Guenther Steiner has given his take on the favourites for the championship in 2025, with the former Haas team chief predicting a close fight at the front with “different winners” across the season.
The 2024 campaign saw an increasingly tight battle play out amongst the top four teams, resulting in McLaren clinching their first Teams’ Championship in 26 years with Ferrari hot on their tail, while Red Bull slipped backwards to third ahead of Mercedes in a more distant fourth place.
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Looking ahead to the forthcoming season – which will see three of those squads field a new driver line-up as Lewis Hamilton joins Ferrari, Liam Lawson arrives at Red Bull and rookie Kimi Antonelli makes the step up to Mercedes – Steiner is expecting those changes to particularly favour McLaren and Ferrari.
“I see the four teams again close together – last year, at the end, it was very close together,” said Steiner, who this year will act as ambassador for the 2025 Miami Grand Prix. “But my favourites are Ferrari and McLaren, because they were so strong [at the] end of last year and I think they figured out what the car needs to be fast.
“Not only downforce, it’s also balance in the car, the handling, how they manage all that, so I think they will be the favourites for me.
