Why there won’t be an ‘F1 75’ season launch at the O2 Arena in 2026
F1's high-profile season launch event will🦹 not be returning a🔥head of next season

F1 will not hold a glitzy season launch ahead of th🍌e 2026 F1 season.
Ahead of F1’s 75th anniversary, all 10 teams officially revealed their new liveries to 🍎the world in a joint-season launch at t♛he O2 Arena in London.
This was held to celebrate the sport’s 75th birthday in front of a packed-out on-site location൲ in London.
It was the first time in F1 history that all 10 teams were present before pre-season testing to launch their new liverie𓆏s.
understandꦚs that a similar event will not occur before the 2026 seas🍸on.
F1 w𝔍ill likely opt to do something like ‘F1 75 Live’ again for a significant milestone or event in the future.
The 2025 event was broadly successful, with over 1.1 million concurrent viewers on F1’s 💦YouTube channel.
Fans could buy tickets to ꧑watch the show in personꦗ, while F1 attracted musicians such as MGK and Take That to provide entertainment.
2026 rules key factor
Unlike in 2025, when the rules remained relatively stable over the winter, teams are bu🎶sy developing and pre💦paring for one of F1’s biggest regulation changes.
In 2026, entirely new chassis and engine rules🎉 will be in play, putting extra strain on all 11 teams🌌.
Due to the new regulations, an additionꦓal pre-season ‘shakedown’ is taking place in Barcelona, which is expecte🀅d to be behind closed doors, the teams will be pushed for time, meaning an event like 'F1 75 Live' will be an inconvenience.
Plus, ♋teams st🔴ill preferred to reveal their new cars elsewhere.
Ferrari held a shakedown of their 2025 ca🐼r less than 24 hours after F1 75 Live in London at the team's base in Maranello.
Williams showed off the FW47 before the season 🐷launch in a different livery to the one they revealed at the O2 Arena.
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