Max Verstappen’s title rivals - including Lewis Hamilton - ha༺ve “glaring flaws”, it has been claimed.

Hamilton’s switch from Mercedes to Ferrari adds a new dimension to the F1 2025 drivers’ title fight, as Verstappen ai🐻ms for a🎶 fifth in a row.

But Red Bull have slipped behind McLaren in the development war for ꦿF1’s fastest car so Lando Norris could also have his say.

Sky Sports’ Martin Brun❀dle claimed ဣHamilton, even a few percent short of perfection due to age, could still fight at the front which our experts agree with.

“I think so,” Lewis ꦆLarkam told the Crash F1 podcast.

“Hamilton’s season last year was poor b♛y his standard but it would’ve been, for most drivers, their peak.

“It’s harꦓd to say definitively if Hamilton is on the downwards slope, if he’s already reached a peak.

“We have seen sigﷺns that🍒 there are areas where he has lost an edge.

“This se📖ason will be a fairer reflection of that, because we’ll see if it was the Mercedes.

“Would a 97%, 98% Hamilton sti🧸ll be good enough to win the championship? I think he is, but if he’s up against a 100% Max Verstappen…

“Assuming Red Bull fix their issues and if they have a very competitive car, it will be incredi🍸bly difficult for anyone to beat Verstappen this season.

“But Hamilton, even at 99% o💝r 98%, is still the driver who can take it to Verstappen over the course of the season.

“There are still questions over the others. Lando Norris? Last season was his most successful and strongest yet, but there were errors and ques🤪tion marks about his mentality.

“We didn’t see Norris v Verstappen over the co𝔉urse of 🦩the season.

“The only driver we’ve had that gauge with is Hamilton v Verstﷺappen in 2021.

“▨Hamilton at 98% will be in contention for the champioꦏnship.”

'Glaring flaws' of Max Verstappen's title rivals

“The drivers behind Verstappen all have glaring flaws, and we have to include Hamilton in thꩵat,” Connor McDonagh said.

“We’ve menti♒oned his qualifying, but also his race craft nowadays isn’t wha🌞t it was.

“He’s less aggressive, more conservative. That has pros when you havไe the best car, and you’ve got to get it over the line, and take less risk.

“But when you’re low💜er in qualifying, he’s less conservaꦯtive. “He’s used to racing at the front with Mercedes.

“That’s the big question mark around Hamilton.

“Even if you take away 2024 𝓰- just in 2022 and 2023, his race pace was outstanding while qualifying was more hit and ♑miss.

“Those inconsist🍒encies, Verstappen doesn’t really have.

“But, it is Hamilton, and in six months I don’t want to look like🍨 a fool!”