Why have F1's 75th anniversary celebrations fizzled out?

That way we would link in known personalities, such as Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton or Lando Norris, and get them to tell us about their favourite champions growing up, most-loved races, or discuss big stories from the sport. Make use of that giant archive of history F1 has: tell fans why they should care, excite them or let them reminisce. There is also the chance to hear from older figures too, from Jackie Stewart to Keke Rosberg and Mika Häkkinen, as well as the creative minds that have shaped our sport: the possibilities are endless!

Perhaps some of this disappointment also stemmed from watching MotoGP deliver a brilliant 75th anniversary event at Silverstone last year. The weekend was made into a retro throwback, both in the paddock and also on track with all 11 teams running a vintage livery across the weekend. Much like the F1 75 show, each team revealed their unique look through a global live stream and even the opening titles were given a nostalgic makeover.

Of course, demanding a mandatory change of liveries presents itself with a big challenge, with potential push back from sponsors and teams as well as the chance of confusion from casual viewers, but what a fun opportunity to pay homage to the championship’s history.

We’ve explored this idea at Motor Sport before, picking our favourite options for each team, but it feels unlikely to happen now as we approach the second half of the season, which has only Monza left as an original location on the inaugural 1950 calendar.

Five years ago F1 marked 70 years of racing during a season heavily impacted by the Covid pandemic. As a result of needing to condense the calendar and race behind closed doors, Silverstone hosted two events on consecutive weekends. As there couldn’t be two British Grands Prix, one of the events was known as the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix and allowed F1 to give a nod to its history.

During 2020, there was also a significant push from the F1 content team on its heritage, including placing older graphics over modern races, looking back at laps of Monaco over the years as it remained relatively unchanged, and getting the then-current grid to watch back old highlights and give commentary.

F1 also ran a special opening sequence for its 1000th race at the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix, but all we’ve had this season was Hans Zimmer’s score from the F1 movie instead of the usual Brian Tyler theme ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix.

Maybe I am making mountains out of molehills here, but I am just disappointed that more hasn’t been done to celebrate the championship’s past at a time when interest in Formula 1 has never been higher.

You’ve got a wave of new fans in their millions, largely thanks to Netflix’s Drive to Survive and the F1 movie released this summer, and three-quarters of a century worth of action and adventure: do something with it.