2023 Formula One Season (ESB World)

The 2023 Formula One Championship is a planned motor racing competition for single seater racing cars. This is the 74th running for the Formula One Championship. It is recognised by the governing body of motorsport worldwide, the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) and as the highest level of single seater racing worldwide. The Championship is scheduled to take place over a number of Grand Prix events and the drivers are competing for the World Drivers Championship and the teams for World Constructors Championship.

Lewis Hamilton enters the season as the defending champion. He equalised Michael Schumacher's record of 7 world titles in 2022 and is seen as the greatest driver in the history of the sport. Red Bull enter the year as the defending constructors champions for a third year in a row.

Calendar Changes Entry List Changes Results and Standings
 * The Bahrain Grand Prix was replaced by the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The new event will be hosted supporting the Saudi Arabian E-Prix at the Riyadh Street Circuit at the end of the season.
 * The Dutch and Spanish Grand Prix have been swapped back to their original slots before 2022 to fill in the gap of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
 * The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was moved to after the Miami Grand Prix weekend at the ninth round of the season.
 * The French Grand Prix was moved back to after Silverstone to make the travel more gradual between European rounds. Now Rounds 9-13 are Azerbaijan, Austria, Britain, France and Hungary.
 * The Russian Grand Prix was moved back to after Singapore to improve travel troubles expressed in 2022.
 * Aston Martin Racing went with a new lineup in the 2023 season. They signed Pierre Gasly from Alpha Tauri as his performances were significantly lower than his teammate Juri Vips.  He was replaced by Red Bull Racing Junior Driver and 2021 Formula 3 champion, Dennis Hauger.  He replaced Sergio Perez as he retired from the sport at the end of 2022 due to "nothing coming from his last few seasons".  Valtteri Bottas was let go by Mercedes at the end of 2022 as he was significantly slower than his teammate Lewis Hamilton at his time in the team, he was replaced by Mercedes Junior and 2018 Formula 2 champion, George Russell.  Lance Stroll was let go at the end of 2022 due to poor performances in comparison to Sergio Perez and he has moved to IndyCar and IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.
 * Guanyu Zhou was sacked by Renault at the end of his 2-year contract due to poor performances. He was replaced by Renault Sport Academy and 2022 Formula 2 champion, Christian Lundgaard.
 * Yuki Tsunoda was let go at the end of 2022 due to poor performances by Panthera Team Asia. He was replaced by the 2022 reserve driver for the team, Joey Alders.
 * Williams lost George Russell at the end of 2022 as he was called up for the Mercedes drive for 2023. He was replaced by Dan Ticktum, 2022 Formula 2 Runner up.  He will be joined by 9x race winner in Formula 2 and Brazilian Formula 3 champion, Guilherme Samaia.

Grand Prix: *Indicates wet weather Grand Prix