Supercomputer predicts 2023 F1 season but will Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes close gap on Max Verstappen’s Red Bull?
A SUPERCOMPUTER has predicted the outcome of the new Formula One season as Lewis Hamilton looks to end Max Verstappen's winning run.
The Dutchman has claimed the last two Drivers' Championship crowns with no one getting even close to the dominant Red Bull driver this season.
With all ten teams hard at work improving their cars over the winter, it can be difficult to judge the strengths and weakness of the field ahead of next month's opening race in Bahrain.
But a supercomputer from has chewed up all the available information ahead of the new season and expects Verstappen to triumph again.
The 25-year-old was in the form of his life in 2022 and won 15 of the 22 Grand Prix last season.
He wrapped up the title with four races to go and left all of his rivals in his dust.
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Hamilton has been tipped to finish second in this year's table.
The supercomputer believes the Mercedes man will miss out on a record-breaking eighth world title but improve on his sixth-place from last season.
Meanwhile, the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are predicted to finish 3rd and 5th with Hamilton's teammate George Russell sandwiched in between them.
Brit racer Lando Norris is expected to be the best of the rest behind the dominant Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari teams.
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While his new teammate Oscar Piastri has been tipped to have the best season out of all the rookies with a 11th-place finish.
Also new to the grid is Alpha Tauri's Nyck de Vries, who is expected to come 14th, while fellow newbie Logan Sargeant has been predicted to finish bottom in his Williams.
Pre-season testing gets underway next week before the first race in Bahrain on March 5.