The 2023 Components 1 grid is locked and able to burn rubber. Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, and Mick Schumacher have stated their goodbyes as we introduce rookie drivers Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant, in addition to the returning Nico Hulkenberg, who’s again following a two-year absence.
F1 Group
Driver
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
77. Valtteri Bottas24. Zhou Guanyu
AlphaTuri-Pink Bull
TBC. Nyck de Vries22. Yuki Tsunoda
Alpine-Renault
31. Esteban Ocon10. Pierre Gasly
Aston Martin-Mercedes
14. Fernando Alonso18. Lance Stroll
Ferrari
16. Charles Leclerc55. Carlos Sains Jr.
Haas-Ferrari
20. Kevin Magnussen27. Nico Hulkenberg
McLaren-Mercedes
TBC. Oscar Piastri4. Lando Norris
Mercedes
44. Lewis Hamilton63. George Russell
Pink Bull Racing
11. Sergio Perez33. Max Verstappen
Williams-Mercedes
23. Alex Albon2. Logan Sargeant
The Latest Face on the Grid Takes No.2Logan Sargeant is the latest and remaining F1 driver to be named for the 2023 season; he’s one among three rookies getting ready for the 23’ F1 season alongside Nyck De Vries and Oscar Piastri.
It’s been obligatory for F1 drivers to choose a everlasting race quantity since 2014, and since Stoffel Vandoorne has been absent for 2 years, the quantity two was obtainable for Sargeant. He’ll sport this digit beneath the Williams-Mercedes banner for the 2023 season and past.
Ricciardo Returns to Pink Bull
He’s again! Welcome residence, @DanielRicciardo 🇦🇺 #DR3ack pic.twitter.com/LlA4OX6Oab
— Oracle Pink Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 23, 2022
Following his departure from McLaren after the 2022 season, Daniel Ricciardo has signed with Pink Bull Racing as a reserve driver.
Ricciardo’s profession has come full circle. He left Pink Bull in 2018, searching for a brand new problem when he joined Renault. McLaren picked him up however sadly didn’t match his team-mate Lando Norris and was finally let go.
With no doable direct place on the 2023 grid, Ricciardo has returned to Pink Bull Racing instead, the place he’ll largely work behind the scenes.
“The smile says all of it; I’m actually excited to be coming again residence to Oracle Pink Bull Racing as their Third Driver in 2023,” Ricciardo stated.
“The flexibility to contribute to and be surrounded by the very best crew in F1 is massively interesting whereas additionally giving me a while to recharge and refocus. I can’t wait to be with the crew and assist them with simulator work, testing periods, and industrial actions. Let’s go!”
Schumacher exits Group Haas
MARINA BAY STREET CIRCUIT, SINGAPORE – SEPTEMBER 29: Mick Schumacher, Haas F1 Group through the Singapore GP at Marina Bay Avenue Circuit on Thursday September 29, 2022 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photograph by Andy Hone / LAT Photographs)
As the one new arrival to the 2023 grid that boasts earlier expertise, Nico Hulkenberg has signed with North Carolina-based Group Haas to switch Mick Schumacher. The German hasn’t raced a complete season of F1 or every other motorsport since his departure from Renault in 2019, however he’ll now return in 2023 because the associate of Kevin Magnussen.
Regardless of failing to race a whole season since 2019, he’s been concerned in a number of Grands Prix, substituting for Aston Martin and Racing Level. Most not too long ago, he changed Sebastian Vettel for the primary two rounds of final season.
We must always count on North Carolina sports activities betting to obtain appreciable consideration with Hulkenberg’s arrival at Haas. His potential to money some profitable wagers as a top-placing driver might be supported by his expertise racing 181 occasions in Components One and profitable the Le Mans 24 Hours with Porsche.
“I’m comfortable to maneuver right into a full-time race seat with Haas F1 Group in 2023. I really feel like I by no means actually left Components 1,” Hulkenberg stated.
“I’m excited to have the chance to do what I really like essentially the most once more and wish to thank Gene Haas and Gunther Steiner for his or her belief. We’ve work forward of us to have the ability to compete with all the opposite groups within the midfield, and I can’t wait to affix that battle once more.”
Hulkenberg’s Group Haas announcement accomplished the F1 grid for 2023 alongside Logan Sargeant’s affirmation to obtain sufficient factors for an FIA Tremendous License. Schumacher, who’s labored with Haas for the previous two seasons, is now compelled to discover a reserve driver place or look to a different group to proceed racing subsequent yr.
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