F1 2025 driver line-up: Full grid confirmed

The grid for the 2025 Formula 1 season is now complete.

Lewis Hamilton shocked the world at the start of 2024 when it was announced the seven-time world champion will join Ferrari for the 2025 season and beyond, with the move having a domino effect on the driver market.

Here's everything you need to know about the grid for 2025.

Red Bull

• #1 Max Verstappen
• #30 Liam Lawson

Unsurprisingly, Red Bull have ensured their four-time world champion is tied down to a long-term contract and Verstappen's current deal with the Austrian constructor expires in 2028.

There had been speculation of a potential switch to Mercedes, though Verstappen immediately quashed those claims.

Despite committing to a multi-year extension in June, Sergio Perez and Red Bull have opted to part ways following a dismal campaign in which the Mexican finished eighth in the standings, 285 points adrift of Verstappen.

His replacement is Red Bull junior protégé Liam Lawson, who impressed during two brief substitute stints with VCARB.

Ferrari

• #16 Charles Leclerc
• #44 Lewis Hamilton

In arguably the biggest move in F1 history, it was announced prior to the 2024 season that Lewis Hamilton would make the switch to Ferrari in 2025.

The seven-time world champion joins the Maranello giants on a multi-year deal from Mercedes, with Carlos Sainz making way for his arrival.

Ferrari's other seat will be retained by Charles Leclerc, with the Monegasque agreeing a lucrative new deal in January.

McLaren

• #4 Lando Norris
• #81 Oscar Piastri

McLaren's remarkable car development coincides with a stable driver line-up as both Norris and Piastri are tied down to long-term contracts.

Norris, who achieved his first Grand Prix victory in Miami in April, agreed a new multi-year extension at the start of 2024 while Piastri, who also achieved his maiden race win in Hungary this season, has a deal that expires in 2026.

Taking into account McLaren's current trajectory, expect the papaya pair to be battling at the front once again.

Mercedes

• #63 George Russell
• #12 Kimi Antonelli

After Hamilton opted to bring his trophy-laden 11-year association with Mercedes to an end, plenty of names were linked to the vacant seat at the Silver Arrows.

Following many months of speculation, Mercedes finally announced rookie Kimi Antonelli will replace Hamilton, with the 18-year-old tipped to be a future star.

George Russell will remain with the German manufacturer and his current deal expires at the end of 2025.

Aston Martin

• #14 Fernando Alonso
• #18 Lance Stroll

An elusive third world championship looked a distinct possibility at the start of Fernando Alonso's stint with Aston Martin and though performances have deteriorated since, the Spaniard reaffirmed his belief in the project by committing to new terms until 2026.

He will be accompanied by Stroll, the son of Aston Martin's owner Lawrence Stroll, who has been a permanent feature of the team's driver line-up since joining under their previous Racing Point guise in 2019.

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• #22 Yuki Tsunoda
• #6 Isack Hadjar

Red Bull's sister team announced prior to the Canadian Grand Prix that an option in Yuki Tsunoda's contract had been activated, meaning the 24-year-old will remain with the outfit until the end of 2025.

In controversial fashion, VCARB confirmed Daniel Ricciardo would leave the team with immediate effect following the conclusion of the Singapore Grand Prix and Lawson was drafted in as his replacement until the end of the 2024 season.

With Lawson promoted to the Red Bull team, F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar will be the fifth rookie on the grid and fill the role alongside Tsunoda.

Alpine

• #10 Pierre Gasly
• #7 Jack Doohan

Alpine announced in the aftermath of the Monaco Grand Prix that Esteban Ocon will leave the team at the end of the season, bringing an end to their five-year association.

Who would replace the Frenchman was of enormous intrigue, with a catalogue of drivers being linked to the seat, and in the end it was Alpine reserve driver Jack Doohan who got the nod.

The Australian has been a member of Alpine's academy since 2022 and finished third in the 2023 F2 championship.

Gasly's seat with Alpine has been confirmed for next season and the years beyond, with the 28-year-old signing a new multi-year extension at the end of June.

Haas

• #87 Oliver Bearman
• #31 Esteban Ocon

It's all change at Haas with the team confirming that both Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen would depart at the end of the 2024 season.

Ferrari academy product Bearman claimed one of the seats, with the teenage Brit impressing on his F1 debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when he stepped in for Sainz at Ferrari.

Bearman will be accompanied by Ocon, who secured his F1 future by signing a multi-year deal with the American constructor.

Williams

• #23 Alex Albon
• #55 Carlos Sainz

Albon agreed to a new long-term contract with Williams in May, which will keep him in the seat until 2026.

In a surprise to many, Logan Sargeant was retained for the 2024 campaign in a show of faith from Williams, though the American was axed midway through the season following a disastrous sequence of results which culminated in a major qualifying shunt at the Dutch Grand Prix.

His permanent replacement is none other than Sainz, with the Spaniard joining from Ferrari on a two-year agreement with an option to extend.

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• #27 Nico Hulkenberg
• #5 Gabriel Bortoleto

With Sauber set to transition into the Audi F1 factory team in 2026, the building blocks of their entry are being put into place and Hulkenberg has made the switch from Haas ahead of the 2025 season.

The German agreed a multi-year deal with the constructor and he will partner Brazilian rookie Gabriel Bortoleto after Sauber's current pairing of Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were axed.

Bortoleto, who followed up his F3 success by being crowned F2 champion, is managed by Aston Martin's two-time world champion Alonso.