ALBERT PARK, VIC - MARCH 17: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Valtteri Bottas (77) ahead of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport driver Lewis Hamilton (44) and Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow driver Sebastian Vettel (5) at The Australian Formula One Grand Prix on March 17, 2019, at The Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Australia. (Photo by Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 F1 World Championship driver line-up, with the season set to begin in March 2023
The new season of Formula One is about four months away, but teams already seem to have finalized their drivers’ lineup for 2023. The 2023 F1 grid will see several new faces while we will certainly miss four-time World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, who retired at the end of the 2022 season. Let us now take a detailed look at the teams and drivers who are set to be a part of the 2023 F1 World Championship.
There will be three debutants in the F1 grid next season – Nyck de Vries (Alpha Tauri), Oscar Piastri (McLaren), and Logan Sargeant (Williams). We will also see the full-time return of Nico Hulkenberg for the first time since 2019, who has replaced Mick Schumacher at Haas. Meanwhile, Aston Martin has roped in two-time World Champion, Fernando Alonso to fill the spot vacated by the retiring Sebastian Vettel.
McLaren brought in Oscar Piastri after Alonso departed from the team. Yuki Tsunoda has moved on to Alpha Tauri while Alpine has signed Esteban Ocon to partner with Gasly in the Japanese driver’s place. Nicholas Latifi, Mick Schumacher, and Daniel Ricciardo will, unfortunately, miss out and won’t be a full-time part of the F1 grid next season, as things stand.
The 2023 F1 World Championship will be contested over a record twenty-four races and is scheduled to begin in March. The major change in the format of the race comes in the Sprint. There will be six sprint races this season compared to three in 2021 and 2022. It is due to take place in Azerbaijan, Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, the United States, and São Paulo Grands Prix.
When it comes to venues, 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. Unfortunately, the historical French Grand Prix will not feature on the 2023 calendar.
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