The🐠 2025 Formula 1 has left a few drivers with nowhere to ไhide. With all 10 teams producing cars capable of scoring points, at least through fortune if not on pure pace, underperforming drivers have been thrust into the spotlight.

While some had to justify their places on ﷽the grid even before the season started, others have found it difficult to meet the high burden of expectations placed on them.

😼Here are four drivers who struggled the most in the opening five flyaway races of 2025.

Liam Lawson

Best qualifying result: 12th
Best race result: 12th
Points: 0

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson’s struggles at Red Bull have been well-documented. His dismal performance in China, which saw him qualify last on the grid, forced168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Red Bull t𝕴o demote him to its secondary team with immedia💜te effect.

While there is no denying that Lawson deserved more seat time to acclimatise hi♈mself to the RB21, Yuki Tsunoda’s quick adaptation to life at Red Bull since the Japanese GP has vindicated the team’s brutal decision.

More worryingly, Lawson hasn’t had the best of time since returning to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Racing Bulls, with his teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Isack Hadjar having the edge over him 𒈔throughout the Japan-Bahrain-Saudi Arabia triple header.

There have been some signs of progress, with Jeddah arguably being his most competitive weekend of the year, but the Kiwi needs♎ to up his game and start scoring points on at least a semi-regu🐻lar basis.

Fernando Alonso

Best qualifying result: 12th
Best race result: 11th
Points: 0

This has been the worst start to a season for168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso since he drove the Honda-pow🗹ered McLaren MCL32 in 2017.

While the AMR25 is one of the slowest cars on the grid, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll’s brilliant under-the-🦹radar drives in Australia and Chi♕na have reflected negatively on Alonso.

Alonso squandered his best opportunity of the year with a crash in a rain-hi📖t Australian GP, while a brake failure forced another retirement i🧜n China.

His performances have since improved and he finished on the cusp of points in Japan and Saudi Arabia, but his admission that he may not score a top-10 finish this year has already raised alarm bells at 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aston Martin.

Jack Doohan

Best qualifying result: 11th
Best race result: 13th
Points: 0

It is widely believed that Alpine bosses weren’t fully convinced of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Doohan’s seat when they signed him to replace Esteban Ocon in 2025. The tಌeam’s decision to hire Franco Colapinto as a reserve has only led credence to that theory.

While talk of Doohan having only 5-6 races to prove himself has been dismissed, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:question marks remain over his long-term ℱfuture with the team.

Like Alonso, Doohan has had to deal with a slow car, but his own shortcomings have also been exposed this year. The Australian picked up four penalty points in the Chines🌳e Grand Prix, while his faiꦦlure to close the DRS during practice at Suzuka wrecked his entire weekend.

🍸An 11th-place in qualifying for the Bahrain GP was a major boost for his career, but that effort pales in comparison with teammate Pierre Gasly’s second-row start in the same race.

Lewis Hamilton

Best qualifying result: Fifth
Best race result: Fifth 
Points: 31

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari may have brought a huge PR boost to the Pranc🥀ing Horse a🐎nd F1 as a whole, but their partnership has so far failed to deliver on track.

While it would be wrong to forget his victory in the Chinese GP𒁏 sprint, that race already seems🅰 like a distant memory after this month’s triple header.

Hamilton performed reasonably well in Bahrain, but even the seven-time world champion was left to accept his fate after struggling to seventh last weekend in Jeddah, more than 30 seconds behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, who finished on the podium.

The dejected tone that Hamilton struck was reminiscent of his final year at Mercedes in 2024 when he was struggling to match his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell on a consistent basis.

T🧜he lighter and more agꦓile 2026-spec cars will rely less on ground effects than the current machines, so at least there is some hope that the Briton will be able to turn around his fortunes in F1 next year.