Since there's not a lot of real news right now, which drivers and teams will perform above or below expectations this year?
McLaren should be able to start out strong as a team but having two front line drivers without an assigned pecking order, they may take points off each other in the drivers championship.
Same at situation at Ferrari.
Max could have an easier time of things unless Lawson turns into the real deal and there are no team orders.
Behind them, we'll have to see if any of the others have made a real leap forward. Williams should have a strong and experienced driver line up but the car needs to be consistently faster.
Aston Martin won't have a lot of input from Newey into this car and he'll likely be focusing on the '26 car when Honda comes onboard with the new rules package.
The rest are a real wild card.

I'd agree with that.
McLaren & Ferrari have something akin to Mercedes 14-16 with Hamilton/Rosberg.
2 established & 'top dog' drivers that are going to give no quarter to each other.

We saw it a bit with McLaren last year, with team orders coming to play.

We'll see how Antonelli & Lawson shape up in a front-runner car/team.
We all know it isn't easy being teammate to Max. GR63 seems likely to be easier to work with.

Aston has some off-season catch-up to do if they want to get back into consistent points form. Last season wasn't anything overly special for them.

Williams will be a team to watch, for sure. Albon put some good drives in last year & Sainz is no slouch.
Hopefully Sauber, with an all-new lineup can make some forward progress. Still bummed at Bottas getting the boot. A small part of me hopes for an Antonelli slump & VB getting some race time in the MB.

I think Bottas' only hope is for Cadillac-Ferrari in 2026. There's no way with all the build and hype that Antonelli doesn't get two years before getting dumped or sidelined.