Formula 1 in London writes history on Tuesday evening. For the first time, all racers of the new season are presented in a big show event. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is taken with the idea and compares the premiere with the NFL.
The new Formula 1 season is approaching with huge steps. And fans marked the thickness of February 18 in the calendar. On Tuesday evening, the F1 organizes the launch event in which the painting of all new cars for 2025 are shown.
Sport.de accompanies the Formula 1 launch event on Tuesday from 9 p.m. in the detailed live blog.
Mercedes boss is looking forward to mega-launch
The 20 drivers will also be at the start in the O2 Arena. Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari will be particularly the focus on Tuesday evening, but also Mercedes with Hamilton successor Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
The anticipation at Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is great.
“I think it’s great,” said Wolff as part of the Las Vegas GP about the launch event. The whole thing is “almost like a race weekend,” said the Austrian. “We all come together after the season, all teams will be present, the drivers will be present.”
Wolff announced that some hardcore fans may be disappointed because they won’t see the end product “.:” The truth is that the end product will only be seen at the end of the test. “
Auto presentation like NFL draft?
With the new launch evening in London, the motorsport king class takes another step to open the sport of new spectators.
The evening reminds Wolff a bit of big events like the NFL draft, which writes headlines once a year before the season. There, the NFL teams select the largest college talents one after the other.
“The regulations remain stable and it is a bit like the NFL draft, but maybe a bit with fewer consequences than with the NFL draft,” said the Austrian.
“We should promote that. We should promote testing much more.” He certified that F1 boss Stefano Domenicali and rights holder Liberty Media did a “really good job”.
On February 26, 27 and 28, the new cars are allowed for the first time as part of the obligatory test drives. At the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, the teams, experts and fans get a first impression of the new cars.