RACE DEBRIEF

    After months of car development, weeks of physical training and some intense days of pre-season testing, the time has almost come to go racing – with F1’s 10 teams and 20 drivers gathering in Bahrain to kick off a hotly-anticipated 2023 campaign…

    How will this year’s three rookies – Oscar Piastri, Nyck de Vries and Logan Sargeant – fare as they make their debuts? What can Nico Hulkenberg achieve on his return to the sport? And how about Fernando Alonso’s high-profile move to Aston Martin?

    NEED TO KNOW: The most important facts, stats and trivia ahead of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

    Ahead of the first race bringing the first answers to these questions, and many, many more, take a tour of the 2023 grid to meet the new faces, familiar names and fresh allegiances in play up and down the order.

    Hit go in the video player above to get even more hyped for the season ahead...