The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship is a planned motor racing championship for Formula One cars set to be the 77th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is set to be contested over several Grands Prix held around the world. Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively.
The championship is set to see a major set of regulation changes and two new power unit manufacturers.
The following constructors and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2026 World Championship. All teams are due to compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli. [1] Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.[ citation needed ]
Entrant | Constructor | Power unit | Race drivers | |
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No. | Driver name | |||
BWT Alpine F1 Team [2] | Alpine-Renault | Renault [3] | TBA | TBA |
TBA | TBA | |||
Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team [4] | Aston Martin Aramco-Honda | Honda [5] | 14 | Fernando Alonso [6] |
TBA | TBA | |||
Audi F1 Team [7] [8] | Audi | Audi [7] | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg [9] |
TBA | TBA | |||
Scuderia Ferrari HP [10] | Ferrari | Ferrari [3] | 16 | Charles Leclerc [11] |
44 | Lewis Hamilton [12] | |||
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team [13] | Haas-Ferrari | Ferrari [14] | TBA | TBA |
TBA | TBA | |||
McLaren Formula 1 Team | McLaren-Mercedes | Mercedes [15] | 4 | Lando Norris [16] |
81 | Oscar Piastri [17] | |||
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team [18] | Mercedes | Mercedes [3] | TBA | TBA |
TBA | TBA | |||
Visa Cash App RB F1 Team [19] | RB-Red Bull Ford | Red Bull Ford [20] | TBA | TBA |
TBA | TBA | |||
Oracle Red Bull Racing [21] | Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford | Red Bull Ford [20] | 33 | Max Verstappen [22] |
TBA | TBA | |||
Williams Racing | Williams-Mercedes | Mercedes [23] | 23 | Alexander Albon [24] |
TBA | TBA | |||
Source: [25] |
Audi will enter the sport for the first time, having purchased the existing Sauber team in 2024. The team will race in the 2024 and 2025 seasons as Kick Sauber, using Ferrari engines, before becoming the Audi factory team for 2026. As a result, Haas will become the only Ferrari customer team. [26] [27]
Ford will return to Formula One as an engine supplier for the first time since it provided engines for Jaguar, Jordan and Minardi, the latter as Cosworth, in 2004. It will form a partnership with Red Bull Powertrains, which will supply Red Bull Racing and their second team RB. Honda, which partially withdrew from Formula One in 2021 whilst remaining in the sport as partners to Red Bull Powertrains, will split from two Red Bull-owned teams, Red Bull Racing and RB, after seven and eight seasons, respectively, and relaunch a fully-fledged engine program starting with Aston Martin under Honda Racing Corporation banner, who will end their customer supply deal with Mercedes after seventeen consecutive seasons. Honda had previously collaborated with the Silverstone-based team as Jordan from 1998 to 2000 as Mugen Honda, and from 2001 to 2002 as Honda. [28] [29]
The following seventeen Grands Prix are contracted to be held in 2026:
The following eight Grands Prix are contracted for 2025, but do not have a contract for 2026:
The Spanish Grand Prix will move from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló to a new street circuit in Madrid built around the IFEMA Exhibition Centre, [46] with the former track's future being unknown due to its own coinciding contract for 2026. [45]
New engine regulations are due to be introduced from the 2026 season. These engine regulations will see the turbocharged 1.6 V6 internal combustion engine configuration used since 2014 retained. The new power units will produce over 1,000 bhp (750 kW ), although the power will come from different places. The MGU-H (Motor Generator Unit – Heat) will be banned, while the MGU-K's (Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic) output will increase to 470 bhp (350 kW) – previously the MGU-H and MGU-K produced a combined power output of 160 bhp (120 kW). The power output of the internal combustion part of the power unit will decrease to 540 bhp (400 kW) from 850 bhp (630 kW). In addition, fuel flow rates will be measured and limited based on energy, rather than mass or volume of the fuel itself. The new power units are due to be run on a fully sustainable fuel, being developed by Formula One. [56] [57]
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