[OFFICIAL] 2025 Formula 1 Season

[Jurong640]

Drivers parade Live now.

 

[Kunkka]

Yesterday got quali watch party at kallang today have any

 

[Jurong640]

Final class photo

 

[relishmalice]

Everyone go load up on ur popcorn/snacks

Gonna be absolute cinema

 

[Jurong640]

Last race with Car No.1 on a Honda engine in a ground effect era.

 

[limmk]

The F1 2025 title will be decided today and it's between VER, NOR and PIA

 

[limmk]

There's all this talk of VER being on pole and the man in-form after his late season resurgence. but it cannot be forgotten that all NOR needs is a podium, which is surely likely given he starts second on the grid. so it'll take something spectacular for the McLaren driver to not claim his maiden championship

 

[limmk]

But one thing keeping VER is his experience of title fights. he is a four-time world champion, neither NOR or PIA have one, and the Red Bull driver reckons his ability under pressure was key to that pole on Saturday

"When the pressure is the highest or when you really need to perform, normally I perform because I enjoy that kind of aspect," he said

“But yeah, it was nice. You always try to do the best possible quali lap. Sometimes it works out better than other times. I think this time it worked out pretty well.”

 

[limmk]

Qualifying also saw a fourth, consecutive Q1 exit for HAM. the last time we had an Abu Dhabi finale the seven-time world champion was involved (we all know what happened), but how things have drastically changed four years on

“I don't have the words to express how I feel, just a lot of anger," said a very short on words HAM on Saturday

 

[limmk]

It was a better day for HAM's team-mate LEC who qualified fifth. but the Monegasque still wasn't satisfied with the performance of his Ferrari

“I'm driving the car as well and I can see how tricky the car is – how you've just got to go full commitment and it's either in the wall or through Q1.

“Then you need to do the same in Q2 and then you need to do the same in Q3 and, yeah, I know what it's like to have a car that is... and also for the understanding of the car, it's much more difficult to understand something from the car when you really have to push to the absolute limit."

 

[Jurong640]

Wlwlwl jinxberg took selfie of all 3

 

[limmk]

Back to the title fight though and should NOR or PIA do the job, it'll be McLaren's 13th drivers' crown

Driver	Year
Emerson Fittipaldi	1974
James Hunt	1976
Niki Lauda	1984
Alain Prost	1985
Alain Prost	1986
Ayrton Senna	1988
Alain Prost	1989
Ayrton Senna	1990
Ayrton Senna	1991
Mika Hakkinen	1998
Mika Hakkinen	1999
Lewis Hamilton	2008

 

[tomicaguy]

The extra 2 PTS from Norris last week, is what heeps him as strong. favourite. Had he not, I will put Max as 50/50

 

[limmk]

If VER becomes champion today, he will join John Surtees (1964), James Hunt (1976) and Sebastian Vettel (2010) as the only drivers to have won the F1 title without leading the standings at any point in the season

 

[Jurong640]

The extra 2 PTS from Norris last week, is what heeps him as strong. favourite. Had he not, I will put Max as 50/50

The probability of Lando winning the championship is 75%.

There is a 25% chance of fumble .

 

[limmk]

Let's go back to 2010. Vettel arrived at the Abu Dhabi finale 15 points behind leader ALO. a win for the Red Bull driver, while seventh for the Ferrari, having been stuck behind Petrov for much of the contest, gave the German his maiden title. so, it is still doable for VER with his 12-point deficit

 

[limmk]

Just under 40 minutes until lights out and now the track is ramping up with the pitlane just opening up...

 

[Jurong640]

Martin grid walk now. Its here its here

 

[limmk]

McLaren’s worst-case scenario is a catastrophic Turn 1 in which one or more of its drivers becomes too closely acquainted with another competitor – or each other

 

[limmk]

There is always the potential for somebody to come in and cause havoc which is the last thing McLaren needs. the man most likely to do so is RUS, who will join PIA on the second row and the Mercedes driver was even pushing Red Bull to give him a tow in Q3 because he knows VER needs all the outside help he can get to win a fifth championship...