Two recent F1 World Champions will have their driver numbers return to the grid in 2025...
The FIA’s F1 2025 entry list has shown two recent World Champions will have their driver numbers used by fresh-faced rookies next season.
Doohan raced with the number 7 in 2019, when he drove for Raikkonen’s Double R team in Euroformula Open. Mercedes’ rookie Kimi Antonelli has picked the number 12, which last appeared in Formula 1 in 2016 when it was used by Brazilian racer Felipe Nasr. After a driver has left the sport behind for two full, consecutive seasons, their number is entered back into the pool for use by new arrivals.
In 2024, the newly-revamped VCARB squad raced as Visa Cash App RB, with the ‘RB’ letters officially not standing for anything. However, the company name in Italy was registered as Racing Bulls S.p.A. “And you’ve seen so many versions and it’s something that, as Laurent said, in January, it all happened within weeks and we’ve been probably rushing a couple of the things.
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