As Lewis Hamilton prepares for his first race as a Ferrari driver, BBC Sport analyses the biggest storyline of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

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Lando Norris will have to defy plenty of history to win the Formula 1 title this year. There’s his friend-turned-rival Max Verstappen’s bid for a fifth title in a row.

Should Charles Leclerc be worried about his Ferrari seat now that Lewis Hamilton has arrived? Fred Vasseur says no.

Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko has claimed that Charles Leclerc was “much faster” than Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton in F1 2025 pre-season testing in Bahrain. And he believes Hamilton’s motivation could suffer if he sees “no chance of winning” this season.

Ralf Schumacher, brother of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, has sparked controversy by declaring Lewis Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari won’t deliver his historic eighth world title in 2025. Schumacher argues adapting to Ferrari’s complex ecosystem—car dynamics,

The Ferrari SF-25 is currently not a “great upgrade” on the “problematic” Mercedes car driven by Lewis Hamilton last season. That is the claim of former F1 technical director Gary Anderson, who says the 2025 Ferrari was not “driver friendly” at the recent pre-season test in Bahrain.