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F1 Releases 2025 Secret Santa Video With Playful Driver Gift Swaps

The tradition dating to 2017 returns with a light, personality‑driven roundup.

Overview

  • Formula 1 published its annual Secret Santa gift‑exchange video on December 24, showing drivers opening presents and guessing their givers.
  • Franco Colapinto unboxed a Funko Pop and thanked Yuki Tsunoda as his Secret Santa after correctly sensing a Red Bull connection.
  • Colapinto’s gift to Oliver Bearman was a black T‑shirt featuring an Argentine bear and the number 87, which Bearman immediately traced back to the Argentine driver.
  • Notable exchanges included Nico Hülkenberg giving Fernando Alonso a cane and Alonso giving Alex Albon a Spanish cookbook, with other quirky items spanning books, toys and team‑branded gear.
  • Coverage noting broader context reports that Tsunoda is not slated for the 2026 grid, with Isack Hadjar named as his replacement, a detail presented alongside the video highlights.