F1 Cars - The Best of the F1 2025 Season

After all the wait, we have finally entered the first week of February and can’t contain our excitement as the days of F1 fast approach us. The time to get the show on the road again is right around the corner, and this F1 season is bringing with it a promise of excitement and enthrallment. Not only are this season’s F1 cars going to be epic, but we will also be seeing some driver changes with the major one being the transfer of Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari. Let’s take a look at the events that await us and the F1 cars that we will get to see this 2025 season. You can see these cars in active by wathcing F1 streams at F1TV.VIP. 

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Before the cars hit the circuits, they will be showcased to the fans in their full glory at the car launch season. A car launch season is a team event during which drivers and bosses unveil their challengers and offer some glowing words about the upcoming season. This F1 season however, the schedule for the F1 cars launch is a bit clouded due to the all-encompassing season launch event, a new event on the F1 calendar that will debut on debut 18th at The O2 in London. Given below is a table detailing all the pre-season events of F1:

Best F1 Cars for the 2025 Season of Formula One

Each F1 car has its own identity, name and distinct set of characteristics. Even though the launch is yet to happen, by taking into account the F1 cars at the Constructors’ Championship of 2024, we can provide you with the chassis names we know and the ones that are not confirmed yet.

F1 Cars 2025: Predicted and Confirmed Chassis Names

McLaren – MCL39 (TBC)

In the 2023 F1 season, McLaren broke their modern naming convention and named their F1 car the MCL60. This name was given in honor of the completion of 60 years since Bruce McLaren founded the team. However, in 2024, the team returned to the convention and named their challenger MCL38, completely skipping MCL37. Ever since the former McLaren boss Rob Dennis left the team, McLaren has developed a new way of naming their F1 cars with Letters at the start of the name and their chassis number at the end.

Ferrari – SF-25

Ferrari likes to keep things under wraps, growing the fans' anticipation with the element of surprise when it comes to their car names. The F1 cars names of Ferrari change on a regular basis however in a very unlike Ferrari way, they have kept the same naming convention for about 3 years. Ferrari is an unpredictable team from naming their 2017 challenger SF70H in honor of their 70th year as a manufacturer to naming it SF90 in 2019, to SF1000 in the year 2020 and F1025 in the 2022 season, one can only guess what Ferrari is going to name their 2025 F1 car. However, after naming their challengers SF-23 and SF-24, the manufacturer confirmed that for the F1 2025 season, their call will be called SF-25. However, there are still a few days left in the car launch, giving Ferrari plenty of time to come up with an unpredictable name.

Red Bull – RB21

Red Bull tends to keep the names of their F1 cars on the simple side. The abbreviation of the team’s name aka RB followed by the car edition number makes up the name of their car. This tradition of naming goes back to their debut in the 2005 season of Formula One. The 2021 season of Formula One was the only time when this naming tradition was broken by Red Bull. In 2021 the team names their challenger RB16B instead of RB17.  For the 2025 season of the motor racing event, Red Bull has decided to name their F1 car RB21.

Mercedes – W16

Similar to Red Bull, Mercedes also likes to keep the names of their cars straightforward. The W in the F1 cars name of Mercedes stands for Wagen which means car in German, followed by the chassis. The team’s naming system is based on how Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler would designate their chassis, with the engine, designated as” Motor” or “M” followed by the three numbers of the bore of the engine cylinder count, and strokes.

For the first time the letter “W” was used in the name of a Mercedes car in the year 1954. The car was named Mercedes W196, and was a powerful one, helping Daimler-Benz ad Juan Manuel Fangio attain title glory in 2 successive seasons. In today’s time, the names of F1 cars constructed by Mercedes serve as a timeline for when Mercedes retired to Formula One.

Aston Martin – AMR25

Aston Martin names their F1 cars by adding the abbreviation for Aston Martin Racing, AMR, that is followed by the year. That have been naming their cars this way since Aston Martin joined the grid in 2021. This year the F1 car for Aston Martin will be named AM25.

Alpine – A525

For the 2025 season of Formula One Alpine will continue to keep their naming convention and announce just as much via social media. Their naming convention consists of a combination of codename of the team’s Formula 1 project, A500, followed by the year that is going to be 25 for this F1 season.

Haas – VF-25 (TBC)

For the F1 2025 season, Haas has still to confirm their chassis name. When Haas entered Formula One in 2016, it named its car VF-16. If the team follows their convention, there is a possibility that their F1 challenger will be named VF-25.

Racing Bulls – VCARB 02 (TBC)

Even though Red Bulls hasn’t revealed the name of their F1 cars yet, but they will follow the precedent that was set after the arrival of new title sponsors last year. The team will most probably go with the name VCARB 02 for the 2025 season, as it rebranded to VCARD in 2025 and named the car that year in VCARB 01.

Williams – FW47

Previously Williams ran customer chassis in Formula One and had their first independent chassis designed by Patrick Head. He named the car, FW06, after the initials of the founder of the team Frank Williams. As the teams naming convention has remained almost same throughout their time in formula One, they will most probably ne their car this season FW47.

Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber – C45 (TBC)

The first Formula One car by Sauber was named C12 as the earlier chassis numbers were used in sports car, and hill climbs racing. therefore this year, the F1 car by Sauber is most likely to be called C45.