Which teams have improved their driver lineup relative to 2024? Only teams with ...

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Alpine new line up is a huge downgrade
Haas is slightly improved but they lost a lot with Hulk departure

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I think sauber is being a little overrated here. Personally I think bottas > than Hulk and rookies don’t always turn out where as Zhou was nothing special but he rarely crashed and did have some good performances in his career so his capabilities are known

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Bottas and Hulkenberg are very closely matched and both quick.

You're right that Zhou didn't crash much, but the amount of times he qualified at the back of the grid was poor, and he only really produced that one quick race at Qatar this year (which was impressive.)

If Bortoleto is poor I will be surprised. Winning F3 and F2 consecutively in debut seasons is not a stroke of luck, and the last driver to do so was a certain Oscar Piastri...