Williams have put the cat upon the pigeons ahead of the 2022 United States Grand Prix as they’ve announced that rookie Logan Sargeant will pair Alex Albon for the 2023 season.
The move is still subject to the young American gaining enough Super License points during the remainder of the F2 season. In order to boost that, Williams have also announced that he’ll partake in two more FP1 sessions this season after his impressive debut in Austin.
Elsewhere, Pierre Gasly has left AlphaTuari to join French team Alpine where he’ll pair up with Esteban Ocon for the 2023 Formula One championship.
His replacement at Red Bull’s junior team comes in the form of Dutchman Nick De Vries who impressed during his F1 debut with Williams at the Italian Grand Prix earlier in the season.
Called up at the last minute due to Alex Albon’s illness, De Vries scored vital points for the struggling team which seemingly did enough to impress AlphaTauri where he’ll take a seat in 2023 alongside Yuki Tsunoda.
How does that leave the F1 lineups for 2023? Which places are yet to be decided? Here’s what we know for sure.
F1 2023: Confirmed drivers and team lineups
|
Team |
Driver | End of contract |
| Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 2023 |
| Mercedes | George Russell | Multi-year |
| Red Bull | Max Verstappen | 2028 |
| Red Bull | Sergio Perez | 2024 |
| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 2024 |
| Ferrari | Carlos Sainz | 2024 |
| McLaren | Lando Norris | 2025 |
| McLaren | Oscar Piastri | 2024 |
| Alpine | Esteban Ocon | 2024 |
| Alpine | Pierre Gasly | Multi-year |
| AlphaTauri | Yuki Tsunoda | 2023 |
| AlphaTauri | Nick De Vries | 2023 |
| Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | Multi-year |
| Aston Martin | Lance Stroll | 2023 |
| Alfa Romeo | Valtteri Bottas | Multi-year |
| Alfa Romeo | Zhou Guanyu | 2023 |
| Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Multi-year |
| Haas | TBC | — |
| Williams | Alex Albon | Multi-year |
| Williams | Logan Sargeant* | TBC |
Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton: stick or twist?
The latest on Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton for 2023 is that all three are staying with their teams, as is Sergio Perez, who partners Verstappen at Red Bull.
George Russell will still be alongside seven-time champion Hamilton at Mercedes, and Carlos Sainz will continue to be Leclerc’s accomplice at Ferrari.
Hamilton considered retiring after the controversial end to the 2021 season but has now hinted that he could agree new terms with his team.
Which driver changes could there be in 2023?
There are questions to be answered across the field — most notably at Williams and Haas.
Williams Driver Academy star Logan Sargeant could replace Nicholas Latifi, who is leaving at the end of the year after racing for the team since 2020.
Mick Schumacher’s position is likely to come under scrutiny at Haas as his deal with the Ferrari drivers academy ends. The American team have a long standing relationship with the Italian giants which see’s Ferrari supply their engines in return for one of their young drivers taking a seat with Haas.