Was the F1 75 a successful event?

To celebrate 75 years in Formula one, F1 hosted the ‘F1 75’ event where all 10 teams revealed their liveries for the 2025 season. The event was a surprising success with host Jack Whitehall bringing humour to topics that only those following F1 would really understand. This being the perfect comeback to those that doubted him when he was announced as the host (mostly because he had no prior experience or relation in hosting any formula one grand prix or events).

The sold-out event, hosted at the prestigious 02 arena, was first met with much speculation. The sport has faced backlash in recent years. The massive growth in the sport has led to an increase in grand prix ticket prices and fans arguing over the prioritisation of entertainment over the sport in races such as the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The F1 75 event however showcased a good balance and despite arguments over high ticket prices, (which meant that it was not an accessible show to the true fans of the sport) they still made a point to thank fans for their support throughout the years. The full spectacle was also live broadcasted on Youtube for free. They also kept the show concise and relevant to the F1 car liveries. Even the songs showcased kept to the theme of cars.

Each team was given 7 minutes to choreograph how they wanted to reveal their liveries for the 2025 season. The majority of the reveals were well received by the crowd. Stake F1 team Kick Sauber started out strong with a show of drummers and a new, cleaner look to their car. Alpine welcomed their livery with the F1 theme tune composer, Brian Tyler (We are Dreaming) and the Visa Cash App team made it a point to ensure that fans knew the actual name of their team this year through a comedic interview style video. Each fan expressed their own opinions of the livery reveals through social media comments and streams.

Fans also openly expressed their opinions with loud boos to Christian Horner and the Red Bull reveal as well as when gratitude was given to the FIA for their contribution to the sport. This is a topic that has also been of dispute recently, as booing is slowly becoming the norm from opposing fans during Grand Prix. While some fans will argue that it is normal behaviour in sports and competition, others argue it shows a lack of sportsmanship and respect to the athletes.

Whether or not this is a one-off event or to become a yearly occurrence is unknown but, regardless of the spectacle, it was a well organised event that many enjoyed. All the teams’ liveries were showcased in the space of 2 hours along with inside jokes and appearances from all the drivers and team principles. A point was made to thank and mention the fans and now we can move on to testing in Bahrain and some previews of the 2025 car out on track!