Formula 1 2025 starts practically where he had left, that of 2024, confirming that what is about to start will be a year of transition in terms of performance in view of the 2026 season that will see the advent of new teams (Audi and Cadillac) and revolutionary rules for the single -seater in size and electric power of the engines. A scenario, net of great news such as the advent in Ferrari of the seven times world champion, Lewis Hamiltonand the return of an Italian pilot who owns the Circus as Kimi Antonelli In Mercedes, confirmed by what was seen in the winter tests in Bahrain before the start of the officer on 16 Marco at Melbourne’s Albert Park in Australia.
A three -day very lively on the track in the Sakhir desert between rain, sand, wind and electric blackouts that highlighted the substantial stability of visa relations at the end of the last championship with McLaren in front of everyone in terms of step and dry lap, followed by a Ferrari that convinced only at times with the new Hamilton arrival much more optimistic than the Monegasque companion Leclerc and a Mercedes in the best growth time on the last day of testing with George Russell And where the Bolognese driver Antonelli already impresses. Regarding the former Dominators of the Red Bull, after having closed the 2024 in the evidence in Bahrain they gave greater certainties to the stable of the four -time world champion Verstappen, who came out in crescendo on the final day. It is impossible to exclude the Dutch champion from the predictions for Melbourne, even if some doubts about the aerodynamic balance and the reliability of the first after car remains Adrian Newey. No discussion on the fact that in view of the first GP in Australia Norris and Plastri are scary. All the signals derived from the three days of testing in Bahrain confirm it: in Melbourne they will find different climatic conditions compared to the capricious weather that has characterized these tests. It will also make much warmer than today, when the asphalt of the Sakhir track touched the thirty degrees, but nothing seems to be able to affect the solidity of the Woking car, the passage of which in the single lap and in the race simulation was impressive both with both drivers at the helm of the orange single -seater. In total, 3,896 rpm was traveled in 25 hours of testing in Bahrain, equal to 21,090.564 kilometers.
«Three days of fairly particular tests those that took place – he explained Mario IsolaMotorsport Director of Pirelli, single tire supplier in the Circus -. For years Bahrain has been home to the only pre -championship test because there are usually very favorable weather conditions but this time it was not so, especially in the first two days. The low temperatures and the strong wind have disturbed the work of the teams and made the interpretation of the results even more difficult for the lack of references to a track like this with such low temperatures ».
“We have not seen real performance Run who could allow us to fully evaluate the differences in performance between the various mixes – His island still underlined – while for the degradation of the three harsher mixes it is clear that, with low temperatures, it is very contained. The large amount of collected data allows us to prepare the first GP of the season: in Melbourne we will bring the same mixes to the track, as a nomenclature, last year (C3 as Hard, C4 as a medium and C5 as soft) and thus we will have a first true tasting of the softer mixes “