Max Verstappen opened pre-season testing with the fastest time on the first part of the first day in Bahrain after the new Red Bull RB19 was shown to the public for the first time, with Carlos Sainz second fastest in the Ferrari SF-23.

McLaren completed the first kilometers of its new 2023 F1 car, the MCL60, at the track that will host pre-season testing and the first race of the season in Bahrain, with both drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri testing the car.

Aston Martin has confirmed what was expected - that their test and reserve driver Felipe Drugovich will replace Lance Stroll in pre-season testing after the Canadian was injured on the bike.

Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll has announced that he will miss pre-season testing in Bahrain due to a cycling accident, but could be fit for the start of the season.

The fourth-placed team of last year's championship Alpine is the last to present its new car for 2023, the A523, in two different color combinations, with which they hope to at least maintain fourth place in the standings and hopefully get even closer to the top three.

A day after presenting its 2023 F1 car, Mercedes did the first test with the new F1 W14 at Silverstone, where they were greeted by changing conditions, as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were both present at the test.

Mercedes has unveiled their new F1 car for the new 2023 season, the F1 W14, and with which they have returned to the all-black livery they used in both 2020 and 2021 and with which they want to return to the fight for the title after a difficult last season.

The most successful team in the history of Formula 1 Ferrari has unveiled their new car for 2023, called the SF23, with which it hopes to win the first championship since 2008 and which should correct the shortcomings of its predecessor, which was the second best car last year.

Reigning constructors' champions Red Bull have confirmed that eight-time F1 winner and former driver Daniel Ricciardo will be their test and reserve driver next year, returning to the team he left at the end of 2018.

Carlos Sainz set the fastest lap in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi which saw three Ferrari drivers take the top three places, with several drivers making their debuts for new teams such as Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly and Oscar Piastri.