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The 2028 Formula One season (ME) was the 17th Formula One championship. It was contested over 16 countries in accordance with cycle two of the Grand Prix calendar cycle.

Calendar[]

Round Name Date L? Conditions
1 The United Kingdom United Kingdom Grand Prix at Silverstone 2 FEBRUARY
L
?
2 The United States United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis 13 FEBRUARY
L
?
3 Thailand Thai Grand Prix 11 MARCH
L
?
4 India Indian Grand Prix 18 MARCH
L
?
5 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix 1 APRIL
L
?
6 Portugal Portuguese Grand Prix 11 APRIL
L
?
7 Austria Austrian Grand Prix 28 APRIL
L
?
8 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix 4 MAY
L
?
9 Australia Australian Grand Prix 11 MAY
L
?
10 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix 28 MAY
L
?
11 Italy Italian Grand Prix 23 JUNE
L
?
12 San Marino San Marino Grand Prix 12 JULY
L
?
13 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix 30 JULY
L
?
14 Mexico Mexican Grand Prix 29 AUGUST
L
?
15 Japan Japanese Grand Prix 12 SEPTEMBER
L
?
16 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix 19 OCTOBER
L
?

Signed team and drivers[]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rds Test drivers
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Maserati F1 Ferrari Italy Ferrari Germany David Beckmann All The United Kingdom Abner Ashley
Australia Cordell Dudley
France Giuliano Alesi All
Austria Red Bull Racing Toyota F1 Team Toyota Japan Toyota China Guanyu Zhou All The United States Raleigh Huddleson
Belgium Wim Seghers
Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi All
The United States Haas-Ford F1 Team Ford The United States Ford Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi All Brazil Octavio Paredes
The United Kingdom George Russell All
The United Kingdom Anicom BMW-Mclaren F1 Team McLaren The United Kingdom Mclaren The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All Poland Tomek Bernard
Australia Zak Henry
Canada Nicholas Latifi All
Italy Midland Lamborghini F1 Team Lamborghini Japan Toyota The United Kingdom Jamie Chadwick All The United Arab Emirates Yakub Zaman
Japan Yuki Tsunoda All
France Bugatti-Alpine F1 Team Alpine France Bugatti France Esteban Ocon All India Sudarshan Bachchan
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All
South KoreaVinFast Panthera F1 Team VinFast South Korea Panthera South Korea Récardo Bruins Choi All Brazil Marcelino Cardozo
Hong Kong Hong Hou
Italy Luca Ghiotto All
Germany Mercedes Monster AMG F1 Team Mercedes Germany Mercedes Germany Mick Schumacher All Italy Tore Notaro
Japan Yasu Himura
France Theo Pourchaire All
The United Kingdom Williams-Ford F1 Team Ford The United States Ford Swe Felix Kasurinen All Greece Maria Michelakakis
Germany Lutz Steen
Australia Oscar Piastri All

Team changes[]

  • EADS–BMW → Santander–Toyota. The management of Team EADS put the outfit into liquidation after the 2027 season, citing their failure to progress to the front of the grid as a reason. BMW, off whom EADS had bought engines since both organizations' arrivals in 2014, were suspected as a main buyer due to their interest in having their own team. However, the German auto manufacturer denied these allegations, stating that if they owned a team, their team would be the only team running the BMW engine, and that they didn't want to sacrifice their good relationship with Williams. Santander opted to become Toyota's young driver programme team, similar to the way Minardi operates for McLaren. Their engine deal was set to last until the same point as Sauber's, for the 2030 season.
  • North McLaren–? founded. McLaren Group founded a second Formula One team, comprising mainly of ex-Caterham, -Cloud and -Renault personnel. The group named it North McLaren, and renamed its first team to South McLaren Honda, the two teams being named based on their relative geographic locations. South McLaren would, for all intensive purposes, be a completely different team, but they would still be managed by the McLaren Group. Ferrari announced a deal with North McLaren wherein the Italian auto company would supply engines and test driver Abner Ashley for at least a year.
  • Honda McLaren F1 Team → South McLaren Honda.

Driver changes[]

Driver Team Role Team Role
France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom McLaren full driver retirement
Australia Mark Reier The United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Minardi
test driver The United Kingdom South McLaren full driver
The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Italy Ferrari test driver The United Kingdom North McLaren full driver
France Guatier Faure The United States Ford full driver The United Kingdom North McLaren full driver
Greece Sotiris Dimitriou Italy Minardi full driver The United States Ford full driver
The United States Royal Beck Italy Minardi test driver Italy Minardi full driver
Canada Bernard Babineaux Europe EADS full driver retirement
Japan Gorou Kurosawa Japan Toyota test driver Spain Santander full driver
Morocco Dawood Amjad Europe EADS full driver retirement
Saudi Arabia Badr Hussain Switzerland Sauber test driver Spain Santander full driver

Romain Grosjean retired from (South) McLaren. The Frenchman had 274 Grands Prix to his name, of which 20 were victories, and had featured in almost all races since the series' conception in 2012. Long-time McLaren test driver Mark Reier replaced his seat, the Australian bringing some young talent to the team.

Ferrari also announced they would lease Abner Ashley and supply engines to new team, North McLaren, for a year. The Brit would then be considered for a seat at Ferrari after Jean-Eric Vergne retired before next season. Abner would remain a third driver for Ferrari, stepping in if any drivers were to get injured.

North McLaren also hired Guatier Faure to add some young talent to the team. The Frenchman left Ford after a quiet season, and had had, before that, three impressive years at EADS, coming 4th overall with three victories in his first season. Ford hired Greek Sotiris Dimitriou from Minardi to replace him, whilst Minardi replaced the Dimitriou with ex-driver Royal Beck for two years until development driver Octavio Paredes was ready.

Bernard Babineaux announced his retirement from the sport following the 2027 Italian Grand Prix. The Canadian had two wins and eleven more podiums to his name, and marked the first grid since 2025 without a Canadian driver. Replacing him as first driver at EADS-turned-Santander was the experienced Japanese Toyota test driver Gorou Kurosawa, who would help the team develop for a year before himself retiring. As EADS had planned, Dawood Amjad would not be offered a contract renewal for 2028, and he, too, chose to retire. Replacing him as second driver with less experience was Badr Hussain, who had participated in a Grand Prix for Sauber when Kelsey Martinson was injured in 2027.

Young driver programmes[]

Programme Teams Drivers
Japan Toyota Spain Santander
Switzerland Sauber
Japan Toyota
Malaysia Susilo Dwi (new)
The United Kingdom Gabby Herbert (new)
Russia Yaromir Konstantinov (new)
Integrated:
Brazil Marcelino Cardozo
Japan Yasu Himura
Hong Kong Hong Hou
Italy Tore Notaro
The United Arab Emirates Yakub Zaman
Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari
The United Kingdom North McLaren
Spain Claudio Abascal (new)
Norway Tor Horn
Japan Daisuke Nakamura
Brazil Marinho Silva (new)
Integrated:
Australia Cordell Dudley (integrated)
Australia Zak Henry (integrated)
France Renault The United Kingdom Williams
The United States Ford
Spain Nacho Dominguez
Germany Isidor Falkenrath
Denmark Axel Jespersen
Germany Rochus Lichtenberg
Integrated:
The United States Raleigh Huddleson
Greece Maria Michelakakis
Germany Lutz Steen
The United Kingdom McLaren Italy Minardi
The United Kingdom North McLaren
The United Kingdom South McLaren
Switzerland Max Diefenbach
Germany Fester Maus
India Jaya Patil (new)
Integrated:
India Sudarshan Bachchan
Poland Tomek Bernard
Brazil Octavio Paredes
Australia Mark Reier

Results and standings[]

See also: [ Results sheet]
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor engine Driver Lead Constructor Lead Engine Lead
1 The United Kingdom United Kingdom perez faure perez red bull landge rover
2 The United States United States perez beck ericsson williams lamborghini
3 Thailand Thailand ericsson kulama reier honda honda
4 India India perez kulama reier honda honda
5 Bahrain Bahrain reier perez reier honda honda
6 Portugal Portugal reier lawton lawton ferrari ferrari
7 Austria Austria reier hussain kulama ferrari ferrari
8 Monaco Monaco reier hussain kulama ferrari ferrari
9 Australia Australia reier hussain beck haas toyota
10 Belgium Belgium reier reier glock mercedes mercedes
11 Italy Italy beck aaldenberg glock mercedes mercedes
12 San Marino San Marino abraham reier abraham sauber-renault renault
13 Turkey Turkey salvage reier glock mercedes mercedes
14 Mexico Mexico salvage salvage glock mercedes mercedes
15 Japan Japan faure abraham glock mercedes mercedes
16 Brazil Brazil glock perez glock mercedes mercedes
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