FORMULA ONE 2025.

[Cleoriff]

From 1/1/2025 Lewis Hamilton became a Ferrari driver.

The Ferrari media team released a very clever post.

Note the time it was posted. 16.44. 16  is Charles Leclerc's race number and 44 is Lewis Hamiltons number. (they are now team mates). Interesting to note that Mercedes have lost just under a million followers and Ferrari have gained over a million.

With all his farewell commitments to Mercedes, Lewis has not tested in last years Ferrari. (All new drivers did a test run in Abu Dhabi.) It's understood, he will be testing in Marinello, Italy, later this month.

A lot to learn. New car, new steering wheel, new team, new race engineer and new language.

Personally, I'm not expecting him to do that well initially. Only time will tell.

* F1 live at the O2 Arena London. February

* Pre- Season Testing in Bahrain 26th-28th February.

* 1st Race - Australia Friday March 14th-Sunday 16th March.

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This year sees 5 new Rookies on the Grid

Driver line up.

1 Antonelli - Mercedes

2 Doohan - Alpine

3 Hadjar- RB

4 Bearman - Haas

5 Bortoleto- Kick Sauber.

Liam Lawson has replaced Checo Perez at Red Bull Racing. He will partner Max Verstappen (poor kid!!) 😂

NB. Liam Lawson should be classed as a rookie as he only took part in 7 races last year when he replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB.

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Full Schedule 2025. (24 races)

[pgn]

Not the best name for an F1 driver, Stroll, I'd've thought 😂

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@pgn wrote:

Not the best name for an F1 driver, Stroll, I'd've thought 😂

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Lance Stroll is one of the worst on the grid @pgn. Only there as his Dad owns the team. Lawrence Stroll is a billionaire and one of the richest men in Canada. Terrible state of affairs when you can buy your son a seat in F1. Particularly when you realise the struggles Anthony Hamilton had (working 4/5 jobs) to help Lewis get his chance.

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Formula 1 fans were asked to vote for the best team pairing on the grid for 2025.

56% is a hell of a lot of votes for Lewis and Charles.  The Tifosi will be pleased 😂

I bet Mercedes are totally miffed!

[jonsie]

I'm still Team Mercedes at heart but obviously will now have a new Ferrari interest whilst Lewis is there

I'm hoping for some interesting battles (literally!) with Max

The gaps between the top teams was narrowing nicely last year so this season could be well worth watching unless there are fundemental differences with the new designs

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HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY LEWIS. ❤️

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@jonsie wrote:

I'm still Team Mercedes at heart but obviously will now have a new Ferrari interest whilst Lewis is there

I'm hoping for some interesting battles (literally!) with Max

The gaps between the top teams was narrowing nicely last year so this season could be well worth watching unless there are fundemental differences with the new designs

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@jonsie 

I'm not a Mercedes fan any longer. Once they found out Lewis was off to Ferrari they treated him as if he was second rate.

George got all the upgrades. According to Andrew Shovlin (technical director) Lewis was testing parts for the 2025 car for the last 8 races. Yes I know he was leaving but he was left out of all meetings, including those involving strategy.

I well remember that anonymous email which circulated the paddock, accusing Mercedes of sabotaging Hamilton's car. Suddenly for 3 races after that email, Lewis was back racing to his usual level.

Also, can you recollect LH saying, 4 races in, that he would never beat his team mate in qualifying? I thought that was a weird thing for a 7 x WDC to say. He was very nearly right. George beat him 18- 6.

The one thing George didn't have was the same racecraft as LH. So overall Lewis was beating Russell in points until 5 races from the end.

So although Abu Dhabi was very emotional between LH and Mercedes (the end of an era) I lost all respect for Mercedes during the season. You don't treat a driver who has helped you to win 8 constructors titles as if he means nothing.... just because he's chosen to go to another team.

If they think George Russell is championship material, they are going to be disappointed. 👀 🤐

(Unless they have managed to produce a race winning car after 3 years 😂)

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Breaking News

So what's happening in 2028 and 2030? Are they doing a rotation with a new track?

Sad that they are using Spa. One of the most iconic tracks on the calendar!