The most important drivers in the 2025 silly season
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- The 2025 silly season might be the most exciting in Formula 1 history with vacant seats and top drivers both available. So who will go where this year and who are the most in-demand drivers in the sport right now?
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Most in demand driver's 2025
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In demand to leave
If I was RB I would hire Sainz.
If I was Mercs I would hire Sainz.
If I was Audi I would hire Sainz.
If I was Aston Martin I would hire Sainz.
Now cast the lots
Overrated
If I was Ferrari I would hire Sainz
Thanks for being one of the few remaining quality F1 channels. Many others have leaned so heavily into tabloid drama and entertaining the masses rather than providing good coverage and discussion.
Seconded
What's amazing is that people are LEGITIMATELY wondering if moving from Aston to Mercedes is actually a step up.
Unimaginable 2 years ago!
I believe 2025 could host the most rookies in a long while
Pourcharie at sauber
Bearman at haas
Antonelli at Williams
Lawson at RB (the badly named one)
Doohan to alpine if one of gasly and ocon seek therapy after this season and go elsewhere
And stroll remains? Their reserve driver needs to bail. NoW...
Do you think it will be Yuki and Lawson then, Danny Ric dropped (as it should’ve been from this season), then presumably Sainz replaces Checo in the main car?
Provide if Prema can get their act together. As it's still early, some are keeping an eye on the top two in Zane Maloney from Barbados and the Estonian Paul Arron who was replaced as Mercedes junior by Antonelli
I’d love to see a Carlos and Max reunion at Red Bull. They definitely get along well and Carlos would certainly be more consistent than Checo over the course of a season. Fingers crossed 🤞
I don't see it working out; off-track they may be friends but once behind the wheel, Sainz has demonstrated himself time and again to be a no-nonsense driver, and Verstappen can and _will_ go nuclear on his teammate as seen with Perez last year.
I can see their friendship going south really fast; at best a confidence-shattering hot streak that puts Sainz into despair, at worst both bulls locking horns with eachother and the entire Milton Keynes outfit imploding.
@@legoferrari14 true - the whole plan relies on Sainz’s willingness to accept being a second driver, who maybe gets 4 or 5 race wins a year at most.
But as much as it’s not in an F1 driver’s nature to do this, I reckon Sainz has the maturity to reflect on the example of Bottas and Danny Ric careers and see which he’d rather have. Bottas is one of the most likeable and well remembered drivers on the grid for his service and team-orientated mentality at Merc, whereas Danny Ric went from one being one of the most promising and beloved drivers on the grid to somewhat of an unwanted, albeit likeable, journeyman.
I think Verstappen is maturing from race weekend to race weekend, and if the Redbull management can handle the over-involvement of Sainz and Verstappen’s dad, and their wish to live vicariously through their adult sons, they will have potentially one of the best driver pairings and car combo of F1 history
Hülkenberg to Sauber/Audi makes so much sense to me. It'll be a sideways step for him, he'll be joining a German team as a German driver as Schumacher and Rosberg did when Mercedes joined the grid and it's an exciting long-term project for him to get involved with. Sauber might not look great right now, but give Audi a few years to bed themselves in and they could be an exciting team to watch in the future.
He didn’t brake test George. He raced him with superior acumen and George panicked and crashed
Alonso stans are something else. He braked, accelerated and braked again. Thats not superior acumen
@@Mw2PwnAgE1227Russel missed his brake point by almost a full 10 meters, if he didn’t crash it wouldn’t be a penalty
If it was a brake test, the crash would have happened when the early breaking occurred, not in the corner later. There's a decent history now of Russell bottling it at the ends of races, this excuse and bullshit penalty are just letting him off the hook for garbage driving. And I'm not a Fernando "stan" either.
@@Mw2PwnAgE1227Alonso does that with his defending. It's been known.
Russell is severely LACKING in driving skills if a driver he is barely following can pull the rug under him like that, it's not he isn't known to crash on the last lap under pressure or anything 😂😂😂
Should be called “the silliest of silly seasons”! 😂
“Sergio in fastest car finished 5th in the race” . You forgot to mention that Sergio was unfairly given 3 place grid penalty; you forgot to mention that Sergio suffered an underfloor damage to his car
where was the unfair penalty?
Classic Brit bias
@@mj.016 towards who 😭
@@danmaloney9215 i was adding to the Main comment, not replying to u bro lol
What I'd like:
Sainz to Mercedes, replaces Hamilton.
Lawson to RB, Ricciardo out.
Bearman to Haas.
Magnusen to Williams, Sargeant out.
Then, for 2026 or 2027, new slotting.
I can’t see Albion returning to Red Bull. I think he will finish out his contract with Williams. But I also could see him go to Aston Martin if Alonso retires or leaves. Maybe Lawrence sends his son to AM’s Le Mans project and Drugovich takes Lance’s place.
Great video broski
Mercedes should re-hire Bottas
No one is signing anything until Red Bull decide it Perez has a drive next year
What happened to Theo Pourchaire? I get like I was hearing about him constantly as a likely future F1 driver a couple of years ago and now no one is talking about him.
Let’s predict shit 😈
Red Bull: Verstappen & Perez
Ferrari: Hamilton & Leclerc
McLaren: Piastri & Norris
Mercedes: Russell & Alonso
Aston Martin: Stroll & Sainz
RB: Lawson & Tsunoda
Haas: Magnussen & Bearman
Sauber: Hulkenberg & Gasly
Williams: Albon & Bottas
Alpine: Ocon & Zhou
Bottas returns where it all started, Red Bull keep Max happy with Checo alongside him, Zhou is dropped and returns to Alpine (he was a Junior for them), Bearman gets the Haas seat alongside KMag, Gasly & Hulk ditch their teams to join what will become Audi. Ricciardo retires (is dropped).
one thing that has been over looked is the fact that Mercedes have revealed that they are still managing Esteban Ocon's F1 career, despite him being an Alpine driver for several years.
Alpine will most likely take Jack Doohan
it's ocon I doubt anyone's super interested in him
Mercedes isn't managing Ocon, Toto Wolf is.
I think carlos or alex for merc seat. But they dont call it silly season for nothing.
Indeed!
I also wouldn't count out Alpine boys from this story either. If Alpine doesn't improve throughout the season, both of them might start looking for seats elsewhere.
But both would need to accept that they're not Nr. 1 driver material first, which might make it difficult for them.
Maloney might win and also hop up. As many other f2 drivers.
Alonso in RB
Antonelli needs more time. The F2 season is to young to judge him fully. Mayve he will be amazing, or maybe not, or he will just be mid. No one knows, time will tell.
Bearman also needs time. His Debut in F1 was ok, but not that great as some media made it out to be. He was 0,7 behind in Qualy and on average 0,5 behind LEC in Pace. Thats quiet a margain.
Alex still also has major unending ties to the Thai side of RB. They are still his major backer not RB itself but the Thai family who owns the Thai side of RB. I could see RB as his main choice. Marko openly excess sadness several times about having to let him go. As did Horner. I want to see him stay at Williams and built that team back up to winning standards again though. I'm an Alex fan so its a hard choice. I hope he does well mainly. But RB or Williams are who I pick for him. I also just remembered RB isn't Redbull. I refuse to change it. Its Redbull for me still.
Fernando has long standing ties to Daddy Stroll (20+ year friendship) and Daddy stroll loves the Fernando/Lance combo. Fernando works with Lance and knows his place in the team in both areas (1st and 2nd driver depending on who is asking). With all Aston has coming in the pipeline in terms of factory and development I see him staying not just for that but also Daddy stroll will give him that 2 year contact he wants with options that favor Fernando. He knows Merc isn't Merc of the teens. I honestly doubt he'll leave. But I did say Lewis would never leave Merc because of him and Toto. So...
What about kush Maini
Kush is too old to get to F1 sadly.
He would have needed to absolutely dominate or F2 or bring so much money with him that the likes of Williams or Haas would hire him just for the sponsors.
Ricardo....in demand Uber driver. Hope he can handle a Camry and cook a Curry.
Only Max could supercede the Ferrari acquisition.
Danny Ric, Logan Sargent, and Kmag out, Lawson, Antonelli and Bearman in.
Sainz -> Redbull
Checo -> Williams (besides leaving the grid idk where else he goes, maybe Salba and Zhou gets the boot as well? AM unlikely to change their pairing unless Alonso or Stroll leave willingly)
Albon -> Merc (they’d probs want Carlos but by the end of the season the differences between Redbull and Merc will make it impossible to attract him)
Everything else stays the same/as already confirmed
I have a feeling that Mercs will take Antonelli, Sainz will end up at Audi.😊
Checo has already apparently said that he won't race for a backmarker or midfield team again and would rather retire, so a move to Williams seems highly unlikely.
@@mikespearwood3914 oh I hadn’t seen that - yeah I mean it’s really hard to predict where he’ll end up until we know the fate of other drivers. Who knows, things change quickly, a turn in form and maybe he keeps his seat
RBR if opts to replace Checo will sign a talented driver who is not able to challenge Max for WC. RBR has enuff issues without deliberately causing issues betwixt Max and Sainz or Alonso - latter 2 will challenge Max for WC. BTW ESPN wrote DR3 was the prize for Visa Cash to sign $35M for title sponsorship so regardless of DR3 underperformance unlikely he’ll be replaced mid season. Yuki if he continues to perform will stay 1 more year in RB team - Honda still supplies RBR & RB engines in 2025. Yuki’s team mate in 2025 LL. Alonso remains in Aston Martin. Sainz in Sauber which he shld demand $$$ since highly unlikely will provide him dominant car so slim/zero chance of getting a WC next few yrs.
One guy I haven't heard anyone mention, and I'm not advocating for it, but could Mick still be an option for someone or is he officially done? Is he even the test driver for Merc still? There are too many other options for him to be viable, I assume, but is no one on the grid even considering him anymore? Again, I'm not advocating for it, and not a fan or anything, just curious
Well, last year Toto said he deserves a seat. Now there's a seat at Mercedes, so I guess we'll find out what Toto's words are worth. Personally, I think he lost momentum and won't be back. There's just too many other options available.
What's the deal with Drugovich? Young man has a great CV already and has been languishing on the Aston sidelines. How come he doesn't even get FP1 practice periodically? Lance isn't exactly maximizing the value of his practice time anyways.
Russell and Leclerc are overrated. Both fold under pressure.
So true - pretty boys with no grit. More interested instagram thirst traps than race strategy. Keeping Charles over Sainz was obviously a PR move…
@@arashbagheri1437 Charles does better in the races and is much faster over a lap. But yep it's for pr😂
Cry more, sainz is the most overrated driver rn
@@mikasr.5 what does cry more mean?
This is about the most savage insult I've seen pointed at Charles. Yes, he probably still makes too many mistakes. But what in the holy hell has Russell done to warrant being mentioned in the same sentence?
Alonso in a RB with Max as a teammate. That would be awesome and gives Alonso a shot for a World Championship.
Nico to Mercedes
Safe to say Danny Ric is done....And after Australia no way is Alonso going to Merc
They're no longer mates?
Merc would still take Fernando
I’m starting to hate all this pushing agenda on all this news outlets. Put any driver on the Redbull seat but Perez. RIDICULOUS MAN at least give him a seat on a different team.
100% Perez will be picked up by another team, but him being in that second red bull just doesn’t make sense anymore with the level of the drivers available for next season. Sainz is definitely a better driver than him, Albon on a very similar level, and both are ex-RB academy. I can see Perez ending up AM, depending on Alonsos movements
it's called buying out the competition. getting the next best available driver to replace Perez will eliminate a potential threat in the coming seasons. Unless Perez proves that he is still the 2nd best driver on the grid.
@@Jon-ws9vh yeah exactly - Horner’s probably looking at Sainz atm and thinking that he’s a potential threat if he ends up in a championship level car. Better to get him on your side.
Merc should sign Alonso + Sainz. dream parring for the master and his young fan. kick Russel out to back to williams
one thing that could be a problem...RB cant handle 2 good drivers, this has be proven over the years, no more so than Checko...at first, he challenged Max, but with the team adjusting the car towards Max and instructing Checko let Max pass and only support Max....anyone going to RB is sacrificing their career to get into a RB car
I just wanted to clear two points; at 8:35 you state Antonelli "Has reportedly accumulated enough superlicense points..." - not reportedly, he definitely has. At 9:29 you said about Bearman "The Prema driver qualified 2nd for the feature race in Jeddah" - he qualified on pole. Good video nonetheless.
Apologies for the mistakes, thanks for letting me know!
Albon and Sainz at Williams please, especially with James Vowlz so determined to make changes.
Those two could be such a power team and it's about time that Williams got back to where they belong.
Also Ocon to Mercades,
Hulkenberg to Alpine (making space for Bearman at Hass)
Lawson replacing Riccardo.
Honestly think that might actually be it. Unless Bottas, Pere or Stroll decide it's time to retire.
Please let Alonso to Red Bull happen then he will win a championship
yeeet
Hulkenberg and Magnusson have had their time. Same with both Sauber drivers . I'd love for 4 new young drivers to replace them. Why keep these old guys around . They've had a decade to prove themselves. Get rid of Ricciardo as well.
this gotta be the worst time to post a video lmfao