Formula 1 world champion for the fourth consecutive year, will Max Verstappen still be celebrating in 2025? In any case, the competition looks set to become increasingly fierce.
Even if his team, Red Bull, seriously failed on the constructors' side, Max Verstappen topped the Formula 1 driver rankings during the 2024 season, logically winning a fourth consecutive world champion title.
The Dutch driver will have to deal with a new teammate this year, in the person of Liam Lawson. Without excess confidence, far from it. A few days ago, Verstappen confided that Red Bull had every interest in changing certain things, otherwise his reign would come to an abrupt end within a few months. Oscar Piastri, for his part, believes in his chances.
“Feels like I have all the tools I need”, confident Piastri
Who will be able to deprive Max Verstappen of a fifth consecutive world crown? Obviously, we look at Ferrari, where the incredible duo Charles Leclerc – Lewis Hamilton promises to make sparks fly. But McLaren, the reigning constructors' world champion, clearly does not want to stop there.
Lando Norris, second in the drivers' standings last month, with his four Grand Prix victories, is on the rise. Same thing for his teammate, Oscar Piastri? The Australian, only 23 years old, fourth in 2024, has arguments to make. Questioned by AS/MS, he notably said:
“I think I can become a title contender. But I still have a long way to go and progress to make. We're going to have to put a little more consistency into all of this. Now that you're up front, you're more exposed to anything you can't do perfectly than if you were a little further back in the pack. But I feel like I have all the tools I need. I just need to be able to use them at any time.“
Regularity, the key to success for Oscar Piastri? Of course, the native of Melbourne, who does not yet have 50 races on the clock, is not the one who scares Max Verstappen the most in the race for the 2025 world champion title. But the former Formula 3 champion then of Formula 2 continues to progress, and will be monitored over the coming months.
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