The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is delighted to announce its Junior Programme line-up for 2025. This year, the programme expands to include twelve talented young drivers, competing across various categories from karting to FIA Formula 3.

After two action-packed days, everything led to Super Heats and Finals in Valencia. The Super Heats offered drivers a final opportunity to secure the best possible grid position for the ultimate showdown. Then, in the Finals, the top contenders went head-to-head in a battle for victory. With daring overtakes, intense last-lap fights, and standout performances, the IAME Winter Cup 2025 came to a breathtaking conclusion, capping off an unforgettable weekend of racing.

After Friday’s timed qualifying sessions, Saturday was all about the battle for grid positions in the qualifying heats. With 24 intense races in the X30 Mini, X30 Junior and X30 Senior categories throughout the day, drivers fought hard to secure the best possible ranking for Sunday’s Super Heats. Every heat counted, as finishing positions translated into crucial points that would determine the starting order for the decisive final phases.

As in 2023, the FIA Karting prize-giving ceremony took place in Nice, France, on Saturday 7th December at the Hyatt Regency Palais de la Méditerranée. The karts of the three World Champions were displayed to the guests.

245 races. 84 wins. 78 pole positions. 153 podium finishes. Eight World Constructors’ Championships. Six World Drivers’ Championships. A career that, to this point, has been powered solely by Mercedes-Benz; over 20,000 racing laps and 100,000 racing kilometres.