Oscar Piastri, McLaren, System 1 (Photograph by Bryn Lennon/Getty Photographs)
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After a foolish season stuffed with driver adjustments throughout a number of groups all through the 2022 System 1 season, the motive force lineup is solidified for 2023.
The 2022 System 1 foolish season was one crammed with chaos, authorized battles, and signings which as soon as upon a time would have been thought of massively stunning.
In whole, simply 14 of the 20 drivers from this previous season are set to return to their seats for 2023. Two drivers are set to change groups, whereas 4 drivers from 2022 have left the game and 4 new ones, together with three rookies, are set to affix the grid.
No group changed each of their drivers, nevertheless, which means that simply 4 of the ten groups are set to enter subsequent season with the identical lineup they fielded in 2022.
These 4 groups are the groups who completed within the high three within the constructor standings, Pink Bull, Ferrari, and Mercedes, in addition to Alfa Romeo.
With Logan Sargeant having secured his Tremendous License, thus securing his Williams seat because the substitute for the outgoing Nicholas Latifi alongside Alexander Albon, there are not any extra open seats in subsequent 12 months’s driver lineup.
Right here’s a have a look at the 2023 roster for every group, with no extra adjustments anticipated.
NOTE: No change until in any other case famous.
Pink Bull, RBPT
- No. 1 – Max Verstappen
- No. 11 – Sergio Perez
Ferrari
- No. 16 – Charles Leclerc
- No. 55 – Carlos Sainz Jr.
Mercedes
- No. 44 – Lewis Hamilton
- No. 63 – George Russell
Alpine, Renault
- No. 10 – Pierre Gasly
- changing Fernando Alonso
- No. 31 – Esteban Ocon
McLaren, Mercedes
- No. 4 – Lando Norris
- No. 81 – Oscar Piastri (R)
- changing Daniel Ricciardo
Alfa Romeo, Ferrari
- No. 24 – Guanyu Zhou
- No. 77 – Valtteri Bottas
Aston Martin, Mercedes
- No. 14 – Fernando Alonso
- changing Sebastian Vettel
- No. 18 – Lance Stroll
Haas, Ferrari
- No. 20 – Kevin Magnussen
- No. 27 – Nico Hulkenberg
- changing Mick Schumacher
AlphaTauri, RBPT
- No. 22 – Yuki Tsunoda
- No. TBD – Nyck de Vries (R)
Williams, Mercedes
- No. 2 – Logan Sargeant (R)
- changing Nicholas Latifi
- No. 23 – Alexander Albon
The 2023 System 1 season is scheduled to get underway with the Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on Sunday, March 5.
