No driver progression in myTeam

The facility buffs were always visible the last years, as a "+X" beside the stats.

I think, i'll try a full Konnersport Team next time to see if your "Icons don't get stats changes" fit. But as fas as i experienced it, Callie Mayer gets stats increase, when she is the AI controlled driver. But as stated earlier: "I tried another myTeam and this time i always used Tim Tramnitz and let Callie Mayer make her own AI thing. And same picture: Tim doesn't maker any progress but Callie does. So it's cleary the case that the user controlled driver in myTeam doesn't change it stats. And that is...unsatisfying." Maybe it was a bug on the console version? Maybe a bug in the german version?

Interesting about Senna, I wonder if the facility buffs on attributes are actually shown on AI team's drivers this year? Because in past titles those buffs were hidden from player.

So for example, if an AI team's driver had like 95 rating on your screen, they're actually 100 because AI team had facility buffs. 

Do you mind to take a screenshot of Senna's attributes?

No, in MyTeam mode, the game does not notify you of the driver's stat growth, you had to check and record the stats yourself, and the growth is quite slow and unnoticeable unless you constantly keep check of it. 

Tim definitely had growth, but I'm not entirely sure of Mayer (haven't tried activate her in MyTeam yet), and it's the same for Esport Icons but not the Legendary Icons (their stats should be permanently fixed in MyTeam).

I've had Opmeer in MyTeam and ran as him almost every race (Button as teammate), the result is Opmeer had increased a few points so far in the 1st season, whilst Button remained the same. 

Maybe... but that's not the same experience i've had. I've had AI controlled Senna increasing to 98 at Red Bull, Callie got to 90 at McLaren.   I've hired neither of them for my own team so can't say what would have happened if they were on my team.

Also, the OP said that if they were Tim then he didn't grow, so that doesn't fit your narrative neither? 

I just feel like it is a scenario where the player controlled character doesn't get any XP from the races you drive as them as that makes more sense to me with what the OP said.    I'd happily do some testing of the idea when I get time, but i'm sceptical that it's because F1 Icons don't grow (because they have) and that the youth grow (because they didn't for the OP when they controlled them). 

Well, your assumpotion is partly wrong. As stated in my second comment, Callie Mayer has no fixed stats when not driving as her. Meanwhile, Tim Tramnitz has fixed stats when driving as him. So the problem is not that the icons have fixed stats but that the driver the player uses in myTeam has fixed stats. And that is absolutely stupid. First you can't drive as your own created driver and then your driver doesn't evolve? Who ever thought this was a great idea?

No, if the driver growth system follows exactly what it used to be, then each driver already had a fixed growth/decline curve that progress through the 10 seasons of career, and no outside factor would change any of that.

If this assumption is correct as it follows what CM had done in the past, then what happened with Icon Drivers is that - all of the legendary Icons + APX GP Icons simply have fixed stats across the 10 seasons, which means they will not have any growth or decline.

Just think of this as the dev wants to always present these legends in their peak form, as they don't follow proper timeline anyways.

Meanwhile, the F3 Icons & Esport Icons have very low default stats, so I believe because of gameplay and balancing needs, they gave these specific Icons the same type of natural growth/decline as all other real life drivers, so they won't remained the worst option all the time and gave them actual purposes to be used in careers. 

Am i the only one with this problem?

I assume this won't be fixed this year. EA didn't even noticed this bug :/

If you're controlling Hammy/Hulky in Driver career then that'd be different, i'd expect.  There's different progression paths for that that the player has control over.   In MyTeam, i've never seen any old fogies progress stats upwards.  

In terms of MyTeam, my assumption would be that the controlled player doesn't grow because they've never needed to before.   When it was a created owner/driver, you had no intrinsic stats to grow so it's possibly an unintentional carry-on of that.   You're right in that it does need resolving. 

I have to say that i highly doubt any of your solutions as the normal career mode and last year's carrer mode proved otherwise. Age has no influence in driver progression in F1 24 and F1 25, Hamilton and Hülkenberg can go up to 99, as can Antonelli and Tramnitz. And as i said, that not even one stat didn't change after 1,5 seasons seems to be odd.

I tried another myTeam and this time i always used Tim Tramnitz and let Callie Mayer make her own AI thing. And same picture: Tim doesn't maker any progress but Callie does. So it's cleary the case that the user controlled driver in myTeam doesn't change it stats. And that is...unsatisfying.