All the latest information on the 2025 F1 season including the full calendar, driver line-ups, sprint races and how to watch. Copy link. twitter. facebook. whatsapp. The 2024 Formula One season ended with Max Verstappen as the drivers’ champion for the fourth year running but that does not tell the whole story. McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes all won multiple races with McLaren taking their first constructors’ championship in 26 years.
As ever, there is not too long until the 2025 season begins with pre-season testing in Bahrain and then the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Here is a low-down on everything you need to know ahead of what could be one of the great years in F1. As with last season, the 2025 season will have just one official pre-season test. That takes place from Wednesday February 26 until Friday February 28 inclusive at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain. It has yet to be confirmed but the format is likely to be three days of two four-hour sessions with a lunch break of an hour in between that.
Unlike in 2024, the new season begins with the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne. That runs from Friday March 14 until Sunday March 16. For the second time in F1’s history the season will comprise 24 grands prix and six sprint races, ending with the season finale at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi on December 8.
They are in China, Miami, Belgium, Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar. The format will stay the same in that there will be sprint qualifying to set the grid for the sprint race and eight world championship points are awarded for the winner down to one point for the eighth-placed finisher.
