Supercars has announced its full suite of race formats and control tyre allocations ahead of the 2023 season, the first for its new Gen3 cars. Drivers are predicting a 'crazy' opening race, while others have doubts over the new car's raceability ⬇️
The 12-event series will feature 28 races in total with a mix of formats ranging from 70-100 kilometre sprint races, 250-kilometre refuelling races and the two endurance races, the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000.
Perth, Tasmania, Darwin and The Bend will all run to the standard SuperSprint format, with three 100-kilometre races. Three-part knockout qualifying, meanwhile, will be used for the opening race at the Perth, Darwin and The Bend SuperSprints, as well as the opening race for the Sydney SuperNight.As for tyre allocations, there will be three Dunlop dry weather compounds in use across the season – the hard, soft and super soft. The hard will only make one appearance for the season as part of the only multi-compound event at Albert Park, where teams will have four sets of super softs to go with four sets of hards.
There remains a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the season with delays to the development process meaning teams have only started testing in the last week. Some teams are yet to turn a wheel with a Gen3 car yet with the likes of Team 18, Erebus Motorsport, Walkinshaw Andretti United and Brad Jones Racing still completing their first builds.
"Newcastle is going to be crazy. If you expect it to be the same as normal you're a dreamer. It will be pretty wild. We're all looking forward to it because we don't know what to expect." Supercars has looked to improve the racing product with its new car by dumping most of the downforce and moving to a platform consisting of mostly control parts. According to Reynolds the new car comes with its challenges, particularly in the terms of feel of the front end.
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