What is the 2023 F1 schedule?

The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula One cars which will be the 74th running of the Formula One World Championship.[a] It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is due to be contested over a record twenty-four Grands Prix, which will be held around the world, and it is scheduled to begin in March and to end in November.[1]

Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing, is due to be the reigning Drivers' Champion.[2]

Entries

The following constructors and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2023 World Championship.[3] All teams are due to compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.[4] Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.[5]

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Power unit	Race drivers
No.	Driver name
Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	TBA	Ferrari	24	Zhou Guanyu[6]
77	Valtteri Bottas[7]
Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri-RBPT	TBA	Red Bull[8][9]	22	Yuki Tsunoda[10]
TBA	Nyck de Vries[11]
BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine-Renault	TBA	Renault	10	Pierre Gasly[12]
31	Esteban Ocon[13]
Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	AMR23[14]	Mercedes	14	Fernando Alonso[14]
18	Lance Stroll[14]
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	TBA	Ferrari	16	Charles Leclerc[15]
55	Carlos Sainz Jr.[16]
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team[17]	Haas-Ferrari	TBA	Ferrari[18]	20	Kevin Magnussen[19]
TBA	TBA
McLaren F1 Team	McLaren-Mercedes	TBA	Mercedes[20]	4	Lando Norris[21]
81	Oscar Piastri[22][23]
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W14[24]	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton[25]
63	George Russell[26]
Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	TBA	Red Bull[8][9]	1	Max Verstappen[27]
11	Sergio Pérez[28]
Williams Racing	Williams-Mercedes	TBA	Mercedes[29]	23	Alexander Albon[30]
TBA	TBA[b]
Source:

Driver changes

Sebastian Vettel is due to retire at the end of the 2022 championship, ending his Formula One career after 16 seasons.[32] His place at Aston Martin is due to be taken by Fernando Alonso, who will leave Alpine after two seasons.[14] His replacement was initially announced as the 2021 Formula 2 Champion and reserve driver Oscar Piastri.[33] Shortly after the announcement, Piastri stated that he had not signed a contract for 2023 and that he would not be driving for Alpine.[34] The FIA Contract Recognition Board ruled that he did not have any contractual obligations to race for Alpine.[35]

Daniel Ricciardo is due to leave McLaren after two seasons. He had a contract to drive for the team in 2023, but it was terminated during the 2022 championship by mutual agreement.[36] Ricciardo's seat is due to be filled by Piastri, who will make his Formula One debut.[22]

Nicholas Latifi is due to leave Williams after spending three seasons with the team,[37] with his seat due to be filled by Logan Sargeant if he gets enough points in the FIA Super Licence from his finishing position in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship. Sargeant would make is Formula One debut, as well as becoming the first American Formula One driver to compete since Alexander Rossi in 2015 with former team MRT.[31]

Pierre Gasly, who had a contract to drive for AlphaTauri, is due to move to Alpine, replacing Alonso.[12] Gasly is due to be replaced by the 2020–21 Formula E and 2019 Formula 2 Champion Nyck de Vries.[11]

Calendar

The 2023 calendar is due to feature twenty-four Grands Prix.[1]

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Race date
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	5 March
2	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	19 March
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	2 April
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	16 April
5	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	30 April
6	Miami Grand Prix	Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida	7 May
7	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Imola Circuit, Imola	21 May
8	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco	28 May
9	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	4 June
10	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal	18 June
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 July
12	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	9 July
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	23 July
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	30 July
15	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	27 August
16	Italian Grand Prix	Monza Circuit, Monza	3 September
17	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	17 September
18	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	24 September
19	Qatar Grand Prix	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	8 October
20	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	22 October
21	Mexico City Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	29 October
22	São Paulo Grand Prix	Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo	5 November
23	Las Vegas Grand Prix	Las Vegas Street Circuit, Las Vegas[c]	18 November
24	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	26 November
Source:[1]

Calendar expansion and changes

• The Chinese and Qatar Grands Prix are scheduled to return to the calendar, after last being held in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
• The Qatar and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were initially planned to be moved to new, purpose-built circuits, before being retained in Lusail and Jeddah, respectively.[38][39][1]
• The Las Vegas Grand Prix is due to make its debut, with the race planned to be held in November on a new street track across the Las Vegas Strip. It will be the first Grand Prix which will be held in Las Vegas since the 1982 season with the Caesars Palace Grand Prix and the third race in the calendar to be held in the United States for the first time since the same season.[40][41]
• The Russian Grand Prix was under contract to feature on the 2023 calendar. It was originally meant to switch its venue from the Sochi Autodrom to Igora Drive, in Novozhilovo, located about 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Saint Petersburg.[42] However, the Grand Prix had its contract terminated in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[43]
• The French Grand Prix will not feature on the 2023 calendar although the promoters of the Grand Prix stated that they would aim for a rotational race deal by sharing its slot with other Grands Prix.[44]

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

Following large amounts of porpoising during 2022, the FIA is proposing to introduce changes to the regulations to limit excessive porpoising. Floor edges would be raised by 15 millimetres (0.59 in) and the throat of the diffuser would also be raised, by a yet to be determined amount. The diffuser edge stiffness will be increased and an additional sensor will be mandated to monitor the porpoising phenomenon more effectively.[45] Lateral floor deflection tests are also due to be more stringent.[46]

Following Zhou Guanyu's crash at the 2022 British Grand Prix, a rounded top will now be required on the roll hoop, which will reduce the chance of it digging into the ground during an accident; a change will be made to ensure a minimum height for the point of application of the homologation test; there will be a new physical homologation test where the load pushes the roll hoop in the forward direction; there will be a definition of new tests, to be carried out by calculation.[45]

Sporting regulations

With the intention of making tyre usage more sustainable in the future, Formula One will trial a reduction in allocated tyre sets from 13 to 11 at two races in 2023. At these races the use of tyres in qualifying will be mandated as hard in Q1, medium in Q2 and soft in Q3, assuming that the weather is dry. Teams are usually free to choose which tyre compound they run during qualifying.[47]

Sprint events

The sprint format is due to be run at six Grands Prix from this season onwards, compared to three in 2021 and 2022.[48]

Season summary

Pre-season

There is due to be one pre-season test, at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on 23–25 February.[1]

Notes

1. ^ In the history of Formula One, regulations were first introduced during the 1946 Grand Prix season. These were adopted for every race in 1948, and were formally organised into a championship in 1950.
2. ^ Williams' team principal Jost Capito said Logan Sargeant would be driving for the team if he got enough points in the FIA Super Licence from his finishing position in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship.[31]
3. ^ The Las Vegas Street Circuit is subject to the FIA circuit homologation.[1]

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