Formula 1 2024: All you need to know about the teams and drivers

All you need to know about the teams and drivers in 2024 (all facts correct as of 22 February).

The all-French pairing of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly begin their second season together at Alpine.

Gasly, 28, finished 11th in the standings at the end of the 2023 season - one place higher than 27-year-old team-mate Ocon.

The two drivers, who were childhood friends growing up in Normandy before falling out during their karting days, collided with each other at the third race of the 2023 season in Australia, an incident Gasly later called the "worst scenario possible" for the new team-mates.

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, who will turn 43 this year, finished fourth in the drivers' championship in 2023 and secured eight podiums in his maiden campaign with Aston Martin.

The Spaniard, winner of 32 races during his long career, first stepped into an F1 car at the Australian Grand Prix in 2001 for Minardi - one month before McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was born.

Lance Stroll, meanwhile, missed pre-season testing last year following a cycling accident but recovered in time to take part in the opener in Bahrain where he finished sixth.

The 25-year-old ended the year 10th in the championship, 132 points behind team-mate Alonso.

This will be the final season that Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both line up at Ferrari, after the shock announcement Lewis Hamilton will join the Italian team in 2025.

Sainz, 29, was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a grand prix in 2023, sealing his second career victory at the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore. The Spaniard also put his car on pole position twice and finished on the podium three times in total.

Leclerc was fifth in the standings last year, level on 206 points with Fernando Alonso. But despite securing pole for five grands prix, the 26-year-old Monegasque driver failed to convert any of his front-row spots into a race victory.

In January, Leclerc extended his contract with the team for "several more seasons to come".

Haas, like every other team on the grid for 2024, are sticking with an unchanged line-up, following a difficult 2023 campaign where the US-based team finished bottom of the constructors' championship.

German Nico Hulkenberg, who replaced Mick Schumacher for 2023, scored points in the main race in Melbourne and sprint event at the Austrian Grand Prix.

Magnussen, 31, collected three points across 21 races last year, leaving the Dane 19th in the championship and six points adrift of his 36-year-old team-mate.

McLaren made a sluggish start to the 2023 season but the team bounced back to beat Aston Martin to fourth place in the constructors' title race.

Briton Lando Norris is another driver who signed a new deal during the winter break, committing his long-term future with McLaren "until at least the end of 2026".

The 24-year-old landed on the podium seven times in 2023- six of those in second place - and finished one point behind Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso in the standings.

Oscar Piastri, the youngest driver on the grid at aged 22, is starting his second stint with McLaren following a successful rookie campaign. The Australian won a chaotic Qatar sprint race, then finished second behind Max Verstappen in the main grand prix after starting sixth on the grid.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is waving goodbye to Mercedes at the end of the 2024 season after 11 years with the Silver Arrows.

Hamilton agreed a multi-year deal with the Scuderia in February in one of the biggest moves in Formula 1 history, but will the switch result in a return to winning ways?

The 39-year-old has not been on the top step of the podium since the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in 2021. He did, however, secure his 104th pole position at the Hungaroring in July.

Now in his third season with Mercedes, 26-year-old George Russell will be hoping for a more successful campaign this time around after ending 2023 a disappointing eighth in the championship, with just two third-place finishes from 22 races.

Red Bull celebrated their sixth constructors' crown, and second in a row, in 2023 thanks to Max Verstappen's continued domination over the rest of the field.

The Dutchman, 26, lifted his third consecutive drivers' title in October - clocking up 19 victories in 22 races, setting a new F1 record for the most wins in a row with 10 and finishing 290 points clear of second-placed Sergio Perez in the standings.

Verstappen's team-mate Perez opened last season with two wins in four grands prix but the Mexican could not keep up his early form and soon found his seat at the team under intense pressure.

The 34-year-old suffered two collisions and two five-second time penalties at Suzuka in Japan, then crashed out on the opening lap in front of his home fans in Mexico.

Red Bull's sister team has been given a makeover for the new season - out goes Alpha Tauri and in comes RB - but the driver line-up remains the same.

Daniel Ricciardo, 34, was sitting on the sidelines this time last year after parting ways with McLaren, but the Australian was drafted in to take the place of Dutchman Nyck de Vries halfway through the 2023 season.

His comeback stalled, however, when he broke a bone in his left hand in practice for the Dutch Grand Prix in August, resulting in New Zealander Liam Lawson stepping into the car for five races until Ricciardo had recovered.

Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda, 23, struggled to consistently finish in the top 10 last season and his best race position was eighth at both the United States and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix.

Alfa Romeo becomes Sauber for the 2024 season but the team has decided to stick with the same driver pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.

Zhou, 24, starts his third year in Formula 1 and will get to experience his home race this year when the Chinese Grand Prix returns to the calendar after a four-year absence.

Bottas, who made his debut on the grid with Williams in 2013 and scored 10 race victories during his time with Mercedes, finished 15th in the championship last year.

A positive season for Alex Albon in 2023 lifted Williams from last place in the constructors' standings in 2022 to seventh last year.

The 27-year-old Thai-British driver scored 27 of the team's 28 points with top-10 finishes at the likes of Silverstone, Monza and the Canadian Grands Prix.

American Logan Sargeant, 23, celebrated scoring his first F1 point at the United States Grand Prix thanks to the disqualifications of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.