will take to the observe for the primary time in ’s 2025 automobile because the Scuderia formally launch in Italy on Wednesday.
F1 kicked off the 2025 season in type with a occasion, 75 Stay, at The O2 Area in on Tuesday night with Hamilton showing in an for the primary time in Ferrari purple.
All 10 groups unveiled their automobile liveries with current on stage all through the night time. The occasion was hosted by comic Jack Whitehall and iconic British pop group closed out the present.
Now, with one week to go till pre-season testing in Bahrain, Hamilton will get his first style of his new automobile in Fiorano, as will teammate . Each are anticipated to talk later this afternoon.
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Lewis Hamilton has pushed the Ferrari SF-25 for the primary time on Wednesday
Hamilton and Leclerc are anticipated to talk later this afternoon
Ferrari have additionally launched their first interview with Hamilton
F1 75 Stay kicked off the 2025 season on Tuesday night time in London
Hamilton appeared in Ferrari purple for the primary time in public
Lewis Hamilton insists Ferrari’s F1 automobile is ‘nothing like’ previous Mercedes or McLaren vehicles
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“It’s nothing just like the automobile that I’ve had earlier than the final 10, 12, 17 years,” Hamilton stated, in his first official interview in Ferrari colors.
“It’s distinctive by itself. To really feel the vibration of the Ferrari engine for the primary time, wow! That’s what I feel in the end put the largest smile on my face.
Lewis Hamilton takes to the observe!
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Hamilton takes to the Fiorano Circuit, within the cockpit of the SF-25 for the primary time!
A key day within the British driver’s season.
VIDEO: Hamilton within the SF-25
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Lewis Hamilton on the observe earlier!
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Greeting the followers on the Fiorano Circuit to conclude a mad 24 hours for the British driver!
He’ll subsequent be in motion for Ferrari on the official pre-season check subsequent week (26-28 February) in Bahrain!
Lewis Hamilton makes an attempt Italian on dwell TV!
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He did his finest!
Sir Lewis Hamilton talking a bit of Italian firstly of his interview at present and answering the query “Hows the automobile?” :
Russell and Hamilton meet once more!
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Russell: “It’s Lewis Hamilton coming via, be careful guys!”
‘I predicted Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari transfer six years in the past – however he doesn’t want eighth F1 title’
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“I principally predicted Lewis shifting to Ferrari,” Ted Kravitz tells The Impartial.
“It was a little bit of a guess on the time nevertheless it appeared that the lure of Ferrari and their significance within the sport… he all the time thought it might be very cool to be a Ferrari driver.
“He likes the model, he has a number of the street vehicles which is all the time a assist. Whenever you take a look at it now, it appears a pure factor to do. It’s put a spring in his step, hasn’t it? A spring within the step of F1, simply to see how he’s going to do too.
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The largest occasion of the night: Lewis Hamilton debuts with Ferrari
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Lewis Hamilton makes his first public look with Ferrari with a phrase for the 2025 season: “Invigorated.”
Hamilton and Charles Leclerc be part of a crimson automobile on stage. The livery has a noticeable giant white stripe for its HP brand.
Ferrari celebrates its legacy with a tribute video to Enzo Ferrari and the model’s many F1 liveries all through the years.
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“It’s nothing just like the automobile that I’ve had earlier than the final 10, 12, 17 years. It’s distinctive by itself.
“To really feel the vibration of the Ferrari engine for the primary time, wow! That’s what I feel in the end put the largest smile on my face.
“I’d all the time seen all of the drivers who had come earlier than me in purple and the way that might look on me, and it’s an actual honour to put on this badge and go well with. I hope I get out and make it look good.”
Carlos Sainz makes second Williams debut at F1 75 Stay
15:07 , Olivia Hicks
Carlos Sainz made his second official debut with Williams F1 Workforce on Tuesday because the crew confirmed audiences across the globe its 2025 livery lined in blue.
Sainz joined the Grove-based crew after Lewis Hamilton scored his seat at Ferrari. The 30-year-old’s first public look got here on Friday throughout Williams’ particular livery launch at Silverstone.
From compatibility quizzes to innuendos, the Valentine’s Day livery reveal was extra foolish than critical, however crew principal James Vowles was clear about one factor: “We’ve got two of the strongest drivers who will give the whole lot, as will I.”
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Lewis Hamilton’s first official Ferrari interview!
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“There are solely a handful of particular first occasions in life.
“The primary kiss, the primary date, the primary time of college, the primary time within the job. I actually thought I had all my firsts and nothing was ever going to be new once more.
“I’ve raced for thus lengthy… and even I’m shocked at simply how a lot I nonetheless love what I do and it felt so new.”
Extra to return all through the afternoon!
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali speaks about F1 75 Stay
14:22 , Olivia Hicks
The game’s CEO deemed the night “a tremendous occasion and an enormous success. As a sport we did one thing collectively that has by no means been completed within the historical past of F1 earlier than. We’re all the time celebrating and respecting our unbelievable historical past whereas seeking to the longer term to interact new followers across the globe.
“We had a packed O2 area, passionate followers sharing their love and pleasure for the game right here in individual and watching around the globe. We noticed all of the drivers and crew principals on stage alongside nice music and leisure.
We are actually excited for the season forward and what’s set to be an incredible battle within the observe for the final word prize in motorsport. Because of all our followers and the groups.”
Toto Wolff on 2025 Mercedes: “That is actually a brand new milestone”
13:56 , Olivia Hicks
Mercedes’ crew principal Toto Wolff waxed poetically in regards to the 2025 automobile and driver pairing of rookie Kimi Antonelli and George Russell at F1 75 Stay: “That is actually a brand new milestone.”
The crew’s temporary presentation started with a press release: “Desires don’t push themselves over the end line, we do.”
Christian Horner booed by British crowd at F1 75 Stay occasion in London
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was jeered by followers inside The O2 Area as unveiled their 2025 automobile livery on Tuesday night time.
Horner, who has been crew principal since 2005, walked on to the stage to a refrain of boos as he launched Crimson Bull’s 2025 challenger, the RB21.
The Crimson Bull boss appeared caught off-guard by the reception, forward of drivers and strolling on stage.
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Charles Leclerc greets followers after SF-25 check run
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The Monegasque waved to the a whole bunch of followers watching on on the Fiorano Circuit on Wednesday morning!
How did that first run within the SF-25 really feel, I ponder?
McLaren lifts the lid off 2025 livery
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The 2024 World Constructors’ Championship title winners debut a papaya orange 2025 livery within the crew’s basic style.
Driver Lando Norris stays hopeful forward of the season, saying the automobile is “comparable on tempo.”
Monaco Grand Prix set for drastic new rule to ‘promote higher racing’ at well-known F1 circuit
12:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle
The FIA introduced on Tuesday that are rising the quantity of pit-stops on the this 12 months.
The well-known race on the streets of the principality is for its lack of overtaking alternatives, with Crimson Bull’s labelling final 12 months’s race as “boring” – with the top-10 not altering order in any respect from the beginning of the race to the tip.
Consequently, after a gathering of the Fee on Tuesday morning in London, it was agreed that the variety of obligatory pit stops (one) per driver needs to be elevated.
WATCH: Second Charles Leclerc takes to trace in SF-25!
12:21 , Kieran Jackson
Lower than 12 hours after showing on stage at F1 75 Stay, Leclerc took to the observe at Ferrari HQ!
Watch the second he left the storage right here:
The gang at F1 75 Stay boos the FIA
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In response to the FIA being talked about on the dwell present, the gang responds with boos. The ruling physique has been criticized by drivers and followers alike for its latest swearing clampdown.
Get now your 2025 F1 vehicles, by title!
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The method of naming a Components 1 automobile is — sadly for followers — not streamlined. Some vehicles are named by the present 12 months, others by the variety of years the crew has raced in Components 1.
So examine up, listed below are all of the 2025 title challengers:
Alpine: A525
Aston Martin: AMR25
Ferrari: SF-25
Haas: VF-25
Kick Sauber: C45
McLaren: MCL39
Mercedes: W16
Racing Bulls: VCARB 02
Crimson Bull: RB21
Williams: FW47
The gang speaks out on swearing sanctions
11:22 , Olivia Hicks
At F1’s seventy fifth anniversary occasion, host Jack Whitehall introduced up the information on everybody’s minds: the FIA’s clampdown on swearing.
Gordon Ramsay denounced the more and more strict guidelines whereas followers booed from the gang when the ruling physique was talked about.
F1 reveals mammoth viewership figures on YouTube for 75 Stay occasion at The O2 in London
11:00 , Olivia Hicks
Components 1 shattered its earlier dwell occasion viewership report on Tuesday through the sport’s seventy fifth anniversary occasion, 75 Stay, at The O2 Area in London.
The occasion amassed 1.1 million concurrent dwell YouTube viewers at its peak and 4.6 million whole viewers throughout YouTube’s dwell broadcast. The game’s earlier largest crowd for a dwell occasion was simply 289,000 at its peak.
The 2-hour spectacle, the place all 20 drivers revealed the 2025 F1 automobile liveries paired with musical acts and superstar appearances, was broadcast at no cost throughout the game’s social media channels.
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No phrases from Crimson Bull
10:55 , Olivia Hicks
Regardless of Crimson Bull’s livery reveal which featured what was basically one large get together onstage, neither four-time world champion Max Verstappen nor rookie Liam Lawson spoke through the crew’s allotted 9 minutes of stage time.
“Every thing is new:” Lewis Hamilton speaks about becoming a member of Ferrari
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Lewis Hamilton on 2025 season with Ferrari: “I really feel so vigorous and a lot power as a result of the whole lot is new and simply targeted on what’s up forward.”
Charles Leclerc the primary driver within the SF-25!
10:19 , Kieran Jackson
From London final night time to Fiorano this morning, a fast turnaround for Ferrari this morning!
Charles Leclerc had the honour of being the primary driver behind the wheel of the SF-25, taking it for some shakedown laps at Ferrari’s personal personal observe!
Lewis Hamilton will likely be within the automobile later and we’ll hear from each drivers later this night!
Take a look at the followers gathered… it’s solely a fllming day!
Charles Leclerc on writing historical past alongside Lewis Hamilton
10:10 , Olivia Hicks
Charles Leclerc’s one phrase for the 2025 Components 1 season: “If I’ve to decide on one phrase, I used to be going to say success: fulfilling my childhood dream of changing into a Components 1 world champion. However I feel the one that matches higher might be honored. Honored to be a part of this crew.”
Leclerc added that he’s “trying ahead to write down historical past alongside Lewis [Hamilton].”
Arising at present…
09:10 , Harry Latham-Coyle
It’s one other main day in Components 1 as the brand new season attracts ever nearer, with Wednesday bringing the total launch of the Ferrari that Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will likely be driving in 2025. The pair will likely be on observe a bit of later within the SF25 on the crew’s Fiorano circuit.
‘I predicted Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari transfer six years in the past – however he doesn’t want eighth F1 title’
09:00 , Harry Latham-Coyle
Few figures in F1 have a greater information of the paddock than Ted Kravitz, a long-standing member of the Sky Sports activities broadcast crew. Forward of a brand new season that guarantees a lot, Kieran Jackson caught up with the roving reporter to learn how he predicted Lewis Hamilton’s large change to Ferrari:
Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 bow steals the present in London – on an evening Christian Horner will need to overlook
08:35 , Kieran Jackson on the O2 Area
Strutting out in entrance of 20,000 euphoric British followers, sporting essentially the most putting of purple race fits, positioned a solitary finger to his ear and beamed.
Coming into season quantity 19 in Components 1, the 40-year-old is aware of he’s now all the time the star of the present. And on Tuesday night time at F1 75 Stay, as tried an occasion as razzle-dazzle because it was experimental in a nod to its seventy fifth anniversary, the largest switch within the historical past of the game made sure that their high-rolling London wager got here up large.
Lewis Hamilton speaks for the primary time in Ferrari purple
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Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari stint is correctly underway, with the seven-time world champion getting a mighty reception from a house crowd in London final night time.
Lewis Hamilton snubbed by Carlos Sainz’s 4 decisions for 2025 F1 title
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“I don’t know,” former Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz advised SoyMotor when pushed for his choose to win the title in 2025.
“I feel it will likely be between these first three you might have stated [Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc].
“If Mercedes make an excellent automobile I might put Russell in too. I feel he’s at an excellent degree.
“Any of these can beat one another this 12 months.”
F1 75 Stay: Prime 4 storylines you missed
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From jokes to jeers, listed below are the highest stuff you missed at F1 75 Stay:
The music festival-meets-fashion present vibe: With Take That, mgk, Tems, Brian Tyler and Kane Brown headlining whereas groups strutted down a runway, the occasion had a singular tone.
Alpine goes pink
07:30 , Olivia Hicks
Final 12 months, the French crew teased a pink camo livery that had followers on Twitter up in arms after the paint job failed to point out up on observe. The crew ran a pink and blue livery throughout the 2024 season.
This 12 months, the crew has caught with a considerably comparable design idea that options the groups colours all through.
You’ve got met A525, now stand up to hurry on its technical specs ⬇️
McLaren teased 2025 automobile early
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McLaren held a separate automobile launch final week with a particular livery reveal in Silverstone.
McLaren teased a brilliant and daring black and papaya orange automobile that resembled camouflage on Thursday. The 2025 title challenger supplied a primary take a look at the technical developments the World Constructors’ Championship-winning crew will convey to the opening race on Sunday, March 16 in Australia.
McLaren goes into the 2025 season hoping to take house each titles with the impediment of balancing a significant design upheaval with constructing upon final season’s progress. “Just about each elementary element of the structure has been topic to some innovation,” crew principal Andrea Stella stated.
Except for the automobile’s competitiveness, McLaren was candid in regards to the crew dynamic this 12 months: “We’ve proven time and time once more that we will race one another laborious, however cleanly, and so long as we’re not taking factors off the crew, then that’s how we’re going to go racing.”
Williams unveils new title sponsor at F1 75 Stay
03:00 , Olivia Hicks
Regardless of Williams going into 2025 with a rocky latest historical past — together with crashing in 20 races of final season’s 24-race calendar — the crew has a brand new title sponsor for the 2025 season.
Atlassian, an Australian software program firm, marks the biggest title sponsor in Williams’ historical past.
“I used to be one of many first ones to imagine in our journey, particularly with Carlos and Atlassian becoming a member of, there’s a buzz across the crew,” Albon stated on Friday on the crew’s particular livery launch.
2026 rules stay prime of thoughts
02:30 , Olivia Hicks
The 2025 season is simply across the nook with the primary race hitting the streets of Melbourne in mid-March. And amongst F1 75 Stay’s spectacle and sparks, it’s straightforward to overlook all 10 F1 groups will likely be gazing in direction of the horizon as a brand new period of technical rules land on observe come 2026.
The 2026 regulation modifications largely function engineer-speak, however total embody elevated hybrid energy, 100% sustainable fuels, lighter vehicles and changing DRS (the Drag Discount System) with X-mode.
Learn extra in regards to the 2026 rules and Adrian Newey’s daring efficiency predictions:
Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 bow steals the present in London – on an evening Christian Horner will need to overlook
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Strutting out in entrance of 20,000 euphoric British followers, sporting essentially the most putting of purple race fits, positioned a solitary finger to his ear and beamed.
Coming into season quantity 18 in Components 1, the 40-year-old is aware of he’s now all the time . And on Tuesday night time, as tried an occasion as razzle-dazzle because it was experimental, the largest switch within the historical past of the game made sure that F1’s high-rolling London wager got here up large.
And right here’s the factor: Hamilton likes a catwalk. Each morning as he enters the Components One paddock, sporting a high-end style outfit from his extravagant wardrobe, onlookers cease and stare. And amid two hours, 10 groups and 20 drivers on stage at The O2 Area in east London, there was no doubting who the gang had come to see.
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A brand new daybreak at Ferrari? The Scuderia unveils a brand new purple
Tuesday 18 February 2025 23:00 , Olivia Hicks
Ferrari isn’t simply welcoming a brand new driver this 12 months. A rebrand might not appear typical for a crew with a historical past of bringing crimson to Components 1, however Ferrari goes into the 2025 season with a brand new shade of purple.
Forward of the 2025 season, the Maranello-based crew had teased new purple hue in promo movies.
Ferrari lifted the curtain on the SF-25 on Tuesday night to disclose a automobile clad in a darkish cherry purple.
Lewis Hamilton makes first public look in Ferrari colors at F1 75 Stay in London
Tuesday 18 February 2025 21:57 , Olivia Hicks
has made his first official public look in colors as he arrives at The O2 Area in London on Tuesday night time for 75 Stay.
Ferrari will unveil their 2025 automobile livery this night, as will the opposite 9 groups, in entrance of 15,000 folks in east London.
Hamilton will then drive the SF-25 tomorrow at Ferrari’s personal launch in Fiorano, earlier than pre-season testing subsequent week in Bahrain.
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Fundamental act Take That takes the stage
Tuesday 18 February 2025 21:54 , Olivia Hicks
The ‘90s pop boy band hailing from Manchester closes out the present.
The three-man group consists of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, however initially had two different members: Jason Orange and Robbie Williams — who Alex Albon revealed at Friday’s Wiliams’ launch sings his favourite karaoke track. The group has received eight BRIT Awards and has 12 UK number-one singles, amassing 45 million report gross sales worldwide.
Mercedes reveals a black and silver livery with touches of mint inexperienced
Tuesday 18 February 2025 21:23 , Olivia Hicks
Mercedes’ crew principal, Toto Wolff, exhibits racing is within the crew’s blood: “The primary ever Mercedes that was constructed was a race automobile.”
The crew’s rookie, Kimi Antonelli, stated he desires to “make the very best out of this chance.”
Racing Bulls carry sheet off of 2025 white livery
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:40 , Olivia Hicks
Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar pull a black sheet off of a virtually utterly white automobile with Tsunoda’s voicing his opinion: “The most effective liveries I’ve ever seen in my life from a crew.”
F1 75 Stay has already surpassed F1’s earlier dwell occasion numbers
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:35 , Olivia Hicks
439,000 folks have been watching dwell on Components 1’s YouTube alone at F1 75 Stay’s opening. It rose to 824,000 now throughout Kick Sauber’s automobile debut. The best ever earlier dwell occasion was 289,000 at its peak, in line with F1.
Lando Norris: “I did the very best I might in each scenario”
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:33 , Olivia Hicks
Lando Norris at F1 75 Stay when requested about regrets over his 2024 efficiency: “I did the very best I might in each scenario,” however stated he has realized from the expertise going into 2025.
Williams unveils its 2025 automobile
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:27 , Olivia Hicks
Williams’ 2025 single-seater drops from the ceiling after a tribute to the crew’s 47-year historical past. Workforce principal James Vowles takes heart stage with intent: “The beginning of a brand new period.”
Alex Albon’s tackle the 2025 all-blue automobile: “It feels actually good. It looks like an enchancment from final 12 months.”
Jack Whitehall asks the essential questions: boot house and Mike Krack
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:25 , Olivia Hicks
“Is there genuinely a man named Mike Krack?”
The comic and host for tonight asks the urgent questions new F1 followers must know: like if F1 drivers can take heed to podcasts or match something within the automobile’s boot (trace: there isn’t one).
Stake Kick Sauber is first up with a neon show
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:17 , Olivia Hicks
The neon inexperienced crew is first up with an intense drumming squad and intros from drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.
“It’s about what’s forward of us … We’re able to hustle more durable.”
Mattia Binotto walks alongside the crew’s two drivers because the 2025 livery follows. The paint job options an nearly spray paint-like transition from brilliant inexperienced to black.
“I really feel energised,” the crew principal says forward of the season.
Everybody will get a shoutout from Whitehall’s monologue: “I like James Vowles”
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:13 , Olivia Hicks
Everybody from Williams’ crew principal James Vowles to Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton will get a shoutout: “I like James Vowels. Do we have now any extra Vowles-heads?”
The comic additionally addresses Hamilton’s style icon standing: “Dressed like a Fortnite character.”
Jack Whitehall kicks issues off with some zingers
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:09 , Olivia Hicks
“It seems a few of them truly didn’t change,” comic and actor Jack Whitehall makes a dig on the 2025 liveries staying the identical.
“He’s so excited to be right here,” Whitehall pokes enjoyable at Max Verstappen. “It could possibly be worse, we didn’t sit you subsequent to George Russell”
The primary musical act takes the stage: “I nonetheless don’t give an F1″
Tuesday 18 February 2025 20:04 , Olivia Hicks
The lights go down and we’re off: F1 75 Stay is dwell.
mgk, Machine Gun Kelly, is the primary musical act to seem with a fire-filled show and a Components 1-branded automobile behind him.
“I nonetheless don’t give an F1,” the rapper and singer modifications his lyrics for the particular occasion.
Simply 5 minutes till F1 75 Stay hits the display and stage
Tuesday 18 February 2025 19:55 , Olivia Hicks
Seize your popcorn, there’s simply 5 minutes till the present begins.
Observe the dwell protection right here at The Impartial. Components 1’s social media channels can even present the occasion dwell. For UK viewers, you possibly can watch the occasion dwell through Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities F1.
F1 Academy driver Doriane Pin arrives with Mercedes
Tuesday 18 February 2025 19:43 , Olivia Hicks
Mercedes’ two F1 drivers, George Russell and rookie Kimi Antonelli, drove in collectively, however crew reserve Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes-backed F1 Academy driver Doriane Pin adopted intently behind.
Pin got here in second place within the standings final 12 months.
Charles Leclerc on Ferrari’s 2025 challenger: “I have not seen the total automobile but.”
Tuesday 18 February 2025 19:32 , Olivia Hicks
Charles Leclerc on the purple carpet: “As loopy as this may sound, I haven’t seen the total automobile but. So it’s additionally a automobile reveal for me!”
The occasion, starting at 8pm (GMT), can even be stuffed with surprises for some drivers.
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc be part of purple carpet
Tuesday 18 February 2025 19:12 , Olivia Hicks
The much-anticipated Ferrari duo simply pulled as much as the purple carpet with signature Ferrari-red ties.
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen arrived along with his new teammate, Liam Lawson.
McLaren’s Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Zak Brown pulled up in a papaya McLaren. Movie star chef Gordan Ramsay and the primary of a number of musical acts have proven up.
Simply an hour to go earlier than showtime
Tuesday 18 February 2025 19:00 , Olivia Hicks
With simply an hour earlier than F1 75 Stay begins, drivers, crew bosses and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali have arrived on the purple carpet.
Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll pulled up in an emerald inexperienced Aston Martin.
Stay occasion protection is out there at no cost on Components 1’s YouTube and different social platforms. For UK viewers, you possibly can watch the occasion dwell through Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities F1. ESPN, Components 1’s U.S. media rights holder, will air the occasion dwell for American viewers.
Subsequent up: Williams, Haas, and Alpine arrive whereas the Racing Bulls duo hits burnouts
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:46 , Olivia Hicks
Williams’ Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz and crew principal James Vowles arrived on the purple carpet intently adopted by Haas’ Ollie Bearman, Esteban Ocon and Ayao Komatsu.
Nevertheless it was Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar who made an actual entrance by performing some burnouts in entrance of the crimson carpet.
Alpine’s driver pairing Jack Doohan and Pierre Gasly additionally arrived.
F1 greats take the purple carpet
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:39 , Olivia Hicks
Components 1 world champions Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill amongst star-studded visitors gracing the purple carpet forward of F1 75 Stay.
What to search for at F1 75 Stay: Key storylines forward of the highly-anticipated occasion
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:31 , Olivia Hicks
If it have been every other 12 months, groups could be huddled round a check observe, in garages decked out in crew colours or at their respective headquarters to point out the world a sneak peek of their vehicles for the upcoming season. Nevertheless it’s 2025, marking 75 years of Components 1 galavanting throughout the globe to placed on motor races.
The occasion has promised an evening of surprises and spectacles. Right here are some things to maintain an eye fixed out for through the two-hour occasion beginning at 8pm (GMT).
A Rosso Corsa-red debut: Nothing has had the Components 1 world abuzz fairly like Lewis Hamilton’s transfer to Ferrari. The information broke final February that the 40-year-old British driver would depart Mercedes after the 2024 season, ending a 12-year stint on the crew. Hamilton made his debut with the prancing horse crew in Italy in late January and followers have been fast to dub him the “king” of Maranello.
The star-studded purple carpet: Regardless of the occasion organizers preserving a lot of the night underneath wraps, a number of superstar appearances have been teased, together with Jared Leto, Idris Elba, Fatboy Slim, Dina Asher-Smith Giggs and Vikkstar to call a couple of. The purple carpet is predicted to begin at 6:30pm (GMT)
A four-act live performance: Three American musicians and one ‘90s British boy band will converge on The O2 this night. Tune in to look at nation singer Kane Brown, rapper mgk (Machine Gun Kelly), Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming and Manchester boy band Take That take the stage.
The liveries: With all the encompassing spectacle, it’s straightforward to overlook F1 75 Stay is definitely a livery reveal. From neons to papaya, every crew can have underneath 10 minutes to current their 2025 challengers.
Protection is out there at no cost on Components 1’s YouTube channel and different social platforms. For UK viewers, you possibly can watch the occasion dwell through Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities F1. ESPN will air the occasion dwell for U.S. viewers.
The purple carpet begins: Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto first to reach
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:30 , Olivia Hicks
Kick Sauber’s duo of drivers are the primary to reach on the purple carpet which simply kicked off in London.
Max Verstappen goes full Jose Mourinho in response to F1 swearing guidelines: ‘I favor to not communicate’
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:16 , Olivia Hicks
did his finest impression of in response to questioning about ’s controversial new swearing guidelines.
The , F1’s governing physique, have moved to for swearing within the sport’s rules and, final 12 months, Verstappen needed to bear group service in Rwanda for utilizing foul language in a press convention.
Beneath new FIA rules, a primary offence carries a £33,800 superb; a second offence a £67,600 superb and suspended one-month suspension and a 3rd offence a £101,000 superb and one-month race ban.
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Lewis Hamilton set to seem on purple carpet in London
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:14 , Kieran Jackson
Hamilton’s look for Ferrari tonight is his first official public engagement in Scuderia colors!
Ferrari will reveal the livery for his or her 2025 automobile, the SF-25 this night, earlier than Hamilton and Charles Leclerc drive the automobile in Fiorano tomorrow on the crew’s personal launch occasion.
The British driver is bound to get a rapturous reception tonight in entrance of his house crowd!
We predict Hamilton on the purple carpet at round 7pm (GMT).
Max Verstappen expands on swearing sanctions: “I feel we shouldn’t take it so severely”
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:05 , Olivia Hicks
“I favor not to talk about that, in any other case I’ll get in bother,” Max Verstappen stated on Tuesday.
Later, he advised nationwide media relating to the swearing sanctions: “In the event you take a look at everybody’s response to it, I feel that claims sufficient.
“I feel we shouldn’t take it so severely. I’m additionally not going to let you know how you must behave in life.”
Meet Liam Lawson: The not-so-new addition to Crimson Bull
Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:00 , Olivia Hicks
To name Liam Lawson a “beginner” may be a stretch. Though 2025 marks his first full season racing in F1, the 23-year-old driver stuffed in for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023 and changed the Australian driver within the remaining few months of the 2024 season.
The not-so-new addition to the grid, hailing from New Zealand, has raced in 11 Components 1 races thus far. He will likely be tasked with the distinctive problem that being four-time world champion Max Verstappen’s teammate at Crimson Bull brings.
Meet the total Components 1 grid:
Meet 20-year-old Isack Hadjar: One among six 2025 newbies
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:55 , Olivia Hicks
Isack Hadjar joins Racing Bulls alongside Yuki Tsunoda as one in every of three rookies who didn’t fill in for an F1 driver through the 2024 season.
The French driver brings 5 wins and 10 podiums from his Components 2 profession. Whereas driving within the first free observe session on the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the 20-year-old was fifteenth on the leaderboard.
Mercedes welcomes Kimi Antonelli to the 2025 grid
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:45 , Olivia Hicks
Maybe essentially the most anticipated addition to the 2025 Components 1 grid comes within the type of an 18-year-old Italian driver. joins Mercedes alongside George Russell after Lewis Hamilton left the crew for Ferrari. Regardless of the widespread hype, followers have seen little of Antonelli on observe. Whereas driving within the first free observe session on the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, his lap time was two seconds behind the quickest time earlier than he crashed out early within the session.
Not solely does the teenager driver have the tremendous licence factors to compete within the 2025 Components 1 season, however Antonelli simply handed his street driving check in January.
Gabriel Bortoleto joins Kick Sauber: Meet the 20-year-old rookie
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:40 , Olivia Hicks
At 20 years outdated, Gabriel Bortoleto joins Kick Sauber with a mentor within the skilled Nico Hulkenberg. The Brazilian driver brings with him the legacy of a nation recognized for producing F1 expertise and marks the primary Brazilian on the grid full-time since 2017.
“It’s very useful,” Bortoleto stated in response to teaming up with Hulkenberg who has been within the sport for 15 years.
Bortoleto received the 2023 Components 2 championship with two wins and 6 podiums to his title.
Meet Oliver Bearman: Haas’ 2025 rookie driver
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:30 , Olivia Hicks
, also called Ollie, is a rookie who has had some prolonged time behind the wheel. The 19-year-old British driver first slotted into the motive force’s seat for a full race whereas changing Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He competed in three F1 races final season.
Like so many F1 drivers, Bearman revealed that off the observe his driving prowess isn’t what it’s on observe (ending seventh whereas standing in for Sainz). “We don’t have these on racetracks, that was my first sighting of a cease signal,” Bearman stated on Tuesday of failing his first driving check.
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Meet Alpine’s new driver: Jack Doohan joins the 2025 grid
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:25 , Olivia Hicks
is best recognized to followers for his commentary and race weekend interviewing skills than driving an F1 automobile. The 22-year-old Australian, who served as Alpine’s reserve, has pushed in only one race, the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ending fifteenth.
On Tuesday, Doohan stated he’s “embracing” the stress of his Components 1 spot amid Franco Colapinto, the Argentine driver who took Logan Sargeant’s place at Williams final 12 months, signing as Alpine’s reserve.
Max Verstappen responds to FIA swearing clampdown
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:10 , Olivia Hicks
Max Verstappen on the FIA’s swearing clampdown: “I favor not to talk about it, may get me in bother! Finest to not reply that.”
The Crimson Bull driver and four-time world champion was fined and required to finish group service for swearing through the 2024 F1 season. Within the ruling physique’s 2025 sporting code, Components 1 drivers might face extra intensive punishment with financial fines and a possible race ban on the horizon.
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“We sort of don’t have any excuses:” Lando Norris on being 2025 title favorite
Tuesday 18 February 2025 17:00 , Olivia Hicks
Lando Norris: “I hope so for positive,” on being a 2025 title favorite. “I imply, after final 12 months, I feel we sort of don’t have any excuses.
“I suppose prior to now, we’ve had our fair proportion. I feel this 12 months we sort of don’t have any. We’ve got nothing to cover behind.
“We proved final 12 months we have now the whole lot we want and the whole lot it takes to battle on the prime and be the very best.
“If we’re not [quick] firstly of the season, then we’re simply not ok, after which we’ve not completed a ok job. However that’s actually not how we’re pondering of issues. It’s not how our mentality has been.”
Zak Brown anticipates Lewis Hamilton difficult for 2025 title
Tuesday 18 February 2025 16:45 , Olivia Hicks
Zak Brown: “I’m anticipating Lewis being a championship contender, we and Ferrari ended final 12 months nothing between us – that can proceed. Mercedes very shut. After all, Crimson Bull tremendous robust first half of the 12 months.
“I don’t assume there’ll be something between it. Kimi and Liam being rookies/inexperienced, that for a constructors will current extra of a problem.”
FIA discusses Monaco-specific rules with elevated pit stops
Tuesday 18 February 2025 16:35 , Olivia Hicks
FIA: “Moreover, with the goal of selling higher racing on the Monaco Grand Prix, the fee mentioned proposals for Monaco-specific rules. The fee agreed to extend the numbers of obligatory pit stops within the race. These proposals will likely be additional mentioned by the Sporting Advisory Committee within the coming weeks.”
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George Russell makes daring ‘5 laps’ assertion on F1 title possibilities in 2025
Tuesday 18 February 2025 16:20 , Kieran Jackson
insists he’ll know “inside 5 laps” of testing whether or not he can win the F1 world championship this 12 months.
The driver, who’s coming into his fourth 12 months with the crew however first with out as a teammate, completed sixth in final 12 months’s standings however did win two races, in Austria and Las Vegas.
Italian teenager joins Russell within the storage this 12 months however having joined the once-great Silver Arrows simply after their interval of domination led to 2021, the 27-year-old is hoping for a automobile able to difficult McLaren, Ferrari and Crimson Bull on the entrance this 12 months.
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Ferrari launch behind-the-scenes Lewis Hamilton video:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 16:05 , Kieran Jackson
Hamilton’s first few days at Ferrari final month have been iconic!
Now, Ferrari have launched a behind-the-scenes, emotional video following the British driver as he met workers and drove his first laps in Scuderia purple!
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F1 drivers’ championship – odds!
Tuesday 18 February 2025 15:56 , Kieran Jackson
Lando Norris – 9/4
Max Verstappen – 5/2
Charles Leclerc – 4/1
Lewis Hamilton – 11/2
Oscar Piastri – 8/1
George Russell – 11/1
Liam Lawson – 35/1
Kimi Antonelli – 55/1
Yuki Tsunoda – 70/1
Fernando Alonso – 80/1
Carlos Sainz drives Williams automobile in filming day
Tuesday 18 February 2025 15:30 , Kieran Jackson
British F1 star Ollie Bearman reveals he failed first driving check
Tuesday 18 February 2025 14:58 , Kieran Jackson
Britain’s newest Components One star has revealed he failed his first driving check.
The 19-year-old, who was thrust into the limelight ultimately 12 months’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as a late stand-in for at , has been handed a full-time seat with for the forthcoming marketing campaign.
However, talking on the sport’s 2025 launch occasion at London’s O2 Area, Bearman stated he required one other go at acquiring his street driving licence.
“I handed second time and I should not have stated that,” stated {the teenager} with a smile.
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Zak Brown makes ‘real looking’ assertion for 2025 F1 season after McLaren title win
Tuesday 18 February 2025 14:15 , Kieran Jackson
believes “each crew can have made progress” over the winter break as boss seemed forward to defending their constructors’ title in 2025.
He stated in a McLaren press launch: “At the moment is an enormous milestone in our journey within the battle for the 2025 title, it’s nice to get our championship challenger, the MCL39, on observe for the primary time and to launch the fruits of the crew’s laborious work.
“We should be real looking that each crew can have made progress over the winter. Final 12 months highlighted simply how a lot the grid has closed up, which is a superb factor for the game.”
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George Russell on Max Verstappen row:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 14:03 , Kieran Jackson
Requested whether or not he has spoken to Verstappen since final 12 months’s row in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, Russell stated in London on Tuesday:
“I haven’t spoken [to him], no issues about his driving or something. That occurred final 12 months, I need to give attention to myself.
“Clearly I felt issues acquired out of line on the finish of final 12 months, I made it fairly clear I’m not going to take it.
“However now it’s 2025 and I’m targeted on the job and the job is to win, I’m not going to vary my strategy preventing him or every other drivers, the purpose is to win.
“We’ll see after we get to Melbourne.”
Jack Doohan’s blunt response to Franco Colapinto’s arrival at Alpine: ‘Is {that a} query?’
Tuesday 18 February 2025 13:42 , Kieran Jackson
Argentinean driver Colapinto – who impressed throughout a nine-race stint at Williams on the again finish of the 2024 season – has joined the French crew on a multi-year deal.
Inevitably, this has positioned scrutiny on Doohan’s place however the 22-year-old – who’s the son of five-time motorbike world champion Mick Doohan – insisted he’s “embracing” the stress that comes with a spot on the grid.
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The place can I watch it F1 75 Stay?
Tuesday 18 February 2025 13:35
F1 will stream the entire occasion on their YouTube channel.
UK rights holder Sky Sports activities will broadcast the occasion, with programming on Sky Sports activities Fundamental Occasion and Sky Sports activities F1 set to start out at 8pm (GMT).
ESPN holds the rights to F1 in the US and is the place to go to look at the occasion on TV stateside.
How Carlos Sainz can nonetheless fulfil F1 title dream at Williams with James Vowles’s masterplan
Tuesday 18 February 2025 13:12 , Kieran Jackson
After two years within the job, it’s now not a shock when boss – former chief strategist at Mercedes and architect of quite a few Lewis Hamilton victories – makes his well-worn daring assertion on the way forward for the crew. So daring, in truth, that it might be unadvisable if his phrases didn’t carry a lot authority and his expertise a lot respect.
Briefly, Vowles has dismissed this present period of as a free hit for a fallen big of the game. On Friday morning, as Williams launched their 2025 FW47 automobile at an ice-cool Silverstone, his message didn’t waver.
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Jack Doohan on Franco Colapinto becoming a member of Alpine as a reserve driver:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 12:54 , Kieran Jackson
“I’ve been advised he’s a reserve driver,” Jack Doohan advised media in London on Tuesday.
“I don’t assume essentially that somebody contained in the crew, exterior the crew, you realize, anybody that’s performing nicely, you’re all the time going to have stress in your shoulders, since you’re in such a cut-throat sport.
“However no matter stress there could also be, I look ahead to having fun with that, embracing it, and simply having fun with my Components 1 season.”
When requested whether or not he feels undermined by Colapinto’s arrival, Doohan replied: “Is {that a} query?”
“I used to be a 21-year-old reserve driver final 12 months with a long-term contract, however no I don’t [feel undermined]. Perhaps I ought to, I don’t know. I don’t actually perceive how that’s a query, however undoubtedly not.”
Martin Brundle says Lando Norris wants ‘razorblades’ on his elbows in battles with Max Verstappen
Tuesday 18 February 2025 12:50 , Kieran Jackson
“I feel Lando is aware of lead from the entrance now,” Brundle advised Sky Sports activities Information final week at McLaren’s launch.
“I feel he in all probability believes he can win a World Championship. He’ll must get his elbows out and get some razorblades on these elbows in some wheel-to-wheel fight with Max.
“That’s clear, as all people has to as a result of that’s how Max goes racing. He’s powerful, and that’s why he’s received the final 4 World Championships.”
Valtteri Bottas on new function as Mercedes reserve:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 12:30 , Kieran Jackson
“I feel mentor is just not too far off,” Bottas stated, when requested about his reserve function.
“When you find yourself a rookie, if you be part of the game, there’s so many new stuff you’ve acquired to be taught and I undoubtedly will help with that. My job is to attempt to assist the crew the very best I can.
“After all, Kimi is a rookie so he’ll in all probability have extra questions than George [Russell] and the crew can have an additional pair of eyes through the race weekend, trying on the knowledge, trying on the driving line, stuff like that.
“I’ll be concerned in all of the conferences, the technical stuff and will help loads within the simulator, issues like that. It’s going to be a busy 12 months, a unique one for me however, yeah, trying ahead [to it].”
Crimson Bull unveil new crew package and race fits
Tuesday 18 February 2025 12:11
Liam Lawson will associate four-time world champion Max Verstappen for Crimson Bull this 12 months!
F1 75 LIVE – begin time:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 11:49
The occasion will run from 8pm to 10pm (GMT) on Tuesday night time, with drivers and crew principals of all 10 groups – Alpine, Aston Martin, , Haas, Sauber, McLaren, Mercedes, Racing Bulls, Crimson Bull, and Williams – revealing their automobile liveries for the brand new season.
Every crew can have slightly below 10 minutes every on stage, with the crew’s automobile livery revealed to fifteen,000 followers inside the sector and interviews set to happen with drivers and crew bosses.
F1 information – newest: F1 75 Stay acts revealed!
Tuesday 18 February 2025 11:30 , Kieran Jackson
The present will likely be hosted by comic and actor Jack Whitehall, and can function US nation sensation Kane Brown, award-winning multi-platinum recording artist mgk (Machine Gun Kelly), composer Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming, and the long-lasting British band Take That.
They may take to the stage for an unforgettable night time of leisure at London’s O2 Area alongside all ten Components 1 groups and twenty drivers to have a good time the game’s seventy fifth anniversary.
Jack Whitehall can even be joined all through the night time by acquainted faces from F1TV Laura Winter, Ariana Bravo and Lawrence Barretto.
Throwback to when Machine Gun Kelly stormed off after weird ‘air guitar’ change with Martin Brundle
Tuesday 18 February 2025 11:02 , Kieran Jackson
Machine Gun Kelly is acting at F1 75 Stay tonight – and made headlines on the 2023 Brazil GP after a dialog on the grid with Brundle!
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When does the 2025 season begin?
Tuesday 18 February 2025 10:30 , Kieran Jackson
The official pre-season check takes place from Wednesday 26 February to Friday 28 February.
Consistent with earlier years, the observe will likely be open for eight hours every day, beginning at 7am (GMT) and ending at 4pm (GMT).
The primary race of the 2025 season, the Australian Grand Prix, is on Sunday 16 March (4am GMT).
Max Verstappen ‘will not be an issue’ for Lewis Hamilton in 2012, says ex-F1 star
Tuesday 18 February 2025 10:15 , Kieran Jackson
“Max Verstappen is just not going to be Lewis’s drawback this 12 months,” F1 race winner Juan Pablo Montoya advised .
“I’d be shocked if Crimson Bull comes out swinging like the previous couple of years, Adrian Newey got here out the opposite day saying that the issues at Crimson Bull should not so simple as they assume it’s.
“It’s actually troublesome as a result of if you imagine what you’re doing is true and unexpectedly issues cease working, how far again do you go, and at what level do you go, ‘Is what we’re doing now proper or are we nonetheless incorrect?’
“That gap will be very deep, that’s the issue.”
Oscar Piastri explains McLaren’s 2025 ‘papaya guidelines’ stance with Lando Norris
Tuesday 18 February 2025 10:00 , Kieran Jackson
“We’re going to have the ability to race one another,” Piastri stated, at McLaren’s in Silverstone final Thursday.
“We’ve proven time and time once more that we will race one another laborious, however cleanly, and so long as we’re not taking factors off the crew, then that’s how we’re going to go racing.
“If there turns into a factors distinction in both route in direction of the tip of the season and we want our teammate’s assist, then we’ll attempt to assist one another out.”
PREVIEW: Eight years after Lewis Hamilton’s snub, F1 returns to London for 2025 launch occasion
Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:46 , Kieran Jackson
Previous to the Drive to Survive period which triggered the game’s unprecedented growth, one in every of Liberty Media’s first ventures as Components One’s got here in the summertime of 2017. The subsequent neatest thing past the unrealistic idea of a race round ’s streets, the capital opened itself as much as Stay , depicted as a “world-first” occasion to “have a good time a brand new period”.
Going down a couple of days earlier than the British Grand Prix, on a beautiful Wednesday night time within the coronary heart of July, it turned right into a one-day hub of high-energy, fast-moving exercise. From Sebastian Vettel executing doughnuts in his automobile to Little Combine acting on stage, it was step one on Liberty’s unrelenting journey in direction of a youthful, extra numerous viewers. The outcomes – in eyeballs and wealth – are plain for all to see at present.
With 100,000 folks attending, it was a rip-roaring success. There was only one drawback: didn’t flip up.
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F1 75 Stay – Jack Whitehall reacts to internet hosting gig!
Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:40 , Kieran Jackson
“As quickly as I heard about F1 75 Stay at The O2 I knew I wished to be concerned.
“It guarantees to be a very distinctive present, bringing collectively the vehicles and stars of Components 1 with unbelievable international musicians and leisure to have a good time 75 years of this unbelievable sport.
“I can’t wait to get on stage and convey the present to everybody at The O2 and people watching at house around the globe!”
Who will likely be at F1 75 Stay?
Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:35
All 20 drivers, together with six rookies with full-time seats, will likely be current in east London on Tuesday 18 February.
, who , is about to attend the occasion, which begins at 8pm (GMT). It finishes at 10pm.
Every crew can have slightly below 10 minutes every on stage, with the crew’s automobile livery revealed to fifteen,000 followers inside the sector and interviews set to happen with drivers and crew bosses.
On Monday, British comic Jack Whitehall was .
Take That can carry out, as will Machine Gun Kelly (who endured an with Martin Brundle on the 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix), nation star Kane Brown and composer Brian Tyler, whose distinctive F1 theme tune has been streamed over 75 million occasions.
‘I predicted Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari transfer six years in the past – however he doesn’t want eighth F1 title’
Tuesday 18 February 2025 09:02 , Kieran Jackson
“I principally predicted Lewis shifting to Ferrari,” Ted Kravitz tells The Impartial.
“It was a little bit of a guess on the time nevertheless it appeared that the lure of Ferrari and their significance within the sport… he all the time thought it might be very cool to be a Ferrari driver.
“He likes the model, he has a number of the street vehicles which is all the time a assist. Whenever you take a look at it now, it appears a pure factor to do. It’s put a spring in his step, hasn’t it? A spring within the step of F1, simply to see how he’s going to do too.
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Haas pair drive 2025 F1 automobile at Silverstone
Tuesday 18 February 2025 08:01 , Kieran Jackson
Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon had a personal ‘shakedown’ day at Silverstone on Sunday in Haas’ 2025 F1 automobile
The crew’s season livery will likely be revealed at F1 75 Stay tomorrow night time at The O2 Area in London.
This will likely be British teenager Bearman’s first full-time season in F1, after three appearances final 12 months together with a debut for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia.
McLaren sticks with an identical design
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“It seems a few of them truly didn’t change,” Jack Whitehall’s opening monologue teased on the 2025 liveries. Seems, he was appropriate.
McLaren’s livery didn’t change all that drastically from final season and rival groups have been fast to name them out.
McLaren🍊You don’t change the livery after successful a Championship?
Does this imply the we will’t change the VCARB 03? 😏
Sainz on Hamilton’s possibilities of successful world title with Ferrari:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 04:00 , Kieran Jackson
“I’ve seen Charles [Leclerc] and I understand how good Charles is, however I’ve by no means been team-mates with Lewis.
“And the one method you possibly can roughly consider a driver is if you’re their team-mate and also you see what they’re able to doing.
“I can solely say after I left Ferrari, I did really feel the crew – each Ferrari and Charles – have been able to battle for a World Championship.
“And with Lewis becoming a member of, that likelihood solely acquired elevated.”
Alex Albon on Carlos Sainz becoming a member of him at Williams:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 02:18 , Kieran Jackson
“When it comes to stress, no, I see it as extra of a possibility,” Albon stated, when requested about Sainz becoming a member of him at Williams.
“Carlos is a really confirmed driver and he’s simply come off of one in every of his finest seasons in F1, so I’m assured in myself and excited to have an incredible teammate who I can be taught from. I hope I can convey one thing for him as nicely and in the long run, the route of the crew is to go forwards sooner or later.
“I feel we’re going to work nicely collectively, simply from what we have now spoken about and what we like in regards to the automobile, it’s fairly comparable.”
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