Each Formula 1 team needs to satisfy the rule of running a ‘rookie’ driver twice in each of its cars during a season.
Rookies are defined as any driver with no more than one grand prix start to their name. So Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) all ticked off the rookie requirements for their cars in Australia and China.
As Ollie Bearman (Haas) already started three grands prix last year, he doesn't count, while Alpine rookie Jack Doohan could have counted for Australia because he made his F1 debut in Abu Dhabi last year, but Alpine already planned to use rookies for four sessions.
After his impressive outing in Austria, Formula 2 frontrunner Alex Dunne is back in action for McLaren in Italy this weekend. He'll be joined by Paul Aron who is making his first FP1 appearance for Alpine, having driven for Sauber at Silverstone and the Hungaroring.
2025 FP1 rookie runs confirmed so far
McLaren (3)
Alex Dunne - Austria, Italy
Pato O'Ward - Mexico
Ferrari (2)
Dino Beganovic - Bahrain, Austria
Red Bull (2)
Ayumu Iwasa - Bahrain
Arvid Lindblad - Britain
Mercedes (3)
Kimi Antonelli - Australia, China
Frederick Vesti - Bahrain
Aston Martin (2)
Felipe Drugovich - Bahrain, Hungary
Alpine (4)
Jack Doohan - Australia (not counted)
Paul Aron - x3 (Italy + 2 TBC tracks)
Ryo Hirakawa - Japan
Haas (2)
Ryo Hirakawa - Bahrain, Spain
Racing Bulls (2)
Isack Hadjar - Australia, China
Williams (2)
Luke Browning - Bahrain
Victor Martins - Spain
Sauber (4)
Gabriel Bortoleto - Australia, China
Paul Aron - Britain and Hungary
