The Official F1 2025 silly season *contains speculation*
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I think that it may be indicating that the Mercedes and Red Bull seats are not an option so better to stick with what he has.
Looking a bit like 2025 will see Perez continue at Red Bull and Sainz move to Mercedes.
People talk about multi year deals vs one year deals but the Hamilton move to Ferrari shows that not every multi year deal is as committed as teams/drivers may like everyone to think.
Looking a bit like 2025 will see Perez continue at Red Bull and Sainz move to Mercedes.
People talk about multi year deals vs one year deals but the Hamilton move to Ferrari shows that not every multi year deal is as committed as teams/drivers may like everyone to think.
andburg said:
Supersam83 said:
Albon re-signing with Williams means that Red Bull are keeping Perez then.
not sure on that jump! RBR are not short of driver to put in that seat.It could be a suggestion that Merc will take Sainz as I'm not sure who else they'd want.
SpudLink said:
Have to feel a bit sorry for Albon. He's shows that he deserves to be in a better car. It seems his role now is a benchmark to assess young drivers on their way up the career ladder.
Better than being a Red Bull reserve and 're-enacting' Hamilton's racing line at a Silverstone filming day...
SpudLink said:
Have to feel a bit sorry for Albon. He's shows that he deserves to be in a better car. It seems his role now is a benchmark to assess young drivers on their way up the career ladder.
I think the Williams will be a better race car. I don't think Alpine, HAAS, Sauber or even Toro Rosso are necessarily a better place to be in the short to medium term. Williams are taking a lot of pain this year to modernise the team, and when all of that work yields results they'll have a much stronger base. Still Mulling said:
I can't remember the last time there were so many unsecured places for the following season.
I think the filling in of the blanks at Mercedes and Red Bull will drive everything else that happens.Also the Aston Martin (if actually available) and Sauber gaps are good looking seats for drivers with long-term aspirations
SpudLink said:
Have to feel a bit sorry for Albon. He's shows that he deserves to be in a better car. It seems his role now is a benchmark to assess young drivers on their way up the career ladder.
Probably just another Fisi - great in a midfield team, lacklustre in a top team. Would be interesting to see him against Tsunoda, Gasly, Ocon, maybe Piastri. I suspect there isn't much between them in terms of race pace apart from Piastri I see being quicker in quali.Hustle_ said:
I think the Williams will be a better race car. I don't think Alpine, HAAS, Sauber or even Toro Rosso are necessarily a better place to be in the short to medium term. Williams are taking a lot of pain this year to modernise the team, and when all of that work yields results they'll have a much stronger base.
How long will that take? We've had the fuss over cap-ex over the past 12 months and more recently the team being run by bean counters being exposed; unless the financial constraints are loosened Williams will always be on the back foot.usn90 said:
Not sure why people are surprised, Albon was going nowhere near one of the top seats, and thankfully so.
Exactly just because he is likeable and a "brit" he gets hyped up like he is some kind of super star.Has won nothing of merit In his career, was sacked by redbull and then luckily brought back because they burnt through all their young drivers.
Got a chance in the Red Bull and couldn't handle it.
He's lucky to have a seat in f1 when theirs drivers like Bearman and Lawson without one.
SmoothCriminal said:
usn90 said:
Not sure why people are surprised, Albon was going nowhere near one of the top seats, and thankfully so.
Exactly just because he is likeable and a "brit" he gets hyped up like he is some kind of super star.Has won nothing of merit In his career, was sacked by redbull and then luckily brought back because they burnt through all their young drivers.
Got a chance in the Red Bull and couldn't handle it.
He's lucky to have a seat in f1 when theirs drivers like Bearman and Lawson without one.
He’s taken the Williams offer because it’s most likely the best he was going to get, Albon doesn’t even feature in the top 10 on the current grid, let alone those trying to get on it.
Sandpit Steve said:
Agree that Albon staying at Williams means Perez is staying at Red Bull, so Sainz and Verstappen will take the places at Mercedes and Red Bull, but might be the other way around than we expect, and Sargeant will make way for Antonelli at Williams with Albon as a benchmark.
I agree and said this earlier in the thread. There has already been an application to ask if Anonelli could be granted a super licence despite being 17 and not having a road driving licence (didn't even know this was a requirement)Surely Bearman to Haas is a certainty, the only question is will KMag keep his seat.
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