And although the previous season gave us great joy with the podiums won by Checo Pérez from Guadalajara, it also gave us sadness with the announcement of the F1 retirement of legendary Sebastian Vettelwhich would leave Lance Stroll without a teammate at Aston Martin.
So how were the teams with their drivers in the 2023 season?
Red Bull
In the case of the current constructors’ champion Red Bull Racing, its star drivers Max Verstappen from the Netherlands and Sergio “Checo” Pérez from Mexico continue together in this new season.
Ferrari
Like Red Bull, Ferrari keeps its drivers in 2023; the Monegasque Charles Leclerc and the Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr.
Mercedes
Mercedes continues to enjoy its British drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.
Alpine
The team had changes for this year with the teammate of the French Esteban Ocon. He is now joined on the track by Pierre Gasly, who left AlphaTauri to join Alpine.
McLaren
At McLaren, the opportunity came for the Australian Oscar Piastri, who in this new season will be his foray into Formula 1 as a teammate of the British Lando Norris.
alfa romeo
The Finnish Valterri Bottas and the Chinese Zhou Guanyu maintain their pilots.
Aston Martin
The team said goodbye to the great Sebastian Vettel and welcomes Fernando Alonso, who left Alpine to be Lance Stroll’s teammate.
Haas
The team signed Nico Hülkenberg as the starting driver to accompany Kevin Magnussen, who in the previous season had Mick Schumacher as teammate -who will now be the reserve driver for McLaren and Mercedes-.
AlphaTauri
This season, the Italian team gave the Dutchman Nyck de Vries the opportunity to move from F2 to F1, to be a teammate with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda.
williams
In the case of Williams, this year he keeps Alexander Albon, who will have a new teammate, Logan Sargeant, from F2. Nicholas Latifi was discharged after spending three years with the team.