What challenges await Mekies at Red Bull? Momentum with Lando or Oscar? – 2025 Half-Season Review with Jolyon Palmer + Lawrence Barretto
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Former Renault driver and F1TV commentator, Jolyon Palmer, and F1 correspondent Lawrence Barretto, join Tom Clarkson to discuss what we’ve learnt from the first half of the year and what we can expect from the second half.
With Laurent Mekies replacing Christian Horner as Red Bull Team Principal and CEO, what’s on his to-do list? Can he persuade Max Verstappen to stay with the team? And will he be able to rejuvenate Yuki Tsunoda and resolve their second car issues?
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris by eight points at the top of the Drivers’ Standings. But after two wins on the bounce for Lando, who goes into the second half of this epic title fight with more momentum? And where will this title be won and lost over the next 12 races?
Also up for debate: are Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton starting to turn a corner with their car? Can they fight for a race victory after a winless season so far? And is the uncertainty around his Mercedes future actually ‘galvanising’ George Russell?
Plus, after scoring more points than Red Bull in the last four races, could Sauber challenge Williams for P5 in the Constructors’ Championship?
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| 0:00.0 | Do you think Mechies will pick up the baton and carry on where Horner left off? |
| 0:08.5 | There are really big things he needs to address immediately. |
| 0:11.0 | Without Max Verstappen, Red Bull would be last in the Constructors Championship. |
| 0:15.9 | Max at the moment seems to be the glue that's just holding this whole team together right now. |
| 0:20.7 | Is the momentum guys with Lando or with Oscar at the halfway stage? |
| 0:25.6 | Now it's become increasingly clear that it's going to be probably a two-horse race. |
| 0:30.6 | It kind of starts now the real title battle between the two. |
| 0:33.6 | I think Lando might find a run and just put three or four races together, which will decide the shape of the title. |
| 0:41.4 | What about Ferrari then? This is Lewis Hamilton, guys. This was a big money signing to get Ferrari back on the top step, and they are miles away from it. |
| 0:49.3 | How much more can Salbert achieve this year? Are they a genuine threat to Williams's P5? |
| 0:55.1 | We're seeing Nico Holkenberg live in his best life. |
| 0:57.7 | And I think when you've got Nico on song like this, he can generate incredible consistency. |
| 1:02.7 | Do you know what his average grid position is when he's getting those points? |
| 1:06.3 | 16 and a half. |
| 1:07.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.0 | He's not even making Q2 guys. |
| 1:10.3 | And he's getting through to the points. Yeah. He's not even making Q2 guys, and he's getting through to the points. |
| 1:14.4 | Twelve races down and 12 to go. |
| 1:17.4 | We're halfway through the 2025 Formula One season, and what a year it's been so far. |
| 1:23.9 | Welcome to F1 Nation. |
| 1:25.8 | I'm Tom Clarkson, and joining me on the show is former Renault driver turned F1 TV commentator Jolian Palmer |
| 1:32.6 | and F1 correspondent and presenter Lawrence Barreto. |
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