Ranking every F1 team's 2025 launch show from worst to best

"It’s almost like having an extra race in the calendar" was how one Formula 1 team boss described the first-ever season launch event at the O2 Arena - but if it was a race then who won?

We asked The Race's F1 team - from those watching the event in the crowd to those following along from home - to rank the contributions made by each F1 team from worst to best as a bit of pre-season fun.

There was plenty of variety in opinion among our team with five different teams topping the lists of our eight contributors.

As always we've applied an F1 points system to each individual ranking to produce the following combined ranking:

Contributors: Scott Mitchell-Malm, Edd Straw, Jon Noble, Megan Cantle, Ben Anderson, Matt Beer, Josh Suttill and Duncan Anderson

10th - Red Bull

The ‘follow the truck’ video would’ve been a cool piece of standalone social media but on a night when other teams made proper use of the stage and the room, having the live audience just watching a big screen for most of the slot was a missed opportunity.

Not giving the reigning four-time champion driver a chance to speak during his and Liam Lawson’s brief appearance at the end was another one.

Read: Our verdict on whether the launch was a success or failure.

Read: Every 2025 F1 car and livery revealed so far.

With the very samey livery and the awkward Christian Horner intro (and the rough crowd reception he got), Red Bull’s performance on F1 2025’s opening night was more 'Sergio Perez out in Q1’ than ‘Verstappen wins again against all the odds’. - Matt Beer

9th - Alpine

Had Alpine forgotten it was also unveiling a car? It seemed that way as the DJ element went on, and on, and on, and repetitively on.

Fair play to Alpine for openly referencing how awful its start to 2024 was and for having a revamped livery to show off, though. But too much of its timeslot was just devoted to a guy stood on his own bouncing around in front of some kit while things flashed. - MB

8th - Haas

Haas's big 'we're an American F1 team' pitch felt slightly at odds with the rest of its presentation and in general with the way Haas has approached things in recent years.

An epic reveal for Haas' 2025 livery... and those stunning race suits