Formula One News — December 2025

Kalle Rovanpera has accepted a dramatic salary drop as he switches from rallying to single-seaters - with his manager confirming that next year's base pay will be "merely formal" compared to his world rally earnings.

Newly-crowned Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has finally secured an F1 pathway - and it comes via McLaren, after a year in which he astonishingly competed without belonging to any Formula 1 academy.

Jean Alesi says Ferrari's Qatar performance was so poor that it left him "worried" about the team's direction - while Lewis Hamilton described the race itself as one of the worst he has ever taken part in.

Christian Danner has urged Mick Schumacher to abandon hopes of returning to Formula 1, warning that even IndyCar's biggest star can't make the jump.

Spanish media are reporting renewed doubts inside Ferrari about the decision to replace Carlos Sainz with Lewis Hamilton - and even hinting at a future Sainz return.

Multiple major outlets now agree that Yuki Tsunoda will lose his Formula 1 race seat for 2026, with Isack Hadjar set to join Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing.

Aston Martin will run its 2026 car in a plain testing livery at the first pre-season test, with the full race colours only unveiled afterwards.

Fernando Alonso says he is determined to witness this weekend's historic three-way title showdown - from inside the cockpit or, failing that, standing with the journalists.

The drama surrounding McLaren's title fight has reached an unlikely new stage - the floor of the Australian Senate.

Red Bull has publicly backtracked after Kimi Antonelli was bombarded with online abuse - including apparent death threats - following accusations he deliberately helped Lando Norris in Qatar.

The 2025 world championship will go down to the wire after McLaren threw away a likely 1-2 in Qatar with what rivals are calling one of the most baffling strategy errors in years.

Red Bull will announce its long-awaited 2026 driver lineup on Tuesday, team boss Laurent Mekies has confirmed.

Ferrari's late-season collapse has triggered one of the team's ugliest weekends in recent memory, with Italian media and paddock rivals piling on as Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc endured a near-backmarker car.

Aston Martin has quietly dismissed a paddock rumour that Honda may not be ready for the first 2026 pre-season tests - a theory floated in Qatar by former Alpine boss Marcin Budkowski, now working with Eleven Sports.

A furious Toto Wolff has blasted Dr Helmut Marko after Red Bull accused Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli of deliberately helping Lando Norris in the Qatar GP title fight.