F1 team and driver lineups for 2023: Latest news, rumours and reports

It's never too early to start thinking about next year.

Formula One's "silly season" was in full swing well before Max Verstappen secured a second straight drivers' championship for Red Bull Racing with a victory at the Japanese Grand Prix in October.

Once four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel announced back in July he will be retiring at the end of the year, the dominoes started to fall.

Here's a rundown of all 10 teams and which drivers they have lined up for 2023. Just remember though, plans can change so check back for the latest.

Last Updated: Nov. 21, 10 a.m. ET

2023 Drivers: Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu

No changes are expected for Alfa Romeo. The team confirmed in September that rookie Zhou will be back for a sophomore season.

Bottas, a 10-time race winner with Mercedes, signed a multi-year deal when he left the Silver Arrows to join Alfa Romeo this season.

2023 Drivers: Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries

Red Bull's Italian-based outfit will have one new driver — but probably not who you were expecting. AlphaTauri was aiming to either retain Pierre Gasly or land Colton Herta, however, the American IndyCar driver did not have enough Super Licence points to make the jump nor was the FIA willing to bend the rules.

With Gasly moving on (see the next team), AlphaTauri instead landed 2019 F2 champion Nyck de Vries, who had been waiting in the wings as Mercedes' reserve driver. Well, Red Bull has now given him wings. The 27-year-old Dutch driver proved he can hang at this level filling in for Williams driver Alex Albon at the Italian Grand Prix and finishing ninth to score two points.

Tsunoda has been confirmed to return for a third season with AlphaTauri.

2023 drivers: Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly

French manufacturer Renault will now have an all-French lineup but not without drama. Fernando Alonso, who won back-to-back world titles with the team in 2005 and 2006, is jumping to our next team on the list (don't worry, the alphabetical hopping ends here). Alpine quickly promoted Oscar Piastri to the seat, however, the 21-year-old Australian driver said he hadn't signed a deal and is heading to rival McLaren instead.

Alpine then pursued Gasly, who was let out of his deal with AlphaTauri to sign a multi-year contract. It shouldn't be too surprising that Gasly is moving on as he was demoted from the main Red Bull team back to AlphaTauri (then known as Toro Rosso) in 2019 and has been stuck with the "B-team" since then despite scoring a victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. It makes sense for him to look elsewhere in order to move up as Red Bull's lineup looks set for at least the next two years.

Ocon signed a three-year extension in June 2021. Gasly and Ocon have raced against each other since they were kids (and when Bieber haircuts were a thing). Whether they're friends or enemies, or maybe frenemies, will make for an interesting dynamic — and by interesting I mean I can't wait for their episode of Drive to Survive.

2023 drivers: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll

After Vettel announced his farewell tour, Aston Martin made a splash by replacing one former multi-time world champion with another by signing Alonso to a multi-year deal.

Considering Stroll's father owns the team, his seat is safe.

2023 drivers: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz

No changes are expected here as Leclerc's deal runs through to the end of 2024 and Sainz is also inked for another two years. They're a formidable pair, but can Ferrari finally figure out the winning formula again, question?

2023 drivers: Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg

K-Mag signed, wait for it, a multi-year deal when he rejoined Haas at the start of this season, so we know he'll be around for at least the 2023 campaign.

Mick Schumacher is out of the second seat and fellow German driver Nico Hülkenberg is in. The 35-year-old Hülkenberg hasn't had a full-time ride since 2019 but has remained on the scene — most recently as a reserve driver for Aston Martin. Hülkenberg subbed for Vettel in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia at the start of the season when the four-time world champion was sidelined with COVID.

Hülkenberg was a consistent points-scorer with the Williams, Force India and Renault teams and had a six-year run where he finished within the top 10 of the drivers' championship.

Schumacher scored his first-ever points at the British Grand Prix in July, then followed that up with a career-best P6 in Austria. Still, more has been expected from the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.

The younger Schumacher should remain in the paddock with Mercedes expressing interest in a potential reserve driver role.

2023 drivers: Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

McLaren has had contract controversies on both sides of the pond as their IndyCar team also wrestled (and lost) with Chip Ganassi Racing over 2021 champion Alex Palou. As mentioned in our Alpine section, Piastri declined a promotion to the Renault club and will join McLaren.

Norris signed an extension at the start of this year to stay aboard through the 2025 campaign.

Daniel Ricciardo was signed with McLaren for next season but it's clear the relationship hasn't worked out and a buyout was inevitable. Although the 33-year-old Australian driver scored a victory last season in the Italian Grand Prix, he hasn't stepped on the podium in any other race with McLaren. Ricciardo is languishing in 12th place in the drivers' standings this year and has been outperformed consistently by Norris.

It looks like Ricciardo will rejoin Red Bull in a reserve driver role. Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko told German broadcaster Sky Sport although no deal has been officially signed yet.

2023 drivers: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

The German powerhouse has taken a hit this season after winning a record-extending eighth consecutive constructors' championship last season and seeing Hamilton lose out on the drivers' title during the last lap of the final race in Abu Dhabi. A late-season resurgence has occurred though with Russell scoring his first-ever victory at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and Hamilton making it a 1-2 finish.

Hamilton signed a two-year extension in 2021 while heir apparent Russell agreed to a long-term contract when he made the jump from Williams this season. Maybe next year will be the Mercedes Revenge Tour?

2023 drivers: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez

Red Bull will look to run it back again and again as Verstappen is here for a good time and a long time. The Dutch driver is sticking around with Red Bull at least until 2028. Perez is also dialled in for another two seasons after signing an extension in May.

2023 drivers: Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant

Last (and least) is Williams Racing, which is also 10th in the constructors' standings as the lone team to finish in single-digit points. Albon, who joined Williams this season, will be back after signing a multi-year agreement in August.

Williams' second entry was the last on the grid determined. We knew early Nicholas Latifi would not be driving the second entry as he's parting ways. The Toronto driver scored points in just three races over three seasons and had as many points this year as de Vries, who made only one appearance filling in for Albon.

Logan Sargeant, 21, was tapped as Latifi's replacement and just needed enough FIA Super Licence points. Sargeant, who serves as Williams' test driver, finished fourth in the F2 standings to secure his Super Licence and is set to become the first American on the F1 grid since Alexander Rossi in 2015.