No Surprises as 2023 F1 Schedule Will Feature a Record 24 Races

• Miami retain its May slot on the 2023 Formula 1 schedule and Austin, Texas held on to its traditional October spot.

• The new-for-2023 street race in Las Vegas will debut on November 18—as a Saturday night race—as the penultimate round of the season.

• The French Grand Prix is not on the 2023 schedule.

Formula 1’s dizzying 24-race calendar revealed Formula 1’s 2023 calendar, featuring a record-breaking 24 Grands Prix—including three in the United States—was released on Tuesday.

The championship’s trio of rounds in the U.S. have been kept separate, with Miami retaining its May slot, and Austin keeping its traditional fall berth. The new-for-2023 street race in Las Vegas will debut on November 18—as a Saturday night race—as the penultimate round of the season.

The French Grand Prix, as expected, did not make the 2023 schedule.

As per 2022, the '23 season will open and close in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi respectively. However, the 2023 campaign will be extended, with an earlier start date of March 5, and a finale of November 26 a week later than this year’s curtain-closer.

Saudi Arabia again features as round two, though is no longer part of a back-to-back with opener Bahrain. This is because preseason testing is due to take place in Bahrain in late February, with Formula 1 keen to avoid personnel staying out in the Middle East for a prolonged period.

Australia will feature on April 2, once more as a standalone, with efforts to pair it with another Grand Prix having fallen by the wayside amid a lack of viable candidates. China’s return has been penciled in for April 16, as a standalone event, though its comeback after a three-year absence remains provisional.

That is because China still has strict quarantine measures that remain immutable for Formula 1, and if they aren’t relaxed, the event will not go ahead. Putting the event early in the year places extra pressure on officials in China to make a call as to whether Formula 1 can visit in seven months’ time.