Alvin's Formula One Blog

The 2025 Formula 1 season was supposed to be the rebirth of Ferrari. With fresh momentum from their strong end to 2024, renewed belief under Fred Vasseur, and—most importantly—the arrival of Lewis—many fans dared to dream again. After 17 long years without a championship, Ferrari looked like a team ready to fight. The tifosi were excited. The global F1 community was buzzing. And Lewis supporters worldwide believed this was finally the moment the greatest driver of all time would bring glory back to Maranello. But as the season unfolded, that dream dissolved into another painful chapter in Ferrari’s modern history. Instead of a revival, Ferrari endured a campaign defined by inconsistency, missed opportunities, internal friction, and a car that seemed determined to betray both its drivers. For Lewis, it became—by his own admission—one of the hardest seasons of his legendary career. For Ferrari, it was further proof that the issues holding them back have deeper roots than many care to adm...

Ferrari entered the 2025 Formula 1 season with the kind of optimism only Maranello can project—big dreams, big promises, and the belief that bringing Lewis into the team would spark a new era of dominance. Instead, what followed has been a season so brutal, so chaotic, and so emotionally draining that even the most loyal Tifosi are struggling to make sense of it. Lewis joined Ferrari with the intention of building something meaningful. He wasn’t looking for nostalgia, PR glory, or a retirement lap. He wanted to win. He wanted to ignite Ferrari’s title hopes, shake the foundations of the Scuderia, and bring championship glory back to the most iconic brand in motorsport. But as we sit just one race away from the season finale, Ferrari finds itself stuck in fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship, winless, inconsistent, and visibly lost. The team that once terrified the grid now struggles to escape Q1 with one of the greatest drivers in history behind the wheel. And Lewis—never one...

Lewis arrived in Qatar hoping for a reset. After the emotional roller coaster of Las Vegas and São Paulo, Ferrari fans desperately needed a weekend that at least pointed in the right direction. Instead, Lusail delivered one of the toughest blows of the season — perhaps the biggest wake-up call yet for the entire Ferrari F1 programme. For the seven-time World Champion, this wasn’t just another bad qualifying session. It wasn’t just another tough sprint. What happened in Qatar was a collapse in performance so severe, so unexpected, and so out of character for both Lewis and Ferrari, that it sent shockwaves through the F1 paddock. Lewis recorded back-to-back Q1 eliminations for the first time in his Ferrari career. A statistic nobody — not fans, not Ferrari, and certainly not Lewis himself — would have believed possible 12 months ago when this blockbuster partnership was announced. His P18 on Saturday wasn’t an unlucky misfire. It wasn’t weather-related. It wasn’t the result of a single m...