Formula 1 2025

[GeeJayW]

Happy New Year all.

Thought I'd fire up a new F1 thread for 2025.

Cheers!

 

[AMGeed]

Excellent.
OK to stick a bit of MotoGP in here from time to time or do we need a different thread?

 

[GeeJayW]

Excellent.
OK to stick a bit of MotoGP in here from time to time or do we need a different thread?

MotoGP/Superbikes absolutely fine with me.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Ok. First page of the new thread. Lets be brave and post our predictions, hopes and dreams.

Me, obviously I’ll tie all three into one.

Constructors: McLaren

Drivers:
1) Lewis
2) Lando
3) Oscar

 

[GeeJayW]

 

[AMGeed]

I'm hoping Ferrari give Lewis a good car and he adapts quickly.
Lando to take his good form on and hopefully get the drivers championship. Piastri has proven to be a very adept driver and capable of winning things himself. Will McLaren support both drivers and for how long?
Can Red Bull get another all winning car again? Hopefully they fall flat on their ar$es such is my dislike of everything they stand for. The team is toxic, especially Horner and Verstappen. But they will be there or thereabouts. It's 2026 when they switch to Ford power units I think they suffer.
Surprise driver next season? Carlos in the Williams. I fancy him to do very well. Shafted by Ferrari, he deserved better.

 

[Mactech]

Audi and Porsche have run against each other under the VW banner at Le Mans before.
This rumour, if true could make sense of Sainz's swap to Williams for this year.

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[SmartAmg]

I'd Really like Lewis to win. To take his 8th
world title. After that anyone. As long as RedBull don't win owt, don't like them at all. Both long shots I know. But you can dream.

 

[190]

After that anyone. As long as RedBull don't win owt, don't like them at all.

My sentiments too and it would seem a common view here.

I wonder what Red Bull's reputation as the "nasty team" does for there intended purpose which is presumably to sell Red Bull energy drinks. Being consistently obnoxious isn't the usual way to go about advertising a product. It would have to be the ultimate demonstration of the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

 

[GeeJayW]

My sentiments too and it would seem a common view here.

I wonder what Red Bull's reputation as the "nasty team" does for there intended purpose which is presumably to sell Red Bull energy drinks. Being consistently obnoxious isn't the usual way to go about advertising a product. It would have to be the ultimate demonstration of the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity.

They were always a bit dodgy (Multi-21 and so on), but since Dietrich passed away, the toxicity level in RBR has increased by more than a few notches.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I think that Lewis has had his time and won't win much now...I certainly don't see his name on another title. People rarely come back to winning form after a gap.... just based on previous F1 history. That said in this case I'd be more then happy to be proven wrong! Ferrari need to build a winning car too of course.

 

[GeeJayW]

I think that Lewis has had his time and won't win much now...I certainly don't see his name on another title. People rarely come back to winning form after a gap.... just based on previous F1 history. That said in this case I'd be more then happy to be proven wrong! Ferrari need to build a winning car too of course.

If Hamilton cannot rediscover his ability/confidence to really wring the car’s neck in qualifying, then I’m inclined to agree. If he does, then he showed last season that he can still race. So…

My current read is that due to the current aero regs, the suspension is brutally rigid in order to manage the ride height. That, in addition to Mercedes building a bigger car in order to accommodate George, seems to have affected Hamilton’s ability to feel the car which has affected his confidence. We’ll see in the first few rounds just how well he gets on with the ‘25 Ferrari. Hopefully he and Charles will have a car with which they can challenge.

 

[Darrell]

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Bloody hellfire. That’ll keep them busy.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I think that Lewis has had his time and won't win much now...I certainly don't see his name on another title. People rarely come back to winning form after a gap.... just based on previous F1 history. That said in this case I'd be more then happy to be proven wrong! Ferrari need to build a winning car too of course.

I would love to see Lewis win again - perhaps mostly because he was cheated out of the championship a few years ago (and I don’t use that word lightly - but the odds are stacked against him.

If he’s not won the by 2026 then I would say that the odds of him winning will be almost zero, and unless the Ferrari is exceptional and well suited to Lewis then I suspect that 2016 will be his last.

What gives me hope is that Lewis made the decision to move to Ferrari a year ago, and I believe that their 2025 us heavily revised, so maybe just maybe.