End of Season conclusion: The Best and The Worst

As the season is coming to an end, I want to write about what I believe was the best and worst moments of the season. If I had missed anything that you think could fit into these categories, please comment down below!

The Best

The Chinese sprint for Lewis Hamilton fans was arguably the highlight of their season. Him winning gave hope to many people that he will have a great comeback. However, due to the certain incompetence of Ferrari, this was the last major success for Hamilton as they refused to fix their car.

Nico Hulkenburg’s podium was also a high of the season, achieving his first podium after 239 Grand Prix starts.

Carlos Sainz double podium for Williams was to many a good sign that he will achieve great things at Williams, not needing Ferrari to get podiums.

The rookies were probably the best thing that came out of this season as they brought entertainment, talent and success throughout the entire season. Kimi with 3 podiums, Isack Hadjar with 1 and Bortoleto and Bearman coming very close to achieving a podium in midfield cars. They have been a great addition to the grid in my opinion.

Oscar Piastri and Lando’s title fight has been fun before Max was involved in it too because it was interesting to see how Mclaren manage both drivers who are championship contenders. However, that’s where everything goes wrong but I will talk about this later on.

Zandvoort was also an overall great weekend, especially for me as seeing Isack Hadjar get a podium made my season. His determination has led him to this point and even if he doubted himself in the moment, i’m glad he was able to prove people wrong by achieving this podium.

The Bad

Australia seemed to be a bad race for many drivers on the grid, but especially for Isack and Oscar, one of which crashed during the formation lap and the other spun when he was running in the top 3, and ended up at P9. It was heart-breaking to see especially when you realise that it was Hadjar’s first race and Oscar’s home race, both having an emotional end to their races.

The Red Bull switch from Liam Lawson to Yuki Tsunoda was a very emotional part of this year, especially when you realise that it was neither of their faults that their cars were borderline undriveable. They were both blamed for not being able to keep up with Max Verstappen when the car was still using old parts while Verstappen’s were upgraded quite frequently.

The performance of Ferrari to many people was extremely disappointing to witness. Ferrari had promised to build on their car from last year, but instead of doing that, they managed to create a worse car, one that can’t even turn corners without massive under/oversteer. Moreover, Elkaan blaming the drivers instead of the people working on the car just shows the overall lack of respect Ferrari has for its drivers.

Personally, I thought the discussion about Max Verstappen moving to Mercedes was extremely boring and overdone, just recycling what other media sources have ‘found’. Everything was just speculation and quite frankly, silly, because Verstappen has a contract with Red Bull until 2027 so he wouldn’t have moved anyways.

In my opinion, I liked this season the best when it was only Lando and Oscar fighting for the championship. Adding Max into the mix made the season become more tense, which isn’t fun when you are trying to have a good weekend afterwards.

End.

With the season coming to an end, I wanted to write about the best and the worst moments of the season. Hopefully, you guys can also write down your opinions in the comment section!!

See you guys when the the 2026 season starts.-`♡´-