168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari have been dealt a bleak prediction for the start of the 2025 F1 season by a paddock insider.

H🌼amilton’s debut in the famous Ferꦆrari red comes in the season-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix next weekend, March 14-16.

McLaren possess the fastest c💛ar in Formula 1, it is widely accepted, after Lando Norris shone on the final♕ day of testing in Bahrain.

Ferrari worry at F1 Australian GP?

But the battle for second-best encompasses Ferrari, Mercedes 🌊and Red Bull.

Despite the fanfare surroun💃ding Hamilton and his new team, an informed prediction suggests ✅his former squad might have the edge in Australia.

“An individ🅺ual I’ve spoken to with access to GPS data has Mercedes as second-quickest,” Craig Slater reported from testing for Sky Sports.

“That’s really interesting because Merc🦋edes haven’t been that self-confident during the test.

“They have one very young driver, and George Russell leading tไhe challenge.

“It has bee▨n in ♊colder conditions here, which might the factor in their favour.”

Ted Kravitz replied: “Mercedes think Ferrari are with them, not even a tenth bet෴ween them. It is finely poised between Mercedes and Ferrari.

“The big questi🍸on is: where does Max Verstappen come between them?

“On a good day🙈 with an amazing Verstappen lap, could he beat both Mercedes and Ferrari? It’s possible.”

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Hamilton’s 𓆉Ferrari could be even further back thanꦡ merely behind McLaren and Mercedes, it has been suggested.

“A dissonant view from one or two well-connected people that I’ve spoken to think that Ferrari are firmly in fourth place, which is a shock and a disappointment for Hamilton fans,” Slater 🅷reported.

“There are one or two questioning noises from Ferrari themselves. Charles Leclerc spoke about some re🍸servations with the✅ car, still.”

🐻Kravitz questioned: “You believe that? I am not su♑re. Hamilton and Leclerc’s race runs were pretty good…”

Slater said: “They are the learnings🐟 that well-connectꩵed people with access to data are telling us.”

Kravitz offered his prediction: “You could throw a dust sheet over Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Mercedes and the best of Fe♒rrari whe𓆏n they get it right.

“I’ve gone for Mercedes and Ferrari the same, then the inhere🍒nt pace of the Red Bull behind them.

“But it depends who is driving the Red Bull.”

There is no debate about which te🌳am is expected to be fastest in Australia.

“Clearly McLaren,” Kravitz said. “That’s the one thing✱ everyone agrees with.

“If th🌳e Bahrain Grand Prix happened tomorrow, even in these conditions, it would probably be a McLaren 1-2 with Lando Norris shading Oscar Piastri.”

Slater added: “The one caveat is that it’s a difficult car to handle, at times. You could get a Q3 lap w🌼rong.”