Every date you need to know about in November

After a three-race October, it's more of the same for November as we round out our 2023 season with a final trio of grands prix.

An end to the flyaway triple-header tour of the Americas comes first, with a return to the fan-favourite Autódromo José Carlos Pace, AKA Interlagos.

The well-earned weekend off after our Brazil trip will serve as a much-needed deep breath before heading into the unknown as Formula 1 sets off to The Strip for the first Las Vegas GP before the now-traditional finale at Abu Dhabi.

With a Sprint, a Saturday Grand Prix, and new faces driving the FW45, here are the November dates for your diary.

Brazilians such as Felipe Massa, Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello, Nelson Piquet, and Bruno Senna have raced for us in the past, so we know first-hand how much passion the country has for motorsports.

This year's Grand Prix will again see a Sprint weekend, with São Paulo being the single circuit that the short-form race has remained ever present at since its 2021 introduction.

That means Friday the 3rd is a vital day for Sarge to familiarise himself with another new circuit during the single FP1 session before Qualifying.

Saturday the 4th sees the final Sprint Saturday of 2023, with the morning's Shootout session setting the grid for the 100 km dash.

We close out the triple-header on Sunday the 5th with a 71-lap run around the 4.309 km course that so often sees sensational races.

Forget what you think you know about Formula 1 and Sin City with races around a self-contained track at Caeser's Palace; the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix is an entirely different beast from our last trip here in the 80s.

The neon glow of this Nevada hotspot will host the 20 cars in front of a capacity crowd as we race around the streets, including past the famous hotels down the iconic Strip.

We're making ourselves at home among it all, bringing our Fan Zone back for one last 2023 trip from Monday the 13th until Saturday the 18th, where you can get up close with our simulators, show car, merch, and, of course, ask questions to some Williams Racing stars!

Racing-wise, it's late-night action for all, with FP1 beginning on Thursday the 16th and FP2 starting and carrying on past midnight local time.

A similar story comes on Friday the 17th, when we'll have Qualifying underway at midnight, ready to reward those who gamble and win on their push laps.

The first Grand Prix since 1985 that doesn't fall on a Sunday follows on Saturday the 18th, with a 10 PM start time guaranteeing that Las Vegas lights will illuminate the FW45s as they speed down The Strip.

After a long 23-race year, we finally make it to Abu Dhabi for the season finale to secure our place in the 2023 championship standings.

We're hopeful we'll still be P7 as we enter and leave the Yas Marina Circuit and will push hard in these final three races to stay there.

There's no alternative day for the Grand Prix, no Shootout, and no Sprint, meaning Friday the 24th sees a standard FP1 and FP2.

It's not so standard for one of the Williams Racing family, though — Formula 3's vice-champion driver Zak O'Sullivan will jump in for Alex Albon in FP1 for his first taste of the FW45.

Keeping with the Williams Racing Driver Academy, fellow F3 starlet Franco Colapinto will be racing around Abu Dhabi as he gets a headstart on 2024 by making his Formula 2 debut over the weekend.

Franco's first F2 race comes on Saturday the 25th, the same day Alex and Logan take on their last Qualifying session of the season.

The curtain-closing Grand Prix on Sunday the 26th will see the sun quite literally set on F1 2023, with Abu Dhabi's day-to-night race set to end the season once again.

Yet it's not all over for our Middle Eastern driver quartet, with the post-season test and young driver test coming on Tuesday the 28th.

Albono and Sarge will share the driving duties in the post-season test, while Franco will get his first taste of F1 machinery as he and Zak enjoy the young driver test.

We may be on the home stretch, but as you can see, there's still plenty more to come from 2023.