The opening weekend of Formula 1 on-track action might not have electrified as we hoped, but that hasn't stopped the 2024 season from providing entertainment.
With Lewis Hamilton's switch to Ferrari and the Red Bull Racing civil war growing in ferocity, the perfect storm of paddock drama has created a new, previously unthinkable, potential driver move: Max Verstappen to Mercedes.
The honey badger making the switch during an ongoing championship, however? That's where the spice level rises, but Horner's team have plenty of previous form.
A few poor performances from Sergio Perez and a Ricciardo promotion from RB to Red Bull could happen sooner rather than later.
Should Andrea Kimi Antonelli meet the incredibly high expectation levels, many think the Italian could join F1 as soon as next year.
It'd be a risk for an unknown quantity in F1 machinery, but fortunately for Antonelli, he already has the prerequisite superlicence points to race in F1, just not the age.
Might Mercedes convince the likes of Williams to trial him after Antonelli's summer break birthday with a hefty engine discount? Stranger things have happened...
Uncertainty around Red Bull is fuelling so much speculation, so who better for Horner to recruit than long-time ally Sebastian Vettel to help steady the ship?
The four-time champion took all his titles with Horner and remains connected to the sport with his passion for sustainability.
There's nowhere more public for Vettel to further that ambition than the world champions, where he could join the team in a senior position similar to - or in place of - Helmut Marko.
New York City GP
Three grands prix across the USA shows the sport's direction, and with Miami and Vegas continuing the trend of street circuits, it's not unrealistic to think another announcement may come in 2024.
Chicago is the heavily rumoured event, but let's not forget that the idea of a New York race has bounced around for years.
Liberty Media seem to know how to turn the wildest idea into reality, like racing down The Strip, so F1 taking over a few blocks in Manhattan might be their next trick.
That's not a good look for the longevity of their powertrain deal, and the American giant might decide there's no need for their brand to get dragged through the media mud and pull the plug entirely before getting too deep.
Ford could perhaps align themselves with another outfit, look at entering as a new team in their own right, or decide that F1's tendency to air dirty laundry isn't for them and walk away entirely.
What a turbulent time the last year has been for Alpine, with a new driver line-up and an endless revolving door of senior personnel.
So much shuffling doesn't suggest the team is in control of its future, so just how long will Renault, and the French taxpayer, continue funding this project?
With Andretti failing to get F1 approval, could the American outfit circumnavigate F1's apprehension of adding a new entry by replacing an outgoing operation instead?
Bahrain showed there isn't a lot of change in the 2024 running order from 2023, but the similar single-lap pace of the grid means qualifying will see shocks at almost every round.
With Nico Hulkenberg making Q3 at the season opener and the Haas drivers finding their VF-24 car is better on tyres than last year's entry, who knows what a high-performing Q3 might bring?
If Hulkenberg can find the quali pace he had in Canada last year or his 2020 Silverstone cameo, but at a track like Monaco or Singapore, he might finally make that long-awaited podium trip.
Aston Martin's gigantic leap up the order in 2023's first half made it look like the green team might be on course to fulfil Lawrence Stroll's ambitions to be a championship-winning team sooner than later.
The subsequent slip back, however, and the progress of McLaren, Ferrari, and Mercedes to surpass them again showed that F1 might be the one thing Stroll can't tame.
His son, Lance Stroll, is still in the shadow of Fernando Alonso, too.
Perhaps a lack of team progress and Lance's delta to the driver in the other car could appear as an investment for Lawrence to cut loose in 2024.
Spreading the Sprint
F1 Sprint is in for another format change this year as the sport continues overlooking the negative fan reaction from the short-form racing format.
Should the adjustment not prove a disaster and create enough overtakes for some clippable social content, don't be surprised if an announcement comes that Sprint will become more widespread.
We started with three sessions in a season, then six, and then had the addition of Shootout last year.
Half of a season's races losing FP2 and FP3 doesn't seem as unlikely as it once did, does it?
Wolff walks away
The FIA called the Wolff name into question last year, and although they soon dropped the investigation into Toto and Susie Wolff, that's not something anyone would quickly forget.
That was just an early Christmas 'present' for Toto Wolff, with Hamilton's shock announcement coming as a late one.
Might Wolff look at those surprises, plus another season of Mercedes struggling, see the negative headlines another Team Principal is enduring, and think it's time to walk away? You wouldn't blame him if he did.
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