The 2025 formula one season has all the makings of a white-knuckle 24-race celebration to mark 75 years the inaugural seven-race championship in 1950, While Lewis Hamulton’s MOVE to Ferrife to Ferrife to Ferroton. Intriguing Storyline. Red bull’s max verstappen appears to have his work cut out to seal a fifth straight title with land lando noris poised to knock the dutchman off his perch. Hamilton Says His Move from Mercedes to Ferrari has given him a new lease of life.
Here AFP Sports at five Talking Points Before The Season Gets Underway in Australia on Sunday:
Fifth Title for versterppen? Successive Title, a feat only achieved Once Before, by Michael Schumacher.
If he successeds it will cement the dutchman’s place as a title of the sport.
He Hoovered up Seven of the first 10 races in his rampaging Red Bull Last Year, Before A 10-Race Winless Run as McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari Ran Riot.
But versa had the last word, fighting back to win in brazil and clinch title number four with two races to spare.
McLaren Prised The Constructor Championship Away from Red Bull to Seal their long road back to the f1 summit.
The tough task facing verster is underlined by the betting, which has been only second face behind Norris (who ended last season 63 points behind) for the 2025 crown.
Can Hamilton Make Ferrari Magic? Hamilton is convined help ferrari win a first drivers’ Championship since Since 2007 after the Seven-Time World Champion Made the Move to Italy.
At 40, the briton seems full of Youthusiasm for the new challenge.
“The passion here is like nothing you ever see.
Class of 2025 Rookiesan Italian Teenager who only passed his driving test in january is among the Six-Strong 2025 Rookie Intake.
Kimi Antonelli is an exciting 18-year-old who uses the nickname of his uncle who was a fan of ferrari’s last world champion, Finn Kimi Raikkonen. He takes hamilton’s seat along with george russell at mergedes.
“I really want to make my own story” Insists Last Year’s Multiple Formula 2 Winner, Brushing Off Suggestions He is the Seven-Time World Champion’s ‘Replacement’
Kiwi Liam Lawson, A ‘Veteran’ of 11 Grands Prix Alredy, Makes His Fully Fledded Debut as Verstappen’s New Wingman at Red Bull.
Ferrari’s British Academy Driver Ollye Bearman Was Thrown INTO The F1 Deep End when He was called Up as a Last-Minute Replacement for Carlos Sainz at the Saudi Grand Prix Last Year, Benegest Ever Driver to Compete for the Scuderia.
He Seized His Chance, Holding Off Hamilton and Norris to Finish Seventh. He Joins Ferrari-Powered Haas. Brazil has a presence on the graid for the first time in five years in f2 champion gabriel bortoleto at sauber.
Australian Jack Doohan will be hoping to enjoy even a small Slice of his dad mick’s success on two wheels in motoog as he graduates from reserve driver to beeomes Alpine.
Last but not least is rb’s isck hadjar, the 20-year-old french-algerian who narrowly missed out to bortoleto for the f2 title.
Fia in drivers’ Crosshairsin the Volatile Unpredictable High-Octane Bubble that is F1, One Thing Seems Assured in 2025: Renewed Tension Between the Governing Body and The Drivers. Notably over the Fia’s Crackdown on Swearing.
Vestappen and Charles leclerc fell foul of the rules in 2024 for turning the Air Blue at Press Conferences.
The guidelines were strengthened in January, triggering an indignant response from drivers, who took a swipe at fia president mohammed ben sulayem.
“We urge the fia president to also consider his own tone and language when our member drivers, or indeed about them, beether in a public forum or otherwise,” They are the ones: ” Adults.
From Australia to Abu dhabiaustralia hosts the first of the 24 races next weekend with bahrain moved to April as Ramadan Runs Throughout March. 2025’s Six Sprints are at Shanghai, Miami, Belgium, Austin, Sao Paulo and Qatar.
The fia is trying to live up the jewel in the calendar-monaco-where overtaking is night-on impossible, imposing a mandatory two-bit stop strategy.
With the traditional three-wheek summer break in August the F1 Circus Pitches up in the desert of abu dhabi for its final show on December 7.
“2025 will be a special year as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the fia formula one world championship, and it’s that legacy and experience that that that allows to deliver such a striver,” CEO Stefano Domenicali.
Testing times the time from three days of pre-seasoning in bahrain last month did not tell anyone much.
With fuel loads unknown, and team set-ups kept under wraps, it was hard if not impossible to pinpoint the winners and losters.
Russell’s mergedes was top of the pile on the last day, with Sainz’s williams topping the time on the middle day and Norris’s mclaren taking the first day honors.
Ferrari was bang in the thick of it, and verstappen will have been pleased with his final-day showing.
One Thing Seems Certain – The Bulk of the Teams Look Closely Matched, Prompting McLaren Ceo Zak Brown To Predict: “I can see it being supercom compensation. Cold see that being even more. Im More Excted Than Nervous. “
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