F1 Season Preview: Why 2025 promises to be a classic (ad-free)
Added 2025-03-10 00:00:03 +0000 UTCWe look ahead to the 2025 Formula 1 season in our special season preview edition of The Race F1 Podcast.
Scott Mitchell-Malm and Jon Noble join Edd Straw to run through the whole field and set the scene for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix and beyond.
Lando Norris and McLaren’s status as title favourites is discussed, along with the role Oscar Piastri could have to play. We also ask if Red Bull has produced the car it needs to for Max Verstappen to win a fifth consecutive world championship.
Lewis Hamilton’s prospects with Ferrari, and up against Charles Leclerc, are also delved into along with the chances of his old team, Mercedes, emerging as a contender with George Russell..
We also take a look at midfield standouts Alpine and Williams, attempt to work out where Haas really stands, and look at the prospects of Racing Bulls.
And with Aston Martin and, in particular, Sauber, having poor pre-seasons, we ask if all is lost for them in 2025.
Comments
Now that everyone is saying that the season is going to be a classic, I fully expect it to be a damp squid. It is F1. It has the uncanny ability to smash expectations/hopes on the rocks.
Tim
2025-03-12 06:10:01 +0000 UTCWhy do we keep referring to the slowest 6 teams as the ‘midfield’? By definition some of them have to be backmarkers.
Nicholas Langdon
2025-03-10 20:48:52 +0000 UTCYou got me lads. A day one listener finally joined in! Time to go back to the archives now!
Matteo Morgan
2025-03-10 17:24:12 +0000 UTCDo you guys think there could be more "scraps" to pick up for the midfield teams this year than in the previous few seasons? We have Aston Martin dropping out of being a surefire top-five team and two of the big four teams are running inexperienced drivers who might be more mistake-prone. On top of that, if the fight at the front ends up being as close as we hope it can be, we could see more wheel-to-wheel action and therefore crashes that take people out of a race. Also drivers at the front might end up making a few more mistakes as well if the pressure ramps up in a four-team title fight. I could see a lot more P5s or P6s being available for the midfield teams than in the last couple of seasons.
David Trippler
2025-03-10 09:51:55 +0000 UTC
