David Croft names F1’s rookie who hopes to overcome Kimi Antonelli this season

Your prema teammate in F2 Oliver Bearman It will also join the full -time F1 network with HAAS. The British made three appearances in 2024, in Jeddah with Ferrari and Baku and Sao Paulo for his team 2025.

Jack Doohan He has replaced Esteban Ocon in Alpine, while F2 Champion Gabriel Bortoleto He will join Sauber in a several years agreement. Red Bull has had a rejig of his driver line as Liam Lawson Replaces Sergio Pérez and Isack hadjar Take the place of the Kiwi driver in Racing Bulls.

Of all newcomers to F1, Mercedes‘The new recruit has the greatest amount of expectations on him given his incredible Junior career. George Russell says that Antonelli has raw speed To compete from the off.

Antonelli is looking to achieve a “piece” of the success of his idol Ayrton Senna During his F1 career. But in its debut season, David Croft Go to another rookie getting the best of him.

David Croft believes that Liam Lawson will be the ‘most successful’ rookie in 2025

Lawson got the wink on Racing Bulls teammate, Yuki Tsunoda, to replace Pérez in the main Red Bull team in 2025. The Kiwi pilot has impressed on the attire based in Faenza in its 11 substitute appearances for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023 and 2024.

The 22 -year -old was at the pace of his teammate despite being surpassed by Tsunoda last season. Lawson now has a great opportunity to fight on the front with Red Bull along with defending the four times Max Verstappen champion.

While Croft ‘can’t wait’ to see Antonelli in Action for Mercedes. The commentator sees Lawson as the best opportunity to be the most successful rookie in 2025.

“I think it will be very good because today I think that rookies can be much more prepared with the simulation tools they have ever had in the past,” he said on the red carpet of the Autosport awards.

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“I also think we have some great rookies and everyone deserves to be there. How they arrive in terms of consistency, I don’t know, I don’t want to press any of them too much.

“Formula 1 is a pressurized sport at best. But of the rookies, I think that Liam has probably the best opportunity to be the most successful of them, in that a) he is in a Red Bull team that will have a decent car, I think.

“And b) has more experience in terms of already making 11 races. But, Kimi Antonelli just above my shoulder, I can’t wait to see that young man on the track, running in Formula 1”.

Could there be a mid -season pilot change in Red Bull in 2025?

Lawson will have his work cut in 2025 as he faces Verstappen. The Dutchman has surpassed all his teammates since 2018 and has seen people like Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Pérez. Bull Red.

Lawson says that Verstappen is simply the best in the world and that is why his teammates have had problems. The Kiwi driver will expect not to be the next one to fail in the Milton Keynes headquarters.

Lawson is expected to be a “very hard” debut for Red Bull In Australia and seek to get used to RB21 as quickly as possible, especially with Tsunoda looking at that seat.

The Japanese driver will be anxious to impress the team’s hierarchy and give the opportunity to drive with the main team of Red Bull. F1 fans predict an exchange of drivers between Lawson and TsunodaAnd the latter will seek to make that happen.

Christian Horner says that Red Bull will watch tsunodaDo not rule out the possibility of replacing Lawson in the middle of the season. This will exert even more pressure on the Kiwi driver to deliver its first full season in F1.

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