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F1 driver lineup for 2023: Who will lineup on the Formula 1 grid next year?

By Alicia de Artola

Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso. (Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso. (Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images) /
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The F1 driver lineup for 2023 is slowly but surely coming together but not without the usual drama and uncertainty of silly season.

Formula 1 silly season never fails to deliver some sort of craziness as teams and drivers play their own version of musical chairs.

This year, Sebastian Vettel has opened one seat with his retirement while Fernando Alonso caused a stir by swapping Alpine for Aston Martin.

Alpine leaned into the embarrassment by releasing a statement claiming they signed Oscar Piastri only for the driver to tweet that he would not be driving for Alpine.

There are still plenty of seats to sort out for 2023, so strap in and enjoy the ride.

F1 driver lineup for 2023: Who will lineup on the Formula 1 grid next year?

(Confirmed drivers for 2023 in bold)

  • Alfa Romeo
    • Valtteri Bottas
      • Bottas has a contract in place through 2023
    • Zhou Guanyu
      • Zhou is on a one-year deal and does not have a guarantee to return but it’s looking good for him
  • AlphaTauri
    • Pierre Gasly
      • AlphaTauri confirmed Gasly will race for the team for 2023 ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix
    • Yuki Tsunoda
      • Tsunoda doesn’t have an official deal for 2023 and there are mixed reports about his chances of getting one
  • Alpine
    • Esteban Ocon
      • Ocon signed a three-year contract extension in 2021, keeping him with Alpine through 2024
  • Aston Martin
    • Lance Stroll
      • Stroll is not confirmed to retain his seat but as the son of the team owner it’s hard to imagine he loses it
    • Fernando Alonso
      • Alonso’s deal with Alpine was for just one year and he took the chance to leave the team to join Aston Martin for his next season in F1
  • Ferrari
    • Charles Leclerc
      • When Leclerc joined Ferrari in 2019 he signed a long-term deal and then an extension to keep him in place until at least 2024
    • Carlos Sainz
      • Sainz picked up a two-year contract extension earlier this year so he will drive for Ferrari until 2024
  • Haas
    • Kevin Magnussen
      • Magnussen’s deal to replace Nikita Mazepin was a multi-year contract so he’ll be back in 2023
    • Mick Schumacher
      • Schumacher is racing for his seat next season without a guarantee to return
  • McLaren
  • Mercedes
    • Lewis Hamilton
      • There was speculation that Hamilton could retire before the 2022 season or after it but he signed a two-year deal to drive for Mercedes through 2023
    • George Russell
      • When Russell got the bump from Williams to Mercedes he signed a multi-year deal and will remain with the team in 2023
  • Red Bull
    • Sergio Perez
      • Perez got an extension from Red Bull keeping him in place until 2024
    • Max Verstappen
      • Verstappen will be with Red Bull for the long haul with a mega-contract through 2028
  • Williams
    • Alexander Albon
      • Albon signed a new deal after the Hungarian Grand Prix to keep his seat with Williams in 2023
    • Nicholas Latifi
      • Latifi is in danger of losing his seat unless he produces results
  • Drivers without an F1 seat for 2022
    • Daniel Ricciardo
      • Ricciardo has been told by McLaren they intend to replace him with Piastri for 2023, per sources at ESPN.
  • Drivers who could enter F1
    • Felipe Drugovich
      • Drugovich leads the F2 standings and could parlay a championship into an F1 seat but his path is more complex than others
    • Liam Lawson
      • Lawson is already tapped to be Red Bull’s reserve driver for 2023 and will take practice in an AlphaTauri at the Belgian Grand Prix, making himself an option if AT decide to move on from Tsunoda
    • Logan Sargeant
      • The American, who is third in the F2 standings, will take his first F1 practice ahead of the United State Grand Prix with the chance to prove to Williams he is ready to take Latifi’s seat
    • Oscar Piastri
      • The Australian driver denied a statement from Alpine that he’d be joining their team and is instead reportedly on track to replace Ricciardo at McLaren
    • Theo Pourchaire
      • Pourchaire has a line to F1 through Alfa Romeo and is sitting second in the F2 standings if they want to call him up in place of Zhou
  • Drivers leaving F1
    • Sebastian Vettel
      • Vettel announced his impending retirement ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix

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