Was the 2023 season the blandest of the XNUMXst century?

Verstappen's domination, lack of suspense, controversies... so many reasons which pushed us to wonder if the 2023 F1 championship was not the most tasteless of our century. We compared it to four other seasons that weren't really remembered...

Published 08/12/2023 à 09:30

Dorian Grangier

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Was the 2023 season the blandest of the XNUMXst century?

Have we seen worse than 2023 in F1 history? © DPPI

There is no doubt that the 2023 financial year Formula 1 will not leave a lasting memory with fans: a sickening domination of Max Verstappen and Red Bull, lack of suspense every weekend, tasteless and (too) numerous Grands Prix, regular controversies... In short, the year which has just passed will not really remain in the hearts of fans (and journalists) as much The story of this season was flat and bland. Alone the multiple records of the triple world champion will go down in the history books...

However, despite all the reasons given above, would we not be victims of the “recency effect”, a cognitive bias which consists of remembering the most recent events more easily than the oldest? To want to judge the 2023 season too early, which some already consider to be one of the p

Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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YVES HENRI RANDIER

06/12/2023 at 10:47 a.m.

Certainly not the worst season... but looking forward to 2024, hoping that it will be tighter!

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