F1 2025: The key battlegrounds
The Race F1 Podcast
The Race Media Ltd
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
For our first episode of 2025, Edd Straw is joined by Mark Hughes and special guest Nelson Valkenburg (Viaplay Netherlands Formula 1 commentator) to discuss the key battlegrounds that will be fought during the 2025 F1 season.
Included in our list are how Lewis Hamilton will fare against Charles Leclerc at Ferrari, whether Mercedes will solves its physics issue, how Verstappen versus Norris 2.0 might look, and more.
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| 1:22.5 | The race is on and 20205 is here, so with last year disappearing in the rearview mirror |
| 1:31.0 | it's time for us to hit the key battlegrounds of the coming season and ask how they might play out. |
| 1:36.3 | I'm Ed's Jaw and joining us for the first podcast of the new year are Mark Hughes and special guest Nelson Falkenberg. |
| 1:42.6 | Well Nelson, welcome back again. |
| 2:01.8 | Fireplay's finest. That's what we should introduce you as. Well, I'm pretty sure that's not the case, but I'll take it so at the beginning of the year. Absolutely. And presumably you've had a great Christmas and celebrated the new year in the traditional way, whatever that is for you. Well, it was such a good party. I remember hardly anything of it. |
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