The Alpine A525 will get a new paint job for the last three races of the season – Sauber has also unveiled a special design for Las Vegas
The Alpine A525 will take to the track with a slightly modified look for the last three races of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The Enstone-based team announced on Tuesday that the car design will feature a little more pink starting with this weekend’s race in Las Vegas. The sidepods of the car, which were previously blue, will be given a new color for the last three races of the season. Alpine already competed with a modified car design in the last three races in Las Vegas, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi last year.
However, while the entire A524 was painted pink at that time, this time some blue elements will remain. Alpine is in tenth and last place in the World Championship with 22 points ahead of the last three races of the year. The gap to Sauber in ninth place is already 40 points.
The Swiss team will also be competing in Las Vegas with a special livery. Under the name “Final Lap,” Sauber unveiled a design on Tuesday that is intended to symbolize “the team’s upward trend in the 2025 season.”
Sauber is currently in second-to-last place in the championship, but Nico Hülkenberg did finish on the podium once at Silverstone. In addition, the gap to the Racing Bulls in sixth place is only 20 points, so a jump up the championship standings is still possible in the last three races.
Unlike Alpine, the Sauber special design will only be used on the weekend in Las Vegas. The color scheme of the C45 will not change, but the green car will feature a checkered flag design element that runs from the front wing to the rear wing across the entire car.
For Sauber, the title “Final Lap” has another symbolic meaning, as the team will be dropping its current name at the end of the year. From 2026, the Hinwil-based team will officially compete as an Audi works team.
Williams had already unveiled a special design for the Las Vegas Grand Prix ahead of Alpine and Sauber.