2023 Formula One season

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The 2023 Formula One season was the 12th Formula One championship contested over 16 circuits in as many countries. The Grand Prix cycle was altered to have a more memorable structure by grouping Grands Prix together. Tarou Wakahisa, driving for McLaren–Honda won the driver's title in a season that saw a lot of oscillation in team performances. Lotus–Ford won the constructor's title, and BMW the engine's, making it the first season for none of the three championship winners to be related in any way.

Calendar[edit | edit source]

Round Name Date L? Conditions
1 The United Kingdom British Grand Prix July 31, 2013 Dry
2 Germany German Grand Prix at Nurburg August 1, 2013 Dry qualifying, wet race
3 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix August 5, 2013 Dry
4 Egypt Egyptian Grand Prix Dry
5 South Africa South African Grand Prix August 6, 2013 Dry
6 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Dry
7 The United States United States Grand Prix at New Jersey August 7, 2013 Dry
8 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix August 8, 2013 Dry
9 Spain Spanish Grand Prix at Valencia Dry
10 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix August 9, 2013 Dry-wet qualifying, dry race
11 Italy Italian Grand Prix August 10, 2013 Dry
12 Russia Russian Grand Prix August 11, 2013 Dry
13 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Dry
14 South Korea Korean Grand Prix Dry
15 Japan Japanese Grand Prix August 12, 2013 Dry
16 Australia Australian Grand Prix Dry

Signed team and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rds Test drivers
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Germany BMW 1 Germany Nico Rosberg All France Philbert Rome
2 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 3 France Jean-Eric Vergne All The United Kingdom Paul di Resta
4 The United States Tiger Abraham All
Italy Scuderia Minardi Minardi–Honda Japan Honda 5 India Anupam Darzi All The United States Royal Beck
6 Portugal Anselmo Rosario All
The United Kingdom Team Lotus Ford Lotus–Ford The United States Ford 7 China Ma Quinghua All Finland Kimi Raikkonen
8 Canada Jarod Wells All
The United Kingdom BAE McLaren Honda McLaren–Honda Japan Honda 9 Japan Tarou Wakahisa All France Darnell Salvage
10 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All
Europe Team EADS EADS–BMW Germany BMW 11 Canada Bernard Babineaux All France Guatier Faure
12 France Guatier Faure All
Malaysia Caterham Ford F1 Team Caterham-Ford The United States Ford 14 Mexico Carlos Perez All France Gwenael Cote
15 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde All
France Renault Works Team Renault France Renault 16 Brazil Fabiano Cruz All Chile Rosendo Escarra
17 Indonesia Raja Harta All
Japan Anicom Toyota Formula Toyota Japan Toyota 18 Germany Timo Glock All Argentina Edelmiro Espinosa
Japan Kyou Mori
19 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber–Toyota Japan Toyota 21 Japan Gorou Kurosawa All The United States Kelsey Martinson
The United Kingdom Luther Kendall
22 The United Kingdom Abner Ashley All
South Korea Posoco Hyundai Team Hyundai–Renault France Renault 22 France Romain Grosjean All Germany Hugo Brauer
23 France Cyrille Paquet All

Changes[edit | edit source]

Team[edit | edit source]

  • Hyundai: Honda → Renault engines. Related to their French driver lineup and recent poor performance with the Honda engine. A 3-year deal was signed, which will end in time for the 2026 season.
  • Caterham: Caterham F1 Team → Caterham Ford F1 Team
  • Honda resigns with McLaren and Minardi. The duo both have 8-year deals with the Japanese engine manufacturer (expires for the 2031 season).
  • Ford resigns with Lotus and Caterham, both for four years (expires for the 2027 season).
  • BAE signs a deal to further their title sponsorship of McLaren until the 2027 season.

Driver[edit | edit source]

  • Kimi Raikkonen: Lotus full driver → test driver. Raikkonen first announced his retirement during the 2021 season, though he later decided to become a test driver for his team, who have given him two championships.
  • Ma Quinghua: Ferrari → Lotus.
  • Tiger Abraham: Ferrari test driver → full driver.
  • Guatier Faure: EADS test driver → full driver.
  • Jean-Eric Vergne: EADS → Ferrari.
  • Timo Glock: Ferrari → Toyota.
  • Gorou Kurosawa: Toyota → Sauber.
  • Bernard Babineaux: Sauber → EADS.
  • Abner Ashley: EADS → Sauber.
  • Paul di Resta: Sauber full driver → Ferrari test driver.
  • Raja Harta: Renault test driver → full driver.
  • Marcus Ericsson: Renault → Toyota. Despite having signed a one-year contract with Renault during the season, when the last Toyota seat became available, Ericsson jumped at the chance to leave Renault, who were struggling for points. It meant the re-uniting of the 20122016 seasons' Marussia team with Timo Glock, though with different personnel and a different team owner.
  • Zeke Porter: Toyota full driver → retirement. Toyota always planned to get rid of Marussia's driver line up eventually, but contractual obligations prevented them from doing so until now.

Calendar reshuffle[edit | edit source]

The 2023 season also saw a major reorganization of the three-cycle calendar put in place for the 2018 season. It kept the traditional system of categorizing rounds in to "jewel" Grands Prix, which featured the same or similar Grands Prix each year, and "feature" Grands Prix, which were less prominent Grands Prix only occurring once every three years. The jewel-to-feature ratio changed from 7:9 to 10:6; the United States Grands Prix were grouped together, and, due to their relative geographical locality, the Spanish with the Portugese and the German with the Austrian.

Additionally, the opening and closing rounds alternate year-to-year, with the mid-season being relatively similar each year.

The 2013 season remained a cycle three calendar, with the following season following suite and being a cycle one.

Round Type Cycle one Cycle two Cycle three
1 Jewel Brazil Brazil Australia Australia The United Kingdom United Kingdom
2 The United States United States Japan Japan Germany Germany
3 Feature Canada Canada Thailand Thailand Hungary Hungary
4 China China India India Egypt Egypt
5 Singapore Singapore Bahrain Bahrain South Africa South Africa
6 Jewel The United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom United Kingdom Brazil Brazil
7 Germany Germany Austria Austria The United States United States
8 Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco
9 Spain Spain Portugal Portugal Spain Spain
10 Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium
11 Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy
12 Feature France France San Marino San Marino Russia Russia
13 Sweden Sweden Turkey Turkey Malaysia Malaysia
14 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Mexico Mexico South Korea Korea
15 Jewel Australia Australia The United States United States Japan Japan
16 Japan Japan Brazil Brazil Australia Australia

Some Grands Prix would change circuit each year: During cycle one, the United States would be held at Austin, the Spanish at Catalunya, and the German at Hockenheim; cycle two would see the United States host at Indianapolis; and in cycle three, the United States Grand Prix would be at New Jersey, the Spanish at Valencia, and the German at the Nurburgring.

Report[edit | edit source]

The pre-season saw a moderate change in the regulations, with the intention of decreasing reliability and bunching the frontrunning teams together, after record lows during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The amount of retirements between the first and eighth rounds of the 2013 championship was larger than the whole of 2022. Additionally, the calendar was reshuffled.

The season started dreadfully for Williams, with only 27 points scored by the half way point. Ferrari and Lotus dominated the first three rounds, scoring 8 of the possible 9 podium positions. Tarou Wakahisa went on to dominate the following four rounds, minus a lull for the South African round, with American team mate Tiger Abraham only scoring two podiums. Toyota-engined cars then dominated the field after discovering a loophole in the engine regulations as a result of the pre-season changes. Sauber scored an astonishing 4 podiums, including a single victory, in the following two rounds, and scored almost triple their nearest competitor in those rounds: 73 compared to Hyundai's 25. Toyota struggled to capitalize on their superiority, only scoring two fourth places despite a 1-3 qualifying result for Valencia. Hyundai scored their first points of the season with a win at the Monaco Grand Prix, the nature of the track helping their cause greatly. All the time, Lotus and Ferrari were dropping off the pace.

Belgium saw one of the biggest mid-season comebacks in Formula One history. Williams over doubled their points tally with a 1-2 finish from pole position (although Lewis Hamilton stole it from team mate and defending champion Nico Rosberg). BMW scored a 1-2-3, and Toyota dropped off the pace significantly. Most engine manufacturers had now begun exploiting the loophole, with BMW clearly being the quickest and most efficient to do so. It was now a monumental climb for BMW and Williams back to the top of the standings. A strong follow-up performance at Italy saw BMW go from last to two points off second in the engine's championship and Hamilton rise from 11th to 5th in the driver's.

Toyota-powered teams and McLaren found some form for the Russian and Malaysian rounds, while Williams lost some. The former pair scored 4 of the 6 available podium spots, and despite a double retirement for the Toyota works team in Russia, Timo Glock went on to score his first victory for the Banbury-based team from fifth in the Malaysian round. The pre-season target of more retirements was starting to work now, with minor mid-season regulation changes and the increased engine development, thanks to the loophole, playing a large role. All the while, Lotus and Ford were being closed up by Ferrari/McLaren and BMW, respectively.

Results and standings[edit | edit source]

See also: Results sheet
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor engine Driver Lead Constructor Lead Engine Lead
1 The United Kingdom United Kingdom France Jean-Eric Vergne Canada Jarod Wells Canada Jarod Wells The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford Canada Jarod Wells 7 The United Kingdom Lotus 21 The United States Ford 20
2 Germany Germany Japan Tarou Wakahisa Indonesia Raja Harta France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari France Jean-Eric Vernge 7 6 6
3 Hungary Hungary France Jean-Eric Vergne China Ma Quinghua China Ma Quinghua The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford China Ma Quinghua 3 22 23
4 Egypt Egypt Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa France Renault Japan Honda 13 29 30
5 South Africa South Africa France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 3 37 52
6 Brazil Brazil Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa The United Kingdom McLaren Japan Honda France Jean-Eric Vergne 7 29 44
7 The United States United States Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa Japan Tarou Wakahisa The United Kingdom McLaren Japan Honda Japan Tarou Wakahisa 9 26 41
8 Monaco Monaco Japan Gorou Kurosawa France Cyrille Paquet France Cyrille Paquet Switzerland Sauber Japan Toyota 17 17 32
9 Spain Spain Germany Timo Glock The United Kingdom Abner Ashley The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Switzerland Sauber Japan Toyota 13 11 25
10 Belgium Belgium Germany Nico Rosberg The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Williams Germany BMW 12 21 39
11 Italy Italy France Jean-Eric Vergne The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United Kingdom Williams Germany BMW 0 16 52
12 Russia Russia The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Indonesia Raja Harta The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Switzerland Sauber Germany BMW 18 22 21
13 Malaysia Malaysia Indonesia Raja Harta The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Germany Timo Glock Japan Toyota Japan Toyota 32 10 3
14 South Korea Korea France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Abner Ashley France Romain Grosjean South Korea Hyundai France Renault 34 The United Kingdom McLaren 0 Germany BMW 14
15 Japan Japan The United Kingdom Abner Ashley The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Switzerland Sauber Japan Toyota 23 The United Kingdom Lotus 6 Japan Toyota 0
16 Australia Australia The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton The United States Tiger Abraham France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Germany BMW 23 12 Germany BMW 29

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 Japan Tarou Wakahisa (McLaren) 1 The United Kingdom Lotus–Ford 1 Germany BMW
2 The United Kingdom Abner Ashley (Sauber) 2 Italy Ferrari 2 The United States Ford
3 Canada Jarod Wells (Lotus) 3 The United Kingdom McLaren–Honda 3 Japan Toyota
4 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Ferrari) 4 Switzerland Sauber–Toyota 4 Japan Honda
5 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Williams) 5 The United Kingdom Williams–BMW 5 France Renault
6 Indonesia Raja Harta (Renault) 6 France Renault 6 Italy Ferrari
7 China Ma Quinghua (Lotus) 7 Europe EADS–BMW N/A
8 The United States Tiger Abraham (Ferrari) 8 South Korea Hyundai–Renault
9 Germany Nico Rosberg (Williams) 9 Japan Toyota
10 Japan Gorou Kurosawa (Sauber) 10 Malaysia Caterham–Ford
11 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) 11 Italy Minardi–Honda
12 Canada Bernard Babineaux (EADS) N/A
13 Brazil Fabiano Cruz (Renault)
14 France Gautier Faure (EADS)
15 Germany Timo Glock (Toyota)
16 France Cyrille Paquet (Hyundai)
17 France Romain Grosjean (Hyundai)
18 Mexico Carlos Perez (Caterham)
19 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Toyota)
20 Portugal Anselmo Rosario (Minardi)
21 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
22 India Anupam Darzi (Minardi)