Get Ready for this…a QUARTER of the F1 grid in 2025 will be rookies. Let’s look at how this stunning turnaround in the driver market has happened and why F1 teams are Signing Rookies Again and showing older drivers the door.
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How will all these guys do in 2025?…..Cheers for watching and SUBSCRIBE so we can keep this bloody thing afloat!
Doohan was terrible when I signed him in My Team mode in F1 2023. Just saying. /s
Cause it did better than keeping the fossils around for one team, and thus everyone else finally stopped being scared of it.
Lawson stands out
8:05 it’s happening more often because they are resting less with these back to back races. Basically more races. More chance of a driver getting sick in between
i'd go a step further
10 years max in F1
Because the big thing that happened in 2020 is long behind everyone in F1. There were a few careers being extended, plus Alonso and Hulkenberg being superb for so long. As for that thing in 2020, it restricted time teams could spend in factories and assessing youngsters and prospective new employees. So keeping the same people for stability until recently.
Hehehe 3:57 says it all.
I'm looking forward to a whole lot of crashes next year too. 😅
"Lack of time on track." Naturally you are aware of the FIA mandates re academy drivers. They are given plenty of opportunity, not only during pre-season, mid-season and post-season testing, but in FP1 as well. As the typical rookie season is more crash and burn than anything else, Lewis being a truly marvellous exception, I'm not optimistic about the quality of racing next year.
awesome video mate! nice to see a new F1 youtuber that isn't a faceless AI. I've subscribed.
Lawson seems to be the real thing.
Careful that you are using FOM footage
Do you think that the new regs in 2026 could be a consideration aswell? Getting experience in 2025 before spearheading into a new era in 2026 as the teams are on equal footing as can be
I hope it will also mean that F1 will become more international.
Lawson and Colapinto opened the doors for everyone 😂
I think McLarens success with signing Piastri got the attention of the other teams. All these new rookies should have a performance clause giving the team the ability to let them go half way through the season, that way the reserve driver role comes into play. If a rookie makes consecutive mistakes, bench him and get the reserve driver in immediately for the next 3 races, a rookie needs to cool off and get his head back in the game. I know this is not good from the sponsor perspective, but once a driver shows he has the goods, like Piastri has, the sponsors will follow. Pay drivers should be a thing of the past, Stroll is doing untold damage to Aston, being paired up with Vettel did nothing for his career, then Alonso scored 206 points while Stroll managed 74, and that year was Piastri's rookie year when he score 97 points. Stroll has been around since 2017, even given the fact his billionaire father owns the team, enough is enough, this is F1!
Cuz normal drivers push 90%, rookies push 100%
colapinto should be in someones seat next year
Tbf, Bottas was the last problem Sauber had. He was NEVER EVER fast or exciting, but he was solid. I wonder if Hulkenberg wishes he could've stayed at Haas. It's not a good sign that he'll be 19th at best next year, considering many "old" drivers are being let go all over the place
When I was an F1 obsessed kid, between 2000 and 2002, a crop of very exciting young drivers joined F1. Button, Heidfeld, Montoya, Raikkonen, Alonso, Webber and Massa all made their debuts within those seasons. Sure there were also a bunch of pay drivers making their debuts around then, but it was great to see so much young talent.
If only Drugovitch replaced Stroll, 2025 would have been perfect!
2:09–2:19 Just say Perez…
Lawson 👍
F1 is huge business and 1 driver takes up 50% of your line-up. It's understandable if they are conservative with their choices.
A football team with a 22 player roster can and should take a couple of punts on the 4th centre back or 3rd midfielder being rookies. Not that easy with F1.
But even if driver market stagnated for a season or two, a refresh was inevitable. And if these 5 drivers all make it and have decent careers (they can all be successful, unless you measure that only as being World Champ) then we will have 5 seats locked for years and the conversation about no new blood etc will start all over again.
This wasn't so much about the state of F1 as it was about fans, and media are fed up with old toy and want new shiny thing.
Now if we can only be rid of Lance Stroll…
Well… it's not that rookies are suddenly all the rage. The teams have a variety of reasons for their decision. Quite a few stars have aligned this season and fairly high number of contracts were coming to an end.
For Audi it's a purely financial decision (Nico Huelkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will cost 'em a quarter or less than their current lineup).
For Mercedes it's certainly not about the money, it's obvious that no driver on the current grid can hold a candle to Max Verstappen, so now is the perfect time to bring in a new talent, either Kimi Antonelli is gonna cot the mustard or he doesn't. A classic case of "Noting ventured, nothing gained."
Knowing Gene Haas, Ferrari must have thrown in an irresistible deal sweetener with Mazepin 2.0, a massive engine discount maybe? Otherwise some fella with a fat checkbook would be in that seat.
And by the look of things Jack Doohan is now not so "confirmed" anymore… if rumours are to be believed, Godfather Flavio has entered a bidding war with Red Bull over Franco Colapinto (and the Latin-American "sponsor stampede" behind him). And should Red Bull emerge victorious it may not be good news for Liam Lawson. While it makes sense for us fans to finally rid the sport of Sergio Perez, ultimately F1 is all about de money and buying him out of the remaining two years of his contract must surely cost a fortune, considering his salary, not to mention the loss of his "marketability" and sponsor backing (Red Bull have the sporting side of things well covered anyway, nobody better for that job than Max Verstappen). Me thinks, Liam Lawson is secretly hoping for Flavio to make Williams an offer they can't refuse (nobody wants to wake up next to a dead horse's head, right? 😉 or he may find himself twiddling his thumbs on the sidelines for another year until Yuki Tsunada becomes Strulovitch's problem.
I'd say we're in for a coupla "surprises" before the season is out.
artificial intelligence is replacing experienced drivers in the team. Also it is cheaper to have an experienced driver as test driver, like botas. Also, the 2026 car design is doing damage to the bcar budgets, so, to do some savings, the brands are cutting down the budget by signing cheaper drivers and to fast educating in the new car that is comming soon. All brands are making the 2025 a transition year with focus on 2026. Rookies learn and adapt faster that experienced drivers. good video
. have nice day
Suck Ftroll. Time for him to get out. Or not, because it's nice having a clown there.