How to watch 2023 F1 season in the UK: TV channel, streaming and schedule for upcoming Formula One campaign

After a long winter wait, Formula One finally returns with its opening race of the 2023 season at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, March 5.. 

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will enter the season as the favourite following his successive World Drivers' Championship titles over the past two seasons but British pair Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will be hoping to deny him this time around. 

The Mercedes pair found form towards the back end of last season and will be hoping to bring that into the new 2023 campaign to make a better start than the past campaign. 

For all the details on how to watch the 2023 F1 action, we have you covered. 

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What TV channel is F1 on in UK? 

Like for so many years now, Sky Sports hold the rights to show all of the F1 coverage live to residents of the United Kingdom. 

Such has been the growth of the sport in recent times, the TV broadcaster now has a 'Sky Sports F1' channel dedicated to showcasing documentaries about the sport on top of its live coverage on race days and beyond. 

Channel 4 will only broadcast the British GP live on free-to-air TV while also showing a weekly highlights programme.

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. 

As well as there though, viewers in the United Kingdom can also purchase membership with Now TV who show Sky Sports events through their app. 

Sky Go is available to download on most smartphone devices, tablets and latest games consoles. 

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F1 season schedule 

In 2023, the Formula One Calendar will be made up of 23 races across four different continents. 

The action begins with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 5 and will end on November 26 in Abu Dhabi. 

F1 2023 driver lineup

There are multiple line up 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 former seat has been filled by rookie Nyck De Vries, whilst fellow rookies Logan Sargeant and Oscar Piastri will race for Williams and McLaren respectively. Nico Hulkenburg also returns to the sport with Haas for the upcoming season.