Formula 1 in 2023: presentation of the cars ahead of the new season and explanation of why so many are black

Editor February 17, 2023

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Now that all the cars have been unveiled, you can turn your eyes to the 2023 Formula 1 class.

With lots of black – for reasons we explain below – these machines will take to the track at pre-season testing on February 23-25 and at all 23 races, starting with the Bahrain GP on March 5th.

You can watch it all on InNewCL Sports F1.

Red Bull: RB19

World champions Red Bull were the first team to do a full launch…although with their usual livery and a car that looked incredibly similar to last year’s, they gave little away.

The team gave the car a good shake up at Silverstone so don’t be surprised if you see a very different car testing.

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Red Bull has unveiled its new RB19 car for the 2023 Formula 1 season at a special event in New York

Ferrari: SF-23

Ferrari delighted fans from its Maranello base with a performance and the pleasure of seeing the car in action.

The red and black SF-23 looks fierce and Ferrari, who turned their attention to this challenger fairly early last season, says it’s a “completely redesigned” machine. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both drove the car at the nearby Fiorano circuit without issue on launch day.

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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc drives the new SF-23 car for the first time around their famous base in Maranello

Mercedes: W14

This car’s job is to propel Mercedes back into contention for the title.

The W14 – back in the all-black livery – surprisingly retains the sidepod design that seemed doomed last season, but the team says there are several other aerodynamic innovations.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both drove the car and were impressed.

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Mercedes is launching the W14 in hopes it will have the right “DNA” to challenge for the Formula 1 title in 2023

Alpine: A523

Alpine blue livery for most of the season (left) and color scheme for the first three races (right)

Alpine unveiled not one, but two liveries for the launch of the A523, including sporting icons Zinedine Zidane and Nicola Adams.

The pink livery will be used for the first three races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia before returning to the predominantly blue look from there. Alpine, like many teams, say this car is an evolution of last year’s when they finished impressively fourth. Now they want to close the gap to the top three.

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Alpine is showing its 2023 challenger, the A523, in two liveries

McLaren: MCL60

McLaren celebrated the past and looked to a bright future as the team kicked off its 60th anniversary season with the launch of its Formula 1 challenger in 2023.

The MCL60 was unveiled on Monday at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking with a livery broadly similar to its predecessor, with the most notable changes being a nod to the anniversary season and more black areas.

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McLaren has unveiled its new MCL60 for the 2023 F1 season

Alfa Romeo: C39

Alfa Romeo presented this “mean” car at its Swiss headquarters.

The team hasn’t hinted at too many big changes after impressing last year, but said there will be a “steep improvement curve”.

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Alfa Romeo has unveiled its new C43 car for the 2023 season at its Hinwil plant in Switzerland

Aston Martin: AMR23

There was plenty of excitement and optimistic talk at the launch of Aston Martin as the team unveiled its car from its new base at Silverstone with a new multiple title winner in Fernando Alonso.

Aston Martin say they are on a long-term road to Formula 1 titles and the winter rumors had their AMR23 car going through its simulations very quickly. Maybe the dark horse in midfield.

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Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll talk about the new Aston Martin AMR23 and their wishes for the new season

Haas: VF-23

Haas officially kicked off the launch season in late January with the livery reveal. The new car – again with much more black than last year – then made its track debut at Silverstone.

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Haas is the first team to reveal their livery for the 2023 F1 season and release these images of what their new car will look like

AlphaTauri: AT04

AlphaTauri AT04

AlphaTauri unveiled a black and white look at its New York launch, which tied in with Fashion Week – with a flash of red.

The car was driven at Misano by Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries, with Red Bull’s sister team hoping for a much more competitive 2023 season.

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AlphaTauri has unveiled its new livery for the 2023 Formula 1 season

Williams: FW45

Williams unveiled its FW45 livery at a “season opener” ahead of a shakedown at Silverstone.

It could well be another rebuilding season for the Grove team, which has finished bottom overall in four of the last five seasons, with new team boss James Vowles not starting work until next week.

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Williams Racing has unveiled its new livery for the 2023 Formula 1 season

Why are so many cars black?

As you can see, many cars this year are more black than usual. This isn’t just for aesthetics, as the black look actually has a performance benefit – and in many cases prevents teams from exceeding F1’s weight limit.

The performance advantage comes because those who use black do so with a lot of exposed carbon fiber, meaning no extra color or weight is added to the car. A lighter car is of course a faster car.

Mercedes acknowledged this weight-saving exercise when they said the return to black livery – which they used in 2020 and 2021 as a mark against racism – still reflects those values, but has also been brought back “in the name of performance”.

“Last year we were overweight,” said Wolff. “This year we’ve been trying to figure out where to squeeze every single gram out of it,”

He also said Mercedes was at the “weight limit of what we wanted to achieve”.

“Ultimately, weight is an important goal for us,” added Hamilton. “We were overweight all year last year and as a result we had a weight penalty even in the last race. So that was a strong focus to make sure that’s not the case this year.

“I’m glad it’s being taken seriously. We see a lot of carbon, not too much paint on the car. That’s the bare minimum, and that’s a positive for me because it means performance matters.”