F1 2023. The 2023 F1 season promises to be epic with 24 races on its calendar, including a return to Las Vegas in addition to Miami and Austin. Here are all the dates on the F1 2023 calendar.
[Mis à jour le 2 mars 2023 à 12h32] Here we go again ! After a winter marked by numerous transfers, including the retirement of four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, F1 is starting a 2023 season of all records, starting with the number of Grands Prix planned, 24 including three in the United States. United since after discovering Miami last year, F1 will return to Las Vegas on an unprecedented circuit laid out around the famous Strip.
F1 fans will also closely follow the debut of young rookies Logan Sargeant at Williams, the first American driver since 2015, and Oscar Piastri the promising Australian who slammed the door of the academy to join McLaren on the sly during a transfer which got the whole paddock talking. Others will scrutinize the full season debut of the most experienced Nyck de Vries at Alpha Tauri replacing Pierre Gasly whose Franco-French and even 100% Norman team with Esteban Ocon at Alpine is already making a lot of noise. Finally, Ferrari with its new French boss Frédéric Vasseur, will it finally manage to shake up Red Bull while Mercedes is also dreaming of returning to the forefront to unbolt Max Verstappen? So many exciting questions and duels on the track to follow until November 26, the date of the last Grand Prix on the 2023 calendar. It will be in Abu Dhabi. Here is all you need to know.
The 2023 Formula 1 season should have 24 Grands Prix, a record between March 5 at Sakhir for the Bahrain Grand Prix and November 24, 2022 at Yas Marina on the Abu Dhabi route. Here is the full schedule for F1 2023:
- Bahrain GP (Sakhir) : Sunday March 5, 2023, at 4 p.m. French time
- Saudi Arabian GP (Jeddah): Sunday March 19, 2023, at 6 p.m. French time
- Australian GP (Melbourne): Sunday April 2, 2023, at 7 a.m. French time
- Azerbaijan GP (Baku): Sunday April 30, 2023, at 2 p.m. French time
- Miami Grand Prix: Sunday May 7, 2023, at 9:30 p.m. French time
- Emilia-Romagna GP (Imola) : Sunday May 21, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Monaco GP: Sunday May 28, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Spanish GP (Barcelona): Sunday June 4, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Canadian GP (Montreal): Sunday June 18, 2023, at 8 p.m. French time
- Austrian GP (Spielberg): Sunday July 2, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- British GP (Silverstone): Sunday July 9, 2023, at 4 p.m. French time
- Hungarian GP (Budapest): Sunday July 23, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Belgian GP (Spa-Francorchamps) : Sunday July 30, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Dutch GP (Zandvoort): Sunday August 27, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Italian GP (Monza): Sunday September 3, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- Singapore GP (Marina Bay): Sunday September 17, 2023, at 2 p.m. French time
- Japanese GP (Suzuka): Sunday September 23, 2023, at 7 a.m. French time
- Qatar GP (Losail): Sunday October 8, 2023, at 3 p.m. French time
- United States GP (Austin): Sunday October 22, 2023, at 9 p.m. French time
- Mexican GP (Mexico): Sunday October 29, 2023, at 8 p.m. French time
- Brazilian GP (Interlagos): Sunday November 5, 2023, at 7 p.m. French time
- Las Vegas Grand Prix: Saturday November 18, 2023, at 7 a.m. French time
- Abu Dhabi GP (Yas Marina): Sunday November 26, 2023, at 2 p.m. French time
No change in the paddock. While some official team names may change, these are simple changes related to title sponsors. There will be 10 teams at the start of the 2023 season, therefore 20 single-seaters on the starting grid.
- Red Bull Racing
- Mercedes AMG Petronas
- Scuderia Ferrari
- McLaren F1 Team
- Alpine F1 Team
- Scuderia Alpha Tauri
- Aston Martin
- Williams Racing
- Alfa Romeo F1 Team
- Haas F1 Team
A lot of changes on the grid with transfers, departures and newcomers arriving in F1. If the status quo is in order in the top 3 composed of Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari, Alpine and McLaren have changed a driver. Here is the composition of the grid this year.
- At Red Bull: Max Verstappen (No. 1), Sergio Perez (No. 11)
- At Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton (#44), George Russell (#63)
- At Ferrari: Charles Leclerc (#16), Carlos Sainz (#55)
- At McLaren: Lando Norris (#4), Oscar Piastri (#81)
- At Alpine: Pierre Gasly (n°10), Esteban Ocon (n°31)
- At Scuderia Alpha Tauri: Nyck De Vries (#45), Yuki Tsunoda (#22)
- At Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso (#14), Lance Stroll (#18)
- At Williams: Logan Sargeant (n°2), Alexander Albon (n°23)
- At Alfa Romeo: Guanyu Zhou (#24), Valtteri Bottas (#77)
- At Haas: Kevin Magnussen (#20), Nico Hulkenberg (#27)