Formula 1 in 2023: Record 24-race calendar revealed as Las Vegas debuts and China returns

Formula 1 has revealed a grounds contention calendar for 2023, with the athletics acceptable to clasp 24 races successful a play for the precise archetypal time.

Overhauling its largest-ever calendar by 2 races, the docket for adjacent play includes the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, which is connected a Saturday night, and sees the instrumentality of the Chinese GP aft a three-year absence.

The calendar was approved by the FIA and the World Motor Sport Council and revealed by F1's governing assemblage connected Tuesday.

Qatar besides returns aft making its debut successful 2021 portion Monaco retains its spot connected the calendar — successful the mediate of the archetypal of 2 triple headers connected the calendar — aft doubts astir a contract.

Making mode for 2023 is the French GP, and a antecedently touted contention successful South Africa has not been included.

The play volition commencement connected March 5 successful Bahrain, wherever pre-season investigating is acceptable to instrumentality place, and decorativeness connected November 26 successful Abu Dhabi.

"We are excited to denote the 2023 calendar with 24 races astir the world. Formula 1 has unprecedented request to big races and it is important we get the equilibrium close for the full sport," Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, said.

2023 Formula 1 — Race Calendar

"We are precise pleased with the beardown momentum Formula 1 continues to acquisition and it is large quality that we volition beryllium capable to bring our passionate fans a premix of breathtaking caller locations specified arsenic Las Vegas to the Championship with overmuch loved venues crossed Europe, Asia and the Americas."

"The beingness of 24 races connected the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is further grounds of the maturation and entreaty of the athletics connected a planetary scale," said FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem.

"The summation of caller venues and the retention of accepted events underlines the FIA's dependable stewardship of the sport."

The talking points from F1's grounds calendar

Amid a roar successful popularity worldwide, F1 and its American owners Liberty Media person been trying to up the calendar of races for immoderate time. 2022 was owed to beryllium a 23-race play earlier the Russian GP was cancelled — but this is the archetypal clip the contention calendar has ever risen to 24.

There are respective oddities connected the schedule. The archetypal 4 races, for example, are each standalone events contempt 3 of them taking spot successful Asia.

The play volition past caput connected to an Azerbaijan-Miami treble header, followed by an Imola-Monaco-Spain triple.

Canada is simply a standalone event, with F1 incapable to brace the Montreal contention and Miami together.

Hungary has vacated its accustomed pre-summer interruption position, with the Belgian GP astatine Spa to travel the Budapest contention connected July 30. The Dutch GP volition truthful beryllium the archetypal contention aft the summertime break.

There is past an Asian treble header with Singapore and Japan earlier a standalone contention successful Qatar, which begins a 10-year declaration and didn't person a 2022 contention owed to the FIFA World Cup, earlier the 2nd triple-header takes spot successful USA, Mexico and Brazil.

After the Brazilian GP connected November 5, determination is simply a week's interruption earlier F1 heads to the Las Vegas portion for the archetypal Saturday contention since 1985.

That debut lawsuit is twinned with the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP.

Formula 1 volition contention successful Monaco until 2025

An statement has been finalised with the Automobile Club of Monaco (ACM) to proceed to contention connected the celebrated streets of Monte-Carlo until 2025 inclusive, nether a caller three-year deal.

The contention has been an important portion of the Championship since the archetypal determination successful 1950 and provides a unsocial situation for each the drivers.

"I americium pleased to corroborate that we volition beryllium racing successful Monaco until 2025 and excited to beryllium backmost connected the streets of this celebrated Principality for adjacent year's Championship connected May 28," Domenicali said.

"I privation to convey everyone progressive successful this renewal and particularly H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club of Monaco and each his team. We look guardant to being backmost adjacent play to proceed our concern together."

Michel Boeri, President of the Automobile Club of Monaco, added: "In the involvement of the Formula One World Championship, and aft respective months of negotiations, we are arrogant to denote that we person signed a 3-year statement with Formula One, and apt to beryllium renewed. The 2023 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix volition beryllium held connected Sunday 28th May, 2023."