The six F1 drivers starting a first full season
Formula One will have a bumper crop of rookies this season, with six of the 20 drivers on the grid in Melbourne starting their first full season even if only three of them are race debutants.
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Six storylines for the 2025 F1 season
Six storylines for the 2025 Formula One season starting in Australia on March 16:
Verstappen bids for 5th title and Hamilton’s at Ferrari as F1 prepares for a close fight in 2025
Lando Norris will have to defy plenty of history to win the Formula 1 title this year. There’s his friend-turned-rival Max Verstappen’s bid for a fifth title in a row. Just like the only driver to achieve that feat, Michael Schumacher, Verstappen is a hard racer who isn’t afraid to bend the rules — as Norris knows from bitter experience. Then there’s Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time champion going for a record eighth title in 2025.
Test data suggests McLaren lead Ferrari, leap for Williams
LONDON : Formula One champions McLaren remain the team to beat with Ferrari looking like their closest rivals and Williams much improved, the read-out from pre-season testing in Bahrain suggests.
Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton Top Timings On Day 2 Of F1 Testing
Carlos Sainz put in a double shift at pre-season Formula 1 testing on Thursday, the Spaniard topping the times after covering twice the usual Bahrain grand prix race distance of 57 laps at the wheel of his new Williams. Sainz clocked 1min 29.348sec for the quickest lap on the middle day of three as the grid continued its preparations for the March 16 season-opener in Australia Lewis Hamilton, whose stunning move to Ferrari set in motion Sainz's arrival at the British team, looked in good shape again with the seven-time world champion only 0.031sec off the pace.
Lewis Hamilton after Ferrari move: I'll never be an old man - ESPN
Ferrari's newest recruit Lewis Hamilton has looked to allay any fears about his age ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, insisting he will «never be an old man.»
Hamilton goes fastest for Ferrari as rain in Bahrain hits F1 testing
SAKHIR, Bahrain: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in his new Ferrari on the morning of the second day of Formula 1 preseason testing as rain in the desert affected Thursday’s session. The seven-time champion’s best time was nearly four-tenths of a second faster than his former teammate George Russell of Mercedes. Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Hamilton fastest for Ferrari on second morning of F1 testing
SAKHIR, Bahrain : Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton was fastest for Ferrari on the second morning of pre-season Formula One testing in Bahrain on Thursday.