Each System 1 workforce color and driver quantity in 2026

The brand new System 1 season kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix this week, launching a brand new period for the championship. With it, the brand new season brings modifications up and down the grid by way of the groups, vehicles and drivers that may contest the 24-round calendar. 

New rules convey lively aerodynamics to the entrance and rear wings, and F1 energy items now depend on a near-50:50 break up between inside combustion and electrical energy. Then there are the brand new groups and drivers which have joined the grid, that means there’s an terrible lot to compensate for in case you weren’t glued to each minute of the Bahrain testing protection.

All the pieces you want to know to observe together with the 2026 System 1 season is correct right here.

McLaren

Lando Norris, McLaren

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Automotive: MCL40Drivers: Lando Norris & Oscar PiastriTeam Principal: Andrea StellaEngine provider: Mercedes

McLaren comes into the 2026 F1 season because the workforce to beat after claiming back-to-back world constructors’ crowns in 2025 and 2024, and driver Lando Norris is the reigning world drivers’ champion.

Regardless of bringing on Mastercard as a title sponsor in 2026, the workforce’s automotive sports activities a well-known black and orange look that McLaren proudly calls papaya.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Lando Norris
1
Yellow/Black
Yellow

Oscar Piastri
81 
Yellow/Orange 
Black

Mercedes

George Russell, Mercedes

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Automotive: W17Drivers: George Russell & Kimi AntonelliTeam Principal: Toto WolffEngine provider: Mercedes

After fumbling F1’s final regulation overhaul in 2022, Mercedes has loads to show with its W17 in 2026. In testing, the automotive seemed robust and the Silver Arrows left Bahrain as favourites for the title this 12 months – and driver George Russell is also the motive force to beat.

For its 2026 racer, the workforce unveiled an evolution of its black and silver look with a tweak that cleverly included the Adidas stripes of its workforce equipment supplier.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

George Russell
63 
Blue
Black

Kimi Antonelli
12
Blue/Purple/Inexperienced
Yellow

Ferrari

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

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Automotive: SF-26Drivers: Lewis Hamilton & Charles LeclercTeam Principal: Fred VasseurEngine provider: Ferrari

System 1’s most well-known workforce is one other outfit that might be on the lookout for redemption in 2026 because it has now been 18 years since Ferrari final picked up an F1 title. The workforce has packed a number of improvements into its SF-26, together with an intriguing rear wing that was trailed in Bahrain and encompasses a mechanism that lets it rotate 180 levels.

The automotive encompasses a acquainted all-red look in 2026, however Ferrari has blended the design up with a white space across the cockpit and a return to the gloss end that it final ran in 2018.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Lewis Hamilton
44
Yellow
Yellow

Charles Leclerc
16
Purple/White 
Black

Purple Bull

Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing

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Automotive: RB22Drivers: Max Verstappen & Isack HadjarTeam Principal: Laurent MekiesEngine provider: Purple Bull-Ford

Purple Bull rolls out a primary with its 2026 F1 automotive as will probably be the primary racer from the Milton Keynes-based workforce to run with its personal energy unit. The RB22 might be powered by the DM01, a brand new energy unit developed by Purple Bull-Ford powertrains, and named in honour of the founding father of the power drink model.

The automotive itself encompasses a refreshed model of Purple Bull’s iconic look, which returns to a gloss end and a lighter shade of blue to distinction its purple and yellow logos.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Max Verstappen
3
Purple/White/Blue
Black

Isack Hadjar
6
Yellow/Black
Yellow

Williams

Alexander Albon, Williams

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Automotive: FW48Drivers: Carlos Sainz & Alex AlbonTeam Principal: James VowlesEngine provider: Mercedes

The FW48 had a troublesome begin in 2026, with the Williams workforce electing to skip the Barcelona shakedown in February and solely operating within the two Bahrain exams as a substitute. Nonetheless, workforce boss James Vowles argued this was not trigger for concern, and the workforce had a stable few days of driving within the desert.

For its 2026 challenger, Williams has caught with the blue look of latest years, however provides extra splashes of white on the sidepods and a lighter shade round new sponsor Barclays financial institution.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Carlos Sainz
55
Purple/Yellow
Yellow

Alex Albon
23
White
Black

Haas

Esteban Ocon, Haas F1 Crew

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Automotive: VF-26Drivers: Oliver Bearman & Esteban OconTeam Principal: Ayao KomatsuEngine provider: Ferrari

Haas had a powerful pre-season testing programme with its VF-26, which appears to be one of many midfield vehicles to look at in System 1’s new period. The Ferrari energy unit that sits underneath the engine cowl can be rumoured to be robust this 12 months, so this could possibly be an enormous 12 months for the Haas workforce.

Because of its new tie in with Toyota, the VF-26 encompasses a refreshed look in 2026 with branding for the Japanese marque’s efficiency division dominating the engine cowl. The purple of Toyota pairs completely with the white and black that’s grow to be acquainted on the Haas vehicles to create a powerful look in 2026.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Oliver Bearman
87
Blue/Yellow
Yellow

Esteban Ocon
31
Purple
Black

Aston Martin

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing

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Automotive: AMR26Drivers: Fernando Alonso & Lance StrollTeam Principal: Adrian NeweyEngine provider: Honda

There was a whole lot of pleasure round Aston Martin going into 2026, because it had famed designer Adrian Newey on the helm and a works partnership with Honda for its energy unit. Nonetheless, a delayed arrival on the Barcelona shakedown and engine troubles in Bahrain have tarnished that sparkle considerably.

Nonetheless, a minimum of the automotive appears cool, proper? With a design that packs in an entire host of revolutionary design prospers, the AMR26 is completed with the workforce’s distinctive inexperienced look – which has a matte end for the primary time.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Fernando Alonso
14
Blue/Yellow
Yellow

Lance Stroll
18
Black
Black

Racing Bulls

Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls

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Automotive: VCARB03Drivers: Liam Lawson & Arvid LindbladTeam Principal: Alan PermaneEngine provider: Purple Bull-Ford

Purple Bull junior workforce Racing Bulls is the one different workforce on the grid to make use of a Purple Bull-Ford energy unit in its VCARB03, which this 12 months might be pushed by Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad.

A shakeup on the prime in 2025 sees Alan Permane lead the Anglo-Italian workforce, which runs a refreshed white livery on its 2026 racer.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Liam Lawson
30
Pink/Blue
Yellow

Arvid Lindblad
41
Blue 
Black 

Alpine

Pierre Gasly, Alpine

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Automotive: A526Drivers: Pierre Gasly & Franco ColapintoTeam Principal: Flavio BriatoreEngine provider: Mercedes

Alpine is a workforce on the lookout for reinvention in 2026. After a torrid season that noticed it end final with lower than a 3rd of the factors scored by the subsequent workforce within the standings, Alpine has thrown its weight behind F1’s reset this 12 months.

Consequently, the A526 options a number of eye-catching particulars on its aerodynamic surfaces, and can be the primary automotive from the Enstone workforce to be powered by a Mercedes engine. On the skin, it encompasses a recognisable blue and pink look because of its partnership with BWT.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Pierre Gasly
10
Blue
Black

Franco Colapinto
43
Blue/White/Pink
Yellow

Audi

Nico Hulkenberg, Audi F1 Crew

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Automotive: R26Drivers: Nico Hulkenberg & Gabriel BortoletoTeam Principal: Jonathan WheatleyEngine provider: Audi

German automotive big Audi has taken over the historic Sauber workforce to create its works entity. The workforce’s first automotive, the R26, runs the producer’s personal energy unit – developed at a specialist facility in Neuburg in Germany.

The livery on the brand new automotive has divided followers, considerably. It encompasses a matte silver take a look at the entrance with purple and black particulars on the engine cowl – in addition to purple trim on different surfaces.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Nico Hulkenberg
27
White/Silver/Purple
Black 

Gabriel Bortoleto
5
White/Yellow/Inexperienced
Yellow

Cadillac

Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing

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Automotive: MAC-26Drivers: Valtteri Bottas & Sergio PerezTeam Principal: Graeme LowdonEngine provider: Ferrari

All-new workforce Cadillac joins the championship in 2026 with Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas bringing the variety of vehicles on the grid as much as 22 for the primary time since 2016. The workforce initially launches as a Ferrari buyer outfit and can run its energy items till its personal engine programme comes on-line in 2029.

Cadillac showcased its first F1 livery in a Tremendous Bowl advert, and it encompasses a distinctive two-sided design with white highlights on one facet and black on the opposite. There are additionally chrome particulars throughout the automotive to echo Cadillac’s emblem.

Driver
Race Quantity
Helmet Color
T-Cam Color

Valtteri Bottas
77
Black/Blue
Yellow

Sergio Perez
11
Yellow/Black
Black

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