FORMULA ONE · 2025
The 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship is an ongoing motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 76th running of the Formula One World Championship . It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motor
All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli . Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.
On four occasions throughout the season, twice for each of its cars, each team has to field a driver in one of the first two free practice sessions who has not competed in more than two races.
RB discontinued its use of initialism and entered instead as Racing Bulls , thus changing its team and constructor name.
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, as well as competing in his first season without a Mercedes power unit . 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 , but Sargeant was replaced by Franco Colapinto midway through the 2024 season. [ ... Haas is fielding an all-new line-up in 2025; Nico Hülkenberg departed the team after two seasons to drive for Sauber , with whom he last competed in 2013 . He was replaced by Haas's reserve driver Oliver Bearman , who stepped up from Formula 2, having previously raced in the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Ferrari, and in the 2024 Azerbaijan and São Paulo Grands Prix for Haas. Kevin Magnussen also departed the team after seven seasons across two stints. He was repla... Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu both left Sauber after three years, the former rejoining Mercedes as a reserve driver after having previously raced for the team from 2017 to 2021 , and the latter joining Ferrari as a reserve driver. The vacant seat alongside Hülkenberg was filled by reigning Formula 2 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto . Despite a previously signed contract until 2026 , 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 2023 under the AlphaTauri moniker, and six Grands Prix in 2024 under the initialism RB. Red Bull Racing reserve and 2024 Formula 2 runner-up Isack Hadjar was promoted to Racing Bulls in his place.
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 . 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 previous...
The Australian Grand Prix hosted the opening race of the 2025 season for the first time since 2019 . For the past three years, it was scheduled as the third round of the season, following the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, respectively. In 2025, however, these races were pushed back to avoid conflict with Ramadan . The Russian Grand Prix was under contract to feature on the 2025 calendar. However, the contract was terminated in 2022 in response to the Russian invasi...
The minimum driver weight allowance was increased from 80 kilograms (176.4 lb) to 82 kilograms (180.8 lb). Consequently, the overall minimum weight limit of the car, excluding fuel, rose from 798 kilograms (1,759 lb) to 800 kilograms (1,764 lb). The adjustment was implemented to promote driver well-being, particularly for individuals who are taller or heavier.
The slot gaps for the rear wing between the two modes of the DRS have been changed, with the minimum gap reduced. It has been shrunk from 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) to 9.4–13 millimetres (0.37–0.51 in); the upper boundary remains at 85 millimetres (3.3 in) with DRS open. The FIA has also tightened up the rules on the DRS modes, stating that there must only be two positions, and that ending the application of DRS must return the wing exactly as defined to the initial mode.