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Relive the F1 75 Live ceremony with live commentary

Relive the launch of the 2025 Formula 1 season, with the F1 75 Live ceremony, with live commentary on AUTOhebdo from 20:30 p.m.

Published 18/02/2025 à 20:30

Dorian Grangier

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Relive the F1 75 Live ceremony with live commentary

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This is a first in the history of the Formula 1. To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the discipline is organizing a major ceremony to open the 2025 season: F1 75 Live, which will take place on February 18 from 21 p.m. (French time). At the O2 Arena in London, in front of 15 spectators present on site, the ten teams and twenty drivers will take to the stage to officially launch the 000 campaign, a few days before the winter tests in Bahrain (February 2025-26). Each of the ten teams will have a presentation time of around ten minutes to unveil their 28 livery.

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Relive the ceremony with live commentary

22:53 p.m. – 👋 And that’s how this incredible evening and this unprecedented F1 75 Live ceremony ends! Thank you all for following us, and we'll see you on February 26th for the first day of winter testing in Bahrain! Have a good evening!

IN PICTURES – All the liveries for the 2025 Formula 1 season

22h53 – 🎶 Now that the ten liveries have been presented, the show ends with a song by the group Take That in front of the 15 people present at the O000 Arena.

22h48 – 🇬🇧 Here is the (new?) livery of the McLaren MCL39! A world champion livery?

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22h46 – 🟠 The Papaya is still there at McLaren, with a livery very similar to that of 2024! Orange is more present on the nose of the MCL39.

22h44 – And to round off the evening, it’s the turn of the reigning world champions, McLaren, to take to the stage at the O2 Arena! The British team is doing things right by exhibiting some of its most iconic single-seaters in its history.

22h43 – 💬 Stefano Domenicali, president of Formula 1, gives a short speech and pays tribute to Bernie Ecclestone.

22h40 – 🇮🇹 Here is the first image of the livery of the Ferrari SF-25!

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22h37 – In terms of applause, Ferrari wins this special evening! Lewis Hamilton in a Ferrari suit, it will always have its effect!

22h34 – 🔴 And in 2025, Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari SF-25 and Charles Leclerc will be red… and a little white! A darker red than in 2024. Photos are coming!

22h32 - No time to rest, we're going straight to Ferrari!

22h31 – And here is what the RB21 looks like on video!

22h30 – 🔵  And it won't surprise you, but the Red Bull RB21 has exactly the same livery as in 2024 (and in 2023) (and in 2022)...

(Photos: Red Bull)

22h25 – Make way for the world champion’s stable Max Verstappen, Red Bull, to enter the stage to the sound of the Rolling Stones! But also, to the sound of boos from the British public at the sight of Christian Horner…

22h23 – No major changes to the livery of the Mercedes, we find the same elements as in 2024.

22h21 – 🇩🇪 While waiting for the photos, here is the video presentation of the car Silver Arrows!

22h16 – ⚫️ The livery of the Mercedes W16 is revealed with, like last year, a silver and black dress! A livery noticeably similar to that of 2024. Photos coming soon…

22h14 - We get to the heart of the matter with the Top Teams! First team to unveil its livery: Mercedes!

22h11 – And while we have (already) only four liveries left to discover, Formula 1 unveils new images from the film… F1, which will be released in 2025, with Brad Pitt as the main actor.

22h09 – 📸 You want the first image of the livery of theAston Martin AMR25? Here it is! “The most beautiful car of the evening” according to Fernando Alonso !

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22h07 – 🇬🇧 Here is the livery of the Aston Martin AMR25! Small novelty: the pontoons will be black in 2025.

22h05 – 🟢 A livery without surprises for Aston Martin which is still banking on British Racing Green, understand green, for 2025! The photos are coming!

22h02 – After the Blues, here come the Greens! Aston Martin will soon present its livery… and we’re obviously starting with a James Bond theme!

22h00 – 🇫🇷 Here is the livery of theAlpine A525 of Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan on video! With more pink this year compared to 2024.

21h55 – 🔵🌸 As since 2022, it is a combination of blue and pink that will dress theAlpine A525 in 2025! 

(Pictures : Alpine)

21h54 – Well, in the meantime, we have a “DJ set” that only seems to get the DJ himself in the mood…

21h53 - And now, a stable that you are waiting for a lot, here is Alpine !

21h50 – 🇫🇷 Haas which, we remind you, will be the new home ofEsteban Ocon in 2025! “Thank you for this energy,” the Frenchman shouts to the crowd.

21h49 – 🇺🇸 And for once, this livery has already taken to the track during a shakedown organized at Silverstone! More white and less carbon black on this VF-25.

(Photos: Haas)

21h47 – ⚫️ This is the livery of the Haas VF-25, which arrives under the music Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz!

21h45 – After Sauber, Williams and Racing Bulls, it's Haas' turn to take the stage!

21h43 – 🔴 We remind you that you can find all the liveries unveiled this evening in this article below!

IN PICTURES – All the liveries for the 2025 Formula 1 season

21h42 – 🎶 Short musical break after his first three presentations with a performance by Kane Brown!

21h40 – For his first season in F1, Isack Hadjar will have a real beauty in his hands… and indeed, the VCARB 02 has a little bit of a Red Bull feel to it, don’t you think?

21h38 – 🇮🇹 Here are the first images of the Racing Bulls VCARB 02! Here, we like it a lot!

(Photos: Racing Bulls)

21h36 – ⚪️ The Racing Bulls VCARB 02 livery is revealed! And it's a mostly white livery!

21h33 – Now it’s time for RB… or VCARB… or Racing Bulls, in short, it’s time for the team of Faenza ! The Italian team releases a rather funny video concerning its name which has (again) changed for 2025!

21h29 – It is also an opportunity to see Carlos Sainz in his new colours after leaving Ferrari. The white and blue suits him well! “I think it’s great to be here at an event like this. I’m enjoying the moment, but I can’t wait to get in the car next week and start driving.”

21h27 – 🇬🇧 Here are the first images of the Williams FW47 livery! It's hard to miss the arrival of the new title sponsor, Atlassian.

(Photos: Williams Racing)

21h26 – 🔵 And as expected, the Williams FW47 will be all blue! Photos coming soon!

21h25 – And now it’s Williams’ turn – which already carried out a shakedown of its FW47 at Silverstone last Friday – to present its 2025 livery…

21h23 – And here is what it looks like on video! Remember, this is not the 2025 single-seater, but the 2024 one with the 2025 livery!

21h20 – 🇨🇭 And here is the livery of the Sauber C45! The Swiss team has bet on even more green in 2025, before the arrival of Audi in 2026!

(Photos: Sauber)

21h17 – 🟢 The livery of the Sauber C45 is revealed, driven by drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto and by Mattia Binotto!

21h15 - And we come to the first presentation of the evening with Sauber! We will go in the opposite direction of the 2024 championship ranking.

21h11 – After this joke session, let’s move on to… other archive images. Be patient, the liveries are coming soon!

21h09 – After Verstappen and Russell, it’s Lewis Hamilton’s turn, Toto wolff and Zak Brown to take some flak! A great (and funny) introduction to start this season!

21h06 – Jack Whitehall, comedian, actor and host of this event, enters the stage. With already, first jokes about Max Verstappen and George Russell!

21h03 – 🎶 And we start with a first concert by the group Machine Gun Kelly which launches this ceremony.

21h01 – The show begins with an introduction mixing archive images and explanations of how the show will unfold.

21h00 – 🔴 It's 21:00 p.m., the show is about to start!

20h58 – 💬🇫🇷 Moreover, Pierre Gasly did not hide his optimism for this new season: “I’m much more confident coming into Bahrain this year than I was last year. Last season, we knew it was going to be very complicated. We wanted to be optimistic but the reality was difficult. Now, we’ve made progress on the car. It should be even better for 2025.”

Gasly is “much more confident” than in 2024: “We have made progress on the car”

20h56 – 🇬🇧 Not much hair, but a lot of style and ambitions on the drivers’ side Alpine for 2025!

20h53 – 📸 And AUTOhebdo is obviously on site for this unique event! Our reporter Cyprien Julihard is in London to follow this F1 75 Live.

F1 75 Live Direct commentary

© Cyprien Julihard

20h50 – In the game of the greatest “showman” on the red carpet, the prize goes to Yuki Tsunoda who performed (or attempted) a burn with his Honda S2000!

20h48 – 💬🇫🇷 Isack Hadjar also held his first press conference as an F1 driver. “I feel in good shape already. That’s very important. I spent almost two weeks in Qatar training. It was just to stay in the same place, to get into habits that I’ll keep all winter before going to Bahrain. After that, I don’t have my racing routine yet, that’ll be done on the job. But I feel really ready.”

© Red Bull Content Pool

20h45 – 💬 In the afternoon, a giant press conference was organized ahead of F1 75 Live with all the drivers. We were able to obtain the first statements from Esteban Ocon as a Haas driver: the Norman spoke about his arrival and his adaptation within the American team.

Ocon already flourishing at Haas: "Everyone listens to me with their ears wide open"

20h43 – 🔎 How will F1 75 Live take place? It's very simple: during the two-hour show, each of the ten teams will have a presentation time of around seven minutes to unveil their 2025 livery (but not their 2025 single-seater). The F1 75 Live event is an opportunity to publicly see the drivers in their new colours, such as Hamilton at Ferrari, Sainz at Williams or Ocon at Haas. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall and punctuated by musical performances: artists Take That, Kane Brown, mgk and Brian Tyler (composer of the official F1 music) are all present at the O2 Arena.

20h40 – 🇫🇷 Our three French drivers, Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and Esteban Ocon (Haas) spoke to Canal+ to give their first impressions of this unique evening.

20h37 – For the pilots too, this event is a big first… and it has unsuspected consequences! Oscar piastri for example, was able to have a completely dedicated lodge for the first time!

20h35 – ⏪ This joint ceremony, where all the 2025 liveries will be unveiled on the same evening, is a first in the history of Formula 1. However, the discipline has already seen extravagant, original or completely crazy launches in the past! From the Spice Girls to the canals of Venice, here is a look back at some of the most memorable presentations.

Top 5 craziest F1 launches

20h32 – 🔴 While the ceremony will start at 21:00 p.m., all the drivers and team principals were able to walk the red carpet at the entrance to the O2 Arena, including Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Frédéric Vasseur for Ferrari.

20h30 – 👋 Good evening everyone! Welcome to this live commentary to follow together the F1 75 Live, the launch ceremony of the 2025 Formula 1 season! The atmosphere is heating up at the O2 Arena in London, where the 10 teams, 20 drivers and 15 spectators who were able to get their hands on a ticket to attend this unique and unprecedented event in the history of the discipline are expected!

F1 75 Live Direct commentary

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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eric stevens

19/02/2025 at 11:09 a.m.

ostentatious bad taste and vulgarity, like the multimedia F1 and the FIA ​​and its president stinking of vanity. also like today's world which puts appearances before being. useless! can't wait for a clean sweep!

Yves-Henri RANDIER

18/02/2025 at 09:57 a.m.

An hour already... and pure bullshit! Made for the sponsors with very politically correct stables

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