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Damon Hill believes Max Verstappen will become "a target" in Formula 1 for 2023, after taking his second consecutive Drivers' Championship. The Dutchman set the record for the most wins in a season at 15 following his victory in Abu Dhabi, and has been the leader throughout the 2022 campaign in the dominant RB18. Hill says this constant success will bring out a "flip side" to how the com Pet ition reacts. "Not everybody loves a winner, their expression is or the idea is once you're leading, you're in a happy place," he said on the F1 Nation podcast. "But there's also this other thing, which is in this business, all these other teams want to bring you down. "So you become a target, and it can be sometimes baffling why people don't celebrate when you're doing really well, but there is that flip side to being successful." ...

Yuki Tsunoda says he is not concerned by any team leader status at AlphaTauri in 2023, following the arrival of Nyck de Vries . Next year the Japanese driver will enter his third full season in Formula 1, and his first season as the more experienced driver at a team. Having raced against Pierre Gasly in his first two seasons, Tsunoda has generally served in a supporting role to the Frenchman, who has accumulated more points in their time together. With Gasly moving to Alpine for 2023, AlphaTauri have signed Nyck de Vries , who impressed in his F1 debut at Williams at the Italian GP. Despite Tsunoda being more experienced than de Vries, the Dutchman is around five years older and has spent a couple of years driving different F1 cars, raising questions about which driver will become the 'team leader'. When asked about his status for next season, Tsunoda responded by placing more importance on being the quicker driver and attaining 'number one' status th...