It doesn't take a soothsayer to know that Verstappen will be champion again. Their car is excellent and they will make good improvements during the year. The perfect car, perfect driver combination is irresistible. I hope this season will be as competitive as possible.
It looks like it is what Ferrari can do the most this season also. They are solid in qualifying session again but probably they will drop a lot in comparison to Red Bull when it comes to racing tempo. There is nothing to do for now when we consider the Adrian Newey factor at Red Bull also. They are really lucky to have him but I wonder what will happen by big changes in 2026.
Perez looked the same in qualifying unfortunately. He is still struggling to be right behind Verstappen. If he keeps this up for a long time this season the chance of parting ways with him would increase quite much.