All drivers now have a quantity chosen for the 2023 Components 1 season, with Nyck de Vries changing into the twentieth and remaining driver to verify.
The FIA have printed the entry listing for the 2023 Components 1 season, and all 20 drivers formally have their numbers.
Incoming AlphaTauri rookie Nyck de Vries was the ultimate driver to make his determination, and he has finally gone with No. 21.
De Vries made his Components 1 debut with Williams this previous season at Monza because the substitute for Alexander Albon throughout Albon’s bout with appendicitis, and he used the No. 45, the designated quantity for the Williams reserve driver. He then used the No. 41 throughout post-season testing with AlphaTauri in Abu Dhabi.
De Vries was one in all 4 drivers who wanted to decide about his quantity for the 2023 season.
The primary was, in fact, two-time reigning world champion Max Verstappen. Because the reigning champion, the Pink Bull driver has the fitting to make use of the No. 1 as a substitute of the No. 33 he picked for his Components 1 profession, and he did certainly take the No. 1 for the second straight season.
The opposite two have been incoming rookies Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant. Piastri, who is about to interchange Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren, is about to make use of the No. 81, and Sargeant, who is about to interchange Nicholas Latifi at Williams, is about to make use of the No. 2.
Nico Hulkenberg can be set to affix the grid in 2023 after having not competed full-time since 2019, changing Mick Schumacher at Haas, however he by no means misplaced the fitting to make use of his No. 27.
Regardless that a driver’s quantity turns into up for grabs after it isn’t in use for 2 seasons, Hulkenberg retained his quantity by making two begins in 2020 and one other two in 2022.
All 16 drivers who competed full-time in 2022 and are set to return in 2023 are set to make use of the identical numbers, together with the 2 drivers who switched groups (Fernando Alonso, Alpine to Aston Martin, and Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri to Alpine).
Bahrain Worldwide Circuit is scheduled to get the 2023 Components 1 season underway with the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, March 5.
