The Mercedes chief believes the top three from the 2024 season will trump over his team in the initial races of the 2025 season.

Vettel had joined Ferrari the previous year from Red Bull, where he had won four straight world championships from 2010 to 2013, dominating the sport. Yet for all his success, nothing could match the allure of racing for F1’s most famous,

Lewis Hamilton winning a record eighth Formula One title in the red overalls of Ferrari at the age of 40 would be a story straight out of Hollywood, whose own Brad Pitt movie is scheduled to race across cinema screens in June.

Just a year after making his F1 debut, Leclerc was signed by Ferrari in 2019 and instantly made an impact, outshining four-time champion Sebastian Vettel. With eight wins and an impressive 26 pole positions, the Monegasque is one of the fastest drivers on the grid and adored by Ferrari and their passionate Tifosi fanbase.

This year’s F1 World Championship begins in Melbourne on Sunday and promises to be one of the most competitive ever.

Ferrari have been backed to emerge as the “surprise” package for F1 2025 with Lewis Hamilton gunning for a record eighth title. That is the prediction made by former Haas F1 team boss turned pundit Guenther Steiner,

Due to his age and dismal 2024 season, there have been suggestions that Hamilton will struggle to get the better of supremely talented team-mate Charles Leclerc, but now the seven