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31st January 2022
01:08pm GMT
The decision to make the change was agreed at last month's meeting of the world council of governing body the FIA, however, there was a delay in announcing the news.
Formula 1 will also continue to follow and abide by the wider covid policies of each country it visits.
As per the BBC, a spokesman for F1 - which runs the commercial side of the sport, including deciding the calendar - said: "F1 (FOM) will require all travelling personnel to be fully vaxxed and will not request exemptions."
Double vaccination was required in order to enter the USA for last year's US Grand Prix in Texas.
Since the start of the pandemic, four drives have been required to miss races after contracting coronavirus, with Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll missing out while competing for Racing Point in 2020.
Lewis Hamilton missed the penultimate race of the 2020 season and Kimi Raikkonen was absent at last year's Dutch and Italian Grand Prix's.
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