F1 2025 Mega Thread

Kimi Antonelli updated his bio

The new sponsor line-up for 2025

AI has made four predictions for Autosport for the 2025 season:
- Norris and Piastri will fight for the title
- Hamilton will beat Leclerc in the drivers' championship
- Gabriel Bortoleto will be the most impressive rookie of the year
- This will be Lance Stroll's last season in F1

Let me do it too
MY PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2025 SEASON and a little bit for 2026

1. Ferrari will take the Constructors' Championship
2. Red Bull will take second place
3. McLaren will not be able to fight for the final results due to the rivalry between their two drivers
4. Max Verstappen will win his fifth and final title
5. Hamilton will be vice-champion
6. Antonelli will be the most successful rookie - thanks to the second half of the season. In the first he will often crash, in the second he will "ruin" Russell
7. Colapinto will NOT replace Douhan at Alpine, but in 2026 he will replace Tsunoda.
8. Yuki Tsunoda will replace Lance Stroll in 2026.

dutchm2 wrote

AI has made four predictions for Autosport for the 2025 season:
- Norris and Piastri will fight for the title
- Hamilton will beat Leclerc in the drivers' championship
- Gabriel Bortoleto will be the most impressive rookie of the year
- This will be Lance Stroll's last season in F1

Let me do it too
MY PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2025 SEASON and a little bit for 2026

1. Ferrari will take the Constructors' Championship
2. Red Bull will take second place
3. McLaren will not be able to fight for the final results due to the rivalry between their two drivers
4. Max Verstappen will win his fifth and final title
5. Hamilton will be vice-champion
6. Antonelli will be the most successful rookie - thanks to the second half of the season. In the first he will often crash, in the second he will "ruin" Russell
7. Colapinto will NOT replace Douhan at Alpine, but in 2026 he will replace Tsunoda.
8. Yuki Tsunoda will replace Lance Stroll in 2026.

Any predictions for Team Cadillac GM USA powered by Ferrari?

DrFerry wrote

Any predictions for Team Cadillac GM USA powered by Ferrari?

Not at the moment. You?

dutchm2 wrote

Not at the moment. You?

I'm thinking they won't finish the 1st race, nor the second due to transmission, clutch or some other mechanical issues. I say this based on the history of GM's entry into ALMS.

DrFerry wrote

I'm thinking they won't finish the 1st race, nor the second due to transmission, clutch or some other mechanical issues. I say this based on the history of GM's entry into ALMS.

It's always a possibility.

DrFerry wrote

I'm thinking they won't finish the 1st race, nor the second due to transmission, clutch or some other mechanical issues. I say this based on the history of GM's entry into ALMS.

When Cadillac joins F1 in 2026, the arrangement with Ferrari will include not only power units but..."a supply of gearboxes and the rear suspension, which is a significant amount of work that Cadillac will not have to undertake itself".
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/cadillac-f1-aero-testing-restrictions/

3798j wrote

When Cadillac joins F1 in 2026, the arrangement with Ferrari will include not only power units but..."a supply of gearboxes and the rear suspension, which is a significant amount of work that Cadillac will not have to undertake itself".
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/cadillac-f1-aero-testing-restrictions/

Sounds like a much better recipe for success. Thanks for the info. I thought they were running in 2025. So they still have another year to iron out the bugs with man and machine(s).

DrFerry wrote

Sounds like a much better recipe for success. Thanks for the info. I thought they were running in 2025. So they still have another year to iron out the bugs with man and machine(s).

Exactly!

Red Bull has announced that it will reveal its 2025 car at its F1 launch on February 18.

GRAND PRIX TITLE SPONSORS FOR THE 2025 SEASON

Arab countries (6 Grand Prix out of 19 known, i.e. about a third)
Aramco (Saudi - oil)
STC (Saudi - digital payments)
Qatar Airways
Etihad Airways (UAE)

Singapore - Crypto.com

China - Lenovo

USA
AWS - Amazon cloud services

Europe (8 Grand Prix)
MSC Cruises (Italy-Switzerland)
Heineken (Holland)
Pirelli (Italy)

Six stages have not yet been confirmed
Last year Australia, Belgium and Mexico were under Rolex, Bahrain - Gulf Air, Singapore - Singapore Airlines.

Now that Tag Heuer has replaced Rolex as the official timekeeper, we can expect that they will take over some of the stages. But overall, the list of title sponsors of the Grand Prix has not changed, the interests are the same.

Williams are learning Spanish 😊

F1 2025: The year of the Rookies One quarter of the grid will be made up of newcomers this season - and they're all Formula2 graduates as well

dutchm2 wrote

F1 2025: The year of the Rookies One quarter of the grid will be made up of newcomers this season - and they're all Formula2 graduates as well

Man, I feel olde when seeing those fresh and shiny faces.

DrFerry wrote

Man, I feel olde when seeing those fresh and shiny faces.

It's new blood for the auto scene. Unavoidable

dutchm2 wrote

F1 2025: The year of the Rookies One quarter of the grid will be made up of newcomers this season - and they're all Formula2 graduates as well

Looking forward to some fresh faces on the grid! Lawson could have been included in this list as well, IMO, but I get why he wasn't.

Checking one of the sports betting books, it's interesting to see Norris as the favorite to be the 2025 WDC and that McLaren and Ferrari are in a betting "dead heat" for the 2025 WCC. The charts are showing what a $100 bet would pay.

dfox wrote

Looking forward to some fresh faces on the grid! Lawson could have been included in this list as well, IMO, but I get why he wasn't.

True!

3798j wrote

Checking one of the sports betting books, it's interesting to see Norris as the favorite to be the 2025 WDC and that McLaren and Ferrari are in a betting "dead heat" for the 2025 WCC. The charts are showing what a $100 bet would pay.

What about you? If you would bet which would be driver/team winners?

Mine go for Max (5th title) and RB Constructors:party0030:

dutchm2 wrote

What about you? If you would bet which would be driver/team winners?

Placed the bets early this morning. Norris to win the WDC, McLaren for the WCC.

3798j wrote

Placed the bets early this morning. Norris to win the WDC, McLaren for the WCC.

Gutsy, but what were the odds?