The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship is as good as tied up now that of his closest rival, Charles Leclerc. So, we can now start looking forward to next year, when the that F1 will host a record-breaking 24 grands prix over the course of the season.

Formula 1’s 2023 calendar has just been approved by motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, and it’s a big one. The 2023 F1 season will kick off in Bahrain on March 3 before covering 22 races ahead of the season close in Abu Dhabi on November 26th.

This all means that the 2023 season will , and will end just a week later than 2022. Meaning F1 will cram a record-breaking 24 races into just 38 weeks. I’m exhausted just thinking about it!

But it is a pretty exciting calendar. Next year F1 will on November 18. The penultimate race on the calendar, the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix is , in a change to the traditional F1 weekend format.

There is also a return for F1 to Qatar on October 8. The race in the kingdom is the first in that will see F1 host events at the Losail Circuit.

Next year also sees the long-awaited return of the Chinese Grand Prix, which .

Despite worries that it , the Belgian Grand Prix remains a fixture in 2023. The historic race will now take place before the sport takes its summer break. This sees the race fill a gap left by the .

After the Belgian race, teams will have just over three weeks off for the summer break before on August 27.

And that’s a theme of this calendar, less time off for teams. Over the 38 weeks of racing, there will be six double header races, including the final back to back events in Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi.

There are also two triple-header races, including the Emilia Romagna event in Italy, Monaco and the Spanish Grand Prix. After the summer break, F1 will also host back-to-back races in Texas, Mexico and Brazil.

It’s a big ol’ calendar that includes three events in the U.S, nine races in Europe and seven events in Asia. I’m glad to see the return of China to the calendar, and I’m .

What do you think to the calendar, and are there ? There has been talk of an event in South Africa for months now, is there a track that we should drop to ?

The Full 2023 Formula 1 Calendar

03/05 Bahrain03/19 Saudi Arabia 04/02 Australia04/16 China04/30 Azerbaijan07/07 Miami, USA05/21 Emilia Romagna, Italy05/28 Monaco06/04 Spain06/18 Canada07/02 Austria07/09 United Kingdom07/23 Hungary07/30 Belgium08/27 Netherlands09/03 Italy09/17 Singapore09/24 Japan10/08 Qatar10/22 USA10/29 Mexico11/05 Brazil11/18 Las Vegas, USA11/26 Abu Dhabi