Formulation 1 racing turns 75 this 12 months. The game has been beneath new administration for just a few years and is now owned by an American leisure firm that is interested by attempting new issues to develop the game—a refreshing change from the earlier regime that did little however get wealthy at everybody else’s expense. Among the many new issues it isn’t afraid to attempt was final night time’s F1 75 Dwell occasion, a star-studded extravaganza held beneath the dome of London’s O2 Area.

The thought behind F1 75 was to assemble all 10 groups collectively to disclose every one’s new look to the followers and make one thing of a splash about it. It is the primary time the game has tried such a factor. In years previous, groups would merely wait till the beginning of preseason testing to disclose that 12 months’s livery, though extra lately, particular person groups have began holding season launch occasions themselves.

F1 has began broadcasting a few of that preseason testing on its streaming platform, however evidently, the bosses do not wish to wait that lengthy to start out recapturing the eye of the fanbase, therefore F1 75 Dwell in mid-February.

“I can hear the purists groaning already,” mentioned host Jack Whitehall, and he wasn’t precisely fallacious. Earlier than watching the livestream, I had loads of preformed opinions as a longtime F1 fan, none of them notably favorable. However this occasion wasn’t for an outdated fan like me. For one factor, we have not truly seen any of the actual 2025 vehicles, simply every crew’s livery wrapped onto equivalent present vehicles.