F1 In Five

The Alpine Formula 1 Team has denied putting excess pressure on Jack Doohan ahead of the 2025 F1 season after signing Franco Colapinto from Williams F1. Here's why some believe their approach to this season has been over the line.

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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has denied that his team are the favourites for the 2025 Formula 1 titles, despite winning the Constructors' Championship in 2024. Here's why.

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Sir Lewis Hamilton has completed his first Ferrari test at the Fiorano Circuit in Italy. Fans gathered around the track to greet their new hero in what was a historic day for the Scuderia and the seven-time Formula 1 champion.

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Isack Hadjar has admitted that he's "scared" ahead of making his Formula 1 racing debut for the Racing Bulls team in Melbourne, Australia in March. Here's why.

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Haas F1 have confirmed that they'll run a very similar car in 2025 to their 2024 model and also expects most of the teams, particularly those with smaller budgets to do the same.

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Ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, Fernando Alonso hasn’t hidden the fact that he expects Aston Martin to struggle again like they did in 2024. Alonso cannot see how Aston can win the championship, or even win races in the upcoming campaign.

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Welcome to the F1 News Zone, the show where we round-up the biggest stories in Formula 1 right now. Formula 1 is officially in its off-season, but there’s plenty of stories going around away from the track that’s setting us up for a very exciting 2025 campaign.

This week, we react to the reported $1 billion deal for Aston Martin to sign Max Verstappen, Flavio Briatore openly stating that Franco Colapinto could replace Jack Doohan mid-season and Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari debut is all set for next week. All that and a whole lot more coming up in today’s show.

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Flavio Briatore has openly stated that it's a possibility that Jack Doohan could be replaced by Franco Colapinto part way through the 2025 Formula 1 season, with Doohan's contract reportedly only being good for the opening six rounds of the year.

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Valtteri Bottas didn't leave the Sauber F1 Team on the best of terms and the Finn has stated that Audi will struggle to turn around the team's fortunes in 2025 thanks to a very poor chassis for the Swiss team.

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Sir Lewis Hamilton has made his highly-anticipated move to Ferrari ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 season, but according to Mercedes' Toto Wolff, the seven-time F1 World Champion could continue to struggle at his new team, despite new surroundings.

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