Currently with eight points on his FIA superlicence, Max Verstappen must avoid picking up four more across the first half of the 2025 F1 season - or he faces a race ban

Max Verstappen has made his stance clear ahead of the 2025 F1 season, as the reigning world champion risks a race ban.

Max Verstappen has snubbed Ferrari after he delivered a decisive F1 team switch verdict. Whilst the Dutchman secured his fourth world title in 2024, he faced tough competition from rival teams such as Ferrari and McLaren.

Max Verstappen has named Daniel Ricciardo as his best-ever F1 team-mate, insisting that he ‘learned the most’ from the eight-time Grand Prix winner. The two stars spent the better part of three seasons together between 2016 and 2018.

We're a week into 2025, and with preseason testing still seven weeks away, ESPN unpacks the storylines that will define Formula 1 this year.

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