F1 2025 - Watchalong Thread

[Brazilianadventure]

Happy New Year.

We start with the first all teams season launch on 18 February. Ferrari reveal their 2025 car the day after.

Pre season testing will take place on 26 to 28 February in Bahrain. Australia will host the opening race on Sunday March 16th.

Really interesting Williams strategy. Good to see Sainz and Albon working together so well. Sainz is now showing his class.

Oscar doing so well this season! Great catch up for Lando too!
I’ll be seeing them in 2 weeks at the Miami GP!! So bloody excited!
felt so bad for Yuki :(

@ReginaaPhalangee have a fantastic time in Miami.

How nice the McLaren mechanics get to stand above the podium.

Thank you!!

Laughed at Verstappen and sex pest sulking about the penalty. If anything, the penalty was not harsh enough.

Max and CH not happy about the penalty. How many times has Max done what Oscar did to other drivers and come out leading? The good thing is Oscar will definitely be robust with Max so I expect a few clashes.

Max should think himself lucky it was only 5 seconds. Lawson got 10 seconds for the same offence, which is the standard penalty for that.

But the stewards said that “given that this was Max a lap one and turn one incident, we considered that to be a mitigating circumstance and imposed a 5 second penalty instead”.

Exactly. I hate Verstappen's entitled spoilt brat attitude and sex pest just encourages it. If he had given the position back he most likely would have won but he never thinks he is in the wrong

I don’t get the sex pest comments. Max was pissed off. But that is natural - he has just finished a long and gruelling race and felt there was an injustice. Given the FIAs happiness to impose fines he really couldn’t say anything.

If he is still moaning about it in two weeks then it is bad sportsmanship but being grumpy straight after a race is just being human.

Sex pest = CH.

There is video of MBS having a word with Max as soon as he took his helmet off. Max did not look happy and that maybe is why he was in a bad mood.

The theory is he was told not to criticise the FIA/Stewards etc.

MBS is really controlling and is not good for F1.

Yes sex pest is the creep otherwise known as Horner.

Trouble is Verstappen is always pissed of when things don't go his way. He can drive as dangerously as he likes and push other drivers off and it's all ok but the second another driver doesn't just take he he moans and bleats like a spoilt toddler.

His attitude is why I will never ever like him no matter how many races or championships he wins (or is gifted)

Not sure if anyone’s mentioned it but Leclerc drove brilliantly this weekend.

What was up with Lando walking off during an interview in the post race press conference, he surely doesn't have a phobia of fireworks -hhmm maybe he was deydrated and headachey, I do think the drivers should have a bit more recovery time before facing the press.

It said in the broadcast that drivers lose an average of 1.5kg during a race and in a hot race it can be up to 3kg so they really do need to rehydrate.

Timing of post race interviews are hard because the viewers aren’t going to want to hang around for a long time to listen to them. But I think we need to have a lot more sympathy to grumpiness/ being snappy/ being self critical ect. Straight afterwards.

This is why Max was so angry

@Brazilianadventurewhat’s the context of that picture?

It seems fia president came over to warn Max not to complain or swear. Not many articles about it unfortunately. This is the best I can do
www.planetf1.com/

MBS warning Max immediately after the race not to say anything.

Mumsnet is not letting me post the link but there's a new youtube (f1forsuccess)
which is DC's explanation about his mindset and skills deteriorating at the end of his career, Jenson has also said something similar although his was more along the lines of fear starting to creep in and I just wonder is it possible that this is where Lewis is...

@midlandsmummy123 probably.

No one is immune to aging and Lewis will see a decline.He is a decade + older than most of the drivers.

However, the cars and tyres have a very small optimal operating window and we have seen younger drivers struggle. Max’s performance from one race to the next, Lando having to adjust his driving style this year etc. DR!

If you watch the Williams podcast on YouTube in one of them Carlos explains it really well. I can’t remember which episode - sorry.

I have always thought it would be the end of 2026 before we know if that is it for Lewis. 2025 is about retraining his muscle memory and inputting to the 2026 car with the regulation change. The 2026 cars will be different, it’s a reset, and if Ferrari get it right and Lewis likes the cars/tyres who knows what he can do. Age will be a factor.

I actually think a bit of Max stereotyping goes on; he’s maturing and not as bad as he used to be, but constantly gets it tight for whining, when other drivers are as bad - Lando, George, for example?!

I like that he says what he thinks and feels - don’t always agree but it’s better than, say, football, where everyone is so media trained that post-match interviews are completely pointless.

@ShadowsOfTheDays I know what you mean about Max. I appreciate his straight talking even if I don’t always agree with him.

The fine he got for swearing was ridiculous. MBS is what upset him far more than the penalty.

I’m in Orlando now, but heading down to Miami on Friday! Will be going on Saturday and Sunday - cannot wait! Got seats in turn 1 grand stand so hoping for some shade lol!

Make sure you have plenty of sunscreen as it’s going to be hot.