The 2025 Formu🦹la 1 season is approachin𒁏g - and that means the scrutiny on some drivers will ramp up.

Expected to hit the ground running and keep their teams in healthy constructors' chamꦕpionship positions, the pressure on F1 drivers has scꩵarcely been greater.

Here's five drivers who will be looking over their shoulꦫder if things don't start well...

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the 18-year-old Mercedes wonderkid who has been handed168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton’s seat for the 2025 campaign. To say his seat for next year is at risk is not enᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtirely f🌱air, given he is yet to make his F1 grand prix debut.

However, various circumstances in the driver market could put Antonelli - or his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell - at risk. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has publicly aired his desire to sign 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen throughout the past year.

While Verstappen’s Red Bull contract does not end until 2028, Red Bull’s on-track competitiveness could reꦏsult in a premature departure. Verstappen grew increasingly frustrated with the performance of his RB20 in 2024, even though he clinched 🌞his fourth straight title.

Verstappen loves Red Bull, so leaving them would be a last resort, but if he does, it couldജ be Antonelli - or even Russell - that has to make way. For Antonelli, making his F1 debut in a top team 🔜is far from a common occurrence.

Hamilton was thrown into McLaren in 2007 alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and excelled, narrowly missing out on the drivers’ title. However, in recent years, other prodigious talents like Verstappen, Russell, and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc have all spent seasons learning their trade in 𒁃midfield machinery.

Verstappen and Leclerc spent the best part of a year at Toro Ros⭕so and Sauber respectively, while Russell had🐲 to wait three years at Williams before getting a chance at Mercedes. If Antonelli struggles considerably in his rookie season - and Verstappen is potentially available - then Wolff might be forced into a shock change for 2026.

Alex Albon

Since making his F1 comeback with Williams at the start of 2022, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon has steadily enhanced his reputation. The Thai driver’s F1 form was so impressive that he was tipped as a possible candidate to join Ferrari, while a return to R❀ed Bull also seemed possi🍸ble.

The arrival of Franco Colapinto as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant’s mid-season replacement put the spotlight back on Albon. The Argentine was🌼 imme♔diately a close match for Albon, putting him under immense pressure.

Of course, Albon 🅷had the edge - and as the year progressed, maintained a comfortable advantage over Col🌃apinto, who had to run older-spec parts. Still, it showed that Albon isn’t quite the complete driver ahead of Carlos Sainz’s arrival.

Sainz will be joining Williams on the back of his strongest ye♐ar with Ferrari to date. It will be a crucial test to judge Albon’s true ability against a known quantity.

With Colapinto waiting in the wings, Albon wi👍ll nee൩d a strong season.

Liam Lawson

If you’re teammates with Verstappen, then your seat is going to be at risk.168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Liam Lawson has the daunting task of going up against the four-t♋ime world champio🅰n in 2025.

To Lawson’s credit, he has shown great adaptability to get up to speed and prove h✨imself in his short 11-race F1 stint. Lawson will be u💖nder intense pressure alongside Verstappen as Red Bull look to return to title-winning ways in the constructors’ Championship.

Jack Doohan

Out of all 20 drivers on the 2025 F1 grid, Jack Doohan’s seat is at the most risk. Ther🧜e have bee♕n recurring rumours about Doohan’s future with Alpine - even before his debut at the season-ending 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore has talked about being interested in Colapinto, while refusing to give abꦅsolute assurances regarding Doohan seeing out the season. Doohan will be fortunate to make it into next year, given the speculation ar𒈔ound his future and the identity of his teammate - Pierre Gasly - who ended 2024 spectacularly.

Isack Hadjar

Isack Hadjar will be one of the five rooki🍷es on the 2025 F1 grid. The Frenchman finished runner-up in the Formula 2 standings, missing out on the title to Sauber🃏 driver Gabriel Bortoleto.

Despite concerns about his temperament and performance in variou🐼s tests for Red Bull, Hadjar has earned the call-up♈ alongside Tsunoda for the upcoming season.

Tsunoda has outperformed all three of his most recent tea🌼mmates - Nyck de Vries, Danie꧃l Ricciardo, and Lawson - and will be expecting to do the same with Hadjar. Hadjar will have to perform well in 2025, given Red Bull have 17-year-old prodigy Arvid Lindblad competing in F2 this year.