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| 2025 | Armstrong earned his first podium of the 2025 season, securing second place at the Iowa race, which also marked his second career podium. |
| September 2025 | Ricciardo retired from motor racing at age 36 to become a Ford Racing ambassador. |
| 2025 | Moved to Meyer Shank Racing in IndyCar Series, achieving 8th place in the championship. |
| August 2025 | Armstrong extended his contract with Meyer Shank Racing for the 2026 IndyCar season. |
| 2025 | Continuing as a Formula One driver with Oracle Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team. |
| July 2025 | At the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Lawson fails to finish after colliding with Esteban Ocon on the opening lap. |
| July 2025 | Lawson achieves his career-best sixth place at the Austrian Grand Prix, scoring points for the team. |
| July 2025 | Finishes eighth at both the Belgian and Hungarian Grands Prix. |
| 2025 | Esterson continued racing in the Formula 2 championship with Trident, partnering with Sami Meguetounif for the full season. |
| 2025 | Marcus Armstrong joined Meyer Shank Racing for the IndyCar season, becoming teammates with Felix Rosenqvist after two previous seasons with Chip Ganassi Racing. |
| June 2025 | Lawson scores his first points of the season at the Monaco Grand Prix, finishing eighth and helping teammate Isack Hadjar secure a sixth-place finish. |
| 2025 | Finished thirteenth in the Miami Grand Prix after receiving a five-second penalty for a collision with Fernando Alonso, and subsequently retired during the main race due to floor damage. |
| 2025 | Helmut Marko admits Red Bull 'made a mistake' in Lawson's early promotion, acknowledging that Lawson lost confidence and couldn't show his full potential. |
| 2025 | In the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Lawson finished eleventh but was subsequently dropped to twelfth after receiving a 10-second time penalty for leaving the circuit. |
| April 2025 | Lawson received two penalties in a race, one for causing a collision with Lance Stroll and another with Nico Hülkenberg, ultimately finishing sixteenth. |
| 2025 | Liam Lawson returned to Racing Bulls team, partnering with FIA Formula 2 runner-up Isack Hadjar after being replaced by Tsunoda in his previous racing role. |
| 2025 | Dropped back to Racing Bulls after the Chinese Grand Prix, with Yuki Tsunoda promoted to his position. |
| 2025 | Following his performance in early races, Red Bull considered replacing Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda. |
| March 2025 | Liam Lawson begins his Formula One career with Red Bull Racing, becoming a full-time driver in the team. |
| 2025 | In the China Grand Prix, Lawson qualified last for both the sprint and main race, ultimately finishing fourteenth in the sprint race. |
| 2025 | Competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with BMW M Team WRT and IMSA SportsCar Championship with BMW M Team RLL. |
| 2025 | At the season-opening race, Lawson qualified eighteenth and subsequently crashed out during the race in challenging changing track conditions. |
| 2025 | Promoted to a full-time drive with Red Bull Racing, replacing Sergio Pérez to partner Max Verstappen. |
| 2025 | At the first race of the season, Lawson qualified in eighteenth position on the starting grid. |
| March 2025 | Announced as a pundit for BBC's radio coverage of the 2025 Formula One season. |
| March 2025 | Komatsu acknowledged that Magnussen had not yet signed Haas' proposed offer. Magnussen stated in an interview that he had 'no desire to return to F1 or be associated with a team'. |
| 2025 | Kevin Magnussen will become a works driver for BMW M Motorsport, marking his return to either the IMSA SportsCar Championship or FIA World Endurance Championship. |
| 2025 | Magnussen's first race with BMW M Team RLL was the Rolex 24 at Daytona, where the team finished fourth in the race. |
| 2025 | Confirmed to drive for Jota in the FIA World Endurance Championship, sharing a Cadillac V-Series.R with Earl Bamber and Sébastien Bourdais in the Hypercar category. |
| January 2025 | Michael Schumacher's former bodyguard Markus Fritsche was traced by police for stealing confidential medical records and images, and attempting to blackmail the Schumacher family by threatening to upload them on the dark web. |
| January 2025 | Ayao Komatsu confirmed Kevin Magnussen would continue with Haas as a simulator driver for Toyota and participate in the team's previous car testing programme. |
| 2024 | Departed from the RB Formula One team, ending his full-time Formula One racing career. |
| 2024 | Replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri, retaining his seat for their campaign as RB. |
| 2024 | Joined Jenzer Motorsport for a full-time FIA Formula 3 season. Qualified tenth and finished sixth in the Sakhir Formula 3 Sprint Race, holding off Gabriele Minì. |
| 2024 | Max Esterson was announced to make his Formula 2 debut with Trident for the final two rounds of the season, replacing Richard Verschoor who had replaced Dennis Hauger at MP Motorsport. |
| 2024 | Participated in FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident, finishing 31st overall. |
| 2024 | Extended contract with Chip Ganassi Racing as a full-time driver. |
| 2024 | Achieved first IndyCar podium with a third-place finish at Detroit. |
| 2024 | Finished 14th in the standings with 298 points, including multiple top 10 finishes. |
| 2024 | Became a pundit for the sixth season of Netflix documentary series 'Formula 1: Drive to Survive'. |
| 2024 | Continued as Reserve driver for Oracle Red Bull Racing. |
| 2024 | Becomes full-time driver at re-branded RB team (formerly AlphaTauri). |
| 2024 | Replaces Daniel Ricciardo full-time at the re-branded RB team. |
| 2024 | Magnussen announced that he would leave Haas at the end of the season. |
| 2024 | At the end of the season, Lawson finished 21st in the standings, collecting a total of four points across the six Grand Prix he competed in. |
| 2024 | During the season, Lawson qualified in 12th position and had a contentious race with Sergio Pérez, ultimately finishing one position ahead of him. |
| 2024 | Lawson attempted a one-stop strategy at one of the races but ended up finishing in 16th place due to pitting late. |
| 2024 | During a race, Lawson faced a mechanical issue due to a pit stop error that forced him to retire with three laps remaining. |
| 2024 | After colliding with Valtteri Bottas during a race, Lawson received a ten-second penalty and finished in 13th place. |
| 2024 | In a rain-hit qualifying session, Lawson achieved his best qualifying result by securing fifth on the grid, finishing the race in ninth place despite being spun by Oscar Piastri. |
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