Mercedes unveils 2025 W16 car ahead of Bahrain F1 testing

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has taken the covers off its 2025 car, the W16.
Like its rival teams Mercedes had already revealed the 2025 livery at last week’s F175 launch event in London, using an older model. Now it has unveiled the launch spec of the W16 car that its drivers George Russell and debutant Andrea Kimi Antonelli will contest the 2025 season with.
With the W16, Mercedes is aiming …Keep reading

Analysis: Aston Martin’s unrepresentative AMR25 renders and Haas’ VF-25 details

Aston Martin used to be pretty reliable when it came to launching new cars. When it unveiled its 2022 machine, one of the first cars to court the public’s gaze since ground effect-style aerodynamics were reintroduced, the Silverstone squad let it be known that it was unveiling a ‘proper’ car instead of relying on the usual glut of render trickery.
It’s 2025, and Aston Martin has opted for …Keep reading

Antonelli: ‘I’m here to write my own story, not replace Hamilton’

New Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has insisted he does not view himself as filling in for Lewis Hamilton and he is keen to write his own story in Formula 1.
After the seven-time world champion decided he would join Ferrari at the completion of his 12th season at Mercedes, the squad evaluated its options for 2025 and eventually opted for its Italian protege, despite the latter’s …Keep reading

The key talking points at F1 2025 pre-season testing

After the razzamatazz of Formula 1’s first collective season livery launch in London last week, attention now turns to something far more meaningful: pre-season testing.
As has become traditional, the event will be staged over three days in Bahrain – kicking off at 7am UK time on Wednesday. Once again, it will be screened across the F1TV and Sky Sports platforms.
But, for the first time …Keep reading