With the year now drawing to a close, the focus of all fans of Formula 1 it naturally veered towards 2023. The expectation is already growing for a new beginning which, just by looking at the transfers of the market(including team principals), looks really interesting. In the 2023 there will be 23 races. It will be a very long season that will start on March 5th and end on November 26th in Abu Dhabi and, to prepare, la FIA shared the weekend schedules for next season.
Let's go!
The Grand Prix of will kick off the new vintage Bahrain, scheduled at 18.00 local time on 5 March. This will be followed by the second race of the season (always at night) by license plate Saudi Arabia at 20.00. With the aim of always having excellent TV ratings also in Europe, the Grands Prix in Canada, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Brazil have been confirmed with the traffic lights going out at 14.00 local time.
No change in Europe
All confirmed also for the Grands Prix in Europe, which will always start at 15.00. The peculiarity concerns the start of the first free practice session, thirty minutes earlier than last year. In fact, FP1 will take place at 13.30, followed by FP2 at 17.00. The following day, FP3 will open the day at 12.30 with the qualification always scheduled at 16.00.
The Las Vegas adventure
The biggest news concerns the new entry of the 2023 calendar: Las Vegas. The turning off of traffic lights in Nevada is scheduled at 22.00 pm local time, on the evening of Saturday 18 November. In fact, there will be talk of a single format, with free practice taking place on Thursday and qualifying scheduled for Friday. Due to the time difference, in Italy, the race will take place on Sunday 19 November at 07.00.
Sprint timetables
However, the times are different Sprint which will take place at 17.30 in Azerbaijan and Qatar, at 16.30 in Austria and Belgium; at 17.00 in America and at 15.30 in Brazil.