Haas has released its 2025 car – the VF-25 – after displaying its livery at the F1 75 Live event at the O2 Arena in London.
All teams were present in London on Tuesday night to launch the new season, and they were mandated to unveil their 2025 liveries at the event, but not the cars themselves. Haas completed a private shakedown with the VF-25 on Sunday at Silverstone and so then revealed the new car once it had completed its F1 75 appearance.
“Our motivation levels have never been higher heading into a brand-new season,” said team principal Ayao Komatsu. “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 tenth 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 (Ocon) and Ollie (Bearman) and get some milage under our belts prior to racing in Australia next month.”
NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 16: <> during a shakedown test of the Haas F1 Team VF-25 F1 car at Silverstone Circuit on February 16, 2025 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Dom Romney/LAT Images)
Head of aerodynamics Davide Paganelli says the rear of the car has been targeted as the team looks for greater consistency throughout the new season.
“Our focus was the points of weakness identified in the VF-24,” Paganelli said. “With the help of the performance team, we tried to work on the whole car as a package to be able to solve the issue. An indication of this is that we worked a lot on the rear of the car, and particularly the rear wing. I think that we’ve done a really good job on this for 2025.
“We believe the package we’ve designed is a really good one in terms of development. Obviously, we must check if the delivery is what we expect. If we’re able to see on track what we think we’re discovering in the wind tunnel, I think that we can have a massive boost from the very first race.
“We’ve tried to design a car that can adapt to different races, as one of the weaknesses we had last year was not being able to be able to perform at the same level at circuits with different characteristics. I think that we did a good job in trying to close this kind of gap as well as providing a configuration that is better in hotter races. We know at the beginning of the season we have some hot races, so we should be able to compete.”
Finishing seventh in the constructors’ standings last year, Haas lost out in a close fight with Alpine for sixth, but team owner Gene Haas says he was pleased with the overall progress having replaced Guenther Steiner with Komatsu at the start of 2024.
“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 said. “The team really 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.”
