Hamilton to Ferrari - what to look out for in 2025

The record-breaking 2024 play has travel to a adjacent pinch Max Verstappen a four-time title victor and McLaren the constructors' champions for the first clip since 1998.

Attention now turns to the 2025 campaign, the 75th day of the Formula 1 World Championship, wherever large names are moving to rival teams and breathtaking rookies are joining the grid.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine what is to travel adjacent year...

The news that Lewis Hamilton had signed a multi-year woody pinch Ferrari was released earlier the 2024 play had moreover begun, truthful the excitement levels for yet seeing the seven-time world champion successful reddish are sky-high.

After 12 years and six individual titles pinch Mercedes, Hamilton - who turns 40 successful January - is leaving to partner Charles Leclerc astatine the Italian team.

The first glimpse of Hamilton driving for Ferrari will beryllium astatine pre-season testing successful Bahrain from 26-28 February, earlier the 2025 play opener successful Australia from 14-16 March.

In June, Sergio Perez signed a caller two-year deal to enactment astatine Red Bull until the extremity of 2026, but that hasn't stopped speculation astir his future.

The Mexican ended the run eighth successful the drivers' title - 285 points down team-mate and champion Max Verstappen.

Team main Christian Horner told Sky Sports connected the grid earlier the finale they would "sit down this week and bespeak connected the season".

Rumours person suggested either Yuki Tsunoda aliases Liam Lawson could return Perez's spot astatine Red Bull, pinch reserve driver Isack Hadjar making the measurement up from F2 to RB.

Oliver Bearman gets a full-time spot adjacent twelvemonth aft impressively stepping successful for Ferrari's Carlos Sainz successful Saudi Arabia, and for Kevin Magnussen doubly astatine Haas - the squad he is joining.

The 19-year-old scored 7 points successful his 3 appearances successful 2024 and will go the 4th British driver connected the grid on pinch Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris successful 2025.

Mercedes person opted to spell down the rookie way by naming 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli arsenic the driver to switch the departing Hamilton. The Italian has been promoted aft conscionable 1 play successful Formula 2.

Also joining the grid is 21-year-old Australian Jack Doohan - boy of five-time MotoGP world champion Mick Doohan - who made his debut for Alpine astatine the season-ending title successful Abu Dhabi. Brazilian F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto, 20, has been signed by Sauber successful their last play earlier becoming Audi.

With Hamilton incoming - and Leclerc securing a lengthy statement hold successful January - Carlos Sainz was near searching for a caller location aft 4 seasons pinch Ferrari.

The Spaniard secured each 4 of his profession victories pinch the Scuderia, including 2 this twelvemonth successful Australia and Mexico. But pinch Mercedes snapping up Antonelli, and Red Bull initially deciding to instrumentality pinch Perez until the extremity of 2026, his options for a spot pinch a apical squad were limited.

Ultimately, a very persuasive James Vowles convinced Sainz to switch to Williams - a situation the 30-year-old says he will "embrace pinch excitement and positivity".

Fans tin look guardant to different 24-race calendar, though location are a mates of caller things to look retired for successful 2025.

Australia returns to its accepted position arsenic the first expansive prix of the caller season, while Bahrain and Saudi Arabia move to an April slot because of the timing of the beatified period of Ramadan.

The nine-month run finishes successful Abu Dhabi connected 7 December.

Spa-Francorchamps successful Belgium will big its first sprint title since 2023, joining Shanghai, Miami, Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar arsenic portion of the six events for adjacent year.

The Dutch Grand Prix astatine Zandvoort will shape its penultimate race, pinch the arena dropping disconnected the almanac aft 2026.

As this is simply a milestone twelvemonth for Formula 1, the full grid will beryllium coming together for a typical two-hour play motorboat arena connected 18 February.

Fans will stitchery astatine the O2 Arena successful London from 20:00 GMT to watch each 10 teams show disconnected their 2025 liveries together - a alteration from the accustomed individual unveilings.

How overmuch of the recently developed cars we will get to spot different than the liveries, however, remains a spot of a mystery.