The 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 76th running of the Formula One World Championship. It was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over 24 Grands Prix held around the world. It began in March and ended in December.
Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. The season saw Lando Norris win his first drivers' title in his seventh season in the sport, ending the four-year reign of Max Verstappen as champion. The season was largely dominated by McLaren drivers Norris and Oscar Piastri, and reigning Drivers' Champion Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT. All three were in the running for the World Drivers' Championship going into the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with Norris in the championship lead and Verstappen having closed a gap of 104 points down to 12. Norris's third-place finish in the season finale was enough to win the title. Defending champion Verstappen won the race, allowing him to finish within two points of Norris in the championship. Piastri, who had led the championship for 15 rounds, finished the season in third, 13 points behind Norris. Norris became the 35th driver overall to claim the World Drivers' Championship, and the eighth to do so driving for McLaren. At the Singapore Grand Prix, defending Constructors' Champions McLaren successfully retained their Constructors' title moving them second on the all-time list with ten titles ahead of Williams. It was the first time they had secured both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles since 1998.
Entries All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. Each team was required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.
+EntrantConstructorChassisPower unitRace driversNo.Driver nameRounds BWT Alpine F1 Team Alpine-Renault A525Renault E-Tech RE2574310Jack DoohanFranco ColapintoPierre Gasly1–67–24AllAston Martin Aramco F1 Team AMR251418Fernando AlonsoLance StrollAllAllScuderia Ferrari HP FerrariSF-25Ferrari 066/151644Charles LeclercLewis HamiltonAllAllMoneyGram Haas F1 Team Haas-FerrariVF-25Ferrari 066/153187Esteban OconOliver BearmanAllAllStake F1 Team Kick Sauber Kick Sauber-Ferrari C45 Ferrari 066/15527 Gabriel BortoletoNico HülkenbergAllAllMcLaren Formula 1 Team McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 Mercedes-AMG F1 M16481Lando NorrisOscar PiastriAllAllMercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W16 Mercedes-AMG F1 M161263Kimi AntonelliGeorge RussellAllAllRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT62230Isack HadjarYuki TsunodaLiam LawsonAll1–23–24Oracle Red Bull RacingRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPTRB2113022All1–23–24Atlassian Williams RacingWilliams-MercedesFW47Mercedes-AMG F1 M162355 Alexander Albon Carlos Sainz Jr.AllAllSources:Official entry lists:
Free practice drivers On four occasions throughout the season (twice for each car) in one of the first two free practice sessions of a Grand Prix weekend, each team had to field a driver who had not competed in more than two races. Gabriel Bortoleto, Isack Hadjar and Kimi Antonelli's participation at the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix fulfilled both of the required rookie sessions for their respective cars at Sauber, Racing Bulls and Mercedes. Jack Doohan's participation at the Australian Grand Prix fulfilled one of the required rookie sessions for his car at Alpine.
+ ConstructorPractice driversNo.Driver nameRoundsAlpine-Renault6261 Ryo HirakawaPaul Aron316, 20, 24Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes343534 Jak CrawfordCian Shields4, 1420, 2424Ferrari383839 Dino BeganovicAntonio FuocoArthur Leclerc4, 112024Haas-Ferrari50 Ryo Hirakawa4, 9, 20, 24Kick Sauber-Ferrari97 Paul Aron12, 14McLaren-Mercedes8989Alexander DunnePatricio O'Ward11, 1620, 24Mercedes72 Frederik Vesti4, 20Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT40 Ayumu Iwasa20, 24Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT3736 Ayumu IwasaArvid Lindblad412, 20, 24Williams-Mercedes4645 Luke BrowningVictor Martins4, 20, 249Source:
Team changes RB discontinued its use of initialism and entered instead as Racing Bulls, thus changing its team and constructor name.
Driver changes
Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes after twelve seasons to join Ferrari, ending his record breaking streak of the most consecutive seasons driving for a single constructor. He replaced Carlos Sainz Jr., who left Ferrari after four seasons to join Williams on a multi-year deal. Sainz was initially set to replace Logan Sargeant, before Sargeant was replaced by Franco Colapinto midway through the season. Hamilton was replaced by Mercedes junior Kimi Antonelli, who was promoted from Formula 2. Colapinto left Williams to join Alpine as a reserve driver.
Haas fielded an all-new line-up in 2025; Nico Hülkenberg departed the team after two seasons to drive for Sauber, he previously competed for the team in . He was replaced by Haas's reserve driver Oliver Bearman, who stepped up from Formula 2. Bearman had competed in three Grand Prix in 2024 as reserve driver, once for Ferrari, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and twice for Haas at the Azerbaijan and São Paulo Grands Prix. Kevin Magnussen also departed Haas after seven seasons across two stints. He was replaced by Esteban Ocon, who split from Alpine before the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after five seasons. Jack Doohan, who replaced Ocon for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, obtained the seat at Alpine for 2025.
Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu both left Sauber after three years. Both moved to reserve driver roles; Zhou at Ferrari and Bottas at Mercedes, where he raced from to . The vacant seat alongside Hülkenberg was filled by reigning Formula 2 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto.
Despite a previously signed contract until , Sergio Pérez left Red Bull Racing after the conclusion of the 2024 season. He was replaced by Liam Lawson, who was promoted from Racing Bulls after five Grands Prix with them in under the AlphaTauri moniker, and six Grands Prix in 2024 under the RB moniker. Red Bull Racing reserve and 2024 Formula 2 runner-up Isack Hadjar was promoted to Racing Bulls in his place.
In-season changes
Following the Chinese Grand Prix, Liam Lawson was demoted to Racing Bulls, with Yuki Tsunoda making his debut for Red Bull Racing at the subsequent Japanese Grand Prix. The move came after analysis of Lawson's performance across the opening two rounds and testing showed that he was not performing to a high enough level.
Following the Miami Grand Prix, Jack Doohan was relegated to a reserve driver role for Alpine. His seat was given to former reserve driver Franco Colapinto on a "rotating seat" basis, with the latter debuting at the subsequent Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and being initially scheduled to race for the team until the Austrian Grand Prix. Before the race at Spielberg, it was confirmed that Colapinto would retain his seat with the team, effectively on a race-by-race basis, Colapinto retained the seat for the entire season. Colapinto previously raced for Williams in nine Grands Prix in .
Calendar
The 2025 calendar comprised the same twenty-four Grands Prix as the previous season. The Chinese, Miami, Belgian, United States, São Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix featured the sprint format.
RoundGrand PrixCircuitRace date1Australian Grand Prix Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne16 March2Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai23 March3Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka6 April4Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir13 April5Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah20 April6Miami Grand Prix4 May7 Imola Circuit, Imola18 May8Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco, Monaco25 May9Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló1 June10Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal15 June11Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg29 June12British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone6 July13Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot27 July14Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Mogyoród3 August15Dutch Grand Prix Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort31 August16Italian Grand Prix Monza Circuit, Monza7 September17Azerbaijan Grand Prix Baku City Circuit, Baku21 September18Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore5 October19United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas19 October20Mexico City Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City26 October21São Paulo Grand Prix Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo9 November22Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Paradise, Nevada23Qatar Grand Prix Lusail International Circuit, Lusail30 November24Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi7 DecemberSource:
Calendar changes The Australian Grand Prix hosted the opening race of the 2025 season for the first time since . For the previous three years, it was the third round of the season, following the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, respectively. For 2025, these races were pushed back to avoid conflict with Ramadan. The Russian Grand Prix was under contract to feature on the 2025 calendar, the contract was terminated in due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Regulation changes Technical regulations Driver well-being The minimum driver weight allowance was increased from to . Consequently, the overall minimum weight limit of the car, excluding fuel, rose from to . The adjustment was implemented to promote driver well-being, particularly for individuals who are taller or heavier. A driver cooling kit was introduced for 2025. The system would only be mandated by the FIA when the temperature was forecast to exceed , with the minimum weight of the cars increased by to compensate for the equipment. This was aimed at avoiding a repeat of driver overheating cases, as witnessed at the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.
Car design and maintenance The limit on the number of gearboxes teams can use throughout a season was removed, the limit was considered obsolete given the increased reliability of gearboxes. The FIA introduced stricter rear wing deflection tests that mandated the slot gap deflection be restricted to under a load, this was further from the onwards to counteract teams' usage of a "mini-DRS". Additional front wing tests were implemented in a four-month forewarned technical directive for the , reducing the deflection under a load from to .
Sporting regulations The point awarded to drivers finishing in the top ten positions for setting the fastest lap in the race, which was reintroduced in , was abolished.
Drivers