F1 75 Live: Coverage as F1 kicks off the 2025 season at The O2 in London

The best moments as F1 kicks off the 2025 season at The O2 in London

The 2025 Formula 1 season is the 75th in the sport’s rich history.

To help commemorate that fact, and to get fans excited for the upcoming season, F1 is holding the first-ever season launch event, tonight at The O2 in London. All ten teams will be in attendance to unveil their liveries for the upcoming season, as well as their driver lineups for the year ahead. In addition a star-studded lineup of performers will help showcase the sport, and over 15,000 fans are expected to see the event in person.

SB Nation will be following the event all evening, and highlighting some of the best moments and images from F1 75 Live. So check back early and often as the 2025 F1 season begins!

Lewis Hamilton “can’t wait” to race in red

Speaking on the red carpet Hamilton talked about his debut season with Ferrari, and noted that he will be driving the team’s challenger tomorrow at Ferrari’s individual launch event, and he “can’t wait:”

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc make the red carpet redder

One of the most-anticipated aspects of F1 75 Live is the public debut of Lewis Hamilton with Ferrari. He and Charles Leclerc pulled up in the perfect Ferrari for the occasion:

The defending Constructors’ Champions have arrived

McLaren, who secured the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship, is back to take another run at a title. CEO Zak Brown and driver Oscar Piastri pulled up in an orange-and-black McLaren with nine stars on the door forming a number nine, reflective of the team’s nine Constructors’ titles:

Fernando Alonso is dressed for the weather

With the temperature just above freezing in London — according to AccuWeather it is currently 39 degrees Fahrenheit in the city — Fernando Alonso stepped out of an Aston Martin with a winter jacket on.

Alonso quickly passed that jacket off to pose for photos alongside teammate Lance Stroll, but not before trying to warm his hands:

Haas arrives at the red carpet in style

Haas is one of the teams with a completely new driver lineup for 2025. Esteban Ocon joins the team from Alpine while Oliver Bearman, one of the rookies on the grid, makes the jump from the F2 ranks.

Bearman and Ocon were among the early arrivals on the red carpet, joined by Team Principal Ayao Komatsu:

Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar burn some rubber

The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team lineup of Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar showed up in a Honda S2000, and Tsunoda could hot help burning a little rubber at the red carpet:

F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali arrives in a Fiat

Formula 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali arrived in a Fiat with the perfect license plate for the occasion.

“F1 75:”

Sauber hit the red carpet first

We already have our first “race winners” of the 2025 F1 season.

Sauber.

Their all-new pairing of veteran Nico Hülkenberg and rookie Gabriel Bortoleto were the first to hit the red carpet: