The 2023 F1 season witnessed mega dominance by Red Bull who continued its fine form from 2022, while many other teams had vastly different campaigns to the year before.
Aston Martin and Williams both moved up the championship order quite significantly, while Alpine and Haas F1 Team dropped down.
But many others were up and down, too. So how did each F1 team perform in the 2023 season compared to 2022 and were there any shocks on the grid?
*Wins, pole positions and podiums don’t include sprint races
Red Bull
| 2022 | 2023 | Difference | |
| Championship Position | 1st | 1st | 0 |
| Total Points | 759 | 860 | +101 |
| Grand Prix wins | 17 | 21 | +4 |
| Pole positions | 8 | 14 | +6 |
| Podiums | 28 | 30 | +2 |
Red Bull had a truly dominant 2022 season where it clinched the constructors’ championship with three rounds left, while Max Verstappen won a record-breaking 15 grands prix in a year. Considering such success, the question was how could Red Bull improve for 2023 – but that was something they managed to do.
The RB19 broke several records which arguably makes it the most dominant car in F1 history, where 21 grands prix wins helped Red Bull score over double the points tally of its runner-up Mercedes.
Key to Red Bull’s dominance was once again Verstappen, who broke his own record for most wins in a season (19) plus many others to clinch a third consecutive drivers’ title.
Photo by: Red Bull Content Pool
Sergio Pérez, Max Verstappen with the 2023 trophies at Red Bull’s Milton Keynes factory
Mercedes
| 2022 | 2023 | Difference | |
| Championship Position | 3rd | 2nd | +1 |
| Total Points | 515 | 409 | -106 |
| Grand Prix wins | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Pole positions | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Podiums | 17 | 8 | -9 |
Mercedes ended 2022 with big disappointment, as the Silver Arrows got its narrow sidepod design significantly wrong and saw a run of eight consecutive championships ended by Red Bull. But, statistically, 2023 was even worse despite Mercedes adding wider sidepods onto its car for Monaco, which was the season’s sixth round.
The team had its first winless campaign since 2011 while scoring less than half of their podium tally from 2022. Mercedes often struggled to find the ideal operating window for its car during a weekend with set-up sometimes changing from session to session.
However, there was still a positive moment as Lewis Hamilton took pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix during a year where the seven-time world champion delivered impressive performances en route to third in the…
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