Formula 1

The Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team has announced two new junior drivers, and the signing of F2 champion Theo Pourchaire.

Reigning Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has earned a reserve driver role at the McLaren Formula 1 team for the 2026 season.

The Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 team has announced the departure of one driver from its Junior Team, and the arrival of another.

Audi’s rebranding of the Sauber Formula 1 team for 2026 has led to launching a new driver development programme.

Luke Browning will graduate from Formula 2 to a race seat in Super Formula and reserve driver role in Formula 1 this year.

Victor Martins has secured two major contracts for his services as a driver this year, with Formula 1 rivals Alpine and Williams.

Italian F4 champion Kean Nakamura-Berta has joined the Williams Formula 1 team’s driver academy as he moves up to Formula Regional for 2026.

The Mercedes-AMG and Red Bull Racing Formula 1 teams have dropped several of the young talents in their driver development programmes.

Leonardo Fornaroli and Richard Verschoor have revealed how they came to join the McLaren Driver Development Programme earlier this month.

Every year, some of junior single-seaters’ top drivers are handed professional opportunities. Ida Wood ranks the top graduates of 2024.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko, the architect of the junior programme that took numerous drivers to F1, will step down from his role.

Ritomo Miyata has committed to doing a third season in Formula 2 next year, and will spend it with Hitech GP.

Four more young drivers have been announced as getting time in contemporary Formula 1 machinery at Yas Marina Circuit over the next five days.

Two more full-time drivers have joined the 2026 F1 Academy grid, and both with the backing of Formula 1 teams.

Arvid Lindblad will complete a meteoric rise to F1 as a Racing Bulls driver in 2026, little over three years after his single-seater debut.

The McLaren Formula 1 team has announced the addition of two Formula 2 stars and a top karter to its driver development programme.

F2 title rivals Jak Crawford and Luke Browning will be on double duty during the season finale in Abu Dhabi, as both will be driving in F1.

McLaren has added Ella Stevens and Ella Hakkinen to its driver development programme and will support two drivers in F1 Academy in 2026.

Formula Regional European Championship runner-up Matteo De Palo has become the latest member of the McLaren Driver Development Programme.

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced Jak Crawford will act as a reserve driver through next season.