Boo Radley75
I have a lovely missus
Love how he's trolling Lando Norris by posing in front of an F40...... days after Lando's mate crashed his, just down the road from Lewis's home.
Valtteri and his body double are getting riiiiiight out there.
Are the drivers listed in team ranking terms? In other words is Leclerc the senior driver and Hamilton the junior? (Still mystified as to why Ferrari have taken on the aging and increasingly 'blunt' Hamilton.).Vroom vroom here we go again, the piranha club is sharpening its' teeth, the drivers have selected their steeds and we have the most races in history to look forward to. (citation needed?)
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The FIA and Formula 1 has announced the calendar for the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, with another 24-round season in store for fans, drivers and teams as the championship marks its 75th anniversary.
Kicking off with the Australian Grand Prix from March 14-16 and concluding with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend of December 5-7, the paddock will again visit five of the worldās seven continents.
READ MORE: The key differences and stand outs from the 2025 F1 calendar
Ramadan will be throughout March in 2025, and therefore the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix will be held in April.
The traditional summer break remains in August, with three weekends off separating the pre-holiday Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and the post-holiday Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
Changes made to the calendar in 2024 to create a better geographical flow of races have been carried over to 2025, with Japan in April following Australia and China, followed predominantly by the European races over the summer and the Americas during the Autumn, before Qatar and Abu Dhabi finish the season back-to-back.
There will be six Sprints held in 2025, with Shanghai, Miami, Spa, Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar all hosting Sprints next year - tap here for more details. And pre-season testing will again take place in Bahrain, on February 26-28.
Team Drivers Red Bull Max Verstappen (contract until 2028)
Liam Lawson (contract unknown)Ferrari Charles Leclerc (beyond 2025)
Lewis Hamilton (beyond 2025)Mercedes Kimi Antonelli (2025)
George Russell (2025)McLaren Lando Norris (beyond 2025)
Oscar Piastri (2026)Aston Martin Lance Stroll (beyond 2025)
Fernando Alonso (beyond 2025)Alpine Pierre Gasly (multi-year deal)
Jack Doohan (2025)Williams Alex Albon (beyond 2025)
Carlos Sainz (multi-year deal)Racing Bulls formerly RB Yuki Tsunoda (2025)
Isack Hadjar (2025)Haas Oliver Bearman (beyond 2025)
Esteban Ocon (beyond 2025)Sauber (formerly Alfa Romeo) Nico HĆ¼lkenberg (beyond 2025)
Gabriel Bortoleto (multi-year deal)
Are the drivers listed in team ranking terms? In other words is Leclerc the senior driver and Hamilton the junior? (Still mystified as to why Ferrari have taken on the aging and increasingly 'blunt' Hamilton.).
Might as well get it out of the way.
Johnny Herbert's services dispensed of by FIA.
Johnny Herbert axed as steward by FIA over āincompatibleā role as F1 pundit
ohnny Herbert has left his role as a Formula One driver steward after the FIA said his grand prix work was āincompatibleā with his job as a media pundit.www.theguardian.com
Johnny Herbert has left his role as a Formula One driver steward after the FIA said his grand prix work was āincompatibleā with his job as a media pundit.
Herbert attracted criticism from Max Verstappenās camp last season for his comments about the Red Bull driverās performance at the Mexican Grand Prix. The three-times race winner from 160 starts, who competed for an array of F1 teams in the 80s and 90s and won the Le Mans 24 Hours, had been scheduled to officiate at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 16 March.
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Verstappen picked up a 20-second penalty for forcing McLaren rival Lando Norris off the track twice during the race and Herbert claimed the driving had been āharshā and āover the topā and felt the Dutchman had a āhorrible mindsetā. FIA stewards work as unpaid volunteers and a panel of four stewards officiate incidents at F1 meetings.
A statement from the FIA on Wednesday said: āIt is with regret that we announce today that Johnny Herbert will no longer fulfil the position of F1 driver steward for the FIA. Johnny is widely respected and brought invaluable experience and expertise to his role. However, after discussion, it was mutually agreed that his duties as an FIA steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible. We thank him for his service and wish him well in his future endeavours.ā