Meet the 2023 F1 drivers, team principals, and other key players | A guide to the 2023 Formula 1 paddock

Box Box F1 Pod

Get revved up for the 2023 Formula 1 season with our guide to every BNOT (big name on track), including drivers, team principals/owners, & other key players.

The takes are piping hot, somewhat factual, somewhat biased, but def v accurate. If you watched Netflix’s Drive to Survive, and are ready to take on a full season, this is for you!

• Mercedes
  • Toto Wolff (6'5" Austrian intellectual)
  • Lewis Hamilton (vegan, dog dad, #humble, & fashion icon)
  • George Russell (Not a robot)
  • Mick Schumacher (Reserve driver. Team QT)
• Red Bull
  • Christian Horner (Mr. Ginger Spice & pot stirrer)
  • Max Verstappen (hat choice indicative of behavior)
  • Sergio "Checo" Perez (best D2 possible entering his villain era?)
  • Daniel Ricciardo (Reserve driver. FEA!)
• Ferrari
  • Fred Vasseur (NOT French)
  • Charles Leclerc (The Curse of the Monegasque Prince)
  • Carlos Sainz Jr. (Related to many Carloses.)
• McLaren
  • Zak Brown (ugh.)
  • Lando Norris (.jpg)
  • Oscar Piastri (TBD?)
• Alpine
  • Otmar (brings back up shirts before eating a croissant)
  • Esteban Ocon (French & lanky)
  • Pierre Gasly (French & so cool tho)
• AlphaTauri
  • Yuki Tsunoda (loves food)
  • Nyck De Vries (doesn’t have a hype up song. Potential BDE)
• Aston Martin
  • Lawrence Stroll (mover & shaker)
  • Lance Stroll (son of Lawrence)
  • Fernando Alonso (it’s me, hi. I’m the problem, it’s me. But also <3)
• Williams
  • Alex Albon ( WAG)
  • Logan Sargeant (“discount superhero” -Alex)
• Alfa Romeo
  • Valtteri Bottas (formerly bleak. currently happy af)
  • Guanyu Zhou (fashion icon. Boba fan)
• Haas
  • Guenther Steiner (no eyebrows)
  • Kevin Magnussen ( love him now)
  • Nico Hulkenburg (suck my balls)

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