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Oscar Piastri knows he is following in the footsteps of McLaren's great drivers, including Lewis Hamilton who he joins on the F1 grid in 2023.

Looking into his crystal ball Oscar remarked: “If it’s been a year that I’ve learned a lot and built the foundation for the rest of my career, then that would be a success. Going to my home grand prix in Melbourne as a Reserve Driver for the first time, as opposed to going as a racing driver, was probably a good experience because it means that I know roughly what I am getting myself into. “Now that I am in F1, it is important to have good people and management around you. It has been nice in that sense to be so busy, but in general, I think my character is pretty stable, and it is a personality trait of mine to be pretty relaxed. For the last 12 months, I was learning as much as possible from being a Reserve Driver, but there was never the certainty that I would get a race seat, but now I have a race seat that sharpens your focus. The new McLaren driver explained: “That is a bit of an unusual one that I am still getting my head around.

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It’s going to be a very special event.” which I’m very thankful for,” he said. So knowing that the crowd is going to be there, with me as the home driver now. Piastri was caught in a tug-of-war between Alpine - where he was a reserve driver - and McLaren last year with the former claiming he was contracted to them, even announcing him as part of their 2023 line-up. “For me, a successful year would be me setting the foundations for later in the year and the years to come, hopefully, and doing everything the right way from the beginning... But the Australian said his main focus in 2023 was to set the foundations for a long F1 career.

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So knowing that the crowd is going to be there, with me as the home driver now. I grew up 10-15 minutes down the road from Albert Park," he said. "I didn't watch Drive to Survive. "Everyone in F1 is here because we've had a very successful junior career … I can't wait for it. "Yeah, I think so [I can beat him].

Oscar Piastri might be new to F1, but the rookie has already impressed McLaren by "challenging" the team.

In this sense, he was impressive." "The way he gets to the bottom of matters and even maybe questions like, 'Why did you guys do this here? "There [are] drivers with whom you have to kind of guide the process, go on a step-by-step [process of], 'Okay, let's stop now.

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri is heading into the 2023 F1 season without any fixed expectations in terms of results for the year ahead.

“There’s going to be an element of rust there at the beginning having not raced for a while now, so trying to get back up to speed there and just putting the right processes in place to really fast track my learning as much as we can. Prior to that, he will have just a day-and-a-half of running in the car during pre-season testing, which starts this Thursday. McLaren driver Oscar Piastri is heading into the 2023 F1 season without any fixed expectations in terms of results for the year ahead.

The 21-year-old will make his bow in Bahrain testing this month after replacing fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo.

So knowing that the crowd is going to be there, with me as the home driver now. which I'm very thankful for," he said. It's going to be a very special event." Piastri was caught in a tug-of-war between Alpine -- where he was a reserve driver -- and McLaren last year with the former claiming he was contracted to them, even announcing him as part of their 2023 line-up. "For me, a successful year would be me setting the foundations for later in the year and the years to come, hopefully, and doing everything the right way from the beginning... But the Australian said his main focus in 2023 was to set the foundations for a long F1 career.

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Esteban Ocon says his new Alpine A523 make its predecessor look like “a toy” in comparison as so much attention to detail has gone into its creation.

Can W14 return Mercedes to the top? We've seen it in the past, we were not expecting the Brawn to be a winning car in 2009.” Asked if the car could win races, he added: “Realistically, I don't think that's where we set ourselves. “We're very ambitious, we are competitors, that's what we want to achieve. There was not a lot missing, and with a worse car in 2021 we won a race, and we finished third in one. “It's a good evolution compared to last year,” said Ocon.

Alpine were the last team to unveil their 2023 F1 car – the A523 – and it marks a huge change in philosophy over last year's machine.

As with almost all the 2023 cars, there has been a reassignment of radiator area and in this case Alpine has used that to achieve narrower sidepods, with a bulkier shoulder area above. The lower placement of the suspension rockers with a pushrod layout is probably partly responsible for how the bodywork comes down lower towards the rear axle than before. Last year’s car’s very stiff floor and wide body kept the aerodynamic porpoising at bay, achieving a good level of control of it by way of front and rear ride heights. The rear of the car has been completely refashioned, with a switch from pullrod to pushrod activation for the suspension. This is for the sake of the aero platform which is more important than ever with this generation of ground effect car because the car’s attitude can determine which proportion of the incoming air goes over the body and under the floor. That goes for the front and rear suspension geometries too. The front suspension geometry change is actually a good clue for how the team have set about making those aero gains. Alpine were the last team to unveil their 2023 F1 car – the A523 – and it marks a huge change in philosophy over last year's machine. The bottom flap of the wing is now attached to the nose rather than hanging from it. This is a big focus of effort for all teams under this regulation set. This is the opposite of what’s desired, which is a stable rear on turn-in but good responsive rotation through the corner. If this proportion changes too much during braking and into the corner, the powerful underfloor means that if it is suddenly starved, the rear can be unstable, only to return to a less responsive, benign balance mid-corner when the car has levelled out.

Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly will be teammates in 2023 - despite a tetchy relationship off-track.

The target is to be winning races, and how do you achieve that? How much money will F1's class of 2023 take home with them? "But that doesn't really matter as long as the atmosphere is great inside the team, and that is how it is at the moment.