2029 Formula One season

The  will be the 18th Formula One championship. It will be contested over 16 circuits between 9 teams, 18 drivers and 5 or 6 engine manufacturers.

Calendar
Following the third round of the 2028 season, the Cairo Grand Prix Circuit announced it would not hold a Formula One race in the foreseeable future due to financial reasons. France will take its place, but will be the fifth round instead of the fourth.

Signed team and drivers
* The contract is provisional and may change before the start of the season.

Vacant denotes that the driver currently in that seat has agreed with the team not to drive for them next season. A blank denotes the team and current driver have not decided what to do.


 * Tapani Kulmala is signed with Ferrari for the first 8 rounds of the season, whereas Vergne is still in negotiations with the team. Test driver Dudley is a full driver at North McLaren but will step in to a Ferrari seat should one become available for whatever reason. Another Ferrari Academy driver Tor Horn is the second test driver.
 * Dimitriou was signed for 2 years at Ford. His team mate's seat is less certain, with the team making a mid-season change in 2028.
 * Aaldenberg is contracted to spend his third and final year, as per usual, with the Minardi team. Beck will rejoin the team for some reason, probably related to money. Octavio Peredes and Fester Maus will be test drivers (the former was last season as well), the idea being that they'll be promoted to full drivers next season.
 * North McLaren will continue their Ferrari partnership, this year being the first of two agreed. Cordell Dudley will replace Abner Ashley as Ferrari's full driver this season; Abner provisionally will fill the test driver seat. North's own seats are undecided.
 * Santander have provisional contract with Hussain for the Saudi Arabian to drive for the team this season. Either side may terminate the contract prior to the season; Santander will look to secure Badr as he had an impressive rookie season with the team last year. Gorou Kurosawa, before joining Santander, announced he would retire following his first season with the new outfit, however after an impressive show against his team mate, the team are in negotiations with him.
 * Sauber re-signed their all-American lineup quite early in 2028.
 * Reier will complete the final part of his two-year contract South McLaren. Despite a difficult start to 2028, the team have faith in the rookie that he will develop. Sudarshan Bachchan will step in to replace one-time champ Wakahisa, who moved on to Williams.
 * Glock is in negotiations of whether to complete his two-year contract with Toyota, meanwhile Badr Hussain has been signed as their second driver, meaning Salvage's future at the team depends on Glock.
 * Marcus Ericsson announced he would retire following 2028, leaving a top-tier seat up for grabs. Their two current test drivers were deemed unsuitable – Maria Michelakakis is past her best and Steen still has a while to go in lower formulae. Williams originally wanted Badr Hussain but Toyota pinched him. They settled with ex-Toyota driver Darnell Salvage. Later on Wakahisa was announced, completing their driver lineup, leaving Rome without a full drive.

Team changes
Lockheed Martin's title sponsorship of Ford is set for renewal, as is Nvidia's with Sauber.

Michelin announced an interest in becoming tyre suppliers. Ferrari immediately signed an independent deal with Pirelli, stating that if tyre competition is introduced, Ferrari will operate Pirelli tyres for the first season. Michelin did likewise with Williams–BMW. Following a silent start to the season and no announcements of tyre tests, questions were raised as to whether a deal would be struck at all with the FIA.

Following the Thai Grand Prix last season, Renault announced an interest in becoming an engine supplier. Sauber were quickly announced as partners – they were operating an old Toyota engine Coba were developing, but it was always a temporary measure until a proper engine partner could be acquired. North McLaren are also tipped as a potential partner; they must decide between Renault and Ferrari. Michelin secured Renault as a partner should their tyre programme take off.

Ferrari had a contract with North McLaren to supply an engine as well as full driver and test driver seats in the form of Abner Ashley and Zak Henry. The deal is set to come to an end for 2029 – North must decide whether to renew it or potentially go with a Renault engine. Ferrari has the second best engine behind Toyota but mandates either a lot of money or a seat of their own at any customers, whereas Renault is cheaper but quite a wildcard.

Young driver programmes
This is the table from last season with tenures, partners and status updated. Drivers could yet be hired 'n' fired. * Years served in the programme as of the beginning of this season.

Results and standings

 * See also: [ Results sheet]