Mercedes could be set to start the 2025 F1 season as the second-fastest team, ahead of Ferrari, according to Sky Sports expert Ted Kravitz. Mercedes enjoyed three great days of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit last week. It seemed that the W16 was performing as expected.

George Russell asked his team a question in a recent video that led to discussions surrounding the FIA compliance of Mercedes F1 cars during race weekends.

How do former Mercedes teammates George Russell and Lewis Hamilton stack up now that Hamilton has moved to Ferrari? We dig into the data.

Judging by pre-season testing in Bahrain, George Russell must sense his destiny within his reach. The jury is out on whether the Mercedes W16 is good enough to fight for the title, but so far it has at least demonstrated encouraging pace and poise on-track.

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari still have work to do as his former Mercedes team-mate George Russell sets the pace on the final day of pre-season testing.

The duo clashed off the racetrack during the final two rounds of the 2024 season. Verstappen was unimpressed with the Brit’s approach to a post-qualifying stewards’ meeting, calling him ‘two-faced’ and a ‘loser’. Russell then hit back in Abu Dhabi, labelling the Red Bull driver a ‘bully’ who ‘cannot handle adversity’.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was fastest on the morning of the final day of Formula 1 preseason testing Friday. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the 18-year-old rookie who took over Lewis Hamilton’s spot at Mercedes,

Lewis Hamilton will have a tough task against Charles Leclerc at Ferrari following his occasionally tense relationship with George Russell at Mercedes.

George Russell finished fastest on the final day of preseason testing ahead of the 24-race 2025 season. The Mercedes driver posted a 1:29.545 in the afternoon session, which was still slower than the testing benchmark set by the Williams of Carlos Sainz on Thursday.