RED CARPET, FASHION AND MUSIC: F1 LAUNCHES ITS 2025 SEASON HOLLYWOOD STYLE

Lavish team presentations included a James Bond parody for Aston Martin, a line of drummers with glowing sticks, cars sliding down the stage on motorized platforms, a parade of title-winning McLarens, and a comedy skit that played on...

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Formula 1 kick-started its 75th anniversary season with music, glitz and glamor as the race series aims to reach beyond a sports audience with a two-hour televised arena show. Lewis Hamilton arrived wearing a tie in Ferrari red for his biggest event yet since joining the Italian team, before the seven-time champion emerged to rousing cheers in a full race suit to present the team’s livery alongside teammate Charles Leclerc. Asked to pick a word to describe his mood ahead of the new season, Hamilton picked “invigorated, because I feel so full of life and so much energy, because everything’s new.”

"Just focused on what’s up ahead. I’m so proud to be part of the team, something new and exciting for me. The F1 75 Live event at London's O2 arena was the first time the sport hosted its own large-scale launch event, rather than leaving it to the individual teams. Drivers arrived on the red carpet for a show unlike any other event in F1 history which ended with all 20 drivers on a stage transformed into a grid, standing alongside cars in each team's 2025 livery.