F1 Testing 2025: Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz selects the key order for the new season after a three -day event in Bahrein | F1 news

After preseason testing in Bahrein, Sky Sports F1 Ted Kravitz selects its key to entering the Australian Grand Prix, which opens the season.

1. McLaren

This is the only thing I think I can agree with is that if Bahrain Grand Prix, even in those conditions, would happen tomorrow, probably McLaren would be one or two, and Lando Norris just overshadowed Oscar Piastra.

Norris was more uncommon a little more positive. However, it’s weird, because he talked to Piastra this morning, he looked a little more, but you never know about Piastra.

But it seems that it would be two or two for McLaren. The consensus is that they have two dozen seconds per round in the field.

2. Ferrari
3. Mercedes
4. Red Bull

You could throw the dust over the Red Bull Max Verstappen and Mercedes, and the best of Ferrari, when they correct it.

I came out for Mercedes and Ferrari the same, and then the inherent pace is a little behind them. But it depends on who drives that Red Bull.

Interestingly, Mercedes thinks Ferrari is with them, right with them, not even a tenth between them. So, it is very, very finely placed between Ferrari and Mercedes.

But the big question is, where does Max Verstappen enter? And a good day, with an incredible Max Verstappen, do you think he could beat Mercedes and Ferrari? It is possible.

I’m not sure Ferrari has as many problems as some have suggested, because yesterday’s Charles Leclerca race (Thursday) was very good and Hamilton said the car was pretty good.

5. Williams
6. Alpin

I’m going to a race in Sainz yesterday, which was solid. Albon was doing well today, and Williams looks a good package, and those two drivers, I mean, can see it in front of Alpin. So I’m going Williams and then Alpine.

You cannot deny that the Sainz-Albon will be, when it comes to Melbourne qualifying, more than Pierre Gasly, which will be up there, but Jack Doohan had such a test that you would expect from a rookie that feels pressure in all areas.

7. Haas

The following is an impossible choice of what Haas will have when it comes to qualifying in Melbourne. Maybe not only a little extra -offset from some GPS figures and a fuel corrected, because we think they never ran with less than at least half a tank, 50 pounds of fuel, and there is such a difference, and those 10 pounds are worth three tenths.

You could throw three tenths between Alpine-Williams, Williams-Alpine, Haas, and then RB, all could be covered by three tenths of a second.

Haas is a good car, Ayao Komats is not worried about his pace, that’s the key thing. When I talked to him yesterday, I said, “Don’t you need to take out the fuel to see the pace?” He said, “I don’t worry the pace, I think it’s okay, we have to do it.” So I am pleased with the putting Haas just behind Alpine and Williams.

8. Aston Martin
9. Race bulls

I intended to give Aston Martin’s benefit from a doubt, today they had a very difficult day, and Lance Short was ill, his illness tightened Fernando Alonso first, and then Lance, did half in the afternoon, and then had to return home because he was ill, Fernando Alonso returned last day. It’s an empty canvas that Aston Martin was waiting for Adrian Newey.

I intended to give them the benefit of doubt, until I was talking to Lawrence Strolle, who was leaving, I congratulated him on what his grandfather became, and he said, “Yes, it’s great to be a grandfather, you know, fantastic.”

And then I reached the point of the car and I said, “Oh, the car looks better.” (Ted imitates a disappointed expression on Lawrence Shortll). They went back. I put them, with Fernando Alons and Lance, walk in a good day, in front of RB. I put them in the eighth, but they could be ninth.

10. Sauber

It’s an improvement, a little from last year, but not really this year, aren’t Sauber? James Key makes the best he can. That’s reliable. Bortoleto and Hulkenberg will give the opportunity to visit, but points will seem to be quite thin on the ground.

There is not much balance, but they can be racing from there. But if it is true that Aston Martin is the ninth ahead of Sauber, then the first day of work by Adrian Newey on Monday cannot come fast enough.

When is the first race F1?

For the first time in 2019, the opening of the season will be held in Melbourne at the Australian Grand Prix from March 14 to March 16. The first race moved from Bahrain to Australia because of Ramadan, which took place during March.

There are 24 events in the F1 2025 F1 calendar, the same number as last year, and the season ended up on the Grand Prix in Abu Dabi, 5-7. December.

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