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 ahead of next season

F1 75 Live 2025
F1 75 Live 2025

F1 will not hold aꦍ glitzy season launc🐓h ahead of the 2026 F1 season.

Ahead of F1’s 75th anniversar🍒y, all 10 teams officially revealed their new liveries to the🔜 world in a joint-season launch at the O2 Arena in London.

This was♚ held to celebrate the sport’s 75th🃏 birthday in front of a packed-out on-site location in London.

I༒t was the first time in F1 history that all 10 te🐟ams were present before pre-season testing to launch their new liveries.

understands that a similar event will not occur before the🌜 2026 sea💫son.

F1 will likely opt to do something like ‘F1 75 Live’ again for a significant milestone or event in the fu🐻ture.

The 2025 event was broadly successful, with over 1.1 million con🍃current viewers on F1’s YouT♎ube channel.

Fans could bu🦩y tickets to watch the show in person, 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 busy developing and preparing for one of F♍1’s biggest regulation changes.

In 2026, entirely new chassis and engine rules will be in play, ꦚputting extra strain on all 11 teams.

Due to the new regulations, an additional pre-season ‘shakedown’ is taking place in Barcelona, which is expected to be behind closed doors, the teams will be pushed for time, meaning an event ไlike 'F1 75 Live' will be an inconvenience. 

Plus, teams still preferred to rev✃eal thei🎉r new cars elsewhere.

Ferrari held a shakedown of 🐬their 2025 car 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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