Verstappen’s teammate last year, Sergio Pérez, has been replaced by Liam Lawson this season, with the New Zealand driver set to make his full-time F1 debut in 2025. In the drizzly conditions in Bahrain, Lawson said he was fighting “a few teething gremlins” with his car as he sought to adjust to life alongside Verstappen.

Max Verstappen says he was “not surprised” to see a doctored clip of him appearing on the latest season of Drive to Survive. The popular F1 docu-series has previously been boycotted by Verstappen, who refused to appear in his first title-winning season,

F1 is all about record breakers, and five of the 10 youngest drivers will be on the grid in 2025. Who are those drivers and how have they performed after their initial entrance into Formula 1? MORE: Six biggest Formula 1 changes to know for 2025 season Russian driver Kvyat joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2010 – four years before his F1 debut – having shown early promise in karting,