JA on F1 podcast: F1 2025 in numbers halfway through

In Formula 1 the numbers never lie; whether it’s zeros on a paycheck, thousandths of a second on a stopwatch, or points of downforce on a new front wing.

At the halfway stage of the 2025 F1 season, the points table for drivers and constructors tell their own story. McLaren is well ahead in both; Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull trail badly.  

But by looking at the underlying numbers we can spot trends and learn more about what’s really going on this season and what might happen in the second half.

We did this at the quarter stage and now at we look again, after 12 rounds in this 24 race F1 world championship.

Joining James Allen is special guest Dan Fallows - one of the top F1 engineers of the last two decades, who headed up the Red Bull aero department from the Sebastian Vettel era up to the first ground effect car in 2022 and was most recently Technical Director of Aston Martin.

Also joining is F1 data guru Rob Smedley, of Smedley Group, and Autosport’s Jake Boxall-Legge.

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