Last year I shared my predictions for the 2024 season and I'm back again on the eve of the first race of the 2025 season to make this a yearly tradition!
But before we get to that, let me quickly grade my 2024 predictions:
| Prediction | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Max wins drivers' championship with fewer than four races remaining. He doesn't win as many races as he did last year. There are three other race winners besides him. | ✓ - He won the championship in Las Vegas with two races remaining. He won only nine races. And there were six other winners! |
| Red Bull wins constructors' championship at the Austin Grand Prix. Mercedes comes in second and the point gap to Red Bull is smaller than last year. | ~ - Much smaller gap between Mercedes and Red Bull (121 vs 451). Half point. |
| Lewis wins a race with Mercedes one last time at the São Paulo Grand Prix. | ~ - He did win twice but not at São Paulo. Half point. |
| Lando wins his maiden Grand Prix. | ✓ - Yay, and then some. |
| RB finishes higher in constructors' championship than last year. | ✗ - They finished 8th same as 2023. |
| Yuki gets his maiden podium, and outscores Daniel at the end of the season. | ~ - No podium for Yuki but he did outscore Daniel. Half point. |
| Alex gets a podium. | ✗ |
| Carlos outscores Charles. | ✗ |
| Logan loses his seat at Williams. | ✓ |
| Alex gets the Mercedes seat. | ✗ |
| Checo loses his Red Bull seat and Carlos gets it. | ~ - Ended up being Liam who replaced him. Half point. |
| After the investigation, Christian Horner remains Red Bull team principal and only gets a slap on the wrist. | ✓ |
So I only got 50% these correct. Let's see if I do better this year:
- Lando wins driver's championship with Max finishing lower than second place.
- McLaren wins constructors' championship before the last race.
- Lando and Oscar crash and take each other out of a race.
- Kimi wins his first race.
- Liam is replaced before the end of the season.
- Charles outscores Lewis.
- A rookie other than Kimi gets a podium finish.
- Alex gets a podium finish (really wishcasting here).
- Williams finishes seventh or above.
- Max and George crash and spice up their feud.