Mercedes hit the track with its 2025 W16 F1 car in Bahrain, making it the team's first challenger in the post-Lewis Hamilton era. The seven-time world champion'

Ferrari executive Loic Serra has revealed “a lot of work” has gone into the team improving their qualifying pace, in a move which would be a big boost for Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton endured a torrid qualifying record in 2024,

With F1’s current regulations now in their fourth year, the performance gaps that gave front-runners comfortable advantages are shrinking fast. Teams that were once struggling to keep pace have had enough time with these cars to catch up on the learning curve. (See: Ferrari and McLaren’s surge last year .)

Lewis Hamilton has spoken out on the idea of leaving Formula 1 for good, if he finally catches his white whale and secures a record eighth world drivers' title. The Brit won championship number seven back in 2020,