F1 cars 2023: Release dates for new Formula 1 season as Mercedes return to all-back livery for 2023

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With the 2023 Formula One season emerging on the horizon, the 10 teams in the sport will soon be revealing their cars for the new campaign.

Red Bull are the ones to catch after the Austrian team won their first World Constructors' Championship since 2013 last time around to end Mercedes' recent eight-year dominance of the sport.

As a general rule of thumb, all teams will announce their new cars, complete with new liveries, before early testing begins in late February in Bahrain.

Aston Martin were the first to confirm their launch date — February 13 at 14:00 ET — and Ferrari will unveil their car a day later at Imola.

Other teams are likely to follow suit in the very near future.

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2023 Formula One car launch dates

F1 Team Date
Alfa Romeo February 7 
AlphaTauri February 11
Alpine February 16 (Time TBC)
Aston Martin February 13
Ferrari February 14 
Haas January 31 
McLaren February 13 
Mercedes February 15
Red Bull February 3 
Williams February 6 

Alfa Romeo 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 7

Little is known about Alfa Romeo's upcoming car for the 2023 season, though what is known is that the team will stick with driver duo Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.

Reports circulating also suggest that their 2023 car will be formed with the same chassis as last season, which proved to be one of the lightest on the grid. That's seen to be a sensible decision given that the car will need serious investment in other areas to remain competitive in 2023. 

This will be Alfa Romeo's last season in the sport for at least the near future. In a short statement, they announced: "Alfa Romeo communicates that its partnership with Sauber Motorsport will end within the end of 2023.

"Alfa Romeo announced its return in F1 in 2017 with a long-term plan, and in July 2022 has announced the decision to continue its partnership with Sauber also for 2023, given to the promising results of the first half of the season, both in terms of performances, marketing and positive collaboration with the team.

"Since the economic and industrial turnaround of the brand will be achieved in 2022, Alfa Romeo will now evaluate among the many opportunities on the table, and decide which will be the best one to sustain the long-term strategy and the positioning of the brand."

For their last season, the Italian team have gone with a striking black and red livery, one which is likely to be many F1 fans favourite on the grid next season. 

AlphaTauri 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 11 

Nyck de Vries will partner Yuki Tsunoda for AlphaTauri in 2023 as Pierre Gasly departs the Faenza team.

The outgoing French driver has spoken about his former team, though he gave little away about their AT04 car other than mentioning that his former colleagues are confident it will be the best they have built to date.

At present, Red Bull's understudy team are also set to showcase their car first on February 11. 

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Alpine 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 16 (Time TBC) 

French team Alpine are looking to make even bigger inroads into their championship aspirations in 2023 with their new car "significantly up" in terms of development compared to last season, according to sporting director Alan Permane.

Speaking about the upcoming 2023 F1 season, he added "it's very good, it's very exciting", though they'll have to work on their reliability issues too given their mixed race finishes in 2022.

In the cockpit, Esteban Ocon will be joined by Pierre Gasly in 2023 with former driver Fernando Alonso moving to Aston Martin in the off-season.

In early January, Alpine announced that their car for the 2023 F1 season - called the A532 - would be unveiled on February 16. 

Aston Martin 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 13

It's all change at Aston Martin as former world champion Fernando Alonso brings his vast array of talent and experience to the team for the 2023 season.

Partnering Canadian Lance Stroll, Alonso will be keen to continue his form from last season, which saw him finish in P9 with former team Alpine. 

His new employers were the first team to announce their new car launch for the 2023 campaign, which will take place on February 13 (14:00 ET/19:00 GMT) at their base in Silverstone. 

Team owner Lawrence Stroll will be hoping that their new car — called the AMR23 — can beat last season's disappointing efforts. The team are also set to move into a new headquarters in the summer of 2023, a combination of fit-for-purpose new factory and campus, which is set to cost around £200 million ($241 million).

Like most teams on the grid this off-season, not too much has changed with Aston Martin's livery for the 2023 season. 

Ferrari 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 14 

There's already been a big change in the off-season at Ferrari with former Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur replacing the outgoing Mattia Binotto for 2023.

That change comes about following a largely frustrating 2022 season for the Scuderia given their lengthy list of costly strategic race mistakes.

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz retain their places as drivers on the 2023 grid for Ferrari, with the pair hoping for some better race weekends in the future. The new car will be unveiled on Valentine's Day.

Ferrari's main work during the off-season is being put into reliability and speed for their 2023 car with outgoing team principle Binotto indicating that those two aspects will "compensate for any other mistakes".

The famous Italian constructors released their new livery on Valentine's Day to their waiting fanbase. Arguably the most iconic car on the grid, their new look largely mirrors last season's car though they'll be hoping for more success with this one!

Haas 2023 F1 car

Release date: January 31

American F1 team Haas became the first on the grid to launch the livery for their 2023 car in late January on social media. 

There's big changes as opposed to last season which saw them run with a predominantly white car, as this year's design is dominated by black. The red accenting stays from last season too.  

In the cockpit, Haas will welcome Nico Hulkenberg back to Formula One for 2023 with the German driver lining up with Kevin Magnussen despite the pair having altercations in the past.

Team principal Guenther Steiner isn't woo worried about putting the pair together, though the American team are said to be still struggling with car development issues, the same ones that very much held them back in 2022.

In better news, the FIA has recently certified Haas' chassis and front nose of their new VF-23 car, confirming its homologation and legality ahead of next year, which should serve as a timely boost.

McLaren 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 13 

Early reports suggest that it could be another season of uphill battling for McLaren in 2023.

Though they won the race to sign young star Oscar Piastri, who will drive alongside Lando Norris in the upcoming season, there are concerns that the British team are behind schedule in terms of development of their 2023 car.

The team's technical director, James Key, explained: "In 2019, Andreas Seidl and I arrived and we said immediately that we've got some infrastructure to put in here, because we're out of date. We had an expansion plan for some of the key areas, and then the pandemic hit the world and all of that came to a stop, so we haven't reaped the rewards of any of those infrastructure investments yet. They're still happening, they're 18 months behind, and the expansion plan had to stop."

Mercedes 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 15 (Time TBC)

The 2022 season proved to be a strange one for Mercedes.

It started with a lack of pace and straight-line speed, though it ended with the German manufacturers looking like they were highly competitive with the top two teams in Red Bull and Ferrari.

Team boss Toto Wolff will be hoping that his team can further close that gap during the off-season as they look to recapture the constructors' title in 2023.

A main target will be to upgrade their chassis, which caused a plethora of problems last season — one in which Lewis Hamilton failed to win a race for the first time in his illustrious career. 

Wolff told reporters towards the end of last season: "The DNA of the car is going to change for next year, that's clear. It doesn't necessarily mean that our bodywork is going to look very different but certainly what is part of the DNA of the car, the architecture of the car, will change for next year."

What is different in the German team's livery for 2023 as the famous constructors have returned to a full black livery for 2023. 

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Red Bull 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 3

The 2022 season couldn't have gone much better for Red Bull as they took both the drivers' and constructors' championships.

Their RB18 car proved to be one of the most dominant in recent memory and helped back-to-back world champion Max Verstappen smash record after record.

As a result, other teams on the grid could look to Red Bull for inspiration when it comes to car design for the 2023 campaign.

For the Austrian team, it'll be more of the same this off-season, with Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey telling reporters: "We will continue to develop our concept because we know it best but I don't dare say whether our way is the best way. It's quite possible that someone else will turn the corner with a better idea."

The Austrian team showcased their new car livery for the 2023 season in New York on February 3. 

The new RB 19 looks very similar in design to last year's car, using the navy colour as a base before adding yellow and red on top. They'll be hoping it'll be a case of little change on the racetrack too as Verstappen targets a third straight world title. 

Williams 2023 F1 car

Release date: February 6 

All eyes will be on Williams' rookie Logan Sargeant in 2023 as he looks to build upon his fantastic display in F2 during the 2022 season.

He'll partner Alex Albon, who put in some great race performances last season despite finding himself in the weakest car on the grid. 

Little information has emerged regarding Williams' new car, though it's said that the major upgrade package that they introduced at the 2022 British Grand Prix will likely form the baseline for the design of the 2023 car.

The British team unveiled their new livery on February 6 during an event hosted by F1 presenter Will Buxton. 

Nathan Evans

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A Sports Journalism Masters graduate, Nathan Evans joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working at Opta/Stats Perform for six years. He's an avid fan of Bradford City, FC Köln and the Pittsburgh Penguins.