Which football team is each F1 driver from?

European football leagues are backKiko Femenía has already seen the first red card in La Liga and more than one of the F1 drivers will be attentive to the results of their favorite clubs.

He Barça?, he real Madrid? Teams from your countries? The great circus is full of runners from all over the world, where each one has their stories of love and hate in relation to the most watched sport on the planet.

Barça, with world champions supporters

FC Barcelona is not the first team of any of the current drivers on the grid. The last full-time driver to do so was the current commentator for DAZN, Pedro de la Rosawhose final GP in F1 was the 2012 Brazilian GP with HRT.

Jaime Alguersuarialso born in Barcelona, is also a culé, but despite starting after De La Rosa in F1, his last race was in 2011.

Yes, there are two drivers who sympathize with the Blaugrana team, both world champions. Lewis Hamilton He usually shows his support for the club before many classics on networks.

Before the start of the 2017 F1 season, just the year after Hamilton lost the title to Nico Rosberg in the last race, he took advantage of doing pre-season testing to go to the Camp Nou to see the legendary 6-1 comeback against PSG in the round of 16 of the Champions League. “They didn’t stop, they didn’t give up, they kept trying and I left there thinking I have to apply that mentality to my season.”he said after the game.

However, his real club is Arsenala club he has supported since he was little, since his sister forced him to start following the Gunners.

Oscar Piastri He doesn’t seem to be too interested in football, he’s more into cricket. But his partner, Lily Zneimer, and his family are from Arsenal, so, given the choice, he is another Gunner on the grid.

They will be happy with the work you are doing Mikel Arteta these last few seasons, which has once again positioned them as one of the main European powers.

The other supporter is Max Verstappen. In 2024 he declared for MD. “I will always be a Barça fan, no matter what happens”. The Catalan team was not going through the best of times, the interview was just after the 23/24 season, Xavi Hernández’s last, where they were unable to win any title.

His love for Barça comes from the relationship the team has with the Dutch legend. Johan Cruyffwho won 13 titles between his time as a player and coach with Barcelona. His revolutionary style of football forged ties that still remain strong between the Netherlands and the Catalan team.

He PSV Eindhoven It is his main team, and this comes from the time when his father, Jos Verstappen, competed in F1 with Philips advertising, a legendary t-shirt for the Netherlands team. As Phillips sponsored both his father and PSV, they were constantly invited to the Philips Stadion, where young Max fell in love with the team.

The Spanish, from Real Madrid

Carlos Sainzborn in Madrid, has been seen on multiple occasions at the Bernabéu and in his time at Toro Rosso together with Max Verstappen, the one from the Netherlands explains how he constantly tried to poke him with this topic.

They shared a team in 2015 and the beginning of 2016. So they coincided perfectly so that Verstappen could sting him by achieving the Luis Enrique’s Barça hat trickand Verstappen left for Red Bull just before the Champions League final that Real Madrid beat Atlético on penaltiesthe first of three consecutive ones.

For its part, Fernando Alonso He has always been a declared supporter of Real Madrid, to the point of admitting that he fantasizes about the idea of becoming president.

In 2017 he was named honorary member of the white club. “Since I was little, with the Quinta del Buitre that I had to live with my generation and everything that came from there, I tried to enjoy to the fullest, with all the passion that this club brings,” he said at the time.

The Asturian does not forget his land, where he supports the Real Oviedobeing present the day they achieved their return to the first division of Spanish football after 24 seasons without stepping into the first division.

Luis Enrique’s PSG causes a sensation among the French

The three Frenchmen on the grill, Pierre Gasly, Isaac Hadjar and Esteban Oconsupport PSG, which after its purchase by Qatari institutions has become the hegemonic team of the French country. Making million-dollar signings, the last of which is that of Ferran Torres.

Hadjar is from Paris, Gasly and Ocon are from Rouen and Évreux respectively, which are towns very close to the capital. This means that, when visiting their country, they always have the Parc des Princes close by so they can visit it.

Colapinto, bostero

Boca Juniors and River Plate are protagonists of, arguably, the greatest rivalry in the world of football. The Buenos Aires pilot’s family is from Boca and Franco Colapinto it is too. He has even gone so far as to say that he will celebrate his first podium by shouting “Boca, Boca, Boca”, if one day he achieves it, we will be able to check if he remembers his football team.

During the World Cup he was seen repeatedly wearing the Argentine national team shirt, so his passion for football is not limited to the club level.

Is Manchester red?

The current world champion had as a childhood hero Cristiano Ronaldoapart from Valentino Rossias the images demonstrate. Therefore, his club is the Manchester Uniteddespite being from Bristol. A city that has Bristol City in the Championship.

Arvid Linblad He is from the county of Surrey, located just above London, and also supports Manchester United.

“Welcome to Manchester” It was the banner with which the citizens received Carlitos Tevez after betraying United in 2009, referring to the voices that say that there are more United fans outside of Manchester than inside, since City fans are the majority in the city. Neither Norris nor Lindblad are doing the Red Devils any favors in trying to disprove these accusations.

Yes, the Wolves

George Russell He was born and raised in King’s Lynn, a town in Norfolk. Despite this, he supports the Wolverhampton Wanderersfrom the county just to the west, the West Midlands.

His father instilled the tradition of supporting the team that was relegated to the Championship last season in him. As well as his passion for football in general, since he also says he sympathizes with Real Madrid and was seen wearing the English national team shirt in the paddock during the World Cup.

Faithful to their origins

The world leader, Kimi Antonelliis from Bologna, the capital of Emilia-Romagna. Although the most successful clubs in the country are in the north, the Italian supports his city team, the Bologna.

The team managed to win the Coppa Italia in 2025 after spending 27 years without winning a title. The last one had been the 1998 Intertoto Cup. In recent years we have been able to see them in European competitions, such as last season, when they beat Claudio Giráldez’s Celta de Vigo in Balaídos during the first phase of the Europa League.

The Monegasque, Charles Leclercis a fan of AS Monacoa team from the principality that plays in Ligue 1. Two drivers who do not leave home when it comes to teams to support.

The most winners from Germany and Mexico

So much Nico Hulkenberg as Sergio Perez They follow a similar logic. Both support the most successful teams in their countries. He Bayern Munich and the Americarespectively.

Bayer has recently collaborated through networks with Audi, taking advantage of the fact that the German brand owns 8.33% of the Bavarian club. Sergio Pérez has been seen on different occasions wearing the yellow jersey of América, as well as that of the Mexican team in the paddock.

Bortoleto, São Paulo or Flamengo?

The Brazilian driver was photographed wearing a T-shirt of the Flamengo after his career in Austria in F2, which is curious because he was born in São Paulo, while Flamengo is a team from Rio de Janeiro.

In a podcast he had admitted that, despite not following football too much, he liked the Sao Paulo. He also accepted a club shirt given by Lucas Mourathe former Tottenham and PSG player, who eliminated Ajax with his goals in the 2019 semifinal with the London team.

So the club Gabriel Bortoleto It’s a little up in the air.

Those who do not have equipment

There are five drivers who either don’t care enough about football to follow any team or have never declared it.

The cases of Oliver Bearman and Alex Albonboth were born and raised in Great Britain, one of the most football-loving countries in the world, but neither shows special interest in any team.

The Finnish, Valtteri Bottasas part of his sympathy for Australia he has visited the countryside of Adelaide United FCA-League club. He appeared at the stadium wearing a shirt with his number, 77, and his last name, but it was only momentary. For his part, Lance Stroll has a photo with a Milan scarf at San Siro, but it was nothing more than a specific visit to the stadium.

Liam Lawson does not seem to be the least bit interested in football, judging by his performance in the challenges to which he was subjected in the Racing Bulls nets during the World Cup, where, among other things, he was not able to recognize Zlatan Ibrahimović.