Debate | Who is the Formula 1 rookie of the season so far?

Racing resumes next weekend with the Dutch Grand Prix following the summer break, with the rookies also getting some down time.

To aid in the voting decision, here is how the youngsters and their teams reacted to their first half of the 2025 season.

Kimi Antonelli could achieve his first podium at the Canadian Grand Prix and earned his first ever pole for the Miami Sprint, but over the course of the European season so far, he himself acknowledged over the media day that 'he wasn't delivering.'

Mercedes dismounted a suspension upgrade at the Hungarian GP, reverting to the previous spec.

Antonelli told GPblog among others in Hungary, where he finished in P10. "Well, definitely now I can build on this weekend and especially I feel the pace is coming back, the feeling is coming back and definitely I can work on from here and just get better."

If it was up to Fernando Alonso, the Brazilian driver would be subbed the best rookie of his generation. Answering GPblog's question, Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley was also complimentary of the youngster.

"Gabriel has a fantastic work ethic. He has a capacity for taking on new information. He's proving every way to be the future star that we expected him to be," the former Red Bull sporting director said.

"I am actually very happy with my rookie season so far," Bortoleto told GPblog among others. "The beginning has been very tough, with the car and being able to overcome that moment. Instead of losing confidence, I actually only gained confidence this year."

On track, Bortoleto scored his first points in Austria, and achieved his best result in Hungary, where he finished in P6.

Entering the summer break, Isack Hadjar remains the only F1 driver on the grid to yet to be eliminated in Q1 in his career. Behind Max Verstappen, he has also scored the most points in the Red Bull family so far.

The Frenchman was not satisfied with finishing in P11 at the Hungarian GP. Answering this website's question about his year, he focused on that weekend.

About moving forward, he added: "Making sure these mistakes in Q3 don't happen. And that's it, I think there's so much positive to take away and we keep pushing."

Despite having competed in Grands Prix in 2023 and 2024 as well, Liam Lawson is now completing his first full season in F1. It has been a turbulent season so far for the New Zealander, as two weekends into the year, he was replaced with Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing.

"It's been a very tough year, so I think it's hard to string together a series of good results in F1 and recently it's been good for us, but obviously we have another whole second half to go and we need to learn from what's working right now and try and take that forward," he said at the Hungaroring.

Since Austria, the New Zealander could score points in three of the last four Grands Prix, finishing sixth in Spielberg.

After participating in the Saudi Arabian GP for Ferrari replacing Carlos Sainz and switching for Kevin Magnussen on a couple of occasions in 2024, the Briton began his first full-time season with Haas.

Bearman has scored eight points so far, with finishing in P8 immediately at the Chinese Grand Prix. Technical failures also set him back over recent weekends.

As whether he was pleased with his results so far, he told GPblog among others: "Not really, I set higher expectations for myself."

He also explained why. "Just more consistent performances, this one [in Hungary] I can't really say it's my fault but I would have liked to be a bit more comfortable at this stage."

The Argentinian replaced Doohan ahead of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Since arriving, he is yet to score points.

At the Hungaroring, he said: "It is very important [to get more comfortable]. I think it's the kind of thing I take with me after this weekend. After a difficult weekend it's not easy to see the positives but even though we finished with both cars in the back, I think I can take some good things and find some consistency in the car which I was happy. Of course I need to keep finding more stuff."

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