F1 Season Preview: Are Red Bull and Max Verstappen the New Dynasty?

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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When Liberty Media took control of Formula 1 racing in 2017, they made a bet on being able to grow the sport in the United States. F1 has always attracted an audience of hundreds of millions overseas – but now, with millions tuning into races on ESPN domestically, and millions more binging Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix, all signs point to a bet that has paid off. So today, ESPN F1 editor Laurence Edmondson joins us ahead of the 2023 season to tell us who is leading the pack, who is chasing them, and how, in the end, this sport of inches ultimately comes down to the fateful decisions of a bunch of nerdy engineers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lawrence Edmondson, I don't know a ton admittedly about the country of Bahrain, but I do know
0:06.1	that it is in the Middle East that you are there right now and that is also where the
0:10.3	Formula One season is about to start this weekend.
0:14.1	And so as you are at the precipice of this season and you're surveying, not just Bahrain,
0:19.2	but the whole season in front of you, what are the big headlines here?
0:24.1	If you get to boil it down, that are going to be of our interest in 2023.
0:29.2	Well, there's a huge amount to look forward to.
0:31.1	We have 23 races, which is a record.
0:33.1	And one of the new ones is Las Vegas.
0:36.1	For a long time, if one's been trying to get itself into Vegas,
0:39.8	of the end of the US market, we have Miami as a new race.
0:42.7	Last year, we've had Austin since 2012.
0:44.5	So three races in the United States.
0:47.3	And it's the penultimate race.
0:49.6	So we could have a championship battle by that stage.
0:52.4	So that's something that a lot of people are very excited about.
0:55.6	And then at this time of the year, there's always a question of
0:58.1	who's going to be able to challenge for titles.
1:02.4	Can anyone beat Max for Stappen?
1:05.2	Max for Stappen has taken the checkered flag to win the Japanese Grand Prix.
1:11.9	Well champion.
1:12.8	Well, I don't know what can I say.
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