McLaren have a rare opportunity at the F1 drivers’ chamꩲpionship in 20𒐪25, their former mechanic has warned.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris fell short in his pursuit of the title last season ꦡdespite cutting the deficit to eventual champion, Max Verstappen of Red Bull🐠.

But McLaren won the constructors’ championship and ended the year wit﷽h the fastest car in Formula 1 whicღh bodes well for the new season.

“From the outside it looks li🍒ke they have just switched it on, but the recovery has been in the making for the last five or six years,” Marc Priestley told the  podcast.

“They’ve been building the mana🐼gement structure in place, putting in new processes, and the whole company has been almost rebuilding from the inside out.

“I have still got a lot of friends there. I have been in and out of the company a lot in 𒉰recent times. I have seen this happening. For me it’s not really a surprise.

“The most exciting part of it all, I think, is we get the same cars, effectively, the same rules💙🅠. We know they are now at the top of their game. 2025 could be a really interesting year for McClaren fans particularly.”

Last season, Norris finished second in the drivers’ standings while teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri was fourth.

McLaren to dominate F1?

This year is the final season before a major🌳 regulation change, which could prompt a new era o﷽f dominance similar to Red Bull’s, or beforehand Mercedes’.

Ex-McLaren mechanic Priestley has told his former team that their big chance to strike is now, while their ca🐼r is guaranteed of its competit♍iveness.

Priestley said: “In 2026, it’s the biggest change technically that Formula 1 has ever had in its hi🧜story.

“The cars change, the power units change. Which means we’ve got something of a loܫt𒊎tery in 2026, I guess.

“Who knows who is going to come out on top?

“The upsho💎t of that is 2025 could be McClaren’s really big chance, who 🙈knows their only chance for a while and they’ve kind of got to make it work.

“Typically the big teams 𒊎will still be the big teams. But we’ve got Aston Martin who we know are building in the background with Adrian Newey and another group of brilliant technical people with a lot of money behind them.

“We know Williams are building somet🉐hing pretty good as well. Who knows?

“When you get such a massive rule change it’s an opportunity for almost anybody, particularly in a budget-capped era that we’ve got right🐻 now where it’s⭕ a relatively level playing field.

“Anyone could just do a bril♈liant job and catapul🀅t themselves up the order.”