Finger pointed at Lewis Hamilton as 2025 F1 champ - but not everyone agrees

Disagreement in the ranks about Lewis 🍃Hamilton's capabil꧅ity in a Ferrari

Hamilton, Verstappen
Hamilton, Verstappen

The 2025 F1 season is set to be spectacular, with several drivers in the mix to win grands prix and even t💫he championship.

It is the final season of th♔e current regulations which means no team, and no car, is likely to streak miles c🅰lear of their competitors.

With Formula 1 brains focused on the new regulations which begin in 2026, the field is expected to converge even further this y🐻ear, creating some epic racing.

It means the competition for Max Verstappen’s drivers’ title is fie🐬rce.

Our writers have their say on who will be crowned 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ champion…

Lewis Larkam: 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton. Go bold or go home, right?

Granted, Hamilton is coming off the back💙 of one of his wo𒉰rst seasons in F1, but he will be rejuvenated following his blockbuster move to Ferrari.

Linking up with Fred Vasseur, who he knows well from hiಞs junior days, will help Hamilton’s transition and I think he will be firing on all cylinders and hungry to𝔉 prove his doubters wrong.

Ferrari seem to have got on top of the operational weaknesses which previously hampered them and have a fast car - let’s not forget they almost won t🐻he construc💝tors’ championship last term.

What a ﷺstory it would be if Hamilton could end Ferrari’s title drought and move clear of the legendary Michael Schumacher in the process.

Connor McDonagh: 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris has proven he has the speed and ability 🍎to perform at world champion level.

The key to him winning the championship over Max Verstappen will be tidying up a number of weaknes﷽ses, which he did in the latter part of 2024, such as poor positioning on the opening lap or mediocre wheel-to-wheel moments ܫagainst his rivals.

Lewis Duncan: Red Bull faced its toughest challenge last year, as the form of its car dropped away in the second half of the season. 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen has been public in his warnings to his team tha🧔t it cannot win the championship again in 2025 if the car is at the same level.

The threat McLare꧑n poses is ꩵformidable, but Red Bull was able to course correct a little in the back half of the campaign.

Verstapp꧒en revealed over the winter that fee🦄dback he’d given about the car led to planned post-Monza upgrades being completely scrapped.

Clearly, Red Bull needs to find a bit more pace, and will be doing so in 2025 with technical guꦕru Adrian Newey out of ꩲthe picture.

But when the car was strong, Ver𝕴stappen was able to dominate in the first half of the season, before locking down into consistent points scoring results when his machinery let him down.

The Red Bull only has to be a bit better than it was at the end of last year for Verstappen to do what has so far won him four world t🙈itles.

The fact Lando Norris was also largely an outside title contender means he hasn’t suffered the immense pressure of a close champioꦺnship battle.

That is very mu♍ch something a hard-charging Verstappen can explo൩it.

The other factor that will help Verstappen in 2025 will be🌱 the growing tensions in the McLaren camp, with Oscar Piastri clearly not going to play the supporting role if he carries on his 2024 form. 

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