Mercedes will present their new car for the 2025 Formula 1 season on February 24th.
The team has opted for an online presentation for its new W16 by distributing images across its many platforms. Mercedes will reveal the car’s livery a week earlier at F1’s new official pre-season launch event, F1 75, on February 18th.
Mercedes intend to run the W16 for the first time the following day, when it will also reveal more footage of the new car. Both the team’s drivers are expected to have the opportunity to drive. George Russell is going into his fourth season at the team while Andrea Kimi Antonelli makes his debut in Formula 1, taking over the seat previously occupied by Lewis Hamilton.
The team will break with its recent tradition by running its new car for the first time at the Bahrain International Circuit instead of Silverstone, close to its Brackley and Brixworth factories. The W16’s first run will take place one day before the beginning of pre-season testing at the same track. Last year Mercedes launched its new car a full week before testing began.
F1 teams will test for three days in Bahrain, starting on the 26th, before heading to Melbourne, Australia for the season-opening race in mid-March.
Mercedes will go into the new season looking for their first world championship success since 2021, when they won the constructors’ title with Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Last year McLaren won the constructors’ championship using Mercedes power units. Williams, who also use Mercedes power, have already announced the launch date for their new car, which will appear on February 14th. Aston Martin will use Mercedes power units for the last time this year before switching to Honda engines.
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