Formula 1 x Fortnite collaboration leaked ahead of official launch

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Formula 1 x Fortnite collaboration leaked ahead of official launch

Formula 1 and one of the world's biggest video games are finally about to team up

Dan Ripley Global Editor

Professional F1 journalist and analyst

Saturday 15 November 2025 20:36 Updated: 16:30

Formula 1 have finally completed a linkup with one of the biggest videogames around in Fortnite - and it is arriving later this week.

The game has become a massive success in recent years and as of 2025 has over 650 million registered players.

Earlier this week, Fortnite put out its biggest tease yet, by replying to Formula 1's official Instagram account with a cryptic message

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In a post, the official Fortnite account said: "How do you make a Battle Bus aero-dynamic? Asking for a friend."

The seemingly upcoming link up with F1 has been in pipeline with rumours on the partnership first surfacing two years ago.

Now, it has finally been announced that there will be F1 items available in the Fortnite item shop from November 20, with gliders and skins available for gamers to purchase.

It’s lights out and away we go! @F1 and Fortnite are hitting the track! 🏎️

Formula 1 cosmetics drop in the Item Shop: Nov 20, 7 PM ET #F1 #Formula1 pic.twitter.com/rnnNNS6Xyh
— Fortnite (@Fortnite) November 16, 2025

How will F1 work on Fortnite?

It seems players will be able to navigate the game world wearing livery from their favourite F1 teams... though of course F1 cars won't be a huge part of the game given it's a first-person shooting game (albeit from a third person vantage point).

F1 won't be the first big name brand Fortnite will be teaming up with. It's also had huge success with Marvel and characters like Deadpool, and even linking up with singer Sabrina Carpenter.

The Simpsons has been the most recent high profile crossover, but Fortnite and F1 fans will be waiting in anticipation for what could be coming, including a limited time mode or even F1 cars and tracks.

The link up with Fortnite only puts more focus on the commercial and mainstream success F1 has been involved with since being bought by Liberty Media nearly 10 years ago.

As well as launching the hugely successful Netflix series 'Drive to Survive' to appeal to a more casual audience, a massively popular Hollywood F1 film was released earlier this year, grossing over $630million.

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