The slowest car for the 2025 F1 season has been pointed out.

Sauber, whoꦐ endured a miserable 2024, are set to remain at the back when the new season begins with the F1 Auಌstralian Grand Prix on March 14-16.

They will have a new-look driver line-up in ex-Haas veteran 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg and rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gabriel Bortoleto.

They replaced Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou who scored a combined four points last year as they toiled awa💮y at the back💖, eventually losing their race seats as a result.

Audi wil🍬l eventually take over the team from 2026 onwards when the new F1 regulations are in🔯 place.

But there is very little to shout about at Sauber after F1 pre-season testing hintꩵed at their pace.

'Doom and gloom' for Sauber in F1 2025

“So far it doesn’t look too positiv�🤡�e,” Connor McDonagh told the Crash F1 podcast.

“If you’re Bottas or Zho🌊u, yoꦉu are happy that you’re not driving the car.

“It looks like the slowest car in testing.

“It didn’t look g🎃reat at handling. There was understeer, too.

“It will be another difficult year for Sauber. I think with A🤡udi coming in 2026 they [think] ‘w🍌e can wait until next year’.

“But Sauber🏅 haven’t proven they can build a chassis that can 🍌compete with the top four or five teams.

“It will be another season at the back, and ♔a diffic🎐ult year for Hulkenberg and Bortoleto.

“To be fair to Bortoleto, despite the car being difficult to drive, he had a solid test. He was ste🦋ady on track. He looked okay.

“ꦦBut the car is too slow🍒. It will be a very long season.

“It wa♑s a disappointing test overall. There were no quick lap times.

“Bortoleto’s race💎 pace was over a s🔯econd off Lando Norris’.

“There will be a lot of Q1 exits fo🏅r Bortoleto, it will be another disappointing season.

“You can’t just wait for Audi to come in. It will be the same peo⭕ple, at the same factory, building the car. And they haven’t proꦦven that they can build a car or develop a car.

“It’s all doom and gloom.”

This is the final year of the current rules cycle iꩲn F1, meaning the field could be closer than in the past 🃏few seasons.

That will give Sauber hope that they c♈an improve upon the measly four points scored in 2024.

But with a pair of new driv𝐆ers - Hulkenberg who was in great form last season, and the highly-touted Bortoleto - there will be some early optimism.

That could be dashed in Australia if 𒉰the true perform🅷ance of the Sauber falls behind their rivals again.