F1 2025: who's in trouble already

With F1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix right around the corner, there’s nowhere to hide for any driver, team or organisation in trouble.

Three days of pre-season testing don’t tell us everything about the 2025 pecking order. We’ll only know properly when the lights go out in Melbourne - but you can tell who is already feeling the heat.

And while the likes of McLaren can be quietly confident, there are a few others who already look to be in trouble before the first race of the season.

00:00 Who's already in trouble in F1 2025?
00:23 Red Bull
02:01 Aston Martin
04:50 Jack Doohan
06:16 Sauber
08:05 Mohammed Ben Sulayem/The FIA

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[kissgergo]

"Who's in trouble already?" as long as Aston has Stroll, they will always be in trouble

[Duval-In-The-Wall]

Gotta feel for Hulk man. Dragged Haas up from last to the midfield, now he’s back in the slowest car…

[mrflyingsourcer]

It’s like the criteria for The Race is to post the same video but slightly different than the last

[bishopoftroy]

The same article, same information with different thumbnail for over two weeks now.

[kissgergo]

I have hope Ben Sulayem will be shamed and ousted this year, especially with the big 2026 rules change coming up, F1 and the FIA will wanna go into it with a clean slate, without someone actively sabotaging everything at the helm.

[aaron_ow]

The FIA is definitely in hot water right now, so it’ll be interesting to see how things unfold over the season. Will Mohammed Ben Sulayem make it to the end of the year as head of the FIA?

[gokaired]

Sulayem is a bit of a menace.

Surely the ground must be shrinking beneath him, right?

[Ref.chavez]

Come on everyone, let’s say it together, “Aston Martin is not a serious team with stroll driving”

[jvomkrieg]

"F1 is a meritocracy"

As long as Lance Stroll is driving in a team it simply is not.

[leviharris]

People swear. People under duress swear. Drivers ripping down a race track for two hours at 200mph need to be able to swear. These are elementary school rules.

[JakeJ]

You could argue that's a misleading thumbnail. I thought it was gonna be about who has already been fined for swearing xD

[lanemiller]

"F1 is a meritocracy" 😅Stroll and MBS would prove otherwise

[Porphyrios-cr]

Has Aston developed a way for Lance to unbeach himself?

[rgrost]

When Arian Newey checked out mid season last year, RB could not keep up in development. CAN RB actually develop a car during the season without Newey? We shall see...

[Randy-Snorton]

Stroll is such a bellend it’s mental what your dad owning a team gets you

[trappenweisseguy]

Still drawing conclusions from a cold preseason test ??.

[JamesFlemingIreland]

"F1 is a meritocracy" 😂 ...
Stroll

[carlosvalero]

it would be hilarious for Aston to get a podium. lol.

[gordowgwg]

I would hope Sulayem doesn't last beyond the coming week-end - he's the common factor in (almost) ALL the FIA's problems, and he needs to go NOW!

[ThatguyWitjokes]

Newey was the foundation of Redbull’s success. Moment he left they started to suffer 🤷‍♂️