Formula 1 2025: Melbourne awaits gripping start of the season with Verstappen!

Formula 1 2025: Melbourne awaits gripping start of the season with Verstappen!

Melbourne, Australien - The highly expected Formula 1 season 2025 in Melbourne will begin next weekend. For Max Verstappen, who aims at his fifth World Cup title in a row, the requirements this year are anything but ideal. The Dutchman said concerned about the condition of his Red Bull car and told the motorsport portal "Racefans": "I think we all promised a little more of it." This skepticism could noticeably dampen the expectations of the season.

Nevertheless, Verstappen is optimistic and can hardly wait for the start of the season: "But somehow I'm just happy to be here, because then we can finally see where we are." The first race for Australia begins on Sunday, which has a special meaning for him: "I prefer to come here and just drive the first race. I also started in Formula 1." This return to Melbourne is particularly symbolic because the Grand Prix 2020 was canceled due to the corona pandemic.

record number of races

For the drivers of Formula 1, the 2025 season will again include 24 World Cup races and thus hold the record brand of the previous year. This season starts in Melbourne, followed by a race in China that will include the first of six sprint racing weekends. In the course of the season there will be changes in the schedule, in particular the Grands Prix of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were postponed in April to take the fasting month into account.

The European tour will be heralded in Imola in mid-May and ends in Monza in September, interrupting it by a detour to Canada. The summer break in August also remains. The 76th World Cup season will end in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2025, as it has been since 2014, and promises exciting competitions and surprising twists. Laola1 and Bluewin report on these exciting developments in the run-up to the new season.