F1 driver line-up reunion announced ahead of 2025 season

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F1 driver line-up reunion announced ahead of 2025 season

McLaren F1 team have continued a heartwarming driver duo tradition

Kerry Violet F1 News Editor

F1 editor and journalist covering motorsport since 2024.

Tuesday 11 February 2025 13:57

A Formula 1 driver line-up reunion has been announced in an official team post ahead of the upcoming season.

The 2025 campaign is set to get underway at the Australian Grand Prix on March 16, with fans eagerly awaiting Lewis Hamilton's public debut racing in red after his move to Ferrari.

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The 40-year-old's exit from Mercedes prompted the F1 driver market to spiral into an early 'silly season' this time last year after his switch to the Scuderia forced Carlos Sainz out of the team, with his signature suddenly up for grabs.

Sainz had been linked to just about every F1 team before signing with Williams, and the Spaniard will also debut with his new outfit at the season opener in Melbourne along with many new faces on the grid.

One team who have not wavered from their trusty driver duo is McLaren, who, after emerging as the strongest unit at the end of 2024, will be looking to regain their championship lead as early as the first race weekend of the year.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will continue as McLaren's F1 driver duo in 2025

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McLaren reveal Norris Piastri reunion in wholesome tradition

Since fan-favourite racer Daniel Ricciardo was dropped by McLaren and replaced with fellow countryman Oscar Piastri in 2023, the papaya outfit have gone from strength to strength thanks to their line-up of Piastri and Lando Norris.

Norris is entering his seventh campaign with McLaren this season and after achieving his first grands prix victories last year, will no doubt be hoping his team can deliver a car capable of championship contention once again.

The British star out up a respectable fight against reigning champion Max Verstappen in 2024, but this year McLaren could have an internal battle for the drivers' title on their hands with both Norris and Piastri potential front-runners for the win.

Ahead of what could be an extremely competitive season, McLaren took to their official Instagram page to reveal their stellar driver duo's reunion after an off-season spent apart.

The papaya driver selfie has become somewhat of a tradition for the pair, with the team having now uploaded their pre-season pic of the duo in 2023, 2024 and now, 2025.

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Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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