F1 live stream
The F1 Australian Grand Prix will be live and FREE on 10Play in Australia. Use a VPN (opens in new tab) to unblock 10Play when travelling outside Oz. As ever, every 2023 F1 race is available to watch free on RTL Zwee in Luxembourg, RTBF in Belgium, and either Servus or ORF in Austria. A complete breakdown of free F1 live streams is below.
| Next event - Australian GP March 31 - April 2 |
| Free live stream: Network 10 (AUS) | Servus TV (AUT) | RTBF (BEL) |
| Use ExpressVPN to watch any stream |
F1 season preview
The F1 circus has arrived at Albert Park, Melbourne, for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen starts on pole after a storming qualifying session. George Russell was second, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Last time out, Sergio Perez drove the race of his life to win the Saudi Arabian GP, while team-mate Max Verstappen fought his way up from 15th to 2nd. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was reinstated in third after a post-race penalty was overturned.
The 2023 F1 season is shaping up nicely. If Frederic Vasseur can pull the right levers at Ferrari, he could still have two title contenders in Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Last season was Lewis Hamilton's first ever winless in F1, and he'll be desperate to show that it was a one-off, especially as George Russell is clearly a man on the rise.
Gasly and Esteban Ocon form Alpine's first all-French lineup in more than 40 years (just in time for the French GP being dropped from the calendar), but how long before tensions arise? Nico Hulkenberg is back on the pace at Haas, which could hive team-mate Kevin Magnussen something to suck on.
Another theme could be magnificent rookies. McLaren's Piastri clearly has a terrible car under him, but having won both the F3 and F2 championships at his first attempt, he's one to watch. AlphaTauri's new driver, 28-year-old Nyck de Vries, is driving confidently, as is Williams' Logan Sargeant – the first American on the grid in seven years.
With a total of 23 races, including six Sprints, scheduled to take place across 20 different countries, follow our guide as we explain how to get a 2023 F1 live stream from anywhere.
F1 Australian GP schedule
FRIDAY - MARCH 31, 2023
Practice 1: 2.30am BST / 9.30pm ET (Thurs) / 12.30pm AEDT
Practice 2: 6am BST / 1am ET / 4pm AEDT
SATURDAY - APRIL 1, 2023
Practice 3: 2.30am BST / 9.30pm ET (Fri) / 12.30pm AEDT
Qualifying: 6am BST / 1am ET / 4pm AEDT
SUNDAY - APRIL 2 2023
Australian GP: 6am BST / 1am ET / 4pm AEDT
Where to watch FREE F1 live streams in 2023
Formula 1 is such a popular sport that many TV companies have, unfortunately, put a premium on F1 coverage. But there are some countries where the F1 is still shown on free TV.
That may be the odd race or, for some lucky Grand Prix fans, every single one:
- Albania: every race on RTSH (opens in new tab)
- Australia: Australian GP on 10Play (opens in new tab)
- Austria: every race on ORF Eins (opens in new tab) or Servus TV (opens in new tab)
- Belgium: every race on RBTF
- Brazil: every race on Band (opens in new tab) TV
- China: every race on Great Sports, CCTV (opens in new tab) or Guangdong Sports
- France: Bahrain, Monaco, French, United States and Mexico City GPs on C8 (opens in new tab)
- Iran: every race on MBC Persia (opens in new tab) or IRIB Varzesh (opens in new tab)
- UK and Ireland: British GP on Channel 4 (opens in new tab)
- Luxembourg: every race on RTL Zwee (opens in new tab)
- Mexico: Mexico City GP on Canal 5 (opens in new tab)
- Middle East and North Africa: select races on MBC Action (opens in new tab)
- Netherlands: Dutch GP on NOS (opens in new tab)
- Pakistan: every race on A Sports (opens in new tab)
- Singapore: Singapore GP on Channel 5 (opens in new tab)
- Spain: Spanish GP on Mediaset (opens in new tab)
- Tajikistan: every race on Varzish TV (opens in new tab)
- United States: Miami, USA, Canada, Mexico City, Monaco GPs on ABC (opens in new tab)
How to watch F1 live streams from outside your country
We've recommended some of the best places to live stream 2023 F1 races below. But you might run into a problem trying to access them if you're outside of your country. This is because of something called geo-blocking.
Simply follow our VPN advice below and you'll soon be around that issue with a great bit of software that allows you to relocate your device back to your country of residence - thereby regaining access to all the streaming services and content you normally enjoy at home.
Use a VPN to live stream F1 2023 from anywhere
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(opens in new tab)2023 F1 race calendar and dates
- Mar 5 - Bahrain GP
- Mar 19 - Saudi Arabian GP
- Apr 2 - Australian GP
- Apr 30 - Azerbaijan GP
- May 7 - Miami GP
- May 21 - Emilia Romagna GP
- May 28 - Monaco GP
- Jun 4 - Spanish GP
- Jun 18 - Canadian GP
- Jul 2 - Austrian GP
- Jul 9 - British GP
- Jul 23 - Hungarian GP
- Jul 30 - Belgian GP
- Aug 27 - Dutch GP
- Sep 3 - Italian GP
- Sep 17 - Singapore GP
- Sep 24 - Japanese GP
- Oct 8 - Qatar GP
- Oct 22 - United States GP
- Oct 29 - Mexico City GP
- Nov 5 - São Paulo GP
- Nov 18 - Las Vegas GP
- Nov 26 - Abu Dhabi GP
2023 F1 teams and drivers
Red Bull
- Max Verstappen
- Sergio Pérez
Ferrari
- Charles Leclerc
- Carlos Sainz
Mercedes
- Lewis Hamilton
- George Russell
Alpine
- Pierre Gasly
- Esteban Ocon
McLaren
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
Alfa-Romeo
- Valtteri Bottas
- Guanyu Zhou
Aston Martin
- Fernando Alonso
- Lance Stroll
Haas
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nico Hulkenberg
AlphaTauri
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Nyck de Vries
Williams
- Alex Albon
- Logan Sargeant
2023 F1 Sprint races
Six Sprint races will be held during the 2023 F1 season, at the Azerbaijan, Austrian, Belgian, Qatar, United States and São Paulo Grands Prix.
That's double the number of Sprints that took place during each of the previous two seasons, despite the jury still being out on the format.
The Baku City Circuit, Spa-Francorchamps, Lusail Circuit and Circuit of The Americas have never previously hosted a Sprint, and the FIA says that they, along with the Red Bull Ring and Interlagos, were selected because of their potential for overtaking opportunities and close or high-speed racing.
The top eight finishers win points, with the winner getting eight points and P8 gaining one, and the sprint race finishing order determines the grid for the Grand Prix.
2023 F1 car changes
Untold hours were dedicated to the discussion of porpoising last season, and the FIA has moved to combat the issue in 2023 by allowing constructors to raise their cars' floor edges by 15mm, and the height of the throat of the diffuser by an as-yet-unspecified amount.
Because of the shocking crash that Zhou Guanyu suffered at Silverstone in 2022, amendments have also been made to the design of roll hoops – the cylindrical structure at the top of the chassis that sits behind the driver's head.
They're now required to be rounded at the top, to prevent them from digging into the ground in the event of a car flipping, which is exactly what happened to Guanyu last year. After colliding with another car, his Alfa-Romeo flipped upside down, skidded at high-speed towards the barriers, before the roll hoop dug into the ground and flipped the car over once more, launching it over the barriers and into the fence just in front of spectators.
The size of the cars' side-mirrors has also been significantly expanded from 150 × 50mm 200 × 60mm.
