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Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

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The WDC more because it's last-chance-saloon than any expectation, and
the obvious choice is...unpalatable.

WDC: Lewis Hamilton
WCC: McLaren
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WDC: Ham
WCC: Ferrari
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On 2/25/25 07:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

(In case what I sent earlier is totally lost, and not just delayed,,,,)

a425 predicts
WDC Lando Norris
WCC McLaren


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On 2025-02-25 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver

Lando Norris

and constructor championships

McLaren

in

2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

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On 2025-02-25 08:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Constructor: Ferrari (the Tifosi deserve it!)
Driver: Leclerc (I think that Lewis will end the season strong but will
take the first half of the season to really get the feel for the car and
power unit)
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WDC: Norris
WCC: McLaren
--
It's better to be judged by twelwe than carried by six.
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WDC: VER
WCC: Ferrari
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On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

What do ChatGPT and Grok say?
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On 2/25/25 09:20, Martin Harran wrote:

WDC: Ham
WCC: Ferrari

Although IMHO unlikely, I do think that would be fun.
Unlike some around here I feel long, long time entrant
Ferrari is worth finally getting rewarded.
They have been wandering in the wilderness for a long time.

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On 2/26/2025 11:09 AM, News wrote:

On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

What do ChatGPT and Grok say?

ChatGPT/Openai

Which manufacturer and driver will win the 2025 Formula One world championships?

ChatGPT said:

As of February 26, 2025, the Formula One season has yet to begin, with the first race scheduled for March 16 in Australia. Pre-season testing is currently underway in Bahrain, providing initial insights into team performances.

In the initial testing sessions, McLaren's Lando Norris posted the fastest time, despite a power outage disrupting the session. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes' rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli also showcased strong performances.
REUTERS.COM

Bookmakers have identified Lando Norris as the favorite for the 2025 Drivers' Championship, with McLaren leading the odds for the Constructors' Championship.
COVERS.COM

Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari has generated significant attention. Hamilton has expressed confidence in Ferrari's potential to secure the championship, aiming for a record-breaking eighth title.
REUTERS.COM

Red Bull Racing, with Max Verstappen, the reigning four-time World Drivers' Champion, remains a formidable contender. Despite internal changes and the addition of new driver Liam Lawson, the team is determined to reclaim the Constructors' Championship.
FORMULA1.COM

Given the competitive landscape, it's challenging to predict the definitive winners of the 2025 Formula One World Championships. The performances during the upcoming races will provide clearer indications of which teams and drivers are poised for success.

Grok

Which manufacturer and driver will win the 2025 Formula One world championships?

Grok said:

As of now, it’s impossible to say with certainty who will win the 2025 Formula One World Championships since the season is just getting underway. The driver’s and constructor’s titles will be determined by performance across the 24 races, starting with the Australian Grand Prix on March 16 and ending with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 7. Predictions are floating around based on last year’s results and current team dynamics, but they’re speculative at best.
Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT, is the reigning Drivers’ Champion, having secured his fourth consecutive title in 2024. McLaren-Mercedes, the 2024 Constructors’ Champions, are coming off a strong season, their first title since 1998. Both are strong contenders again, but the field is tight. Ferrari’s pairing of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton—who’s joining after 12 years with Mercedes—could shake things up, especially with Hamilton’s experience and Ferrari’s recent form. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are also in the mix, buoyed by their team’s momentum. Mercedes, with George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, might surprise if their car improves, while Red Bull’s new lineup of Verstappen and Liam Lawson will aim to reclaim the constructors’ crown.
The 2025 season is the last under the current power unit rules, and teams have had the winter to refine their cars. Testing in Bahrain starts soon, which might give a hint, but even then, it’s a long season—anything can happen. What do you think—got a favorite you’re rooting for?

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On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

WDC: Hamilton

WCC: Ferrari
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On 25/02/2025 15:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

A sucker for punishment, I will say for another year ...

Constructor: Ferrari
Driver: Charles Leclerc
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Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

WDC: Piastri
WCC: McLaren
--
Sir Tim
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In article <vpkp10$226u1$1@dont-email.me>, Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025

WDC: Lewis Hamilton
WCC: Ferrari

I am 100% bought into the dream!
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On 2/25/2025 09:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

WDC: HAM
WCC: MAC
--

Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:47:03 -0800, a425couple
<a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 2/25/25 09:20, Martin Harran wrote:

WDC: Ham
WCC: Ferrari

Although IMHO unlikely, I do think that would be fun.
Unlike some around here I feel long, long time entrant
Ferrari is worth finally getting rewarded.
They have been wandering in the wilderness for a long time.

Posted more in hope than expectatioin :) I'd love to see Hamilton
getting the 8th WDC that he was robbed of and getting it with Ferrari
would be a great moment in the history of F1.
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:53:05 -0000 (UTC), Mark wrote:


Gotta go with my McLaren boys.

WDC: Lando Norris
WCC: McLaren
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WDC HAM
WCC McLaren
--
...hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway...”
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WDC: Lewis Hamilton
WCC: Ferrari

Why not? So much has changed this year, not least Newey's departure from RBR. --
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
in the DSM"
David Melville.

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On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025

Driver: Russell
Constructor: McLaren
--
Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right
to tell people what they do not want to hear.
- George Orwell
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Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships

WDC: Lando Norris
WCC: McLaren
--
John Milner
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Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> writes:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Thanks again for running this Mark!

WDC: NOR
WCC: Ferrari

Phil
--
We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
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On 2025-02-25 07:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

Track (Melbourne) 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
Las Vegas 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
Austin 13/03/2025 20:30 CDT
West Coast USA 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
East Coast USA 13/03/2025 21:30 EDT
Ireland/Portugal/UK 14/03/2025 01:30 GMT
Central Europe 14/03/2025 02:30 CET
Most of Arabia 14/03/2025 04:30 AST
Oman/UAE 14/03/2025 05:30 GST
China 14/03/2025 09:30 CST
Japan/Korea 14/03/2025 10:30 JST
Perth 14/03/2025 09:30 AWST
Adelaide/Darwin 14/03/2025 12:00 ACDT Melbourne/Canberra/Sydney 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
New Zealand 14/03/2025 14:30 NZDT
Ukraine 14/03/2025 03:30 EET

I hate to jump on a bandwagon, but...

WDC: Norris

WCC: McLaren
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WDC : HAM
WCC : McLaren


Sreekumar

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On 2025-02-25, Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

WDC: VER
WCC: McLaren

-peter

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Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

I have:

Entrant WDC WCC
Mark Hamilton McLaren
Martin Harran Hamilton Ferrari
a425couple Norris McLaren
Darryl Johnson Norris McLaren
Eric Leclerc Ferrari
Yazoo Norris McLaren
User8270 Verstappen Ferrari
Carl Keehn Hamilton Ferrari
Ar Leclerc Ferrari
Sir Tim Piastri McLaren
scole Hamilton Ferrari
Hornplayer9599 Hamilton McLaren
Hugh Norris McLaren
D Munz Hamilton McLaren
Shaun Hamilton Ferrari
Mark Jackson Russell McLaren
JohnM Norris McLaren
Phil Carmody Norris Ferrari
durian Verstappen McLaren
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On 2025-03-14 02:10, Mark wrote:

Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

I have:

Entrant WDC WCC
Mark Hamilton McLaren
Martin Harran Hamilton Ferrari
a425couple Norris McLaren
Darryl Johnson Norris McLaren
Eric Leclerc Ferrari
Yazoo Norris McLaren
User8270 Verstappen Ferrari
Carl Keehn Hamilton Ferrari
Ar Leclerc Ferrari
Sir Tim Piastri McLaren
scole Hamilton Ferrari
Hornplayer9599 Hamilton McLaren
Hugh Norris McLaren
D Munz Hamilton McLaren
Shaun Hamilton Ferrari
Mark Jackson Russell McLaren
JohnM Norris McLaren
Phil Carmody Norris Ferrari
durian Verstappen McLaren

Mark, I don't see name there, but I most definitely entered before the deadline...
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On 3/14/2025 5:10 AM, Mark wrote:

Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

I have:

Entrant WDC WCC
Mark Hamilton McLaren
Martin Harran Hamilton Ferrari
a425couple Norris McLaren
Darryl Johnson Norris McLaren
Eric Leclerc Ferrari
Yazoo Norris McLaren
User8270 Verstappen Ferrari
Carl Keehn Hamilton Ferrari
Ar Leclerc Ferrari
Sir Tim Piastri McLaren
scole Hamilton Ferrari
Hornplayer9599 Hamilton McLaren
Hugh Norris McLaren
D Munz Hamilton McLaren
Shaun Hamilton Ferrari
Mark Jackson Russell McLaren
JohnM Norris McLaren
Phil Carmody Norris Ferrari
durian Verstappen McLaren

Grok and ChatGPT not playing?
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On 2025-02-25 07:53, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
prediction in to this thread.

Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

Track (Melbourne) 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
Las Vegas 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
Austin 13/03/2025 20:30 CDT
West Coast USA 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
East Coast USA 13/03/2025 21:30 EDT
Ireland/Portugal/UK 14/03/2025 01:30 GMT
Central Europe 14/03/2025 02:30 CET
Most of Arabia 14/03/2025 04:30 AST
Oman/UAE 14/03/2025 05:30 GST
China 14/03/2025 09:30 CST
Japan/Korea 14/03/2025 10:30 JST
Perth 14/03/2025 09:30 AWST
Adelaide/Darwin 14/03/2025 12:00 ACDT Melbourne/Canberra/Sydney 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
New Zealand 14/03/2025 14:30 NZDT
Ukraine 14/03/2025 03:30 EET

Mark, this is your game of course...

...but I DID enter before the deadline.
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Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

Mark, I don't see name there, but I most definitely entered before the deadline...

Entrant WDC WCC
Mark HAM McLaren
Martin Harran HAM Ferrari
a425couple NOR McLaren
Darryl Johnson NOR McLaren
Eric LEC Ferrari
Yazoo NOR McLaren
User8270 VER Ferrari
Carl Keehn HAM Ferrari
Ar LEC Ferrari
Sir Tim PIA McLaren
scole HAM Ferrari
Hornplayer9599 HAM McLaren
Hugh NOR McLaren
D Munz HAM McLaren
Shaun HAM Ferrari
Mark Jackson RUS McLaren
JohnM NOR McLaren
Phil Carmody NOR Ferrari
Alan Baker NOR McLaren
Sreekumar A HAM McLaren
durian VER McLaren
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Oops!

I missed this completely :-(

Just for the records, I think this is the McLaren year, and Norris will
win the championship

Jose

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On 3/9/2025 9:45 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:

On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor
championships in 2025

Driver: Russell
Constructor: McLaren

My prediction was made on the theory that Norris and Piastri would take
points away from each other on the way to a solid McLaren WCC, letting
George sneak away with the WDC. But if Lando doesn't pull himself
together it could be Oscar in a walk.
--
Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air
to describe what's happening in and to this economy.
- Kai Ryssdal
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In article <vintageapplemac-0103251152390001@192.168.1.134>, vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

In article <vpkp10$226u1$1@dont-email.me>, Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:

Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
2025

WDC: Lewis Hamilton
WCC: Ferrari

I am 100% bought into the dream!

*sigh*

I gotta tell ya, it's turning out to be really difficult being a Ferrari fan...

I mean, it's not just because their car isn't great at the moment, that's
just the way it goes and is a shame but they'll either work through it and start to find performance to challenge for podiums and wins or they won't,
and next year under the new regs can be a fresh start.

No, what I can't accept is their general strategy craft, or lack
thereof... They've been like it for years, of course, making questionable/dumb-as-bricks strategy calls and shooting themselves in the
foot on the regular, but now I'm actually following Ferrari it's starting
to boil my piss!

Starting 11th and 12th today, fingers crossed they manage to go forward
instead of backwards, but I'm not holding my breath...
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In article <vintageapplemac-1805250842490001@192.168.1.134>, vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

Starting 11th and 12th today, fingers crossed they manage to go forward instead of backwards, but I'm not holding my breath...

Well, that was a great result for Ferrari in the end! Good race, too, thoroughly enjoyed that.
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