2029 Formula One season

The  is the 18th Formula One championship. It is being contested over 16 Grands Prix between 9 teams, 18 drivers and 6 engine manufacturers. The season begun at the Australian Grand Prix and will culminate at the British Grand Prix with three championships available for grabs. After the first round of the season, Kulmala and Ferrari lead all of the Drivers', Constructors' and Engines' Championships, and appear to have the fastest car, just as they did last season.

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. The mid-season test will also be at the Nürburgring straight after the Grand Prix there instead of the originally-planned Catalunya, to make the financial impact smaller on the teams.

As per last season, there were eight days of pre-season testing over two tests, a two-day mid-season test, and each team was allocated four days of private testing to organize themselves.

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

Driver changes
Sauber re-signed their all-American lineup quite early in 2028, a 2 year deal for each with reasonably lean exit clauses between seasons.

Vergne began a two year contract with a very lenient mid-season exit clause. Tapani Kulmala signed with Ferrari for the first 8 rounds of the season. Test driver Dudley became 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 was promoted to the second test driver seat.

Santander had a provisional contract with Hussain for the Saudi Arabian to drive for the team this season, but after impressing in his first season, Toyota, who had a say in both seats in the new team, took him for their own. Tore Notaro, Toyota test driver, was placed in his seat instead. Gorou Kurosawa, before joining Santander last season, announced he would retire following his first year with the new outfit to allow it to become a young driver development team, however after an impressive show against his highly-regarded team mate and Santander's own impressive season, he was signed on for at least 5 races in the team. Kurosawa will share the seat with countryman and Toyota test driver/YDP protege Yasu Himura, who is contracted to race at least 3 races. The team will decide on short notice which driver will race which race, though it was announced Himura would test whereas Kurosawa would drive the first race.

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 was past her best (and was in fact let go before pre-season testing) 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 Tarou Wakahisa was announced which completed their driver lineup and left Philbert Rome without a drive.

Glock was confirmed to complete his two-year contract with Toyota, meanwhile Badr Hussain was signed as their second driver, which put Salvage's status in limbo, however the Frenchman signed for Williams soon enough. Godfrey Bush was snagged from a different racing series as test driver, having proved his worth there. Glock was injured in the last race of 2028, and shortly before the opening round, it was confirmed he would not be fit to race. Test driver Bush was put in his seat.

Reier was signed to complete the final part of his two-year contract South McLaren. Despite a difficult start to 2028, the team stated they had faith in the rookie that he will develop. Sudarshan Bachchan was also signed, to replace one-time champ Wakahisa, who moved on to Williams. McLaren poached Russian Leonty Mihaylov from WEC to be their test driver for the year.

North Mclaren agreed to extend their partnership with Ferrari by two years following last season. Ferrari decided that Cordell Dudley would replace Abner Ashley as Ferrari's full driver choice this season; Abner was signed to fill the test driver seat. They signed Guatier Faure on for another 2 years, and Tomek Bernard as test driver for another season.

Sotiris Dimitriou was confirmed to complete the second and final year of his contract. Last year's test driver Raleigh Huddleson was promoted for a year to Ford's second driver, and long-serving Renault Sport Academy driver Isidor Falkenrath was given Huddleson's test driver seat.

Aaldenberg was contracted to spend his third and final year, as per usual, with the Minardi team. Minardi announced Royal Beck would rejoin the team for some reason, probably related to money. McLaren also elected to continue with Octavio Peredes in their test seat this season. Minardi also announced another McLaren YDDP participant, Fester Maus, would fill the second seat.

Team changes
Lockheed Martin's title sponsorship of Ford and Nvidia's of Sauber were up for renewal for this season. Nvidia quickly extended the deal by 4 years, whereas Lockheed were more cautious and only signed on for another 3 quite late last season.

Before the 2028 season, Michelin announced an interest in becoming tyre suppliers for 2029. 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. Talks did take place between the FIA and Michelin but the two agreed to postpone proceedings indefinitely.

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.

Last season Ferrari had a one-year 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 was set to come to an end for 2029 – North had the choice of continuing their deal with Ferrari, with one of the most powerful engines on the grid, or going with a wildcard in Renault. Eventually following a good season of progress for the Ferrari engine, they chose to sign on for another 2 years.

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