Anna Francis

After 246 appearances across 12 years, Lewis Hamilton brought the curtain down on his Mercedes career at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the seven-time world champion saying an emotional goodbye as he prepares to depart for Ferrari in 2025.

The 2024 F1 season was nothing short of a rollercoaster for Alpine. Having started the campaign essentially at the back of the field, things initially looked bleak for the Enstone squad – all as numerous personnel and structural changes played out in the background. However, signs of progress emerged as the year developed, resulting in them claiming a hard-fought P6 in the constructors’ championship. Let’s take a look at Alpine’s end of year report…

Mercedes were already in the headlines prior to the 2024 season getting under way following the bombshell news that Lewis Hamilton would depart for Ferrari in 2025. Any hopes of providing the seven-time world champion with a stronger car for his final outing looked to have fallen short in the early stages – and while the team enjoyed a mid-season winning streak, the W15’s inconsistencies resulted in an up and down campaign. Here’s the Silver Arrows’ end of year report…

The 2024 season certainly marked a significant improvement for Ferrari, having scored their highest number of victories since 2018 as well as launching a serious bid for the constructors’ championship. While they missed out on that particular accolade to McLaren, the Scuderia can take several positives from their campaign ahead of what will be a fascinating year in 2025, given the impending arrival of a certain seven-time world champion. Here is the end of year report for the Italian outfit…

The 2024 F1 season was certainly an eventful one, with plenty of action unfolding across a 24-race calendar. After a year that featured everything from debut winners to fights that played out down to the wire – and even the sport’s first identical pole-worthy lap times in many years – let’s take a look back at some of the most eye-catching statistics from a thrilling campaign…

To say that the 2024 season has been action-packed would be something of an understatement; from huge news stories breaking off the track to some increasingly close battles on it, there were plenty of talking points throughout the year. With so much going on, it’s easy to forget some of the events that happened during the 24-race campaign – but fear not, we have rounded up a few big moments that you might have forgotten from 2024, including intra-team fallouts, an unusual item left on a car and the Safety Car’s long absence…

F1 might be on its winter break following an action-packed 2024, but excitement is already building over the campaign we’ve got ahead of us. From the arrival of several rookies, through to a spectacular launch event – and not to mention the beginning of a new era for a certain seven-time world champion – we’ve picked out five of the key things to look forward to in the 2025 season…

Having achieved four world championships, 63 wins, 112 podiums and 40 pole positions during his 10 years in Formula 1 so far, Max Verstappen has ensconced himself amongst the most successful drivers in the sport’s history – which could make the prospect of becoming his team mate a slightly daunting one.

The 2025 F1 season will see numerous driver switches across the grid, with only two out of 10 teams running an unchanged line-up this year. Amongst those left without a seat when the music stopped was Kevin Magnussen, and the Dane is now set to embark on a path away from Formula 1 after signing with BMW Motorsport as a works driver.

Lewis Hamilton will follow in the footsteps of many illustrious names by making his debut for Ferrari this season, with the Briton having left Mercedes for the Scuderia in what marked one of the most sensational – and unexpected – driver moves in the sport’s history.