Formula 1: Full grid for F1 2025 season

The 2025 Formula 1 season starts from March 14

While the 2024 Formula 1 grid did not experience much shuffling compared to 2023, it is not wrong to say that the upcoming 2025 grid will be a bold leap into the unknown.

With one of the most significant transfers in F1 history when Lewis Hamilton transferred to Ferrari, the 2025 season will probably rewrite the whole motorsport with a single stroke.

However, Hamilton’s shift isn’t the only notable transfer that will shuffle the grid. We will also have Liam Lawson moving up to Red Bull, replacing Sergio Perez for the upcoming 2025 season.

This shuffling at Red Bull finally brought a week of changes to a dead end. This means the Red Bull fandom will not be able to witness Sergio Perez in action in 2025, despite him having a contract with Red Bull till 2026.

Let us have a look at the final 2025 F1 grid with all the shuffling.

Red Bull Racing

Team Principal- Christian Horner

Drivers–

• Max Verstappen (contract till 2028)
• Liam Lawson (contract for 2025)

Reserve Drivers–  

• No official announcement 

Following a disappointing performance in the 2024 season, Sergio Perez scored just two points in his final five races. This put Red Bull’s bid for the constructors’ title on the line. 

Hence in Perez’s place, Red Bull has promoted Liam Lawson from Racing Bulls after his impressive performance when he replaced Daniel Ricciardo mid-season.  Now Liam has secured a spot alongside Max Verstappen who remains under contract till 2028.

Scuderia Ferrari

Team principal- Frederic Vasseur

Drivers-

• Charles Leclerc 
• Lewis Hamilton

Reserve Drivers- 

• Antonio Giovinazzi
• Arthur Leclerc

Ferrari is all ready to welcome their new driver Lewis Hamilton, for the 2025 grid. The seven-time world champion had recently signed a multi-year deal with the prancing horse which will be starting in 2025. 

Ferrari has also secured Charles Leclerc on a new multi-contract deal, partnering Charles alongside Lewis to make one of the most deadly duos in any F1 team. 

Mercedes

Team Principal- Toto Wolff

Drivers-

• George Russell
• Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Reserve Drivers-

• Valtteri Bottas
• Frederik Vesti

After Lewis Hamilton’s departure, the team has finalized its line-up for 2025, promoting the teenage star Andrea Kimi Antonelli from F2 to fill in for the vacant seat. 

Antonelli will join George Russell, who remains under the contract through 2025. Hamilton’s surprise move was confirmed before the Italian Grand Prix, where Mercedes officially announced Antonelli’s long-awaited promotion.

McLaren

Team Principal- Andrea Stella

Drivers-

• Lando Norris
• Oscar Piastri

Reserve Drivers-

• No official announcement 

Across the entire 2025 F1 grid, McLaren is the only team to have locked its line-up before everyone. Lando Norris, F1’s first-time race winner had already extended his contract to race for the team until at least 2026.

While the other McLaren star has also secured himself a deal that runs through 2026 after his impressive rookie season. McLaren indeed has done a splendid job in retaining this duo for the third consecutive time, leveraging their most efficient harmony to make it to the top.

Aston Martin

Team Principal- Andy Cowell

Drivers-

• Fernando Alonso
• Lance Stroll

Reserve Drivers-

• No official announcement 

Fernando Alonso will stay with the team until 2026 in consideration of his multi-year contract with Aston Martin. In 2026, Alonso will reunite with Honda at Aston Martin. 

While on the other hand, Lance Stroll whose contract had been on a rolling basis, also confirmed a new deal in June 2024 to race for Aston Martin till 2026.

Williams Racing

Team Principal- James Vowles

Drivers-

• Alex Albon
• Carlos Sainz

Reserve Drivers-

• Franco Colapinto 

Williams had secured Alex Albon for a long-term around May with a new multi-year contract. However, after months of speculation, Carlos Sainz made a bold decision to join Williams post-Ferrari. He secured his seat in the team by signing a two-year deal until 2026, with a slight scope of extension.

With this new addition, the team seems to be under pressure to deliver a powerful car for Carlos that is compatible with his driving techniques and style.

Alpine

Team Principle- Oliver Oakes

Drivers-

• Pierre Gasly
• Jack Doohan

Reserve Drivers-

• Ryo Hirakawa

As confirmed by Alpine on June 27, Pierre Gasly has signed a multi-year contract with Alpine and will be staying till the end of 2026.

However, Esteban Ocon who has been driving for the team since 2020, will be leaving in 2024. To fill in his place the seat will be taken by 21-year-old Jack Doohan who is being promoted from reserve driver to race driver for the upcoming 2025 season.

Gasly’s contract extension was announced ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, while Doohan’s promotion was confirmed in August.

Racing Bulls (RB)

Team Principal- Laurent Mekies

Drivers-

• Yuki Tsunoda
• Isack Hadjar 

Reserve Drivers- 

• No official announcement 

Red Bull has announced that Isack Hadjar will make his F1 debut with the Racing Bulls alongside Yuki Tsunoda in the 2025 F1 grid. This addition was made following Liam Lawson’s promotion to Red Bull.

The Red Bull junior, Hadjar narrowly missed the F2 title in 2024 and has previously made appearances for the team. This season he will be one of the six rookies on the F1 grid. 

Hass

Team Principal- Ayao Komatsu

Drivers- 

• Oliver Bearman
• Esteban Ocon

Reserve Drivers-

• Pietro Fittipaldi

Haas has confirmed an all-new driver lineup for 2025 and 2026 with Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon joining the team. Nico Hulkenberg’s exit and Kevin Magnussen’s contract ending in 2024 created two vacant slots in the team. 

Oliver Bearman, who is a Ferrari protégé will make his debut in F1 despite a modest F2 season, impressing everyone during a stand-in role at Ferrari.

Magnussen’s departure was already confirmed before the Hungarian GP and Ocon will be replacing him on a multi-year deal.

Kick Sauber

Team Principal- Alessandro Alunni Bravi

Drivers-

• Nico Hulkenberg
• Gabriel Bortoleto

Reserved Drivers-

• No official announcement 

Kick Sauber has chosen an entirely new driver lineup for 2025 with Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto stepping in to replace Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. 

Hulkenberg’s impressive career revival at Haas caught the attention of Sauber’s CEO, Andreas Seidl, making him the first driver signed for the team’s transition to Audi in 2026. 

Bortoleto, the current F2 points leader secured the second seat after a lengthy negotiation process, edging out Bottas.

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