Gallery: Here Are All The 2023 Formula 1 Racecars And Their New Liveries

The 2023 Formula 1 season has only just begun to unfold. Launch season came to an end late last week following the Alpine F1 Team’s official 2023 livery launch, making them the last to do so amongst the 10 teams competing in the championship this year.

Whilst some teams have shown their new liveries using their actual 2023 cars, others have chosen to show their new liveries using digital mock-ups instead. Nevertheless, a clearer picture should arise as soon as official -pre-season testing gets underway later this week ahead of the season-opening race weekend – both taking place in Bahrain on Feb 23, 24, and 25 and March 3,4, and 5 respectively.

Until then, this is perhaps our best look at each team’s car. Here’s a breakdown of each.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

We start with perhaps the most exciting livery change on the grid, and it’s none-other than the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. For 2023, the team sees the return of its stunning black livery from 2020 and 2021 for its new 2023 Mercedes F1 W14 machine.

According to team principal Toto Wolff, the change from last year’s silver stems from the “overweight” W13, and not an ounce of carbon fibre has been left unturned in the team’s latest effort to “squeeze out every single gramme” on the new car.

Mercedes suggests that it has identified the single design mistake that doomed its 2022 season, which many thought to be related to the design of the floor. The team also strongly implied that it would continue with its unique sidepod concept, evident with the W14’s new ‘zero sidepod design’.

In the hot seat this year once again are Britons Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Next to Ferrari’s, Mercedes’ driving pair stand as strong challengers against Red Bull Racing for 2023. Let's hope this return to black also sees Mercedes return to its winning ways that lasted from 2014 to 2021.

Oracle Red Bull Racing

Oracle Red Bull Racing enters 2023 to defend its title on both the drivers’ and constructors’ championship fronts. It won the latter for the first time since 2013, whilst the former saw the team’s lead driver Max Versatappen claim it twice in row in 2021 and 2022.

Hopes are running high for the Milton Keynes-based squad and, unsurprisingly, their 2023 Honda RBPT-powered RB19 machine continues with a relatively unchanged livery. Also unchanged for 2023 are the driving pair of Verstappen and Mexican ace Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez in the hot seats.

Largely unchanged livery aside, the big news from the team’s 2023 launch was of course its new partnership with Ford. As reported, the American global automaker is set to partner up with the Red Bull Powertrains Division and co-develop new electrified powertrains from 2026 onwards.

Until then, Red Bull sees its 2023-spec RB19 machine continue employing Honda-sourced power units which, across the last two seasons at least, has proven to be a winning one. Will Verstappen chart a third driver’s title and the team’s second constructor’s title in a row in 2023? All signs strongly indicate so…

Scuderia Ferrari

Formula 1 would not be complete without Ferrari, and the Italian squad knows that. For 2023, the Maranello-based team sees the livery donning its SF-23 challenger remain largely unchanged from its predecessor.

There are now more areas left unpainted in bare black carbon fibre, suggesting that the Scuderia is adopting similar steps as its rivals towards greater weight-savings. Also unchanged is the SF-23’s base aerodynamic concept, as well as its driving pair of Charles LeClerc and Carlos Sainz Jr.

Of course, the biggest change was done within the top echelon of the team’s management. Fred Vasseur now helms the position of Team Principal which was dramatically vacated by predecessor Mattia Binotto following a dramatic fall-out between Ferrari management and the Swiss-Italian veteran.

Clearly, Vasseur has plenty on his plate this year as, apart from the team’s error prone reputation, he’s also got to see in-season development become more effective. These, indeed, are key towards Ferrari seeing itself mount a serious challenge for the title, or more consistent victories at the very least…

 BWT Alpine F1 Team

As the last of the 10 teams to show off its 2023 livery, the Renault-owned BWT Alpine F1 Team sees its new A523 machine don an updated livery. As expected, the revised livery mixes both the car company’s traditional blue hue with the bright pink of title sponsor BWT.

Alpine claims the A523 is an ‘evolution’ of the last year’s design, sporting ‘radical development’ undertaken over the winter break to help the team achieve its targets of fourth place in the constructors’ championship again, albeit “in a much more convincing fashion” said team principal Otmar Szafnauer.

While the team were coy about technical changes, what’s certainly a breath of fresh air here is the arrival of Pierre Gasly into its drivers line-up. Retained alongside him is Esteban Ocon, who completes the dream all-French drivers and team combination for the team.

Despite their aspirations to rank higher in the standings, the biggest roadblock here would be the potentially explosive relations between the two drivers who famously had a fall-out years ago whilst being rivals in karting. Both have publicly ‘buried the hatchet’, according to the team but, as we’ve seen in recent seasons, anything can happen in F1. In short, this driver pairing should see some interesting results indeed.

McLaren F1 Team

For 2023, the famed Woking-based institution sees its 2023 livery on its MCL60 challenger bear similarities to last year’s car. However, there is much more naked carbon fibre now and, by extension, much less orange and blue. This is perhaps the weight-saving trend being put to work here once again.

What’s changed is the driver’s line-up that features rookie Oscar Piastri. He takes up the seat vacated early by fellow Aussie driver Daniel Ricciardo, who has since made his return to Red Bull Racing as a reserve driver. Retaining the other hot seat in 2023 at McLaren is Anglo-Belgian youngster Lando Norris.

2023 holds high promise for the Woking-based team which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. In this span, the UK-based team has charted quite the CV - 20 F1 championships (12 drivers’, eight constructors’), 183 grand prix wins, plus successes in the Indy 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Though a challenge for either title seems a little far-fetched this year, a few race wins are still on the cards at least for McLaren, especially though lead driver Lando. Surely, should the team edge itself past Alpine in the constructors’ standings this year, it would mark a remarkable effort to say the least.

Scuderia Alpha Tauri

Red Bull Racing’s junior team sees its 2023 challenger the AT04 don an updated livery that sports a revised paintjob combining elements of last year’s design with its signature blue (or purple?) and white two-tone scheme still in place.

Whilst star driver Pierre Gasly has departed for Alpine, the position of the team’s lead driver now falls onto 22-year-old Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda as he charts his third campaign in F1 with the team. Alongside him is Dutch newcomer Nyck de Vries who made a sensational one-race appearance standing in for Alex Albon at Williams last year and scored points.

Together, both drivers and the team will be hoping to improve on last year’s 9th place finish in the constructors’ championship in which only Williams finished with fewer points.

Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team

Aston Martin enters 2023 with yet another relatively unchanged livery on its AMR23 challenger, though we reckon the most important change has happened elsewhere. Key to this is the arrival of Spanish veteran and double world champion Fernando Alonso taking up the seat vacated by now retired four-time champion Sebastian Vettel.

Retained alongside Alonso is of course Canadian youngster Lance Stroll, though it’s widely accepted that the younger Stroll’s position within the Aston Martin team is somewhat secured ‘indefinitely’ – his father, Lawrence Stroll, owns both the team and the Aston Martin road cars brand altogether.

That aside, Alonso's arrival, plus his promises of even greater performance than his efforts the last two seasons at Alpine previously, are telling. Aston says the AMR23 is an evolution of last year’s car, with technical director Dan Fallows saying they’ve “improved it in every critical area”.

Clearly, the package the AMR23 packs looks much more promising than the car it replaces, but we’ll only know for certain once pre-season testing gets underway. Keep a close eye – and ear – to what the famously unapologetic Alonso has to say about it after which…

Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake

Ahead of its impending take-over and rebrand as the Audi works effort, the Swiss-based Alfa Romeo-branded team formerly known as Sauber continues in 2023 with its challenger the C43. This year, the car sports a striking livery that blends red with much black, the latter probably for weight-savings as much as anything else.

Alfa says the C43 is an evolution of last year’s car that ‘incorporates several updates and completely new parts’, largely caused by changes in the regulations last year to mitigate excessive bouncing - porpoising. The team’s new livery however was shown on their older car, so we cannot see any new technical changes in these digital renders released just yet.

No changes in the driver line up as both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu are retained with both the Finn and Chinese drivers marking their second campaign in Alfa Romeo colours. However, with Vasseur’s recent exit and installation at Ferrari, Alfa Romeo will race under the leadership of Alessandro Alunni Bravi as MD and ‘Team Representative’.

Bravi’s leadership, and how he intends to elevate the team further up the standings will be interesting. At the very least though, he and the team have already won plenty of style points because this new livery is indeed prettier than what the team donned previously. Wouldn’t you agree?

Williams Racing

For its new 2023 F1 car, called the FW25, Williams sees its 2023 don a slightly different livery to last year’s, but the team hopes a raft of design changes will bump it up the grid. Details released by the team notes a pair of reconfigured sidepods plus an increased ride height, the former designed for a more effective power unit cooling layout.

Other changes include a new front suspension layout plus ‘major external aerodynamic surfaces’ being modified, all aimed towards greater aerodynamic efficiency. This, in turn, promises more overall downforce and improved handling characteristics, according to Williams.

Back to its livery and, unlike last season, the new FW45 uses matte paint for a ‘stronger’ look, whereas partners Duracell gets treated with new air intake design that looks like a battery. Williams also welcomes several new partners including Gulf Oil and all should help with the in-season development fund.

In the hot seat for Williams in 2023 is rookie American driver Logan Sargeant who joins alongside retained Thai national and all-around good guy Alex Albon. The final piece of the puzzle is the arrival of new team principal James Vowles who joins officially from Mercedes. Could this be the turn-around season Williams desperately needs? We hope so…

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team

Last but certainly not the least comes the American-owned Haas F1 Team and, for its 2023 challenger the VF-23, the team welcomes a livery change thanks to the arrival of new title sponsors MoneyGram. It sees a return to a colour scheme we’ve seen occasionally since Haas entered  F1 in 2016, with much black, white, and a dash of red.

As for technical changes, there’s little to gauge as the new livery was shown through digital renderings. As per the norm, Haas is keeping its true aero development under wraps for as long as possible before pre-season testing gets underway.

“I like the livery, it’s undoubtedly a more elevated and modernised look which is fitting as we move into a new era alongside MoneyGram as our title partner,” said the team’s famed and rather unapologetically direct Italian-American team principal Guenther Steiner whilst skirting from revealing any technical details surrounding the VF-23.

Surely, Steiner will have his hands full given the rather explosive driver line-up the team has for 2023 in the form of returning Dane Kevin Magnussen who partners up alongside famed ‘Super-Sub’ Nico Hulkenberg. Can Haas spring more surprises in 2023 with this pairing? We’re inclined to believe so!