With F1’s current regulations now in their fourth year, the performance gaps that gave front-runners comfortable advantages are shrinking fast. Teams that were once struggling to keep pace have had enough time with these cars to catch up on the learning curve. (See: Ferrari and McLaren’s surge last year .)

Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari have been backed to succeed by a former Scuderia F1 driver. Gerhard Berger says he would put his money on Ferrari winning at least one world championship title in F1 2025.

Lewis Hamilton will take to the track for the first time in Ferrari’s 2025 F1 car as the Scuderia officially launch the SF-25 in Italy on Wednesday. F1 kicked off the 2025 season in style with a star-studded launch event,