WATCH: Idols, rivalries, predictions and more – get to know F1’s 2025 rookies in a special roundtable chat

Formula 1 welcomes several new faces in 2025, with rookie drivers making up around a quarter of the 20-strong grid – but how much do you know about these latest arrivals?

In a special roundtable interview, F1 TV’s Laura Winter sits down with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, Alpine’s Jack Doohan, Haas’ Ollie Bearman, Racing Bull’s Isack Hadjar and Kick Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto to find out more.

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From their first memories of motorsport to their racing idols, and early rivalries to predictions for the campaign ahead, F1’s newest racers share some amusing and poignant anecdotes.

Find out what the rookies had to say by hitting go on the video player above.

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