Haas has unveiled the actual VF-25 car the team will run in the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The American squad released renders of the team’s 2025 machine donning the livery that has been revealed on a show car at the F1 75 season launch event at London’s O2.
The design scheme is the revised one that was leaked in a shakedown at Silverstone over the weekend, comprising the team’s traditional colours of black, red and white.
The VF-25 contains more white than its predecessor with it being the predominant colour on the monocoque and nose cone, while also extending along to the sidepods.
Haas, entering its 10th season in the sport, is endeavouring to build upon a promising campaign which saw it end 2024 in seventh position in the Constructors’ Championship.
That came in Ayao Komatsu’s debut season at the helm, the Japanese engineer having been promoted to replace the long-serving Guenther Steiner during the previous winter.
Komatsu will oversee a new driver line-up in 2025 as one-time F1 race winner Esteban Ocon will partner Ferrari prospect Oliver Bearman, embarking on his rookie season.
Ocon turned the VF-25’s maiden laps in a private outing at Silverstone, with Bearman to receive his debut outing in the new Haas in a shakedown in Bahrain on February 24.
“We had a very encouraging year in 2024 so I’m naturally looking forward to seeing further progress made this season with the VF-25,” Haas Chairman Gene Haas said.
“The team pulled together last year, both on and off-track, and obviously now we have two new drivers in Esteban and Ollie to incorporate into the team and hopefully keep us headed in the right direction.
“It was exciting to see the developments made last season and I’m trusting that momentum will continue to grow and translate into further performance gains.”
Haas aiming to continue ‘unprecedented’ development
The most visible notable changes to the car include revised sidepod inlets, broader cannons on the engine cover and the rear wing containing a noticeable side cut-out.
Komatsu explained that Haas is striving to continue the “unprecedented” development that enabled the squad to register its best championship result since 2018 last season.
“Our motivation levels have never been higher heading into a brand-new season,” Komatsu expressed. “To have been in the fight for sixth place in the Constructors’ Championship all the way to the final round in 2024 was great to be a part of – the level of development we enjoyed throughout the year was unprecedented in our history.
“To be going into our 10th season in Formula 1 with the belief that we can compete, and with the team really coming together the way it did, I’m personally very excited to see what we can deliver with the VF-25. All our functions across Kannapolis, Banbury and Maranello have been working hard to ensure we can hit the ground running again in Bahrain.
“Our design office in Italy, under the guidance of Andrea De Zordo, have worked tirelessly to evolve the successful concept we had with the VF-24, and its upgrades, and build on those strengths and apply into the VF-25 design. We’re all eager to get going with Esteban and Ollie and get some milage under our belts prior to racing in Australia next month.”
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