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F1 2025

Who will emerge victorious in each 2025 F1 driver pairing?

20(1) drivers. 10 teams. Who are the F1 drivers who will defeat their most meaningful benchmark and biggest rival? Have your say below in the latest polls by RacingNews365.

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The 2025 F1 grid has numerous driver line-ups that look set to spark fierce intra-team battles, from Stake all the way through to reigning constructors' champions McLaren.

Strikingly, and given the many departures from a year ago, only two of the 10 teams have retained their driver line-up from last term - Aston Martin and the aforementioned title holders.

And with six of the 20 embarking on their debut seasons, there is plenty of promising rookie v veteran experience on hand.

In continuation of our head-to-head series, RacingNews365 has laid out all 10 pairings from the 2025 F1 paddock - including a quirk with Alpine - so fans can vote one last time on who they believe will emerge victorious from each team over the year to come.

All 10 polls can be found below.

Stake

Having won the FIA F3 and F2 championships back-to-back, Gabriel Bortoleto moves up to F1 with high expectations on his young shoulders, but will he have pace enough to get the better of Nico Hulkenberg, whose career - after getting a second coming in F1 - is aging like a fine wine?

Williams

Alex Albon has ruled the roost at Williams since joining the Grove-based squad in 2022, but he has his most formidable opposition alongside him this season in Carlos Sainz. Will the 28-year-old prove a match for the four-time grand prix winner, or are his days as lead driver at Williams over?

Racing Bulls

The last line-up to be confirmed is also the one with the most to prove overall. Yuki Tsunoda, fresh off being snubbed for the Red Bull seat, will want to stamp his authority on yet another team-mate, whilst Isack Hadjar will want to grab his opportunity by the neck and shore up his future in F1 - but who will come out on top?

Haas

The second and final all-changed line-up on the 2025 F1 grid pitches the undeniably quick but often hot-headed Esteban Ocon against the exciting Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman. Will the former take the latter under his wing and lead by example, or will the British driver steal a march on the 28-year-old?

Alpine

Two's company, three's a crowd. The most under pressure driver in F1, Jack Doohan, forms half of Alpine's driver line-up, but with the persistent speculation linking Franco Colapinto with his seat alongside Pierre Gasly, we would be remiss not to account for all possibilities. But can either hold a candle to the in-form Frenchman?

Aston Martin

The first of two unchanged line-ups to grace the F1 paddock this season, will it be more of the same at Aston Martin with Fernando Alonso clinching around 75 percent of the Silverstone team's points this term, or will Lance Stroll find a way to best the two-time drivers' champion?

Mercedes

George Russell steps into the team leader role at Mercedes, where he is partnered with the first rookie who has a plausible chance at grand prix victories since the driver who just left the team, Lewis Hamilton, in 2007. But will Kimi Antonelli have enough in his locker to make life difficult for his more experienced team-mate?

Red Bull

The most formidable intra-team challenge for any driver on the 2025 F1 grid goes to Liam Lawson, who despite having 11 grands prix under his belt, will take on his first full season in the championship alongside its four-time and reigning drivers' champion, Max Verstappen. Could Lawson pull off a titanic upset a la Daniel Ricciardo against Sebastian Vettel at Red Bull in 2014?

Ferrari

The most intriguing dynamics of any line-up in the paddock this year goes to Ferrari. Will chosen and favourite son Charles Leclerc show Hamilton who is boss at the Scuderia, or will the seven-time F1 drivers' champion simply have too much in hand upon his dream move?

McLaren

Last, but certainly not least, is McLaren, where the chance of intra-team fireworks is surely most prevalent. Lando Norris will be looking to go on better than in 2024 and claim a first drivers' title, but team-mate Oscar Piastri will want to wrestle control from the Briton and have papaya rules skewed in his favour come season's end. Who will seize the initiative in Woking? 

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