Formula One News — February 2025

A cloud of controversy emerged from Wednesday's meeting of the World Motor Sport Council, as the FIA body approved mandatory two-stop strategies for the 2025 Monaco GP.

A full pecking order will have to wait for now, but insiders are already starting to get an idea of which teams and drivers will lead once the 2025 season gets racing in Melbourne next month.

Former F1 driver Mark Webber is coy about whether McLaren, and his protege Oscar Piastri, may be heading into the 2025 season as favourites.

Lewis Hamilton might struggle in qualifying but he might still be "the best" in the grands prix after switching to Ferrari.

Bernie Ecclestone will spend his 95th birthday in London's High Court - with Felipe Massa.

It is "only logical" that Aston Martin would try to woo Max Verstappen, according to Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko.

Lewis Hamilton is heading into official pre-season testing this week with a pace deficit compared to his teammate Charles Leclerc.

Renault CEO Luca de Meo has once again stridently denied the French carmaker is preparing to offload its Formula 1 team.

A former grand prix winner has cast his eye over the biggest field of rookies in well over a decade in Formula 1.

A popular former Formula 1 champion has broken ranks to actually side with the FIA over its highly controversial 'swearing ban'.

Toto Wolff has added his own denial to reports the Mercedes F1 team is losing the backing of major chemicals sponsor Ineos.

Max Verstappen may boycott next year's Formula 1 group season launch if it is once again held in the UK.

Flavio Briatore is still not denying that Alpine could make a mid-season driver change in 2025.

Yuki Tsunoda says he wants to remain "in the Red Bull family" beyond the 2025 season.

Carlos Sainz has become a new director of the Formula 1 drivers' union - the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA).

Max Verstappen says he will not be sitting out a single race even though his girlfriend Kelly is preparing to give birth to their first child together.

A key official of the defunct French GP has poured cold water on suggestions the sport should return to the country with a race in Paris.

Russian drivers could soon be able to race in FIA-sanctioned championships like Formula 1 without restrictions.

The roar of screaming V10 engines could be returning to Formula 1.

2025 may be the last year of the current regulations, but teams have marked a very important mid-season date in their diaries.

Franco Colapinto has instantly become one of Alpine's "most important assets," admits famous team advisor Flavio Briatore.

Liam Lawson's job in 2025 is two-pronged, according to Red Bull's notoriously tough advisor and driver manager, Dr Helmut Marko.

A "motivated" Lewis Hamilton really could win a record eighth world championship in 2025 - his first season at Ferrari at the age of 40.

Max Verstappen is refusing to re-engage with a controversy that rounded out his 2024 championship campaign.

After losing his race seat in Formula 1, Logan Sargeant seems to be stepping away from motor racing altogether.