F1 75 gave us an early look at the team’s liveries, but not until today did we have a chance to see every real car for the 2025 season in action on the same track.
Now we have, it’s time to give our verdict on which team has produced the best-looking car this season.
Which car on the 2025 Formula 1 grid has the best blend of shape and style? Compare them all and cast your vote below.
McLaren
McLaren made a big fuss of returning to their orange (sorry, ‘papaya’) colour scheme a few years ago, but they’re replaced much of it with black since then. This year’s car also features a splash of dark blue from their latest sponsor and retains those distinctive wheel rims with their ‘nursery school’ vibe.
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Ferrari
Ferrari are regular winners of our ‘best livery’ polls, including last year. However, that car only raced in its original guise for a handful of events, after which the arrival of a new title sponsor presented Ferrari with the challenge of blending clashing blue logos into their traditional red colouring. Their latest look also features a deeper shade of scarlet and rather more white than before.
Red Bull
Unmistakably a Red Bull: Little has changed on their livery for several years. Whether that makes it tired or a modern classic is a matter of taste.
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Mercedes
Mercedes were silver, then black and since last year they’ve been a bit of both. They’ve deleted the maroon logo of a major sponsor from the roll hoop since last year.
Aston Martin
Like McLaren, Aston Martin clung to their heritage colour scheme at first, but it’s been gradually diluted by other shades: A bit of blue here, some white there and more black on the sidepods this year. The day-glo numbers stand out better than before.
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Alpine
This time last year Alpine hardly had a livery to speak of, having peeled most of the paint off their overweight chassis. The A525 is a clear contrast with a striking pink-blue colour scheme – at least at the front.
Haas
Haas liveries tend to be variations on a theme, 2019’s disastrous dalliance with an energy drink brand notwithstanding. This year’s car has a lot more white on it, which chimes in neatly with their recent tie-up with Toyota.
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Racing Bulls
‘Don’t buy a white car, it’ll show up the dirt’, goes the typical advice to car-buyers. Someone forgot to tell Red Bull’s second team Racing Bulls. That said, the Red Bull logo arguably stands out better against this clean livery than it does on the main team’s car. But is the true purpose of this stripped-down livery to serve as a blank canvas for special editions later in the season?
Williams
Williams’ major new sponsor blends in well with their traditional colour scheme – no repeat of their 1998 horror show here. The airbox design is surely the cutest graphic on the grid.
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Sauber
Sauber went snot-green months before Charli XCX made it cool. Fans of their livery should enjoy it while it lasts, as this car will be an Audi next year, and their corporate colours are unlikely to be this daring.
You say
Which of this year’s cars has the best livery? Cast your vote below and have your say in the comments.
Which team has the best livery for the 2025 F1 season?
- Sauber (3%)
- Williams (19%)
- Racing Bulls (36%)
- Haas (1%)
- Alpine (14%)
- Aston Martin (5%)
- Mercedes (8%)
- Red Bull (1%)
- Ferrari (8%)
- McLaren (4%)
Total Voters: 73
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Previous winners
Here are the 15 previous winners of our poll:
NB: The 2020 poll was conducted before Mercedes and Williams changed their liveries.
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