The 2025 F1 season is officially starting with the first Testing session of the year held in Bahrain. Following yesterday’s shakedown, which included teams such as Red Bull and Aston Martin, today all teams have issued lineups. Will reigning drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen and team’s McLaren reconfirm their strong end of 2024 pace, or will…
The 2025 Formula One season has got underway in Bahrain as all ten teams took to the track for Day 1 of pre-season testing ahead of the F1 season-opener in Melbourne next month. Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), Liam Lawson (Red Bull), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), Jack Doohan (Alpine), Oliver Bearman…
Following the unveiling of official liveries at the F1 75 season launch event in London on February 18, several teams have put their 2025 challengers through a shakedown run at the Bahrain International Circuit. Making use of the permitted mileage of 200 kilometres over the course of two filming days, Alpine, Haas, Aston Martin, Mercedes,…
Mercedes have officially launched their 2025 Formula 1 challenger, the Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 E Performance, marking the start of a new chapter for the Silver Arrows following Lewis Hamilton’s departure. The team already showcased the car’s livery at the F1 75 season launch event in London. The Brackley-based squad will forgo their traditional Silverstone shakedown,…
Ahead of a new Formula 1 season, Pit Debrief writers are predicting who will come out on top in the 2025 F1 World Drivers’ Championship. Max Verstappen — Rachel Stephens Let’s talk about our most recent world champion, shall we? With a great (but not the best!) car in 2024, Max Verstappen still managed to…
Mercedes F1 join the ranks in unveiling their 2025 livery at Formula 1’s F1 75 Season Launch event — the German marquee debuted their W16 livery alongside the other teams. A mixed bag in 2024 Following a season of steady improvement in 2024 with the W15, Mercedes F1 have unveiled the livery for their 2025…
Valtteri Bottas elaborated on his return to Mercedes as a reserve and his role as a “mentor” for rookie F1 driver Kimi Antonelli. After being passed over by Sauber for 2025, Bottas rejoined the Brackley-based team as a reserve driver. On his return to Mercedes: “Today has been my first day back with a team…
Oliver Bearman’s second Formula 2 season fell short of the expectations held for the driver. After an incredibly impressive F2 rookie season, all eyes were on him and many expected him to be fighting for the title. However, with new cars and PREMA struggling, the 2024 season did not go the young Brit’s way. A…
Mercedes F1 and its Team Principal Toto Wolff are ready to move on following the departure of seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton from the team. A dream come true The experienced British driver had announced a prestigious move to Ferrari last year, and has now had his on-track debut. In fact, Hamilton had his first…
Every person in Formula One has an eye on the calendar: March 16th. The Australian GP is just around the corner. Mercedes seems to be starting to set objectives for this new season. Fresh season, unchanged ambition With a new year ahead of him, George Russell knows it’s not too early to start thinking about…
