2026 Formula One World Championship

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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.

Entries[edit]

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]

Teams and drivers that are contracted to compete in the 2026 World Championship
Entrant Constructor Power unit Race drivers
No. Driver name
France BWT Alpine F1 Team[2] Alpine-Renault Renault[3] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team[4] Aston Martin Aramco-Honda Honda[5] 14 Spain Fernando Alonso[6]
TBA TBA
Audi F1 Team[7] Audi Audi[7] 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[8]
TBA TBA
Italy Scuderia Ferrari HP[9] Ferrari Ferrari[3] 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc[10]
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[11]
United States MoneyGram Haas F1 Team[12] Haas-Ferrari Ferrari[13] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
United Kingdom McLaren Formula 1 Team McLaren-Mercedes Mercedes[14] 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris[15]
81 Australia Oscar Piastri[16]
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team[17] Mercedes Mercedes[3] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Italy Visa Cash App RB F1 Team[18] RB-Red Bull Ford Red Bull Ford[19] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Austria Oracle Red Bull Racing[20] Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford Red Bull Ford[19] 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen[21]
TBA TBA
United Kingdom Williams Racing Williams-Mercedes Mercedes[22] TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Source:

Team changes[edit]

Two new engine manufacturers will enter Formula One, coinciding with the engine regulation changes. 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 Sauber, using Ferrari engines, and will become the Audi factory team for 2026.[23][24]

Ford will return to Formula One for the first time since 2004. It will form a partnership with Red Bull Powertrains, which will supply Red Bull Racing as well as RB. Honda, which partially withdrew from Formula One in 2021 whilst remaining in the sport as partners to Red Bull Powertrains, will split from Red Bull Racing and relaunch a fully-fledged engine programme, partnering with Aston Martin, who will end their customer supply deal with Mercedes.[25][26]

List of planned Grands Prix[edit]

The following seventeen Grands Prix are contracted to be held in 2026:

Grand Prix Circuit Ref.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi [27]
Australian Grand Prix Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne [28]
Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg [29]
Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku [30]
Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir [31]
British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone [32]
Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal [33]
Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród [34]
Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka [35]
Miami Grand Prix United States Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida [36]
Qatar Grand Prix Qatar Lusail International Circuit, Lusail [37]
São Paulo Grand Prix Brazil Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo [38]
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah [39]
Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore [40]
TBC Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló [41][42]
Spanish Grand Prix Spain TBC, Madrid [43][42]
United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas [44]

The following eight Grands Prix are contracted for 2025, but do not have a contract for 2026:

Grand Prix Circuit Ref.
Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot [45]
Chinese Grand Prix China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai [46]
Dutch Grand Prix Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort [47]
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Italy Imola Circuit, Imola [48]
Italian Grand Prix Italy Monza Circuit, Monza [49]
Las Vegas Grand Prix United States Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Paradise, Nevada [50]
Mexico City Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City [51]
Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monaco [52]

Regulation changes[edit]

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.[53][54]

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