Faster than an Alpine, with more team rules than any type of fruit, a tenth as excited about Lando Norris than Sky F1, and with more hope of getting out of Q1 than certain drivers, it’s the F1 Donkey with his unique view on F1 and more. Before each race The F1 Donkey puts the ass in sass and unloads his alternative, slightly unhinged thoughts on F1 including this week’s Bold 2025 Mexican Grand Prix Predictions and opinion.
The F1 Donkey’s Pre Mexican Grand Prix Thoughts
As Max Verstappen closes in on his fifth and least likeliest Championship you do have to marvel at how he is even close enough. Then you realise that the uptick in form at Red Bull coincides with the removal of Christian Horner, therefore a focus on the car instead of himself. Which really is a refreshingly novel way to run a team.
Maybe Christian Horner will end up at Alpine. They need something. When your only interest point is drivers defying team orders over 17th place then you’ll take any help you can get.
Maybe Christian Horner will end up at Ferrari too, as is rumoured. They could also do with a push upwards, or outwards in the case of Lewis Hamilton. Maybe a driver swap with Oscar Piastri would work. Piastri would get to a team that may like him, and Sky F1 could have a UK Super team where they’ll simply need to set up a tent outside their motorhome and never leave.
Christian Horner will of course never go to McLaren, as they have enough bosses already, and seem to be quite capable of ruining this championship enough. Between Zak Brown, Andrea Stella, Lando Norris’ dad, Sky F1 producers, and Lando Norris they have enough people running the team.
Maybe Sky F1 could pick up Christian Horner as a pundit. Despite his unlikeable arrogance, he could certainly give insight that few others could. And an interview with Toto Wolff would be Box Office.
And if it meant that Danica Patrick was bumped from all punditry and commentary going forward even better. Some may call this old school Female in Sport bashing, which is not true. We enjoy the contributions of the other female commentators and pundits on the Sky F1 coverage, when they’re not fawning over Lando Norris but that is not a problem just along gender lines, but Danica Patrick’s punditry is awful. Bernie Collins is excellent, Jamie Chadwick is excellent, Natalie Pinkham has been great forever, Naomi Schiff tends to answer a slightly different version of the question she’s just been asked a lot but is ok, and Rachel Brookes does the steady Jonathan Palmer type job that is needed. Danica Patrick is not excellent, nor even average.
There were stages on the weekend when even she realised what she was saying was terrible (look for her explanation on Carlos Sainz’s failed overtaking). Or at least on the nose, if Jenson Button’s glances away to camera are to be believed. So male or female, are we not allowed to say someone isn’t very good at their job and offer zero (if not negative) value to the F1 experience. We do it week in and week for Lance Stroll.
The NRL Donkey’s Bold 2025 Mexican Grand Prix Predictions
And here they are, in a convenient team by team format, so you can ignore them all at your convenience or peril. Depending on the outcome of our prediction.
McLAREN
Oscar Piastri to continue his Webber-like slide away from the Championship lead. Will get stuck behind a Mercedes and maybe even a plucky Ferrari and/or Fernando Alonso early in the race. Norris to qualify third at best but finish ahead of Piastri.
RED BULL
Pole, win, panic stations elsewhere. That’s Max of course. Yuki will crash into someone within the first five laps.
MERCEDES
Front row start, podium nuisance for the title challengers.
FERRARI
Probably fourth fastest and hope that Williams don’t have a good race.
WILLIAMS
Solid Q3 and points for Carlos Sainz, last year’s winner.
ALPINE
Last, and hopefully a last lap, stadium section collision with each other as more team orders are ignored.
RACING BULLS
Liam Lawson to look like sad puppy. Isack Hadjar to bin it in Practice, frustrated by being announced as Red Bull driver for 2026.
ASTON MARTIN
It’s just a matter of when and where Lance Stroll bins it.
HAAS
I’ve tried three times to think of something bold to say about Haas for this weekend and it just isn’t happening.
SAUBER
Q3 for Hulk, points for Hulk, plaudits for Hulk.
The NRL Donkey’s 2025 Mexican Grand Prix Stats
Our stats team told me I should include some graphs to go with the poisonous viewpoint. So here then are some form stats for qualifying and the race.
Mexican Grand Prix – DRIVER PREVIEW RATINGS
The stats boffins at The Gurgler have compiled a whole bunch of stats from this season, and recent seasons at this weekend’s venue, added a multiplier for recent results and come up with a score out of 100% which equates to each driver’s chances of doing well this weekend. Just to make finding a winner for a race more complicated than it needs to be.
Here are The Gurgler Driver Preview Ratings for this weekend.
F1 2025 Season Stuff
We’ve worked hard getting ready for the 2025 F1 Season, and this is our best work below.
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DUTCH GRAND PRIX – REVIEW — RATINGS
HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX – REVIEW — RATINGS
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BRITISH GRAND PRIX – RATINGS
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SAUDI ARABIA GRAND PRIX – REVIEW — RATINGS
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JAPANESE GRAND PRIX – REVIEW — RATINGS
CHINESE GRAND PRIX – REVIEW — RATINGS
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2025 F1 SEASON PREVIEW – DRIVERS
2025 F1 SEASON PREVIEW – TEAMS
2025 F1 SEASON – THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR AND AVOID
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