McLaren and Red Bull dealt a blow as experts pick F1 2025's fastest car

Our writers predict which car will be the e🍌nvy of its🐲 rivals

Red Bull
Red Bull

2025 is the final seasonღ in the regulations cycle in Formula 1.

Next year, a major ♛engine revamp will provide an opportunity for every team to have a clean sl💟ate.

That’s why Aston🎀 Martin have brought in Adrian Newey, to give them the greatest chance of starting a new era of dominance from 2026 onwꦅards with the fastest car.

Mercedes have also been rumoured to have an enviable engin💜e for the new regulations cycle.

But this year?൩ McLaren ended 2024 with the fastest car but that’s no guarantee that they can cement their position by the e♕nd of this year.

Our writers have predicted which team will have the fastest F1 car by the conclusion of 2025…

Lewis Duncan: Ferrari’s upwards trajectory is cause for much optimism after a solid 2024 campaign in which it came away from it just 14 points shy of the const𝓡ructors’ championship.

Ahead of a major regulation shift inღ 2026, teams won’t be putting much resources into their 2025 challengers.

Ferrari has a strong foundation to start from and small tweaks could see it come up with a strong♏ package from the off.

If it can keep that momentum up, it will end 2025 with the best car, while i🍸ts 2026 development will have the influence of Lewis Hamilton in it 🎐as he steadily gets up to speed with how the Ferrari needs to be driven to get the most out of it.

Lewis Larkam: I think we will see a really close fight between McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari at the start of the season, but my guess is that it will be Ferrari who ends the season with the ꦿfastest car, winning both world championships in the process.

Connor McDonagh: McLa💎ren will start the season well and given that a lot of teams will be focused on 2026, they will end the year with the best car as well. 

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