It feels like the excitement of a dramatic climax to the F1 2012 season has only just subsided, but that hasn't stopped analysts already turning their heads to 2013. The prospects of the twelve teams going into F1 2013 are already coming under scrutiny.

After a dominant and record breaking 2012 season from Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, testing in February will provide a first glimpse at the teams ahead of the first race on 17th March.

Can Red Bull maintain the team cohesion that has produced three consecutive driver's and constructor's championships, or will Ferrari find their way back to the top of the pile? How will Hamilton fare in his new outfit at Mercedes?

Despite Vettel's incredible season, Ferrari frontman Fernando Alonso came a close second in the 2012 final standings, three points behind his German adversary, and will be looking for a reprisal this time around.

The question for last season's nearly men pivots around their ability to reproduce a team akin to that of the world-beating Ferrari team of a decade ago. Between 1998 and 2003, Ferrari won five consecutive Constructor's Championships, with Michael Schumacher also winning four of those in the Driver's Championship's during a period of complete Ferrari dominance.

This was not simply down to the brilliance of Michael Schumacher, but the evolution of an well-oiled superteam. 

"The winners brought together at Ferrari were distinctive in their collective appreciation of the commitment and effectiveness of every single team member. Underpinning the Ferrari approach was a shared philosophy that they could only win together as a unit and that every team member had a critical role to play."

From Khoi Tu's book "Superteams: The Secrets of Stellar Performance from Seven Legendary Teams"

The BBC's Andrew Benson takes a look at what's in store for the teams in the run up to the 2013 season: F1 2013: What the year ahead has in store for teams and drivers alike

Extract from Benson's BBC Sport article:

For Ferrari, the big questions heading into 2013 all surround the team. Can they finally make a car good enough to challenge for wins on pure performance, rather than relying on circumstances and the relentless talent of Alonso?

Written by Sam Ramsden

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