Sunsetting the 2023 F1 championship hunt; drivers react to Andretti’s team bid

This is a digital version of the Prime Tire newsletter. GO DEEPER Max Verstappen’s historic F1 year deserves better than a Saturday sprint clincher If Verstappen wins the title on Saturday, he said Red Bull’s celebrations will be “nothing crazy, there’s still a race that we want to win on Sunday, of course.” Exactly. AlphaTauri rookie Liam Lawson called the upcoming weekend “quite tough,” and it’s easy to see why: it’s a circuit F1’s only visited once before. I like Michael, as I said, I like the organization, but I also understand other things, and I will support as well, whatever Aston Martin the position and, you know, I will be OK with anything.” Sergio Pérez’s answer boiled down to how “it’s a good name to have in Formula One” but “let’s wait and see” because it’s not their decision to make. GO DEEPER FIA approves Andretti bid to become new F1 team Outside the Points In case you missed it, we’re in the middle of our F1 Origin Stories series.