What does the 2025 F1 driver lineup appear to be?

The 2024 System 1 season made historical past for the game when the primary race started. When the lights went out to start out the Bahrain Grand Prix, it was the primary time in F1 historical past that the drivers who ended the earlier season have been the identical actual drivers — in the identical actual spots — when the following 12 months started.

Nevertheless, the season additionally started with adjustments looming on the horizon. Not solely was over half of the grid starting the 12 months on an expiring contract, the surprising information that Lewis Hamilton could be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari on the finish of 2024 kicked the F1 “foolish season” into overdrive.

Slowly, subsequent 12 months’s lineup is rounding into form. The information that Pink Bull reached a brand new two-year deal implies that over half of the grid is now set for 2025.

So how does the 2025 F1 driver lineup look? Right here is the way it stands in the meanwhile, with 9 spots nonetheless formally up for grabs.

This piece shall be up to date as new contracts are introduced.

Alpine

Alpine entered the 2024 F1 season with two drivers on the ultimate 12 months of their contracts, in Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. With Ocon and Alpine saying forward of the Canadian Grand Prix that they’ll “half methods” on the finish of the 2024 season, one seat is formally vacant for 2025. Rumors persist about Gasly’s future with the workforce, however with the Ocon announcement the workforce would possibly look to retain him for 2025, to maintain some degree of continuity throughout the group.

Earlier this week we took a have a look at potential choices for Alpine for at the least Ocon’s present seat.

Replace: Forward of the Austrian Grand Prix Alpine introduced that Gasly shall be again for 2025 on a brand new “multi-year” deal.

Replace: Forward of the Dutch Grand Prix Alpine introduced that Jack Doohan will drive for the workforce in 2025. You may be taught extra about Doohan on this profile from the Miami Grand Prix.

• Pierre Gasly – “Multi-year” contract
• Jack Doohan

Aston Martin

Aston Martin is likely one of the few groups at the moment with a lineup set for 2025. Fernando Alonso entered the 12 months on the ultimate season of his present contract, however the events just lately introduced a brand new “multi-year contract.” As for Lance Stroll, his contract standing is one thing of a thriller, however it’s understood that he’s on a rolling contract, one which has been described within the media as “indefinite.”

Replace: Forward of the Austrian Grand Prix Aston Martin confirmed that Stroll shall be again for 2025 on a brand new “multi-year” deal.

• Fernando Alonso — “Multi-year” contract by at the least 2026
• Lance Stroll — “Multi-year” contract

Haas

Much like Alpine, Haas is one other workforce that entered the 12 months with a pair of drivers on the ultimate 12 months of their offers, and now is aware of for sure that one spot is open for 2025. Nico Hülkenberg introduced forward of the Miami Grand Prix that he was shifting to Sauber for 2025 and past, forward of that workforce changing into the Audi works outfit in 2026. Kevin Magnussen is within the ultimate 12 months of his deal, and it stays unclear if he shall be retained for 2025.

A reputation that has been usually linked with at the least one spot at Haas for 2025? Ferrari academy driver and super-sub Oliver Bearman.

Replace: Haas made it official forward of the British Grand Prix, saying that Bearman could be on the grid with the workforce subsequent season with a “multi-year” deal.

Replace: Haas confirmed forward of the Belgian Grand Prix that Esteban Ocon could be becoming a member of the workforce on a “multi-year” deal for subsequent season.

• Oliver Bearman — “Multi-year” contract
• Esteban Ocon — “Multi-year” contract

Ferrari

Ferrari kicked off the F1 foolish season within the winter, when the gorgeous announcement got here that Lewis Hamilton could be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari on the conclusion of the 2024 season. With the workforce having already introduced a brand new deal for Charles Leclerc, Ferrari’s lineup is ready for 2025 … and past.

• Charles Leclerc — “Multi-year” contract
• Lewis Hamilton — “Multi-year” contract

McLaren

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Final October I sat down with McLaren CEO Zak Brown for an unique interview, and at the moment the workforce boss informed me in no unsure phrases that in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri the workforce has the most effective driver duo on the grid.

So it ought to come as no shock that the workforce labored over the previous few months to increase Norris, making certain each drivers are with the workforce into the brand new period of F1 rules.

• Lando Norris — “Multi-year” contract
• Oscar Piastri — Contract by 2026

Mercedes

Close to the top of final season it appeared Mercedes would get pleasure from a interval of stability, or at the least by the 2025 season. With George Russell signed till the top of the 2025 marketing campaign, and Lewis Hamilton including two extra years to a deal that was set to run out on the finish of 2024, the Silver Arrows regarded set.

That modified with the Hamilton information. Now the workforce is contemplation choices for the seat subsequent to Russell, and certain trying to lengthen Russell past his present deal.

Quite a few choices have been linked with this second seat at Mercedes, with many indicators pointing to phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

• George Russell — Contract by 2025
• TBD

Pink Bull

Whereas the surprising Hamilton announcement formally kicked off the 2025 F1 foolish season hypothesis, in reality it started nicely earlier than that. Sergio Pérez’s mid-season struggles throughout 2023, significantly in qualifying, led to rampant hypothesis relating to his future with Pink Bull. Whereas he started the season on a deal set to run out on the finish of 2024, there have been sure corners of the F1 world that questioned if he would even see the beginning of 2024 with the workforce, or if he could be probably sacked mid-season attributable to poor type.

Pink Bull ended that hypothesis forward of the Canadian Grand Prix, saying a brand new two-year take care of Pérez that may hold him with the workforce by 2026.

As for the opposite Pink Bull driver, absent a seismic transfer that seat is locked up for a very long time.

• Max Verstappen — Contract by 2028
• Sergio Pérez — Contract by 2026

Sauber

Sauber entered 2024 with a driver lineup of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, two drivers on expiring offers.

Now one in every of their seats is ready for 2025 and past, because the workforce introduced again in April that Nico Hülkenberg could be becoming a member of the workforce for subsequent season. With Sauber set to change into the Audi works operation in 2026, pairing a German driver with a German producer makes a deal of sense.

Nevertheless, who his teammate shall be subsequent 12 months is a matter of debate.

• Nico Hülkenberg — “Multi-year” contract by 2026
• TBD

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Three drivers, two seats.

That’s how the 12 months started for VCARB, as Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda, and Liam Lawson all offered viable choices for the workforce. Finally, the workforce went with Ricciardo and Tsunoda, each of whom are on expiring contracts. Will VCARB carry each again for 2025, or make adjustments?

Replace: Forward of the Canadian Grand Prix VCARB introduced that Tsunoda shall be again for 2025.

• Yuki Tsunoda — Contract by 2025
• TBD

Williams

A stunning seventh-place end within the 2023 Constructors’ Championship noticed Williams run it again this 12 months with each Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant. Like final 12 months, nonetheless, the beginning has been sluggish for the workforce. Throughout 2023 Williams notched a single level within the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, and didn’t rating once more till the Canadian Grand Prix, when Albon completed seventh.

This season Williams lastly broke by with factors within the Monaco Grand Prix with Albon’s ninth-place end.

The workforce introduced a contract extension for Albon earlier this season, however who his teammate shall be in 2025 is a matter but to be determined.

Replace: Williams introduced following the Belgian Grand Prix that they’ve signed Carlos Sainz Jr. on a “multi-year” deal.

• Alexander Albon — “Multi-year” contract by at the least 2026
• Carlos Sainz Jr. — “Multi-year” contract by at the least 2026