While Lando Norris and McLaren celebrate the official titles of the 2025 season, there is another table that closes the season with very different protagonists: the "destroyers" championship. An uncomfortable ranking, based on repair cost estimates, that reveals which drivers and teams spent the most budget during the year.
Gabriel Bortoleto was the "undesired champion" of 2025. The Brazilian from Kick Sauber accumulated almost four million dollars in damages, largely due to the severe impact at the Brazilian GP, which alone cost his team about 2,359,000 dollars. Just behind was Yuki Tsunoda, who ended his time at Red Bull racking up 3.5 million. The brand new world champion, Norris, also appears on the podium, although in this case with almost three million spent due to his incidents.
Among the teams, the title for economic disaster went to Alpine. The combined damages of Pierre Gasly, Jack Doohan, and Franco Colapinto totaled just over 5.3 million dollars. The figure includes the six races Doohan completed before being replaced by the Argentine. Behind them were McLaren and Kick Sauber, both above five million.
