Mercedes will unveil its 2025 System 1 automobile on 24 February, two days earlier than pre-season testing commences in Bahrain.
The W16 would be the workforce’s first automobile because the 2012 W03 to not be raced by Lewis Hamilton, because it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Motorsport.com had beforehand reported that the Brackley-based outfit wouldn’t be finishing up its common launch occasion at Silverstone. As a substitute, it’ll reveal the automobile on 24 February, earlier than placing it via its paces in a filming day on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on the twenty fifth.
Pre-season testing will then happen on the Sakhir venue from 26-28 February, earlier than the season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on 14-16 March.
Mercedes completed fourth within the 2024 constructors’ championship and, though it returned to profitable methods after a lean 2023, its W15 was affected by a slim set-up window and frequent overheating of the rear tyres.
This typically value the workforce over a race distance in each hotter climates and at high-energy circuits that regularly took the tyres out of the optimum working vary because the rears overheated.
Mercedes W15 entrance wing element
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In contrast, the automobile was capable of swap its tyres on extra efficiently in cooler situations – as demonstrated by its domination of the Las Vegas weekend.
The W15 additionally labored finest at low experience heights, which sapped efficiency at bumpier circuits when the ground wanted to be raised to restrict contact with the observe.
Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin theorised that the workforce was additionally harm by a perceived lag in its replace schedule versus the opposite frontrunning squads, because it wanted time to grasp the all-new idea developed for 2024.
Mercedes may also unveil its 2025 livery on the collective F1 season launch on the O2 Area in London on 18 February to commemorate F1’s seventy fifth anniversary.
Ferrari and Williams have each introduced launch dates for his or her 2025 machines, with Williams planning to unveil its new FW47 in a particular color scheme earlier than the collective livery launch occasion.
2025 F1 automobile launch dates
Staff
Date
Williams
14 February
Ferrari
19 February
Mercedes
24 February
Pink Bull
TBC
McLaren
TBC
Aston Martin
TBC
Alpine
TBC
Haas
TBC
Racing Bulls
TBC
Sauber
TBC
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Jake Boxall-Legge
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