2023 Formula 1 season: full race calendar, winter testing dates, driver line-ups, car launch dates. Everything there is to know about the 2023 F1 season.

The full 2023 Formula 1 race calendar
The 2023 Formula 1 season was set to be marked by a record 24 races, but for now there are only 23 events scheduled for 2023, as the Chinese Grand Prix cannot be held due to the COVID-19 restrictions. However, the Formula 1 top management is evaluating different options to replace the Shanghai event. The current schedule, that would still be a new record even with 23 rounds, includes the first edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix and six race weekends that will take place based on the Sprint format.

F1 CALENDAR 2023:
March 5: Bahrain (Sakhir)
March 19: Saudi Arabia (Jeddah)
April 2: Australia (Melbourne)
April 30: Azerbaijan (Baku)*
May 7: Miami (Miami)
May 21: Emilia Romagna (Imola)
May 28: Monaco (Monaco)
June 4: Spain (Barcelona)
June 18: Canada (Montreal)
July 2: Austria (Spielberg)*
July 9: Great Britain (Silverstone)
July 23: Hungary (Budapest)
July 30: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)*
August 27: Netherlands (Zandvoort)
September 3: Italy (Monza)
September 17: Singapore (Marina Bay)
September 24: Japan (Suzuka)
October 8: Qatar (Losail)*
October 22: USA (Austin)*
October 29: Mexico (Mexico City)
November 5: Brazil (Sao Paulo)*
November 18: Las Vegas
November 26: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)

*indicates a Sprint race weekend

Pre-season F1 testing
Ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 campaign, there will be only one winter testing session, which takes place at the Bahrain International Circuit, the venue that will also host the first Grand Prix of the new season. The three days of pre-season testing take place between 23 and 25 of February.

Driver and team line-ups
As the full grid has been officially announced for the 2023 Formula 1 championship, there are only two question marks regarding the team bosses who will take charge of Williams and Alfa Romeo, after Jost Capito left Williams and Frederic Vasseur moved to Scuderia Ferrari from Alfa Romeo.

F1 contracts: Who’s driving where in 2023?

Team	Driver 1	Driver 2	Team principal
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	Sergio Perez	Christian Horner
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz	Frederic Vasseur
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	George Russell	Toto Wolff
Alpine	Esteban Ocon	Pierre Gasly	Otmar Szafnauer
McLaren	Lando Norris	Oscar Piastri	Andrea Stella
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas	Zhou Guanyu	TBC
Haas	Kevin Magnussen	Nico Hulkenberg	Guenther Steiner
Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso	Lance Stroll	Mike Krack
AlphaTauri	Yuki Tsunoda	Nyck de Vries	Franz Tost
Williams	Alex Albon	Logan Sargeant	TBC

Formula 1 teams are working hard on getting ready for the 2023 campaign and car launch dates are starting to be confirmed, with AlphaTauri joining Aston Martin and Scuderia Ferrari in revealing the dates for the presentation of their next cars:

2023 F1 car launch dates

Team	Date	Location
Aston Martin	February 13	Silverstone
Ferrari	February 14	TBC
AlphaTauri	February 11	New York City
Red Bull	TBC	TBC
Mercedes	TBC	TBC
Alpine	TBC	TBC
McLaren	TBC	TBC
Alfa Romeo	TBC	TBC
Haas	TBC	TBC
Williams	TBC	TBC