Guenther Steiner has noted a problem that will keep 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes and Red Bull behind F1’s fastest cars in 2025.

The former🤡 Haas🤪 team principal has picked McLaren and Ferrari as the front-runners for the new season.

The season-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix is March 14-16, where eac💖h team can ju🐭stify the hype that surrounds them or respond to the critics.

Stei🦩ner is convinced that Mercedes and Red Bull will not keep pace with McLaren and Ferra𒈔ri.

"I see the four teams again close toge♒ther – last year, at the end, it was very close together,” Steiner insisted.

“But my favourites are Ferrari and McLaren, because th🎀ey were so strong [at the] end of last year and I think they figured out what the car needs to be fast.

“Not only downfor๊ce, it's also balance in the car, the handli🅰ng, how they manage all that, so I think they will be the favourites for me.”

Problem posed for Mercedes and Red Bull

Steiner id♔entified the reason for his bold prediction.

“[McLaren and Ferrari] haveไ the driver pairing; they both [have] experienced drivers in, while Mercedes and Red Bull have got a rookie each.

“I mean,🍷 Liam is not a real rookie, but he hasn't done a complete 🧸season.

“It just makes it difficult, because a rookie is a rookie – even if they [ar༺e] super good, he still♒ needs to learn a lot.

“So I feel the two strongest teams will be Ferrari and McLaren, and I would say maybe if I would need to pick between the two of them, McLaren, because they did a good job last year. I think they were very good at the end of the ♒season.”

Steiner was notoriously critical, when he was Haas team boss, of his tea𒉰m’s rookie drivers.

Mick Schumacher notably came under scrutiny before he was axed, and Steiner put together a driver line-up with🍌 far more experienced.

Perhaps it is no surpriಌse, then, that he favours teams with experience behind the wheel.

💮Nobody has more experience than L🍷ewis Hamilton, the Ferrari newcomer who joins Charles Leclerc at Ferrari.

McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar 🅷P🅺iastri each won their first grands prix last year.

In contrast, M🉐ercedes and Red Bull are🗹 placing their faith in youth.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli steps 🎉into Hamilton’s shoes at Mercedes. Red Bull chose to replace Sergio Perez with Liam Lawson, who has driven 11 grands prix already for their sister team.

Sꦉteiner predicted: “I think we will see different winners this year – I'm pretty sure about that.

“[Will] we see any of the rookies wi꧑nning? I think that's difficult, but not impossible.

“But there will ✨be more than one winner this year – that will be similar [to] last year.”