Vote now: Moment of the Year and 2025's best rookie
The 2025 season has seen historic achievements, sensational results and the emergence of new talent. Now we want you to help us decide on the stand-out moments.
Vote now on your moment of the year, and the most exciting rookie of 2025, representing the present and future of motor sport.
We’ll announce the winners at a gala event in December, where we will also be marking racing’s glorious past with a celebration of the epic 1985 season, with the help of some very special guests.
But first, you’ll have to decide whether Robert Kubica’s fairytale Le Mans victory trumps Marc Márquez’s seventh MotoGP championship after a break of six years, or will Silverstone’s incredible display of title-winning F1 cars live longer in the memory?
And when it comes to the stars of the future, can you look beyond Isack Hadjar‘s impressive F1 debut, to Ella Lloyd‘s winning start to her F1 Academy career or to Rafael Câmara‘s dominant maiden F3 season?
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Robert Kubica wins Le Mans 24 Hours
Victory for Robert Kubica — alongside Phil Hanson and Yifei Ye — was nothing short of sensational, 14 years after the rally crash that derailed his path to the top of F1. That he won with Ferrari, whose F1 team he was set to join in 2012, was all the more poignant.
Silverstone Festival marks 75 years of F1
On the circuit where the flag dropped on the very first World Championship race 75 years ago, the Silverstone Festival assembled a grid of 34 cars, each driven by one of the 34 F1 champions. The unique display was a vivid way to mark the anniversary, and a fitting finale in the Festival’s last year.
Marc Márquez clinches a seventh MotoGP title
Six years after his last championship, having endured rounds of arm surgery and uncompetitive machinery, Marc Márquez laid claim to being the greatest motorcycle racer of all time with a resounding title win in 2025, mastering a Ducati that team-mate Pecco Bagnaia just couldn’t get to grips with.
Rookie of the year
Isack Hadjar
An F1 rookie in 2025, Isack Hadjar is tipped for the Red Bull seat alongside Max Verstappen next season after a standout year capped by a podium finish at the Dutch Grand Prix. He’s been instantly quick on unfamiliar tracks, exceeded expectations by his team’s own admission, and has shown more experienced team-mate Liam Lawson a clean pair of heels.
Ella Lloyd
The highest-placed rookie in F1 Academy by some margin, McLaren-backed Ella Lloyd won on the second race weekend of the season and followed that up with four further podium positions to put her third in the championship, ahead of the final round. A racer with a cool, calm approach, she’s not getting carried away with the results, telling Motor Sport that the season has gone “pretty well”.
Rafael Camara
Last year’s Formula Regional European Champion made it two titles in a row by wrapping up the Formula 3 Championship with a round remaining; the most dominant performance in the modern era. The stats are impressive — five poles in nine rounds — but so are the Ferrari Junior’s drives, which include an assured victory in the rain at Hungaroring to secure the title. Next stop: Formula 2.
