hard to believe. Are they blaming him for their poor performance?

If he's under threat, he'll up sticks and pick his job in another team.

If it is the case, I suspect he will retire comfortably with, maybe, a second career as an after dinner speaker. Or even spend some quality time with the wife and kids, which can't have been too frequent in the last 25 years.
The Mercedes racing team has grown steadily more top heavy and I can see Brawn happy to take a large fee to exit stage left frankly.

I doubt that Ross Brawn will be out of work long. He might be snapped up by some other team.

They'd be mad to get rid of Ross Brawn.

Pretty much all of Mercedes problems last year came from three causes - the car was very average to start with, they didn't develop it well over the season and, erm, Michael Schumacher having some silly mistakes. None of that is really down to Ross Brawn, he'll have very little to do with the design and engineering side.

When the car is good, everyone knows that's where Ross Brawn is worth his weight in gold - there is no better tactician in F1 than him. Full stop. There will be a long list of potential employers knocking at his door if this is true. If he wants to continue in F1, then another team will snap him up.

If he wasn't already, I bet Lewis is beginning to regret his move to Mercedes with this news.