The new race season is almost upon us, and with fresh regulations comes fresh wardrobe energy. Here’s our Formula 1 livery report for the upcoming 2026 grid
Audi Revolut F1 Team
Unveiled in Berlin, the team’s first-ever challenger—the R26—arrives in a titanium-and-carbon fibre base sharpened with lava-red accents, a high-contrast palette that reads more “industrial sculpture” than sponsor billboard. Title partner Revolut features prominently, but the overall effect stays characteristically Audi: crisp, deliberate, and quietly assertive.
Oracle Red Bull Racing
Red Bull has gone back to the source and made it glossy. Unveiled in Detroit, the RB22 wears a heritage white base with a return to the gloss finish the team first used when it entered Formula 1 in 2005, a move designed to add “depth and clarity” and make the sun-and-bull emblem pop under the lights.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Mercedes leans into evolution rather than reinvention with the W17 E PERFORMANCE, pairing its iconic silver with the team’s deep black, then stitching the two together with a dynamic PETRONAS green “flow line” that sweeps low across the car to accentuate speed and precision. Up close, the details do the talking: AMG-inspired rhombus signatures sit atop the sidepods, while the engine cover carries the familiar three-pointed star pattern.
Scuderia Ferrari HP
Ferrari’s SF-26 livery is a neat piece of time-travel: an intentional bridge between heritage and the team’s new technical era, wrapped in a glossier Rosso Scuderia after seven seasons of matte. The finish gives the car a more liquid, jewel-like depth under light, while the updated white detailing sharpens the silhouette and makes the red feel even more emphatic.
TGR Haas F1 Team
Haas keeps it crisp, loud, and unmistakably on-brand: a clean white base anchored by black along the lower bodywork, then sliced through with sharp red flashes that run from the nose and cockpit area through to the engine cover. The hero move is typography: an oversized HAAS wordmark sprawled across the sidepods, while the red-and-white graphic treatment on the rear wing and a cheeky Stars-and-Stripes hit on the nose underline the team’s all-American identity.
BWT Alpine Formula One Team
Alpine’s 2026 look, a midnight blue washed in BWT’s unapologetic pink, is a two-tone clash that somehow feels both playful and properly purposeful. The A526’s livery was unveiled as F1 turns the page into its new-regs era, presented by team drivers Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto at a launch aboard the MSC World Europa in Barcelona.
