The 2023 Formula 1 season is certain to attract millions of viewers to follow the action on Sky Sports.
The broadcaster announced an extension to its deal in 2022 that means it will continue to be the home of F1 in all of its markets until 2029.
Average viewership was 1.7 million up in 2022, Sky said, representing a 60 percent rise since its UK-exclusive deal began in 2019, with four of the five most watched races in Sky Sports F1 history taking place last season.
Who's going to be on the microphones in 2023 and what changes have been made to Sky's squad? The team looks like this.
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Who are the Sky Sports F1 commentators and pundits?
British racing driver Paul di Resta and former competitor Johnny Herbert are not returning this year, with both reportedly requiring a contract extension to have stayed on following the end of the 2022 season.
Jenson Button
The Formula One world champion in 2009 for Brawn, modern hall-of-famer Button has been part of the Sky team since 2018.
Nico Rosberg
The 2016 champion for Mercedes, Rosberg retired that year and has worked for Sky in Britain and Italy since 2018.
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Naomi Schiff
One of the newest members of the Sky broadcasting team, Rwandan-Belgian Schiff began driving professionally as a 16-year-old in the South Africa Championship in 2010. She went on to win the Clio Cup China Series four years later during a racing career across Europe and Asia.
Shout out to my TV wife and valentine yesterday @NataliePinkham 💚 pic.twitter.com/mvHQdBAqUQ
— Naomi Schiff Racing (@NaomiSchiff) February 15, 2023
Martin Brundle
A Formula One racer between 1984 and 1996 with a best drivers' championship finish of sixth, Briton Brundle won the World Sportscar Championship, 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans along the way. He was part of ITV and the BBC's teams before switching to Sky in 2012.
Damon Hill
Londoner Hill was the last Briton to claim the title before Lewis Hamilton first triumphed in 2008, building on successive second-placed finishes to win the single championship of his stellar nine-year Formula One career with Williams in 1996. He has been a Sky pundit since 2012.
Karun Chandhok
Formula Asia champion in 2001, Chandhok had 10 F1 races with Hispania Racing in 2010 and one with Lotus the following season as part of a 17-year career behind the wheel. The Indian star, who has been with Sky since 2019, also won Formula V6 Asia in 2006.
Anthony Davidson
Former British Formula Ford Winter Series and European Formula Three Cup Series champion Davidson was part of F1 teams in every season between 2001 and 2021. He featured in 21 races for Super Aguri in 2007 and 2008 and became Mercedes' simulator driver between 2012 and 2021, when he ended his competitive career.
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Natalie Pinkham
Hugely experienced TV and radio reporter Pinkham joined Sky in 2011 and was a pit reporter and interviewer in 2012 before hosting The F1 Show. Pinkham became the first woman to commentate on Formula One on British TV at the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Danica Patrick
Patrick is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel car competition and remains the only woman to have won an IndyCar Series race courtesy of her victory at the 2008 Indy Japan 300. Now 40, she raced between 1998 and 2018 and first appeared for Sky as a pundit at the 2021 United States Grand Prix.
David Croft
The broadcaster's lead F1 commentator spent 13 years fulfilling a similar role at the BBC, including duties at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Olympic Games, before it was announced that he would be making the switch to Sky in 2011.
Rachel Brookes
F1 Show presenter Brookes is in her 11th season with Sky, having started out commentating on cricket and working for Sky Sports News. Brookes implored her bosses to let her work on F1 after the broadcaster won the rights to show the sport in 2011, realising her ambition in 2013 and working full-time for Sky Sports F1 since 2016.
Ted Kravitz
Long-serving F1 reporter Kravitz worked on ITV's coverage of the sport from 1997 and the BBC's broadcasts between 2007 and 2009. Kravitz joined several members of the BBC F1 team in moving to Sky in 2011.
Simon Lazenby
Originally a rugby reporter for Sky from 2002, Lazenby has fronted grand prix coverage hundreds of times with Sky Sports F1 in his role as lead presenter from the outset of the channel in 2012.
F1 schedule in 2023
Formula 1 will race at 23 different circuits in 20 countries during the 2023 season. Italy will host two grands prix, and three will take place in the United States.
The 2023 campaign begins as it did in 2022, with the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir International Circuit. That race takes place on March 5. The season finale will be staged at the Yas Marina Circuit for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as it has been for the past two years, on November 26.
Viva Las Vegas! F1 is coming to The Strip in 2023 🎲#F1 @Vegas pic.twitter.com/QB1ZTry7cY
— Formula 1 (@F1) March 31, 2022
The three races taking place in the United States will be held in Miami, Austin, and Las Vegas.
| Date | Grand Prix | Country | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain | Sakhir International Circuit |
| March 19 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah Corniche Circuit |
| April 2 | Australian Grand Prix | Australia | Albert Park |
| April 30 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Azerbaijan | Baku City Circuit |
| May 7 | Miami Grand Prix | USA | Miami International Autodrome |
| May 21 | Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | Italy | Imola Circuit |
| May 28 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | Circuit de Monaco |
| June 4 | Spanish Grand Prix | Spain | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya |
| June 18 | Canadian Grand Prix | Canada | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
| July 2 | Austrian Grand Prix | Austria | Red Bull Ring |
| July 9 | British Grand Prix | United Kingdom | Silverstone Circuit |
| July 23 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungary | Hungaroring |
| July 30 | Belgian Grand Prix | Belgium | Circuit de Spa Francorchamps |
| Aug. 27 | Dutch Grand Prix | Netherlands | Circuit Zandvoort |
| Sept. 3 | Italian Grand Prix | Italy | Monza Circuit |
| Sept. 17 | Singapore Grand Prix | Singapore | Marina Bay Street Circuit |
| Sept. 24 | Japanese Grand Prix | Japan | Suzuka Circuit |
| Oct. 8 | Qatar Grand Prix | Qatar | Lusail International Circuit |
| Oct. 22 | United States Grand Prix | USA | Circuit of the Americas |
| Oct. 29 | Mexico City Grand Prix | Mexico | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez |
| Nov. 5 | Sao Paulo Grand Prix | Brazil | Interlagos Circuit |
| Nov. 18 | Las Vegas Grand Prix | USA | Las Vegas Street Circuit |
| Nov. 26 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | UAE | Yas Marina Circuit |
How to live stream F1 in UK
As expected given that Sky Sports hold the rights to show the F1 action in the UK, the action can be streamed through the broadcaster's app, Sky Go.
Viewers in the United Kingdom can also purchase membership with Now TV, which shows Sky Sports events through its streaming service.
Sky Go is available to download on most smartphone devices, tablets and latest games consoles.
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F1 2023 driver lineup
There are multiple lineup changes for the 2023 season in Formula One, with six drivers set to turn out for new teams.
The most high-profile switch arguably comes in the form of veteran Fernando Alonso who will race with Aston Martin 2023, whilst French driver Pierre Gasly swapped AlphaTauri for Alpine in the off-season.
His seat has been filled by rookie Nyck De Vries, whilst fellow newbies Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri will race for Williams and McLaren respectively. Nico Hulkenberg also returns to the sport with Haas for the upcoming season.
| Team | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
| Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Sergio Perez |
| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | Carlos Sainz |
| Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | George Russell |
| Alpine | Pierre Gasly | Esteban Ocon |
| McLaren | Lando Norris | Oscar Piastri |
| Alfa Romeo | Zhou Guanyu | Valtteri Bottas |
| Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | Lance Stroll |
| Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Nico Hulkenberg |
| AlphaTauri | Yuki Tsunoda | Nyck de Vries |
| Williams | Logan Sargeant | Alex Albon |
