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Mercedes has announced that it will reveal its 2025 F1 car on 24 February, one day before the team gives the W16 its debut run in Bahrain.
The German marque Mercedes will reveal its livery alongside nine other teams at the live season launch event at the O2 in London on February 18, celebrating F1’s 75th anniversary. Departing from tradition, Mercedes will unveil their W16 car online instead of conducting an individual car launch at Silverstone. Prior to a shakedown in Bahrain and pre-season testing at the same venue, the team will share images on social media and provide technical information and Q&As with senior technical personnel to the public. Team boss Toto Wolff and drivers George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli will feature in interviews following the car’s public reveal. Antonelli, replacing Lewis Hamilton who joined Ferrari, will bring a fresh dynamic to the team, marking Mercedes’ first season without a title-winning driver since 2010. Despite a challenging 2024 season that saw Mercedes finish fourth in the Constructors’ Championship, the team secured four victories, setting a strong foundation for a potential title tilt in 2025.
