Best Memes of Formula 1 2025

By Mia Hanuska

With 24 impressively close races and the first three-way World Drivers’ Championship (WDC) title fight since 2010, the 2025 Formula 1 season brought countless surprises to fans across the globe. Along with tight racing, each Grand Prix also created new iconic radio messages and memes, some of which even spread outside F1. Congratulations to Lando Norris for becoming the 35th driver to take home the World Drivers’ Championship and to McLaren for winning the World Constructors’ Championship! Let’s take a quick look back at the season’s results and the best accompanying moments. 

**These memes are for fun and don’t reflect the author’s view on any Formula 1 team, situation, or driver.**

13–15 March: Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix 

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. George Russel 

DNF/DNS:

  1. Liam Lawson
  2. Gabriel Bortelto 
  3. Fernando Alonso
  4. Carlos Sainz
  5. Jack Doohan
  6. Isack Hadjar

Best radio message: “I have a seat full of water” – Charles Leclerc

20–23 March: Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 

Sprint winner: Lewis Hamilton

Grand Prix Top 3: 

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Lando Norris
  3. George Russel

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Fernando Alonso
  2. Charles Leclerc
  3. Lewis Hamilton
  4. Pierre Gasly

Best radio message: “Well I want to” – Yuki Tsunoda

03–05 April: Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Oscar Piastri

DNF/DSQ: None

Major change: Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson switch seats, with Tsunoda going to RedBull and Lawson to Racing Bulls.

Best radio message: “So I unlocked a new problem…” – Isack Hadjar

Best meme: No change between qualifying & final race results

11–13 April: Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. George Russel
  3. Lando Norris

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Carlos Sainz
  2. Nico Hulkenberg

Best radio message: “Lando is over his grid box” – Max Verstappen

18–20 April: STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. Charles Leclerc

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Yuki Tsunoda
  2. Pierre Gasly 

Best radio message: “Bloody lovely!” – Max Verstappen

Best meme: Alonso and Bortoleto near incident

02–04 May: Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix

Sprint winner: Lando Norris

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Lando Norris
  3. George Russel

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Liam Lawson
  2. Gabriel Bortelto
  3. Oliver Bearman
  4. Jack Doohan

Best radio messages: “Have a tea break while you’re at it” // “You want me to let him past as well?” – Lewis Hamilton

16–18 May: AWS Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell’Emilia-Romagna

Top 3: 

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Oscar Piastri

DNF/DSQ: 

  1. Kimi Antonelli
  2. Esteban Ocon

Major change: Alpine replaces Jack Doohan with Franco Colapinto.

Best radio message: “This is a fricking joke” – Charles Leclerc

23–25 May: Tag Heuer Grand Prix De Monaco

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Charles Leclerc
  3. Oscar Piastri

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Fernando Alonso
  2. Pierre Gasly

Best radio message: “Are you upset with me or something??” – Lewis Hamilton

30 May – 01 June: Aramco Gran Premio De España

Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Charles Leclerc

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Kimi Antonelli
  2. Alexander Albon

Best meme: Max winning driver of the day despite losing 7 places

13–15 June: Pirelli Grand Prix Du Canada

Top 3: 

  1. George Russel
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. Kimi Antonelli

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Liam Lawson
  3. Alexander Albon

Best meme: McLaren collision causing Norris to retire

27–29 July: MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Oscar Piastri
  3. Charles Leclerc

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Alexander Albon
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. Kimi Antonelli
  4. Carlos Sainz

Best radio message: “Alpine still manages to find a way to f*** me over all these years later.” – Oscar Piastri

Best meme: Antonelli and Verstappen Collision

04–06 July: Qatar Airways British Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Oscar Piastri
  3. Nico Hülkenberg

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Kimi Antonelli
  2. Isack Hadjar
  3. Gabriel Bortelto
  4. Liam Lawson
  5. Franco Colapinto

Best radio message: “Brave, but we’re not suicidal” – Marcus Dudley (Russel’s race engineer)

Best moment: Hulkenberg podium!

25–27 July: Moët & Chandon Belgium Grand Prix

Sprint winner: Max Verstappen

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Charles Leclerc

DNF/DSQ: None

Best radio message: “Leave me alone please” – Charles Leclerc

Best meme: FIA delaying the race multiple hours due to rain

01–03 August: Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Oscar Piastri
  3. George Russel

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Oliver Bearman

Best radio message: Leclerc’s speech

29–31 August: Heineken Dutch Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Oscar Piastri
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. Isack Hadjar

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Charles Leclerc
  3. Lewis Hamilton

Best meme: Norris and Leclerc on the sand dunes after DNFing

05–07 September: Pirelli Gran Premio D’Italia

Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Oscar Piastri

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Fernando Alonso
  2. Nico Hulkenberg

Best radio message: “Ha! Just because he had a slow stop?” – Max Verstappen

Best meme: Papaya rules

19–21 September: Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. George Russel
  3. Carlos Sainz

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Oscar Piastri

Best radio message: “Best podium in my career!” – Carlos Sainz

Best meme: The creation of the “go weeyums!” gif 

03–05 October: Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. George Russel
  2. Max Verstappen
  3. Lando Norris

DNF/DSQ: None

Best radio message: “If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio” – Fernando Alonso

Best meme: Piastri disconnecting the radio mid-radio message from McLaren CEO Zak Brown

17–19 October: MSC Cruises United States Grand Prix

Sprint winner: Max Verstappen

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Lando Norris
  3. Charles Leclerc

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Carlos Sainz

Best meme: Norris cooldown room moment

24–26 October: Gran Premio De La Ciudad De México

Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Charles Leclerc
  3. Max Verstappen

DNF/DSQ: 

  1. Carlos Sainz
  2. Fernando Alonso
  3. Nico Hulkenberg
  4. Liam Lawson

Best radio message: “The guys can just cut the grass and keep position” – George Russel

Best meme: lawnmower services

07–09 November: MSC Cruises Grande Prêmio De São Paulo 

Sprint winner: Lando Norris

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Lando Norris
  2. Kimi Antontelli
  3. Max Verstappen

DNF/DSQ: 

  1. Lewis Hamilton
  2. Charles Leclerc
  3. Gabriel Bortoleto

Best meme: the beginning of the Ferrari DNF gif 

20–22 November: Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. George Russel
  3. Kimi Antonelli

DNF/DSQ:

  1. Alexander Albon
  2. Lance Stroll
  3. Oscar Piastri
  4. Lando Norris

Best meme: McLaren DSQ gif

28–30 November: Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix

Sprint winner: Oscar Piastri

Grand Prix Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Oscar Piastri
  3. Carlos Sainz

DNF/DSQ: 

  1. Lance Stroll
  2. Isack Hadjar
  3. Oliver Bearman
  4. Nico Hulkenberg

Best meme(s): Max’s return haunting the McLaren socials’ comment sections

05–07 December: Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Top 3:

  1. Max Verstappen
  2. Oscar Piastri
  3. Lando Norris

DNF/DSQ: None

Best radio message: “You get that message?” – Lewis Hamilton

Best meme(s): Ferrari drivers (and fans) going through it 

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