The slowest car for the 2025 F1 season has been pointed out.

Sauber, who endured a misera🐷ble 2024, are set to remain at the back when the new season begins with 🤪the F1 Australian Grand Prix on March 14-16.

They will have a new-look driver line-up in ex-Haas veteran 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg and rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Gabriel Bortoleto.

They replaced Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu 𒀰Zhou who scored a combined four points las💝t year as they toiled away at the back, eventually losing their race seats as a result.

Audi🍌 will eventually take over the team from 2026 onwards when the new F1 regulatio🦂ns are in place.

But there is very little to shout about at Sauber after F1 pre-season ꦺtesting hinted at their pace.

'Doom and gloom' for Sauber in F1 2025

“So far it doesn’t look too positive,” Connor McDonagh told the Crash F1 p🍨odcast.

“If you’re Bottas or Zhou, you ar﷽e happy that you’re not drivi🦋ng the car.

“It looks like the slowest car in testing.

“It didn’t look great at handling. There was understeer, t🧸oo.

“It will be another difficult yea⛄r for Sauber. I t💎hink with Audi coming in 2026 they [think] ‘we can wait until next year’.

“But Sauber hav💞en’t proven they can build a chassis that can compeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚte with the top four or five teams.

“It will be another s🙈eason at the back, and a difficult year for Hulkenberg and Bortoleto.

“To be fair to Bortoleto, despite the car being diffi🦋cult to drive, he had a solid test. He was steady on track. He looked okay.

“But the 🃏car is too slow. It will be a very long season.

“It was a disaಞppointing test overall. There were no quick lap times.

“ꦚBortoleto’s race pace was over a second off Lando Nജorris’.

“There will be a loꦅt of Q1 exits for Bortoleto, it will be another disappointing season.

“You can’t just wait for🌊 Audi to come in. It will be♛ the same people, at the same factory, building the car. And they haven’t proven that they can build a car or develop a car.

“It’s all doom and gloom.”

This is the final year of the current rules cycle in F💛1, meaning the field could be closer than in the past few seasons.

T💙hat will give Sauber hope that they can improve🦋 upon the measly four points scored in 2024.

But with a pair of new drivers - Hulkenberg who was in great form last season, and the highly-touted Bor🧸toleto - there ꦑwill be some early optimism.

That could be dashe😼d in Australia if the true performance of the Sauber falls behind their rivals ag🌱ain.