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What the F1 grid for 2025 looks like so far: Max Verstappen commits, despite speculation

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands arrives in the paddock ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Spa, Belgium, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands arrives in the paddock ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps racetrack in Spa, Belgium, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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After French driver Esteban Ocon signed a contract Thursday to partner rookie Ollie Bearman at Haas, five Formula One teams have now completed their lineups for next season. Five seats at four teams remain unfilled.

The Associated Press takes a look at how the grid will appear in 2025.

Red Bull

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen will continue to team up with Sergio Perez next season.

Verstappen has a deal running through the end of 2028 and has  despite speculation he could leave earlier.

Perez has signed a two-year contract extension through 2026 and said he wants to end his F1 career with Red Bull.

Ferrari

All eyes will be on the Scuderia at the start of the new season to watch Lewis Hamilton driving for the Prancing Horse. The seven-time world champion is joining  after 12 years with Mercedes.

The other seat at Ferrari will be retained by Charles Leclerc, who has been racing for the team since 2019 and has signed a contract extension.

Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are being kept next season.

Stroll will continue racing into the 2026 season after the team said his new contract 鈥渨ill see Lance race into the new era of F1 regulations鈥 鈥 .

The extension also means Stroll and Alonso will continue together for a third and fourth season. In April, the two-time F1 champion  with Aston Martin for at least two more seasons.

Williams

Alex Albon ended speculation about his future in May by signing a multi-year contract extension with Williams. The British-born Thai driver had been under contract through 2025 and is in his third consecutive season with Williams.

He has scored four points this year and has been consistently faster than his teammate, American driver Logan Sargeant,  Albon last season scored 27 points to Sargeant鈥檚 one to help Williams finish seventh in the constructors鈥 championship, the team鈥檚 best result in six years.

Kick Sauber

Nico Hulkenberg is leaving Haas for Sauber at the end of the year, giving the team a German presence on the grid when it rebrands to Audi for 2026.

Hulkenberg will depart Haas after two years. German automaker Audi  of Switzerland-based Sauber and is planning to field a full works team from 2026.

At least one of the current drivers 鈥 Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu 鈥 will leave amid speculation that Carlos Sainz could join.

Mercedes

George Russell will remain with Mercedes in 2025 for a fourth season. He was on pole in Canada and at Silverstone and won the Austrian GP in June.

Hamilton's replacement with the Silver Arrows has yet to be announced, amid rumors that F2 driver  could take the remaining seat.

Alpine

Frenchman Pierre Gasly has signed a multi-year contract extension. The French-owned team said it will announce 鈥渋n due鈥 course who will replace Ocon, with junior driver Jack Doohan being considered.

Ocon and Gasly have made no secret of the fact they did not have a great relationship. The pair collided approaching the tunnel section  this year, with Ocon taking responsibility for the incident and receiving a five-place grid penalty for the following race.

McLaren

Lando Norris signed a multi-year contract extension with McLaren ahead of this season and his partnership with Oscar Piastri will be prolonged in 2025. Norris won his first Grand Prix this year in Miami.

Piastri won his first Formula One race after teammate Norris handed him back the lead to complete a McLaren one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix this month. Piastri was a champion in F3 and F2 before he made the jump to the motorsport鈥檚 elite competition last season with McLaren.

RB

Yuki Tsunoda will remain with Red Bull鈥檚 junior team next season.

RB has picked up the option on Tsunoda鈥檚 contract to keep the Japanese driver through 2025. He is currently teammates with Daniel Ricciardo, who hasn鈥檛 confirmed a seat yet for next season.

Haas

Ocon will drive for Haas from next season as a replacement for . Details of the deal were not announced, with Haas only saying that the 27-year-old driver committed to a multi-year contract.

Ocon, the  for Alpine since it rebranded from Renault at the end of 2020, has picked up just three points this season and had already announced he was leaving the French-owned team. His Alpine contract is expiring at the end of the season. Ocon will bring crucial experience to the team after 19-year-old  also joined.

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