🧜Formula 1 drivers know the golden rule is♒ to beat their teammates.

This has led to some iconic rivalries and some bust-ups🎐 which will liv🔯e long in the memory.

Only last year, Alpine saw Pierre൲ Gasly and Esteban Ocon clash in Monaco. It was the first ꧂step to Ocon leaving the team.

F𝄹ernando Alonso has had plenty of problems with previous teammates, includi🍬ng Ocon.

F1 in 2025 features some high-profile and new-look driver duos and that could mean fireworks inside the garages as they jostle for No 1 statu༺s.

Our writers have picked out the F1 teammates who they expect to clash in 2025…

Lewis Larkam:🦂 McLaren feels like the obvious answer here, but I’♏ll go a little bit left-field…

I reckon we could see some agro at Williams.

Alex Albon has been unchallenged as the de facto team leader at Williams and has♊ comfortably had the measure of his teammates for a long time.

That will change this year when a highly-motivated 📖Carlos Sainz joins.

I expect some firew🀅orks as the pair push each other to assert their superiority.

Connor McDonagh: I don’t seeﷺ the Ferrari drivers falling out given the temperament of both Charles Lecler♍c and Lewis Hamilton.

The Monegas🅰que is less abrasive than some of Hamilton’s former teammates, such as Nico Rosberg or Fernando Alonso.

If Oscar Piastri is able to up his game consider꧅ablꦗy and become a genuine match for Lando Norris then potentially that could cause some issues.

Lewis Duncan: The Lando Norris/Oscar Piastriꦗ relationship was tense at points in 2024.

The various team order scenarios didn’t sit well with either driver, t🗹hough this was managed well by McLaren overall.

The problem they’ll have for 2025 is tღhat b🅺oth drivers start off on a more equal footing.

Yes, Norris has the experience and did fight for♌ the title last year. But Piastri stood on his own two feet in 2024 a༺nd was a major part in McLaren winning the constructors’ championship.

If McLaren starts the year off with the best car, then Norris and Piastri are likely to be close to each other from the off. This could lead to tensions flaring again🐬, perhaps 🔯even to a point where McLaren can’t manage the situation.