Following are details of 2023 season - dates drivers & regs changes
RACE DATES
Included are the races that have Sprint Qualifying
Pre-season testing
23-25 February - Bahrain Sakhir Circuit.
5 March - Bahrain Grand Prix – Sakhir
19 March - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Jeddah
2 April - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park
30 April - Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Baku – Sprint Qualifying
7 May - Miami Grand Prix – Miami
21 May - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Imola
28 May - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco
4 June - Spanish Grand Prix - Circuit de Barcelona
18 June - Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal
2 July - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring - Sprint Qualifying
9 July - British Grand Prix - Silverstone
23 July - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring
30 July - Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps - Sprint Qualifying
27 Aug - Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort
3 Sep - Italian Grand Prix - Monza
17 Sep - Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay
24 Sep - Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka
8 Oct - Qatar Grand Prix – Losail - Sprint Qualifying
22 Oct - United States Grand Prix - Circuit of the Americas - Sprint Qualifying
29 Oct - Mexican Grand Prix - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
5 Nov - Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Interlagos - Sprint Qualifying
18 Nov - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Las Vegas
26 Nov - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina
TEAMS & DRIVERS
Red Bull - Max Verstappen & Sergio Perez
Ferrari - Charles Leclerc & Carlos Sainz
Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton & George Russell
Alpine - Esteban Ocon & Pierre Gasly
McLaren - Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri
Alfa Romeo - Valtteri Bottas & Zhou Guanyu
Aston Martin - Lance Stroll & Fernando Alonso
Haas - Kevin Magnussen & Nico Hulkenberg
AlphaTauri - Yuki Tsunoda & Nyck de Vries
Williams - Alex Albon & Logan Sargeant
2023 rule changes are centred around safety, mostly related to ground effect & porpoising.
- Ground-effect floors will be raised by 15mm to minimise running cars as low as possible risking safety concerns caused by vertical oscillations (porpoising).
- More stringent flex tests to ensure that teams are not using elasticity in the floor to run the edges closer to the ground, while the diffuser throat height has been raised to reduce the aero sensitivity under the car.
- A test protocol has been set to test for the allowed limits of porpoising
- Rollhoop regulations revised to improve the strength and reduce the possibility that the rollhoop may dig into the ground.
- Larger mirrors to improve rearward visibility