The 2025 F1 season is underway and here SportsCasting has a guide including the full calendar, where the sprint races will be held and driver lineups.
Max Verstappen will look to win his fifth straight drivers’ championship after holding off Lando Norris last season.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri look to be strong contenders to take the crown off Verstappen after their McLaren team ended a 26-year wait to win the constructors’ crown in 2024.
With Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari alongside Charles Leclerc, rookies mixing it out at the top and 24 races on the F1 calendar across the globe – 2025 promises to be a classic F1 season.
When Did The 2025 F1 Season Start?
Australia returned to the opening race of the calendar for the 2025 F1 season at Albert Park in Melbourne.
The venue previously hosted the opening race of the season in 2019 as the event didn’t go ahead in 2020 due to Covid-19. Bahrain, which has held the season-opening race since 2021, has been moved to April due to Ramadan.
Lights out at Albert Park was on Sunday, March 16 – two weeks later than the 2024 start date. There will be two practice sessions on Friday, March 14, with a third practice and qualifying on March 15.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix like Bahrain has been pushed back to April, with China and Japan hosting the second and third races of the season.
There are no new races on the schedule, though 2025 could be the last time that Barcelona hosts an F1 race.
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix will be held at a new circuit in Madrid and there are still discussions over whether Barcelona will remain on the F1 calendar past 2025.
The final race on the 2025 F1 calendar will be held on December 7 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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MELBOURNE IS OFFICIALLY THE NEXT #F1 RACE! 🇦🇺#AusGP pic.twitter.com/vTnNPBCIpk
— F1 Australian Grand Prix (@ausgrandprix) December 10, 2024
Full 2025 F1 Calendar
| Date | Race | Track |
| Mar 14-16 | Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park |
| Mar 21-23 | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai International Circuit |
| Apr 4-6 | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka International Racing Course |
| Apr 11-13 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir |
| Apr 18-20 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Jeddah Corniche Circuit |
| May 2-4 | Miami Grand Prix | Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens |
| May 16-18 | Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola |
| May 23-25 | Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit de Monaco |
| May 30-Jun 1 | Spanish Grand Prix | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmelo |
| Jun 13-15 | Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal |
| Jun 27-29 | Austrian Grand Prix | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg |
| Jul 4-6 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit |
| Jul 25-27 | Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot |
| Aug 1-3 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring, Mogyorod |
| Aug 29-31 | Dutch Grand Prix | Circuit Zandvoort |
| Sep 5-7 | Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza |
| Sep 19-21 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Baku City Circuit |
| Oct 3-5 | Singapore Grand Prix | Marina Bay Street Circuit |
| Oct 17-19 | United States Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas |
| Oct 24-26 | Mexican Grand Prix | Autodromo Hermanos RodrÃguez, Mexico City |
| Nov 7-9 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos Circuit |
| Nov 20-22 | Las Vegas Grand Prix | Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Paradise, Nevada |
| Nov 28-30 | Qatar Grand Prix | Lusail International Circuit |
| Dec 5-7 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Yas Marina Circuit |
Where Are The Sprint Races This Year?
There are six sprint races in the 2025 F1 calendar – China, Miami, Belgium, the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Brazil and Qatar.
Brazil notably has held a sprint race every year since the format was introduced in 2021.
Qualifying for the sprint race will take place on Friday in place of the second practice session.
The 100km sprint race will be held on Saturday morning when the third practice session usually takes place. That sprint race will take place before qualifying for the main race on Sunday.
Points are awarded in the Sunday grand prix on a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points system.
For the sprint race, points are handed out on a 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system.
There is no bonus point on offer in one of the key rule changes for the 2025 season.
What Is The Full 2025 F1 Driver Line-up?
Though there are no major changes to the 2025 F1 calendar, there has certainly been some major driver moves.
The big change from 2024 is Lewis Hamilton now drives for Ferrari – after 12 successful years at Mercedes. He will be pushing for a record eighth drivers’ championship.
His replacement at Mercedes is 18-year-old rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The Italian possesses a lot of talent but finished only sixth in last year’s F2 championship.
Hamilton’s Ferrari predecessor Carlos Sainz joins Williams and set the quickest lap in pre-season testing.
A total of eight new team mate pairings on the grid in 2025 😎#F1 pic.twitter.com/wOoZvx58Ru
— Formula 1 (@F1) March 4, 2025
Other drivers to switch seats from last year include Esteban Ocon who is now at Haas and Nico Hulkenberg at Sauber.
Max Verstappen started the season alongside Liam Lawson – however, he was swapped with Yuki Tsunoda after the Chinese Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez left Red Bull at the end of 2024 but hopes to have a seat with Cadillac in 2026.
Other drivers left without a seat include former Mercedes race winner Valterri Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Franco Colapinto and Zhou Guanyu.
F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar will make their debuts in Australia. Jack Doohan has just one race to his name while Oliver Bearman competed in three races last season.
Alpine – Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan
Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton
Haas – Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon
McLaren – Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris
Mercedes – George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Red Bull – Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda *
Racing Bulls – Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson *
Sauber – Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto
Williams – Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz
* Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson swapped seats after the Chinese Grand Prix
2025 Race Winners
Australian Grand Prix – Lando Norris
Chinese Grand Prix – Oscar Piastri
