The 2023 Formula 1 driver line-up is finally complete now that Haas has confirmed that Nico Hülkenberg will return to the grid next year in place of Mick Schumacher. Show
Young American racer Logan Sargeant has also secured his seat at Williams, having finished high enough in this year’s F2 championship to qualify for a superlicence. He will be the first American driver in F1 since Alexander Rossi in 2015. This year’s silly season was just that, as the traditional summer announcements stretched into winter. Much of the movement was triggered by Sebastian Vettel announcing his retirement, and Fernando Alonso signing to replace him at Aston Martin. Alpine then said that Oscar Piastri would race for the team next year, only for the Australian to deny it and then reveal a deal with McLaren, replacing Daniel Ricciardo. Alpine finally filled the seat by signing Pierre Gasly from AlphaTauri. Nyck de Vries will replacing him at the Red Bull sister team. As the midfield drama played out, there was stability at the front, where the three top teams will continue into 2023 with an unchanged line-up. Here are the full details on drivers confirmed for next year. Confirmed 2023 F1 driver and team line-upsClick on any team for more details or scroll down for full commentary
Alfa Romeo 2023 F1 driver line-up
It has been a much improved season for Alfa Romeo, which has already scored more points this season than it did for all of 2021. Valtteri Bottas has taken on a leadership role since joining from Mercedes and will remain with the team for at two more years. Alongside him is rookie Zhou Guanyu, who initially signed for the team on a one-year contract but has put in some impressive performances, with the Chinese driver now confirmed for 2023. The young Chinese driver has shown signs of promise this season, a top-10 finish on his debut and eighth in Canada being the standout races, and also developed a very good partnership with Bottas. “[He is a] very great team-mate and it’s so nice,” Zhou said on the Beyond the Grid podcast. “Valtteri is great because with all his experience, he was able to not just answer all the questions I have, he was even asking me like ‘how do you feel? Do you have something you want to know even more about?’” Alfa will hope to build on its promising 2022 performances next year with its incumbent line-up. AlphaTauri 2023 F1 driver line-up
Red Bull made its choice early this season and extended Sergio Perez’s contract, which left Pierre Gasly with little hope of a return to the team. He then signed an contract extension with AlphaTauri for 2023, which seemed to settle his future. That was until the fireworks at Alpine, where both Alonso and Piastri turned their noses up at the second seat. Gasly suddenly entered the frame for the Alpine seat and the team was prepared to let him go — if it could sign IndyCar’s Colton Herta. However, the American doesn’t qualify for a superlicence, despite winning seven races and testing in F1 with McLaren. Enter Nyck de Vries. Last year’s Formula E champion became hot property after a points-winning performance at Monza when he filled in for Alex Albon at Williams. His availability has meant that AlphaTauri has now released Gasly and signed the young Dutchman for 2023. For the third year running, the team will include Yuki Tsunoda who signed a one-year extension following the Italian Grand Prix. Alpine 2023 F1 driver line-up
Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon will form an all-French line-up at Alpine after a surprisingly complex process to fill the factory seats. Fernando Alonso turned down the chance to extend his stay at the team in favour of a longer-term deal at Aston Martin, so Alpine then turned to Oscar Piastri, its wunderkid reserve driver who has been waiting for an F1 seat since winning the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles in consecutive years. Alpine announced a deal for 2023, but this was then strongly rejected by Piastri, who said: “This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. I will not be driving for Alpine next year.” The Australian and his countryman manager Mark Webber engineered a move to McLaren instead, as a replacement for the underperforming Daniel Ricciardo. Alpine then targeted Pierre Gasly who had already signed a contract extension for 2023 with AlphaTauri. The team was willing to release the Frenchman if it got the right driver, and duly did after signing Nyck de Vries. Aston Martin 2023 F1 driver line-up
Aston Martin will swap one multiple world champion for another next year, after announcing the signing of Fernando Alonso to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel. The 2005 and 2006 F1 champion will race for the team well into his 40s after agreeing a multi-year deal that was announced the day after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Aston Martin was quick to praise Vettel when he announced his retirement, saying that he’s helped lay the foundations for future success. Has Alonso finally timed a move perfectly to reap the rewards of Vettel’s work? There’s certainly plenty of investment in the team, including a new factory. Alonso’s team-mate has been confirmed for some time: Lance Stroll will continue racing for his father’s team. Ferrari 2023 F1 driver line-up
Ferrari has its driver pairing tied down for years to come, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz forming an impressive partnership. Leclerc has shown championship credentials since signing for Ferrari, while Sainz has had more mixed fortunes – having driven extremely well in 2021, the Spaniard has struggled with the tricky F1-75 which Ferrari produced for this year. Last season’s performances earned Sainz a three-year extension and the Scuderia is now focused on one goal: winning the Formula 1 world championship. Haas 2023 F1 driver line-up
Haas had a dramatic start to 2022 by releasing Nikita Mazepin while giving Kevin Magnussen a return to F1 after a season out, and it has kept F1 fans on tenterhooks right through until the end of the year, as the last team to announce its 2023 line-up. Magnussen was awarded a multi-year deal to partner Mick Schumacher who had an impressive rookie season by out-qualifying his team-mate at all but two races. However this year started difficultly for the German, who at one stage had no points compared to Magnussen’s 15. Come the British GP though, Schumacher began his turnaround, finishing eighth after battling with Max Verstappen, before scoring a sixth the week after in Austria but crashed again in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. It proved too much for the team who have replaced him with this year’s Aston Martin reserve Nico Hülkenberg, who is back full-time for the first season since 2019, and following some impressive substitute appearances for drivers affected by Covid. Antonio Giovinazzi had previously been tipped for the place but may have irreparably damaged his chances when he took part in an FP1 session for Haas at Circuit of the Americas and crashed. McLaren 2023 F1 driver line-up
With a combined age that’s barely older than Fernando Alonso, McLaren will enter 2023 with the fresh-faced line-up of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri; confirmed as the team’s second driver after a contract wrangle with Alpine. After two seasons of struggling with the car, Daniel Ricciardo will leave McLaren early at the end of this year. He makes way for the promising Piastri, who has sat on the sidelines as Alpine’s reserve driver, after winning three consecutive championships, culminating in the F2 title last year. McLaren is the second team to confirm Piastri for 2023 after Alpine announced that he was under contract and would replace the departing Alonso. Piastri immediately denied the statement, having already had talks with McLaren. The matter went to F1’s Contract Recognition Board and, after a verdict which hasn’t been made public, Piastri will now drive for McLaren. He will be alongside 22-year-old Norris who, despite his age, is a veteran of three seasons. His stellar form has contrasted sharply with that of Ricciardo and Norris signed a contract extension to 2025 before the season, underlining McLaren’s faith in him — and its fear that another team might poach him. Mercedes 2023 F1 driver line-up
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will be driving for Mercedes in 2023 with both of them under contract. Hamilton’s current deal expires at the end of next year while Russell, who joined for this season, is on a long-term contract. Its main focus is trying to get back to the top for 2023, after porpoising issues at the start of the season left the team trailing Ferrari and Red Bull on pace. Hamilton and Russell are working with the team to fight their way back to the front with both describing themselves as fully committed to Mercedes. Hamilton’s age – 37 – suggests that he may have some thinking to do about his future in F1 at the end of 2023, but both Russell and team boss Toto Wolff has suggested that he will continue for many more years. Red Bull 2023 F1 driver line-up
Max Verstappen was given quite the reward following his maiden world championship – a five-year extension, reported to be worth $55 million a year and level with Lewis Hamilton’s contract. By the end of the current deal, Verstappen will be 30-years-old but there is potential to go far beyond that for the brilliant Dutchman. “You heard on my radio on the in lap [just after winning the title], asking if I could stay for another 10/15 years,” Verstappen said at the FIA prize giving gala. “I am very happy where I am and I can be myself, and that I think is also really important. It’s not only about just purely F1: we can have fun, we can have a good laugh. It’s not only about performance, also you need to enjoy what you’re doing.” Alongside him for at least two more years will be Sergio Perez, with Red Bull now settling for a stable driver pairing. The news of Perez’s contract extension came just two days after his win in Monaco and it will take him to the end of 2024. “I am so proud to be a member of this team and I feel completely at home here now,” said Perez. “We are working very well together and my relationship with Max, on and off the track, is definitely helping drive us forward even more.” Following the rift that seemed to appear when Verstappen ignored team orders in Brazil, it remains to be seen whether that harmony prevails into 2023. Williams 2023 F1 driver line-up
Williams’ 2023 plans have been one of the worst-kept secrets of a gossip-filled driver transfer season. After three years with the team, it was no surprise to hear that Nicholas Latifi will leave when his contract expires at the end of the season, leaving a vacant seat. In reality, the team has been casting around for replacements for some time. The funding that came with Latifi was crucial in previous seasons, but now the team is under private equity ownership, it has said that it is no longer reliant on pay drivers and is parting ways with the underperforming Canadian. His replacement has been in the frame for several months but has only just been confirmed after securing a superlicence at the final Formula 2 round of the year in Abu Dhabi. At the United States Grand Prix, team boss Jost Capito revealed that American F2 driver and Williams junior Logan Sargeant will be promoted to Formula 1 — providing he could finish high enough in this year’s F2 championship to obtain the necessary superlicence points. Sargeant’s 13-point haul from Yas Marina put him fourth in the championship table and it was enough to confirm his place on the 2023 F1 grid. Alex Albon meanwhile has extended his impressive first season with the team by signing a multi-year contract from 2023. Who's driving for Alpine in 2023?The 2023 Formula 1 driver line-up is finally complete now that Haas has confirmed that Nico Hülkenberg will return to the grid next year in place of Mick Schumacher.
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Confirmed 2023 F1 driver and team line-ups.. What F1 drivers are confirmed for 2023?The 2023 F1 grid is finally settled. We've said goodbye to Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher and Daniel Ricciardo, but welcome Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri as rookies and Nico Hülkenberg returns after two seasons away.
Who will drive for Alpine next year?“Driving for a team that has French roots is something very special. “I know the strengths of Alpine having raced against them over the past couple of years and, clearly, their progress and ambition is very impressive.” Gasly and Ocon will be together for at least two years, since Ocon is contracted until 2024.
Will Mick Schumacher be in F1 in 2023?Haas F1 Team announced Thursday that Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, will not return in 2023 after two seasons driving for the team. Schumacher will be replaced by journeyman driver Nico Hulkenberg, who returns to the F1 grid for the first time since 2019.
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