F1's weird 2025 launches - everything you need to know

F1’s weird 2025 launch season is finally starting and there’s a lot more in store than was previously feared!

Here's our full guide to what to expect, what you WON'T see at F1's big launch event, when cars will run and some key design elements to look out for.

00.00 What we feared
00:48 The big surprise
02:09 The main event
04:13 When cars will be on track
06:06 What to look out for
07:53 The first big talking points

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[danielkaniowski]

If I was a driver rn, I’d 100% pop the idea in the group chat for everyone to use the first press conference to swear three times. Imagine it banning everyone, would make themselves look silly 😂

[UBURE]

Why does it feel like every year is the 75th anniversary

[nickalbenga]

Williams being on a proper timeline speaks to Vowles making the hard decisions in 2024. Hoping to see a McLaren-esque rise in performance. Going backwards to go forwards if you will.

[BadWallaby]

BUT why mister krabs!?
“money my boy”

[S.L.]

They could've just done it before the start of pre-season test on actual track where teams would've ran their new liveries and with actual 2025 car.
F1 really dropped the ball and could've made it worth watching but now it will be a just a PR event with last year's car with new or same liveries

[niklaestetic]

We can expect :
Aston Martin
McLaren
Red Bull
Not changing their livery

[TheChosenRed]

Just bring on testing and forget all this malarkee 😅

[bugsm]

Yep sauber needs to keep things covered up. Don't want those dastardly redbulls copying their ideas again this year.

[Samhertzog]

I wonder what colour the Ferraris will be this year

[regachom]

MBS is probably going to figure out a way to regulate an aspect of the launch. He loves himself the spotlight.

[rooramblingon]

They need to relaunch especially the TV coverage so we can actually see racing instead of multi-clips of a close-up of a WHEEL.

[klausledda]

2:03 seeing this clip made me realize that it was a year ago... time flies so fast...

[randomdude]

Talk about that bloke Sulayem trying to get rid of the team radio broadcast.

[mancantswim]

I prefer the way they did it before. That way, each team got their own time in the spotlight.

[Thee_Sinner]

F1 bans swearing, meanwhile Australian Supercars doesn’t even censor their mid-driving driver interviews.

I keep checking on F1 hoping it will get back to a place I want to watch and every time I look, there’s more BS like this..

[bendoherty]

I can imagine Mr Stroll looking out of his office window, laughing when a Williams and haas goes off of the track in the minus degree weather and rain this weekend

[iwe]

Miss the days when they would launch the actual cars.

[Batters]

Livery launches on old cars is the aspect I hate most of launch season. So making the whole thing be that is really annoying.

F1 loves to throw its weight around. If I was F1 I’d tell the teams to bring their new cars, well at least the aero.

[mattpike]

I can honestly say that since I started watching F1, the production quality has never been better. Now add how good the racing has been for several seasons. This is a great era in F1.

[MeestroDavid]

The absolute least interesting thing about F1 racing is where they put the sponsor logos on the cars each year.