An Early Look at the Crazy 2025 F1 Driver Market
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1:19 - Mercedes & McLaren
3:47 - Red Bull & AlphaTauri
8:36 - Ferrari
12:50 - Aston Martin
15:46 - Alpine
18:23 - Williams
21:22 - Sauber
23:38 - Haas
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I've really enjoyed Carlos at Ferrari. Not only is he close with Leclerc but he is seems to have a really positive presence to him, which seems to be rubbing off in the Ferrari garage, the banter over the radio, him also being smart with race strategies. He has also finished ahead in the standings out of 2/3 seasons he has been with Ferrari, even if they were close. I feel like it would be quite dirty by Ferrari to not give him a respectable contract.
Aside from 2022 it's been really close so ferrari have a good lineup
Luckily for him, Leclerc is unlucky
Sainz finished ahead of Leclerc in 2021 but not in 2023
@@lore-lv2yo Should be 3:0
He has finished ahead in the standings in 1 season. 2021. In 2021, Leclerc had a DNS in Monaco, engine issue in Britain and pitted too late in Turkey. Sainz only had the Turkey pit stop problem. Leclerc was better than Sainz, and if they had the same amount of luck, the standings would've reflected that. 2022: It was not close. Leclerc crushed Sainz. 2023: Leclerc had a DNS in Brazil, didn't get the tow when he was ahead of Sainz in qualifying in both sessions beforehand and considering how close they were at the end, if he'd had the tow and pole, Leclerc would've been third, shouldn't have gotten the penalty in Monaco which lost him a couple positions, and lost another podium in Bahrain. Despite all that and Sainz just getting the engine failure in Qatar and penalty in Las Vegas, Leclerc still beat Sainz.
Leclerc is on another level.
One thing to note about Aston, they’ve still got drugovitch hiding in a shed somewhere.
He’s definitely the best f2 graduate without an f1 drive right now, and Aston need to give him a shot somewhere, and quick.
Criminal. Imagine what that team could do with Alonso/Drugovich combo.
Man, Alonso in a Red Bull, or any actually competitive car... that'd be a sight I wish I could see. There's no doubt he's still one of the absolute elites on the track, as shown by him putting the AM onto the podium regularly when it was competitive. My highlight was his duel with Perez in Brazil though. That was simply magic.
Fully agreed Alonso and Max fighting for the title goosbumps
I so agree on the Brazil highlight fight between Alonso and Pérez, that was for me an epic 2023 moment. Chuffed that Alonso was awarded for this at FIA Awards "action of the year" and even more so that he dedicated this award to the one he was battling with: Checo. That was magic and that was classy
Aston was competitive this year...thing is max in RB was unbeatable
@@arhamimam8547 For the first third of the season or so, yeah. After that they fell behind badly.
I still hate the discussion around lando and Red Bull. Red Bull isn’t a good fit for him and Red Bull needs to actually focus on their junior drivers instead of grabbing hot property short term.
Totally agree - if I were a junior driver looking to get into F1 I would be avoiding the Red Bull junior programme like the plague right now. They literally have ZERO faith in their current junior drivers.
@@liukin95exactly, they go through junior drivers like crazy, not even giving most of them an f1 shot while constantly picking up new drivers in the same catagories making their spot in the team unstable. It's sad that most drivers have to rely on funding of whichever team reaches out first 9/10 times
Academies are more about getting the money to even compete in F2/F3, those series cost a fortune just to participate in for a single season. Nobody dreams of driving a Williams these days, yet there are several drivers in their academy. It's all about securing funding, otherwise your F1 dream is over before it ever even began. RB is a goldmine for this, they are absolutely the biggest investors in junior racing.
Red Bull Academy is still your best shot at F1 just because Alpha Tauri exists. Sure your chance to go to the main team are thin but your still likely to be in F1 if you perform.
Why? Why promote drivers just because they’re juniors in your program? The best drivers should always be in the best teams. I don’t think Lando is a top 3 driver in F1 though. Top 4-5 though.
Albon replacing Sainz at Ferrari makes sense. Right now Sainz and Leclerc want cars with different characteristics and we saw this year how developing the car towards one driver's style led to a drop in performance in the other driver -- it's like having 2 people pulling in opposite directions. Albon and Leclerc like similar type of cars -- on the nose, lots of oversteer, which happens to make very fast cars -- so Ferrari's car development won't be so conflicted.
Albon for sure is closer to Leclerc's driving style than Sainz but I think Alex likes less agressive cars than Charles
Better cars have a stable rear
That would be a really good driver pairing, I wish that happens sooner, Albon is also smarter in the races and a much better team player, Leclerc and Albon both will thrive due to their positive personalities
Albon has the natural talent carlos doesn't have,i think they will be the same gap to Leclerc,but ferrari can go 100% Leclercs path because i think Albon can cope with a more front end heavy car..he had the 2020 rb season,and now knows i think what to do in that situation,while sainz is smarter than Leclerc and probably tries to move the car to his way,while making it slower
@@cheese2742 I don't think it's about building a better car, it's about building fastest car on track from which your driver can extract most out of.
Lando should stay at McLaren and build the team around him, like Max did at Redbull
I genuinely think we could see the return of Schumacher in Alpine. He really wasnt as bad as his Haas performances made him out to be, as well as the fact hes working with Alpine for the WEC Hypercar project
I hope Lando doesn't go to Red Bull. I mean he's going to walk straight into the dragon's den, and it's unlikely that he's going to overthrow Max anytime soon. Lando is also not the strongest mentally (not an ice cold machine like Max), so that's also going to be tough.
Yeah, Red bull is a plague that will ruin Lando’s career, not because he can’t beat Max but because he will never be favoured or allowed to do that in that team which has been developed for 1 driver over 7-8 years by Horner. I really hope McLaren’s continues their progress and we get the flying new generation with much equal cars all around
I mean if Piastri pushes him out of the team,and Lando doesn't learn his short corners...he might go to RB just to be a GP winner...but i dont see him beat Max at this rate...i think Lando has more potential but post 2020 he shows a bit of ignorance and stagnation,even with his impressive results...he has more to unlock if he talks to the right people and opens up to actual criticism not "oh i did a shit job in quali" but how to change his imputs to go towards max not sainz
@@nischaysabharwal4439 The only drivers on the grid currently that can beat Max are Hamilton or Alonso. Saying anyone else is just dreaming. No one else is in this level as those 3.
Lando has potential to compete with max but not in RB. I truly
Believe if lando teams up with max in RB, max will come out on top. However if max joins lando in a McLaren, lando will have the edge over max. Lando is strong he’s shown that. Being a in a team for longer will have its benefits
@@kirilkirilov7938 Yeah because those are the only other 2 with equal or more experience than Max apart from Ricciardo, Hulk and Kmag who are basically driving shitboxes. I agree, yes. But Lando, Charles, Russell and Piastri have much more Potential to beat him with lesser experience and better proper racing skills over all once they are in their primes and suitable teams with fast cars. I think you are forgetting that the Red bull team Max is in right now, is 100% better than any other team and no one wants to join it because the environment is so toxic for any new drivers other than Max.
i think we will see a spicy 2024 driver market, because if we look at most of the driver contracts, a lot will end up i next season, we have the likes of danny ric, alex albon, carlos sinz if ferrari don't want to extend his contract and bring alex instead of him, I think it's going to be crazy
Danny Ric to Ferrari? Are you joking ? Ferrari won't go anywhere near Ricciardo he's damaged goods.
Albon isn’t good enough for Ferrari
@@Miguel-yf4ycHe would be better fit than Sainz
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The thing is, watch carefully Formula 2 this season. That will be key in deciding seats in 2025 and 2026. One driver to keep a particular eye on is Zak O'Sullivan. He has the ART seat, and is a Williams junior. Obviously Bearman, Kimi and Martins are the favourites, but with Logan Sargeant struggling, and Albon possibly looking at a seat at a faster team, Williams could be very interesting in 25-26.
Also keep an eye on Japanese Super Formula. That's a really interesting one. The 'danger man', Ritomo Miyata, who beat Liam Lawson to the 2023 title has been removed by Toyota, along with another top competitor, Ryo Hirakawa. Currently, there's only one foreign driver competing in the series, Theo Pourchaire. Both he and Ayumu Iwasa have a great chance to take the title there. Tomoki Nojiri and Sho Tsuboi are the only real top competitors from last season that have carried on, and Nojiri is not getting any younger.
I don't think Lando leaves McLaren until 2028 because, if Max does retire that season, Lando will likely be the top driver they go after and, if they are still the top team, Lando will likely go.
true. Taking the seat next to Max guarantees some race wins but also guarantees he will not win a WDC as Max is the best driver on the grid by a margin (the 2 closest drivers are old and not in their prike anymore).
I wouldn't be surprised if Max wanted to move on before 2028 tbh, especially if Ford drop the ball and the new 2026 regs don't work out in their favour.
I just hope Alex Albon goes well with Williams maybe there's a long term plan with them. But he definitely deserves a seat in a top 4 team 💯🙏
I think Lewis will sign a 1 year extension to see if Merc can crack the new regs, and if not he’ll be off.
Hoping the next video on driver line-ups will speculate on Vesti for Mercedes/Williams and Doohan for Alpine. Certainly capable drivers that could have their names in the mix.
Pretty sure neither of them is in F2 next year, and with Kimi Antonelli (Mercs priority) now in F2, and how Alpine treats their juniors, I'd be surprised if you hear anything about those 2 again
@@billhoult3262 You seem to be correct that neither will be racing in F2 next year, but it is highly doubtful that Antonelli will take priority over Vesti. Vesti could very well be in consideration for a Williams seat if Albon leaves and Sargeant continues to disappoint.
Doohan proved his mettle by dominating his teammate and clinching third in F2 this year with a team considered to be much weaker than the likes of Prema and ART in recent seasons. It is also likely Alpine will take extreme care to avoid the embarrassment of replicating Oscar Piastri's situation.
This is why we love F1, already since this video came out we know that Lewis is going to Ferrari, Ollie bearman has entered the chat, and there's strong rumor that Max is willing to leave Red Bull is Marko leaves.
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It’s interesting how some channels think about Checo as a midfield driver, I mean, I agree he’s not at champion level but in my opinion, he’s above the midfield drivers but below the title contenders (something between). He has been one of the few drivers capable of dealing with the second RB seat (which I think is the hardest one in F1), he made mistakes but also drove a car not suited for him, delivering great results for the team even with the 2023 irregular season; anyone else replacing him will struggle with the same issues, so it needs to be someone mentally strong enough to deal with that
As for the lineup possibilities, I’d like to share what I would like to see rather than predict, so it’d be nice to see Checo driving for Mercedes, Ferrari or at least Sauber in 2025 but honestly, I think Sauber or something similar are the ones most likely to happen…
Besides that, it’d be interesting to see Norris driving for Red Bull, to confirm if he can manage the pressure of being the second RB driver and if he can really fight with Max for the driver’s championship knowing that Max is the top priority for the team, that would be very interesting 🤔
As for the rest of the grid, I hope everyone can find the best place for their careers 🙏🏼
Tbh in f1 a car not being suited to you isn’t an excuse in f1 you have to adapt. Checo is imo 9th best on the grid rn,behind max Lewis Charles Carlos Oscar lando fernando and Alex. And honestly checo doesn’t exactly have a high benchmark at rb,Albon was a rookie and gasly was in his second season. Throw let’s say lando in that car and he would do a way better job.
I know it won't happen until end of 2026 but I would love to see Piastri go to RedBull! Him and Max would just be amazing plus it would make Horner so happy to have that much talent
RBwould only ever consider OP81 as a Max replacement in future not as his team mate . That isn't how RB like to operate . Also who is to say RB's parnership with Ford for the 2026 PU rules will besuccessful ? It could be a dud.
AND I HOPE ITS A DUD AND I THINK IT WILL BE
Martins to Alpine is another exciting option, he’s my favourite for the F2 title, and if Alpine have learnt their lesson from the Piastri debacle they should be wanting to get him in a seat ASAP. Also Vesti is a good option for Williams if Antonelli needs a second year in F2.
On paper Sainz to RBR sounds like the perfect answer to all of their questions, could Sainz live with the over-steer he'd be signing up for? Could bea world of hurt. He might be better off trying for the "number one" seat at Aston if he could secure it. But then Daddy Stroll likes the big names and I'm not sure he's that
I could see Sainz to Audi if they deliver at least an upper midfield car. And definitely if the Audi is fast.
Yeah, all these people saying Leclerc/Sainz is the perfect driver pairing are not paying attention to their car preference which are completely opposite. If Ferrari are going to develop the car that will get the best performance from Leclerc (who they tied down to a massive long-term contract if rumors are true) they won't get the best performance from Sainz. Ferrari needs another driver that like as much oversteer as Leclerc. So I can totally see why Ferrari only want Sainz until the driver market opens up at the end of 2024.
I don't think Red Bull would take Carlos. He's not really known to be a team player like Perez and I don't think Red Bull wants any sort of conflict between their drivers, especially after Monaco and Brazil 2022. His best option is to stay at Ferrari but I would love to see Albon partnering Charles at Ferrari.
There seems to be this bizarre sense of entitlement among Norris fans, taking for granted that he can just walk into a seat in any of the big 3.
Norris probably won't even be McLaren's best driver by the end of 24.
Norris is really good, but he doesn't seem to me like champion material. All top three teams already have their own young stars, why bother with Lando? He is too good for a number 2 and doesn't really offer anything extra over those three.
Alpine is going nowhere, it wouldn't surprise me if the driver who comes out on top is the one looking to go. If Stroll or Sainz go Occon & Gasly will want to replace them
Good stuff 🎉
Made a rather wild prediction (imo) on a discord server
My prediction was:
RB Max&Ricciardo
Ferrari Leclerc&Norris
Mercedes Hamilton&Russell
Mclaren Piastri&Albon
Aston Stroll&Alonso
Alpine Gasly/Doohan
Haas Hülkenberg/Bearman
Sauber Pourchaire/Sainz
Alpha Tauri Tsunoda&Lawson
Williams Antonelli/Bottas
don’t see ocon without a seat, and would keep swap norris and albon
The question is who is going to retire cause I feel like Checo might retire at the end of 2024 because if he does challenge max for the title and manages to keep his head together he might be on top. Some of the qualifying things might do to his car and if he really is that mad about it he'll ask a lot of questions. Also maybe KMag because it feels like maybe the time he's been at haas not much seems to be going their way unless they change their Car building strategy because I think Kmag has had most of the haas struggles and I'm not sure how much longer he can handle it
what about bortoleto?? i think hes an as exciting prospect as the ones you mentioned in this video. lets not forget he won the f3 championship in his first year in the series
I would look at miyata Japanese driver coming too F2 next year for any F1 team to look at for future
Whoever gets Ollie Bearman is going to be very lucky IMO. I think he’s going to be very good. I can Alpine resigning DR if he performs well at AT and for some reason doesn’t move to RBR.
With Hamilton pulling his escape clause to Ferrari It seems like maybe Albon has a chance to get into Mercedes
I knew what one of the F1 UA-camrs would ship one of these out before 2024 😆😅
Some things I want to add to this:
1: Yes, Checo finished second this season. But that he only managed to wrap it up in the second to last race in one of the most dominant cars in F1 history, and more by Lewis and Mercedes falling off in the final few races than by his own power, is all you need to know. Especially considering RB's treatment of drivers that underperform, his seat is far from safe.
2: Lawson already confirmed he will not return to AlphaTauri. For him, it's Red Bull or nothing.
3: Ferrari's dynamic is actually pretty good right now, with Charles obviously being their star driver and Carlos being a driver good enough to push Charles on his day. Reminds me of the Hamilton/Bottas dynamic at Mercedes. That one worked pretty well, and Ferrari would be madly stupid to risk that.
4: Aston Martin will always be handicapped just by Lance Stroll being there. His seat is all but guaranteed, and he may be a solid midfield driver, but as we just saw this past season, he is just not able to keep up with the drivers he should be around in better machinery. Just one look at the drivers standings proves this. He is miles off of drivers like Russell, Leclerc, Sainz and Norris and he even finished behind a rookie with Piastri. Man is just not made for fighting at the front in F1.
5: Alpine have a sort of weird line up. Pretty evenly matched, with similar carrers, but just not both on that level to build a team around. If any of these both, I would bet my money on Gasly though.
6: Williams would be stupid not to keep Alex. He is a valuable asset, steered the evolution this team made and made the team his own. Both sides would be crazy to separate. Sargeant is not that safe though. Rookies like Vesti or Antonelli would be a good pick though, would not be the first Mercedes rookie to excel at Williams and rial up the grid. Just watch the old GTG episode with the team principals from 2021, where multiple teams named George as the driver they would put in a third car if they were allowed.
7: Sauber is a tricky one. They have a junior in Pourchaire, that is now a Formula 2 champion and obviously will want to force his way onto the grid. And as much as I like him, I think Valtteri is in the final year(s) of his F1 carreer and will have to make way. Zhou is well bedded in this team and had his highlights, he just needs some fine tuning, especially with his race starts.
8: Haas is a team that I think resents picking rookies and that rookies will resent signing for after Mazepin and Schumacher. If either Nico or Kevin leave, I think they will more likely be a "collection basin" for leftover experienced driver like maybe Checo or Valtteri than being considered by a rookie like Bearman for example.
Just to clarify 2. Lawson was guaranteed an f1 seat for 2025, it didn't matter if it was AT or RB, because realistically, if he was to go into the RB, it's another gasly/albon situation, most likely whoever performs better between Danny and Yuki will go into the RB 25 seat and if Danny gets bodied by Yuki, Iwasa and Lawson will likely take the AT 25 seat. And 6. Unless Williams make considerable progress to maybe proper midfield, Albon will likely leave as kinda evidenced by his recent podcast.
Leclerc and Sainz reminds me more of Hamilton and Rosberg . Sainz is just like Rosberg who was never better than Hamilton but always more consistent and solid driver and led to him becoming a world champion
It's kind of sad that the discussion of potential Alpine drivers doesn't even mention any of their Academy drivers.
Lando skywalker should stick with McLaren if they keep improving the vehicle. It would be amazing to get him a few wins with a McLaren, showing his ability to take a subpar vehicle, and win with it.
Lando will more than likely stay at Mclaren, he loves them and they love him, all of the infrastructure and organisational changes will be well bedded in by then so they will produce a race winning car. Also why would he leave to become the number two driver at Redbull that makes no sense.
Norris getting announced to join Redbull in 2026 part way through 2024 would do bits
You'd think that Carlos Sainz is "not as good" as Leclerc because Charles Leclerc is the fastest driver in F1 over 1 lap. I'm starting to doubt Him a little bit though as a dominant multiple world champ type, at least with a team like Ferrari. I think Sainz might be a more complete package and a better team leader. Toto Wolff is known to be a Leclerc admirer and I do think He would be a good fit for Mercedes if Lewis decides he's had enough. A Sainz-Albon pairing would be good for Ferrari. I also feel like Pierre Gasly could fit in anywhere in a top car. 2024 is a big year for the two Alpine drivers, and also Tsunoda. He needs to be awesome this year or Ricciardo is getting that RB #2 seat. Lance Stroll should be in a series that plays to his strengths, like WEC. This would free up Aston Martin to take a worthwhile gamble and put Lawson in to learn from being Fernando's team mate.
Of course these are the things that *should* happen. They probably won't.
jumpscare at the start damn
2025 Grid
Red Bull: Verstappen, Alonso
Mercedes: Hamilton, Russell
Ferrari: Leclerc, Sainz
McLaren: Norris, Piastri
Aston Martin: Stroll, Drugovich
Alpine: Gasly, Martins
Williams: Albon, Antonelli
Alpha Tauri: Perez, Ricciardo
Sauber: Ocon, Pourchaire
Haas: Hulkenberg, Bearman
Alonso to Redbull isnt happening, they dont need him
@@miltonalejandrohernandezlo4204I think that 2024 will show them that if they want to win a championship they będę to have two top drivers to beat Mercedes, Ferrari or McLaren and The only passobility then would be Alonso
@@czoxf1949 i dont think so, Perez showed he is capable enough to help RedBull to win the WCC, they did it in 2022 and they almost did it in 2021
*My guess on upcoming changes in the driver market for 2025 & 2026 & 2027:*
- Retirements at the end of 2024: Checo Perez & Kevin Magnussen
- Retirement at the end of 2025: Valtteri Bottas
- Retirements at the end of 2026: Daniel Ricciardo, Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg & Lewis Hamilton (once raced in Kyalami).
- Dropped at the end of 2024: Logan Sargeant & Zhou Guanyu
2025 grid:
Red Bull: Max Verstappen & Daniel Ricciardo (Perez will retire but was also likely to be dropped & Daniel gets a contract of 2 years)
Alpha Tauri/Racing Bulls: Yuki Tsunoda & Liam Lawson (they'll both receive a contract of 2 years)
Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton & George Russell
McLaren: Lando Norris & Oscar Piastri
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso & Lance Stroll (Fernando will renew his contract for 2 more years)
Williams: Alexander Albon & (Alexander will receive an extension of 2 years)
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc & Carlos Sainz Jr. (they'll both receive an extension of 2 years)
Sauber: Valtteri Bottas & Nico Hulkenberg (Nico will receive a contract of 2 years, maybe even more)
Alpine: Esteban Ocon & Pierre Gasly (they'll both receive an extension of 2 years)
HAAS: 2 Ferrari/Sauber academy drivers, likely to be Théo Pourchaire & Robert Shwartzman (contract of 2 years)
I think DR will get the 2025 RB seat based on his capacity to be a wing man and marketing value in the USA. I think Yuki could well go to Aston Martin per the Honda link. Carlos to Sauber/Audi...... if Minardi/Toro Rosso/Alpha Tauri/Racing Bulls narrows the gap a lot to RB maybe DR will want to stay there as the lead driver.
At least half of them, possibly three third of them will resign and we will be disappointed. Hamilton, Russell will stay in Mercedes. Norris, Piastri will stay in Mclaren. Leclerc, Sainz will stay in Ferrari. Alonso, Stroll will stay in Aston Martin.
I can see either Ocon or Gasly leaving, Sargeant is out of F1 100%, both Bottas and Zhou will probably be gone, and possibly Magnussen too.
Ocon is most likely to be gone from Alpine rather than Gasly it was clear near the end of the season that Alpine was rallying around Gasly more than Ocon
Gasly was better this year and that makes him the guy to keep. Ocon has one last chance next year though@@slay3r930
Agreed
How are you so sure Logan is out? James Volwes has been speaking highly of him and wants to work with him for the far future.
@@accent1666 Albon will beat him 24-0 this year and that's it
I think Ferrari will keep their lineup... even though i predict sainz to have a bad season in 2024 compared to Leclerc,i think the car will get trickier and faster with leclerc and sainz will have a perez season
My prediction🏎🏁
Red bull: Ver, Per
Mercedes: Ham, Rus
Ferrari: Lec, Alb
McLaren: Nor, Pia
Aston Martin: Alo, Str
Alpine: Gas, Doohan
William: Ocon, Kimi Antonelli
Sauber: Sai, Pourchaire
Racing Bulls: Tsu, Law
Haas: Hül, Bearman
OK, since I love playing this game, I'm gonna go in:
Red Bull - Verstappen will be joined by Ricciardo (unless Perez makes a massive step-up next year). There are no young drivers ready for top seat and I have doubts about likes of Leclerc or Norris joining in;
Mercedes - both Hamilton and Russell stay, since former doesn't show any interest in retiring right now;
Ferrari - both Leclerc and Sainz stay, Ferrari would be idiots if they lose either one of them;
McLaren - no reason to make any changes here;
Alpine - Gasly gets contract extension and is joined by Doohan (I hope);
Aston Martin - as much as I want to say Alonso, I don't know if his body can keep up with his mindset, nor do I know if Stroll will either finally give up or finally step up. Either way, if one of them leaves, Tsunoda gets in there;
Williams - Albon is staying and is joined by Colapinto. I doubt that Williams will want any other team's junior drivers since their goal is to become more independent once again;
Whatever Bulls - Lawson will be there, for sure, and I hope that Iwasa is the other one (since I like him the most out of all current RB juniors);
Kick Sauber F1 - whether or not Audi arrives, Hulkenberg will replace Bottas and his lovely mustache and tushie, while Pourchaire replaces Zhou;
Haas - they pick up scraps and sign Ocon (because he does have some skill) and Zhou (because money and he's better than Sargeant), since no one in their right mind would trust these idiots with rookies ever again.
And this is why I wish Andretti could join F1 asap, it we can see more young talent
Ricciardo would have to perform a lot better than he did in 2023 with Checo massively underperforming again. Tsunoda outscored him 15-6 in the 7 races.
Ricciardo doesnt deserve the RedBull seat, Yuki is the one who should take that seat if Perez leaves that is something unlikely because Ford is a Perez sponsor and he is an embassador
That thumbnail makes Lando look like Sloth from The Goonies.
Everyone wants more fighting up front until their team is winning
My 2025 f1 drivers line up predictions
Red bull. Verstappen Ricciardo
Mercedes. Hamilton Russel
Ferrari. leclerc Sainz
Mclaren. Norris Piastri
Aston martin. Alonso Stroll
Alpine. Ocon Gasly
Alpha touri/ Racing Bullls. Tsunoda Perez
Williams. Albon Vesti
Sauber. Bottas Pourchaire
Haas. Hulkenberg Bearman
Drugovich needs to get a seat for 2025
When there are more driver moves midseason than inbetween:
Albon swapping with stroll is a necesity
One of the alpine juniors will join them for 2025
I could see Sauber dropping both their current drivers for 2025. Bearman will get into Haas either by Magnussen getting dropped or Hulkenburg moving up. And that’ll ruin Bearman’s career
I think lance will be going to the Aston 2025 wec project
I feel like Lando would only say yes to Red Bull in 2025 if it becomes clear that Verstappen quits after that season. I do not see him play second fiddle to verstappen without perspective which would be a bit like George is suddenly doing now
The 2025 F1 grid, you saw it here first:
Red Bull: Verstappen / Ricciardo
Mercedes: Hamilton / Russell
Ferrari: Leclerc / Sainz
McLaren: Norris / Piastri
Aston Martin: Alonso / Tsunoda
Alpine: Gasly / Ocon
Williams: Bottas / Antonelli
Racing Bulls (AT): Lawson / Iwasa
Sauber: Albon / Hulkenberg
Haas: Magnussen / Bearman
Iwasa is no-no for F1.
The more I look at this list the worse it gets
"the season was pure domination, but with stroll, Sargent and Perez under performing, we should at least have something to talk about during silly season"
The silly season:
Based on the thumbnail: Lando to RBR is not gonna happen.
Now to watch the video
Do you think that redbull would bring a Alonso just so Max has competition and doesn't get bored. I don't think Max would want to continue at RedBull after 2028 if it is still so dominant. So do they ditch the 1-2?
Alonso is a threat so no. If you put him in a top car he will fight for the championship, guaranteed. Him and Max would be a mess.
I don't think crazy driver markets are going to be a thing anymore, most of them now have/want long term contracts and I think none of them are too keen on switching teams before the engine regulation change in 2026
Nico back to Renualt is feels bad for sure
take a shot every time he says “you know”
I think that two of the most important drivers bidding for the RB family seats in 2025 and 2026 are both campos drivers, specially Pepe Marti. It is really bizare that after owning like half the F2 seats for a couple of seasons, they suddenly decide to pool out a lot of them and sign an exclusivity agreement with Campos. And being Marti like their franchise driver after being there all of his career, feels like it's very telling hut we can't outrule Hadjar who has shown great speed and promise, and also is the only one who survived the purge in F2.
For Iwasa I don't feel like there aren't really chances in RB unless he totally decimates Super Formula. Lawson will have one seat in 2025, and with Honda going with Aston Martin on 2026 I don't feel he really has a chance with RB unless he is clearly the best performing young driver and shows absolute speed
sorry but Pepe hasnt showed anything speciall, i think after Perez, Liam is the best option and he is already a RedBull developed driver
Pepe has no chance of getting into f1 he is just not that good and for the RB seat Lawson is the most likely
Checo should except he is second and don't put to much pressure on himself, then he will be at Redbull for another year or two.
Lando to redbull won't happen unless Max retires or changes team
Leclerc is at ferrari. Tsunoda is not getting into a rb seat. Moving on
You got that 'Max longest contract' wrong. LEC with Ferrari until 2029.
If williams cant keep Alex Albon they should definitely try to get an experienced driver because Logan won’t be enough to drive to team forward so even if they get kimi they better bring someone like Checo or Hulkenberg to help them develop the car with all his knowledge
You make a big assumption that RB will be as dominant in 2026 . There is no guarantee. Lando knows that and he is number one at Mclaren and is still very young. He doesnt need to jump if Mclaren havent delivered until 2028 and beyond.
De vries was the only change this year
i would love to see lando continue to grow w mclaren. i’m just afraid of oscar and lando’s relationship deteriorating as oscar is no too far behind
McLaren either give a competitive car to Lando in 2024/2025 or they are gonna lose him and the chance to have title fight for the next years. It is gonna be interesting I hope they do well.
Carlos has seen how Audi works through his dad who competes in the Rally Dakar with him. I think that fact might push him there, otherwise he is going to Aston ir Stroll decides to move to WEC with Aston in 2025. But right now any assumptions are like tossing a coin, we have no idea what is going behund the scenes and there have been a lot of talks behind the scenes. The only thing I know for sure is that Alpine would be better without Ocon, and just sing someone who can play for the team like Gasly even if he is slower, Ocon got already beaten by Pierre on his first year, so he is not even the best driver there right now.
I agree, Max, Fernando, Gasly and most of the grid hates Ocon, that tells you a lot about him
@@ags2989 The thing about Ocon is that he had on track troubles with every single one of his team mates, despite being able to be a likable guy outside the track. It's just that he has an irrational fear and war against his team mate whoever it is and I think that's slowing him down.
He can be a very good driver, but he isn't showing it enough because for every time he pulls a performance like Monaco, there's an Australia, or a 2022 Hungaroring/South Africa or even this years Bahrain. And on a normal day he is pretty average so he hasn't the talent to justify his shenanigans with his team mates. As we have seen you literally need to be at Verstappen's level to pull that out, and even so he has shown a far greater ability to tolerate or even ocasionally work with his team mate than Ocon. It's a shame because his legacy could be completely different with another attitude, but I can't deny he has given us show and excitement, even if it's in the most drama-circus way possible.
Ocon had 7 DNFs, not to mention Alpine most of the time screwed him up with strategy
@@agent6599 He also got out qualified more times on the first season with a team mate that just got into the team. Also the strategy part is kinda arguable, he has been favored a lot of times too over Gasly, and he even ignored team orders in Las Vegas that prevented Alpine from playing the team game and got a lot more points in Las Vegas than his team mate while costing Alpine also a bunch of points, Gasly on the other hand complied in a race when he was the faster of the 2.
Also which is it. Last year Ocon didn't seem to care about Alonso having a shit ton of DNFs, he still was giving himself the pat in the back and saying he was the better Alpine? Karma, right? Still getting outqualified by a team mate convincingly, getting matched on race days convincingly and failing to establish as a clear numbear one against a newcomer who is comming to His team and is driving a car made to perfectly match Ocon.
Kind of embarrassing if you try to destroy every team mate even if it means putting them on the wall.
As said earlier Ocon could be a great driver but he is not even justifying the renovation he got in 2021 when Alpine had a shining junior and a legend getting ready for 2022, which ended in a legendary silly season, which I am thankfull for, and one of the biggest driver line ups fiascos of all time. Imagine how much better Alpines season would have been this past 2 years. It's a story about how a bad attitude outshines a decent talent.
@@QuimFreecss How did he cost Alpine a lot of points in Las Vegas? You think him staying behind Gasly with an ERS issue would have given the team more points? If he didn’t overtake Gasly they both would have dropped to outside the points. Also when have they favored Gasly other than about two times at the end of the season? I remember at the beginning of the season Alpine tried to send Ocon to the end of the race without pitting him till the last lap (Australia-Miami). Alpine strategists in general are probably worse than even Ferrari, but I feel like Ocon’s gotten the shorter end of the stick in terms of it. Also I agree that Alonso performed better than Ocon last season, it’s an argument I often use against people saying Sainz is better than Leclerc (nevertheless it doesn’t diminish the fact that Sainz is an excellent driver, just not on the level of his teammate like Gasly). I will agree that Gasly got the upperhand in quali, but then again quali has been one of Ocon’s weaker areas, and points aren’t made on Saturdays
Honestly i think Ferrari are waiting for Lando,trying to pair him with Leckler!i think that is a better fit for him if he chooses to leave Mcl!and Sainz can be great to pair Alonso in AMR
Red Bull- Max Verstappen (duh...) and Carlos Sainz. I thinking Perez disappoints and Carlos wants a long-term contract. and I think they could see Carlos as a long-term option has talked about retiring early.
Mercedes- George Russell and Esteban Ocon. This is pending if Lewis retires, he's got to sometime, surely, we'll only get one Fernando in our lifetime. Feel like this would be a 1 year deal and they would refigure in 2026.
Ferrari- Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon. I love the Albon fit and I don't think he would be able to pass it up.
Alpine- Pierre Gasly and Sergio Perez. Never thought of this until this video, but it fits almost too well.
McLaren- Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Nuf said.
Aston Martin- Fernando Alonso and Yuki Tsunoda. And Lance Stroll. I think Honda pushes for Yuki and they at least sign him for 2026. Does Fernando finally start to age or is Lance finally pushed out in 2025 or even 2026, I don't know.
Williams- Kimi Antonelli and Frederik Vesti. Or Valtteri Bottas, or Esteban Ocon if Lewis doesn't retire. Both young drivers have a shot to win F2 and could deserve these seats. Valtteri and Esteban could be the veteran presence next to a rookie.
Racing Bulls- Liam Lawson and Danile Ricciardo. Liam deserves it and its Daniels seat to lose. Iwasa could take the seat from Daniel if he underperforms.
Sauber- Theo Pourchaire and Nico Hulkenberg. F2 champion and German born driver for Audi.
Haas- Oliver Bearman and whoever is left. If that's Bottas, Ocon, Perez, Ricciardo or even Guanyu Zhou. Bringing in that Chinese money. Or fan favorite driver from America, Pato O'ward or Alex Palou.
I agree Carlos to RB makes alot of sense after all he made his debut with Torro Rosso and Redbull family
@arhamimam8547 It wasn't even a thought for me until this video, but he fits. Especially if Christian Horner thinks that Max's time is limited. He's going to need a No. 1 driver and Carlos is really the only one, not already a No. 1. Red Bull can pay him enough to keep him happy and get him race wins.
Longest f1 contract aside from stroll
Imagine George and Kimi in Mercedes
Instead of having more teams have three drivers a team
So that's what those UA-camrs who talk like this look. Kinda cute, kid.
You missed the Aston Martin WEC team launch in 2005. Prediction: Lance to move and lead 2005 Aston Martin WEC team, leaving a seat at Aston martin F1/ You missed the launch of that team in the WEC. Cant you @ F1 could still when Le Mans?
Leclerc should do the same at Ferrari as Lando must do at McLaren. But also Charles should step up and be a bit less nice.
The problem with Lando going to Red Bull is that Lando is a calibre of driver who should be fighting for championships - and Red Bull makes no secret of the fact that they put all their eggs into Max's basket and the second driver only has to not be a total disaster. If Lando goes to Red Bull, he's not going to settle for being Max's "deputy" if you want to call it that, and that's probably a big reason why Lando has reportedly rejected all of Red Bull's offers so far.
They don't want a Senna Prost problem
I think no matter the potential changes that may happen. It’s still either going Max, George, Oscar and/or Charles winning titles for one team or another in the future.
Which makes any driver swaps practically irrelevant. As it’ll be any of those four winning the title anyway.
no reason really not to put Lando there as well. easily been the better driver than Russel or Leclerc last 2 seasons
George ain't winning titles bro at least not more than one anyway. Lando is more likely to win titles than George.
@@sopvp7719 No he hasn’t 😂. Been no more impressive than Albon or Gasly.
@@TheSt1092 Hahahaha good one 😂. Norris would struggle to win the title if he was the only driver in the championship 😂. As that’d actually require him to win a race.
@@gameofender4463 Leave it . He'll win races eventually you'll see . The idea Lando will NEVER win a Grand Prix is beyond stupid . He's too good not to win Grand Prixs.
This could have been a 10 minute video
Carlos is just getting the Bottas treatment
How?
@@Wickey934 1 year contract prison.
@@deliberation6022 Not surprised, Leclerc is THEIR driver and he doesn’t work well with Sainz.
@@Wickey934 I’m of the same opinion
@@deliberation6022 But I wouldnt call that Bottas treatment. He really had this year's car made for himself. You could never see that in Merc
Williams should improve and Alex should stay and Kimi Antonelli is a good bet too.
If Checo doesn't go well, Carlos could go to Redbull.
Here's my take on the drivers market:
- Stroll has to go. He's very limited as a driver and can't adapt to a car. 3 good races a season don't make you F1 worthy
- Perez? Not another year like this. Probably replace him with Ricciardo and let Lawson in Alfa Tauri in 2025.
- Ocon and Gasly will stay as Alpine is French. Would never hire Ocon myself as he always winds up the other driver and doesn't care for the team. He goes rogue
- Sargeant, *snore* bye bye. Same goes for Zhou and Magnussen. Didn't impress me enough.
- Albon, hot property. Audi are you watching?
- Hulkenberg, potentially a solid German driver for Audi.
Damn what happened to Gordon Ramsay?
Valtteri does not take it too seriously, for me he should retire. Zhou has to prove this year, if not he's out too!
Drugovich to Aston Martin
lewis in ferrari
2025
Stroll is tired and should make place for Drugovich
Tf is up with flashbanging, please use darkmode
Red Bull have Max until 2028. Why would _anyone_ at the level of Lando want to go there until Max has gone? Even if RB decline from '26 onwards (which would be another reason to not go there), Max will undoubtedly be their main focus. Should he retire at the end of '28, which is a possibility, then joining for that year to become accustomed to the team _might_ make sense. But, if the car isn't a WC class one, why go there (unless you don't have a drive elsewhere)? If it is one, would Max really retire?
That's all just speculation, of course, but it looks possible to me. That 2nd seat won't be going to a potential champion until Max is definitely going to retire.
(Edit: I don't mean any of the above to be anti-RB or Max in any way. It's just common sense. Max is outstanding, why upset the apple cart? It's only if things happen that we can't predict will my thoughts change.)
By what means is Sainz close to Charles? Except for points, a lot of which Leclerc lost through no fault of his.
Sainz deserves no contract with Ferrari
Sainz will go to Mercedes
K Mag will not return for 2025
Imagine Perez, somehow, winning next year's championship, and just retiring two days later!
I find it funny people keeping putting Tsunoda up as a great option…personally I don’t think he deserves a seat at all
Why not 🤔