The 2025 Formula 1 has left a few drivers with nowhere to hide. With all 10 teams producing cars capable oꦗf scoring points, at least through fortune if not on pure pace, underperforming drivers have been thrust into the spotlight.

While some had to justify thei꧟r places on the grid even before the season started, others h❀ave found it difficult to meet the high burden of expectations placed on them.

Here are four💫 drivers who struggled the most in the opening five flyaway races of 2025.

Liam Lawson

Best qualifying result: 12th
Best race result: 12th
Points: 0

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson’s struggles at Red Bull have been well-documented. His dismal performance in China, which saw him qualify last on the grid, forced168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Red Bull to demote him to its secondarඣy team with immediate effect.

While there is no denying that Lawson deserved more seat ti🌳me to acclimatise himself to the RB21, Yuki Tsunoda’s quick adaptation to life at Red Bull since the Japanese GP has vindicated the team’s brutal decision.

More worryingly, Lawson hasn’t had the best of time since returning to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Racing Bulls, with his teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Isack Hadjar having the edge ღover him throughout the Japan-Bahrain-Saudi Arabia triple header.

There have been some signs of progress, with Jeddah arguably being his most competitive weekend of the year, but the Kജiwi needs to up his game and start scoring points on at least a semi-regular basis.

Fernando Alonso

Best qualifying result: 12th
Best race result: 11th
Points: 0

This has been the worst start to a season for168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Fernando Alonso since he drove the Honda-🍬powered McLaren MCL32🤡 in 2017.

While the AMR25 is one of the slowest cars on the grid, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll’s brilli💞ant under-the-radar drives in Australia and Chi𒁃na have reflected negatively on Alonso.

Alonso squandered his best opportuni🧸ty of the year with a crash in a rain-hit Australian GP, while a brake failure forced another retirement in China.

His performances have since improved and he finished on the cusp of points in Japan and Saudi Arabia, but his admission that he may not score a top-10 finish this year has already raised alarm bells at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aston Martin.

Jack Doohan

Best qualifying result: 11th
Best race result: 13th
Points: 0

It is widely believed that Alpine bosses weren’t fully convinced of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Doohan’s seat when they signed him to replace Esteban Ocon in 2025. The team’s de🎉cision to h♛ire Franco Colapinto as a reserve has only led credence to that theory.

While talk of Doohan having only 5-6 races to prove himself has been dismissed, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:question marks remain over his long-🐼term future with the team.

Like Alonso, Doohan has had to deal with a slow car, but his own shortcomings have also been expose💃d this year. The Australian picked up four penalty points in the Chinese♎ Grand Prix, while his failure to close the DRS during practice at Suzuka wrecked his entire weekend.

An 11th-place in qualifying 𒁃for the Bahrain GP was a major boost for his career, but that effort pales in comparison with teammate Pierre Gasly’♈s second-row start in the same race.

Lewis Hamilton

Best qualifying result: Fifth
Best race result: Fifth 
Points: 31

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari may h𓂃ave brought a huge PR boost to the Prancing Horse and F1 as a whole, but their partnership has so far failed to deliver on track.

While it would be wrong to forget 💧his victory in the Chinese GP sprint, that race already seems like a distant memory after this month’s triple h🥂eader.

Hamilton performed reasonably well in Bahrain, but even the seven-time world champion was left to accept his fate after struggling to seventh last weekend in Jeddah, more than 30 seconds behind teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc, who finished on the podium.

The dejected tone that Hamilton struck was reminiscent of his final year at Mercedes in 2024 when he was struggling to match his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell on a consistent basis.

The lighter and more agile 2026-spec cars will rely less on ground effects than the current machines, so at least there is some hope that the Briton will be able to turn around his fortuඣnes in F1 next year.