Formula-1
Does Verstappen have no competition? BETCITY assessed the Dutchman’s chances of winning the Formula 1 season and the first race of the year
The first race of the new Formula 1 season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, will take place on March 2. The 75th World Championship will include 24 stages and will end on December 8 in Abu Dhabi.
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BETCITY analysts assessed the chances of drivers and teams to win the season, and also named the favorites for the first start of the year.
According to experts, the main contender for the title will be the Dutch Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. The odds of 1.14 are offered for the victory of the world champion of the last two years.
The best chances to stop the Dutchman’s dominance lie with Monegasque Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Britons Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, representing McLaren and Mercedes, respectively. The odds for the first of these three is 13.0, the odds for the championship of the other two are estimated at 17.0.
According to BETSITI, the clear favorite of the Constructors’ Championship will be Red Bull, for which, in addition to Verstappen, the Mexican Sergio Perez competes. For the third title in a row, the Austrian team is given 1.16.
Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes have relatively real chances to compete with Red Bull. The success of the Italian team is offered at 8.00, the probability of the championship of the English and German “stables” is estimated at 10.0.
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Verstappen, who won the Bahrain Grand Prix last year, is expectedly the favorite for the first race of the season. You can bet on his success in the first start of the new championship for 1.33.
One of the main competitors of the Red Bull pilot should be Leclerc, for whom they offer 13.0. The Monegasque won in Bahrain in 2022, but retired in last season’s race.
Also, odds of 13.0 are given for the success of Perez and Hamilton in the starting stage of the championship.
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Formula-1
Michael Schumacher took first place in the ranking of the richest drivers in the history of Formula 1
Michael Schumacher. Japanese Grand Prix 2000. First title with Ferrari / Photo: © Clive Mason / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher took first place in the ranking of the richest drivers in the history of Royal Racing, Racing News 365 reports with reference to GQ Sports.
The German pilot’s fortune is estimated at $790 million.
Second on this list is seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton ($304 million). In third place is two-time championship winner Spaniard Fernando Alonso ($264 million).
World champion Kimi Raikkonen (254 million) took fourth place in the ranking, three-time champion Niki Lauda (203 million) was in fifth place.
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Three Formula 1 teams filed a lawsuit due to the possible technical advantage of Mercedes and Red Bull
Formula 1 track in Las Vegas / Photo: © Alex Bierens de Haan / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The Ferrari, Audi and Aston Martin teams have filed a joint lawsuit with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) over the advantage that Mercedes and Red Bull may have in the 2026 season under the new technical regulations, The Race reports.
In 2026, Formula 1 will switch to new technical regulations, which provide for a reduction in the fuel compression ratio in power plants from 18:1 to 16:1. This indicator will be monitored off the track.
According to the source, Mercedes and Red Bull have found a way to pass the tests while maintaining the actual race compression ratio at 18:1. This could give teams an advantage of 0.3-0.4 seconds per lap.
— The regulations clearly define the maximum compression ratio and the method for measuring it, based on static conditions at ambient temperature. This procedure remains unchanged despite the reduction in the permissible compression ratio for 2026, the FIA said in a statement.
The FIA does not intend to change the regulations at least until the tests are carried out. Teams are allowed to update their power unit designs every six races of the season.
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The British driver of the McLaren team, Lando Norris, received the Formula 1 championship cup for winning the individual competition of the 2025 season, the series press service reports.
The FIA Awards ceremony took place in Tashkent.
The capital of Uzbekistan is hosting the FIA General Assembly, which held elections for the organization’s president on Friday. President Mohammed bin Sulayem was re-elected to a second four-year term. Ben Sulayem took part in the awards ceremony for Norris and other FIA Awards winners.
On Sunday, 26-year-old Norris finished third in the final race of the 2025 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and won the championship title for the first time in his career, ending the four-year hegemony of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. In the team competition (Constructors’ Championship), McLaren won.
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