Well with the 2023 Formula One season firmly in the books, it never takes us long to look ahead and start wondering about what the future holds. So without further ado, I present to you the 2025 F1 Silly Season Trophy... and this one could be better than ever.
First and foremost, we have the presence of Andretti to consider. Yes, the American outfit is targeting a slot on the grid in a little over 12 months time, and while they have faced much resistance from the grid's current incumbents, they may well make it. On top of predicting who may pilot their inaugural F1 contender, there are numerous top line drivers out of contract for 2025, so there are numerous unknowns.
Will Fernando Alonso's legendary F1 career continue?
Will Leclerc lose faith with Ferrari?
Will Lawrence lose faith in his son?
Who will take a gamble on the Sauber/Audi seats?
So with that in mind, do you think you have what it takes to predict the 2025 Formula One grid? Give it your best shot below.
Previous winners:
2003: Brian O Flaherty
2004: Flying Panda
2005: lukywill, Viceroy, Makarias
2017: ANF
2018: Marklar
2019: TurnOffTheLights
2020: rodlamas
2021: M2000-5
Participation:
To participate, post a reply in this topic with the drivers you think will be on the grid in the first Formula One Grand Prix of 2025. Be sure to follow the rules and please make sure there is no confusion as to which driver you mean.
Rules and point scoring:
The game will continue with the same scoring system as last year: unpopular picks are rewarded more if they turn out to be true. Early indications are that this is a good method for breaking ties.
2 drivers per team. In case more drivers are provided, player only scores points for the first two listed.
1 team per driver. In case a driver is placed into multiple teams, player only scores points for the first one mentioned.
5 points for correctly guessing driver/team. You can earn up to 2 bonus points for each successful pick depending on how many people guessed that particular driver/team combination. This is calculated as 2*(1–(a/b)), where a is the amount of guesses with that driver/team combination among other participants and b is the amount of your opponents (i.e. total guesses minus one).
2 points for correctly guessing driver (wrong team). You can earn up to 1 bonus point for each successful pick depending on how many people guessed that driver would participate. This is calculated as 1–(a/b), where a is the amount of guesses with that driver/team combination among other participants and b is the amount of your opponents (i.e. total guesses minus one).
On top of the regular bonus points, you get double points if the driver you guessed was mentioned by nobody else.
0 points if driver doesn't compete. An exception is if the driver was supposed to participate but did not due to a temporary injury or temporary ban (e.g. in 2017 you would get 5 points for guessing either Ericsson, Giovinazzi or Wehrlein in the Sauber and 2 points for guessing them in any other team, but no points for guessing van der Garde in any team in 2015).
If you list less than 13 teams and there are less than 13 teams on the grid in 2025, you score points for the teams you left out (5 points per team).
You can list an unknown driver (no given name) in a team. You will then score 5 points if a driver that was not mentioned by any other entry drives in the team you put him/her in. You will score no points if an unknown driver drives in a different team.
In the event of a tie, the player putting the most drivers in the correct teams is given preference. If there is still a tie, the player who submitted his guess first is given preference (in case a post is edited, I will look at the time it was last edited, not the original submission time).
Deadline: December 7 - 12:00PM GMT
