The 2026 Formula One Season, formally known as the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship, is the 77th season of the FIA Formula One World Championship, the premier single-seater racing series sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
Team changes[]
Cadillac will become the eleventh team in Formula One, marking Cadillac's first appearance in the series and the first new team on the grid since Haas in 2016, and will use Ferrari power units and gearboxes. Cadillac had previously tried to unsuccessfully enter Formula One in conjunction with Andretti Global.
Three 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 Kick Sauber, using, Ferrari engines, before becoming the Audi factory team for 2026. As a result, Haas and new entrant Cadillac will become the two Ferrari customer teams.
Ford will return to Formula One as an engine supplier for the first time since it provided engines for its own works team Jaguar and its former customers Jordan and Minardi in 2004. It will form a partnership with Red Bull Powertrains, which will supply Red Bull Racing and their second team Racing Bulls. Honda, which partially withdrew from Formula One in 2021 whilst remaining in the sport as partners to Red Bull Powertrains, will split from the two Red Bull-owned teams and relaunch a fully-fledged engine program starting with Aston Martin under the Honda Racing Corporation banner. Aston Martin had used Mercedes power units since Aston Martin rejoined the sport, with Mercedes having supplied engines to Aston Martin's predecessors since 2009. Honda had previously collaborated with Aston Martin's predecessor Jordan from 1998 to 2002.
Renault will cease to provide engines for Alpine from 2026 onwards after the string of poor results of their engines since hybrid power unit regulations era in 2014, making it the first season without any sort of Renault and French-licensed engine since the 1988 championship. This means Alpine will become a customer team as opposed to a full works outfit as had been the case since Renault reacquired Team Enstone – when they were competing as Lotus, and in 2015 they were running Mercedes engines – ahead of the 2016 season. The team previously ran under the Renault name from 2016 to 2020, and previously from 2002 to 2011 when Renault purchased what was then known as Benetton in 2000. Alpine will become a customer team of Mercedes, utilising their engines and gearboxes from this season onwards.