F1 2023 pre-season testing will take place on 23-25 February at the Bahrain International Circuit.
This will be the first chance to see the new cars and drivers in action.
The three-day test is expected to take its regular format of eight hours of running each day ā four hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon split up by a one-hour break ā with one car per team allowed to run at any one time.
All 20 F1 drivers, plus any test and reserve drivers, will be in action at the test.
2023 F1 calendar
Date Race Venue
5 March Bahrain GP Sakhir
19 March Saudi Arabian GP Jeddah
2 April Australian GP Melbourne
16 April
30 April Azerbaijan GP Baku
7 May Miami GP Miami
21 May Emilia Romagna GP Imola
28 May Monaco GP Monaco
4 June Spanish GP Barcelona
18 June Canadian GP Montreal
2 July Austrian GP Red Bull Ring
9 July British GP Silverstone
23 July Hungarian GP Hungaroring
30 July Belgium GP Spa-Francorchamps
27 August Dutch GP Zandvoort
3 September Italian GP Monza
17 September Singapore GP Singapore
24 September Japanese GP Suzuka
8 October Qatar GP Lusail
22 October United States GP COTA
29 October Mexican GP Mexico City
5 November Brazilian GP Interlagos
18 November Las Vegas GP Las Vegas
26 November Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina
F1 will hold its biggest-ever calendar in 2023, with 24 races scheduled for next season, up from the 22 races held in 2022.
Returning to the calendar are the Chinese GP and the Qatar GP, absent due to COVID-19 restrictions in China and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, plus an all-new addition of the Las Vegas GP.
While F1 has raced in Las Vegas before, at Caesars Palace in 1981-82, the new purpose-built Las Vegas complex will see the series race around the most iconic landmarks in the city.
Tweaks to the 2023 schedule see the Azerbaijan GP return to an early spring slot having previously been held in June, while the Belgium GP has been pushed forward to before the August summer break to avoid a triple-header after the summer break with the Dutch and Italian rounds.
There will also be six sprint races in 2023, up from three in the previous two seasons, although it is unknown which events will host changed race format.
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