Chassis: MCL40
Engine: Mercedes
CEO: Zak Brown
Team principal: Andrea Stella
Chief Designer: Rob Marshall
Technical Director, Aerodynamics: Peter Prodromou
Driver: Lando Norris
Driver: Oscar Piastri
McLaren retain their driver line line up that last year won them both the constructors championship and the drivers championship. Zak Brown and Andrea Stella will have the challenge of managing two potential title contenders and not allowing a driver fromanother team to take advantage of the Norris / Piastri rivalry.
Chassis: W17
Engine: Mercedes
CEO and Team principal: Toto Wolf
Technical Director: James Allison
Driver: George Russell
Driver: Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes retain their two drivers after a good 2025 season. The last time there was a major change to engine rules Mercedes were ahead of their rivals, time will tell if they have managed that again. If they have George Russel is a potential drivers champion.
Chassis: SF-26
Engine: Ferrari
Team principal: Frederick Vasseur
Sporting Director: Diego Ioverno
Driver: Charles Leclerc
Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Last season was a disappointing season for Ferrari and more so for Lewis Hamilton. The Scuderia will be desperate for an improved season and so will Lewis Hamilton who desperately needs a race win.
Chassis: FW48
Engine: Mercedes
Team principal: James Vowles
Chief Technical Officer: Pat Fry
Driver: Alexander Albon
Driver: Carlos Sainz Jr
Williams had a much improved season last year as the changes introduced by James Vowles started to produce results. The team will be hoping to continue to improve their performance now that Carlos Sainz is embedded in the tream alogside Alexander Albon.
Chassis: VCARB03
Engine: Red Bull Ford
CEO: Peter Bayer
Team principal: Alan Permane
Driver: Arvid Lindblad
Driver: Liam Lawson
last season was disrupted by personnel changes including team principal Laurent Mekies moving up to Red Bull and changes in the driver line up during the season. Liam and Lawson will need a good season to retain a seat in F1 whilst Arvid Lindblad is the only rookie on the grid for 2026.
Chassis: AMR26
Engine: Honda RA626H
Managing Technical Partner and Team Principal: Adrian Newey
Chief Trackside Officer: Mike Krack
Chief Strategy Officer: Andy Cowell
Driver: Fernando Alonso
Driver: Lance Stroll
Aston Martin will be hoping to improve on a mixed 2025 season. THe senior management are now in place though how it is unclear how much impact Adrian Newey has had on the 2026 car. After Honda pulled out of F1, closed its engine division and then decided to re=enter and so restart engine development it is not clear how competitive the Honda engine will be, which could potentially limit the success of Aston Martin in 2026.
Chassis: VF-26
Engine: Ferrari O67\6, turbocharged 1.6 liter V-6 Hybrid
Team Principal: Ayao Komatsu
Technical director: Andrea De Zordo
Driver: Oliver Bearman
Driver: Esteban Ocon
Haas are continuing with their two drivers and will need to have developed an improved car under the new regulations to be more competitive than last year.
Chassis: R26
Engine: Audi
Team Principal: Jonathan Wheatley
Technical director chassis: James Key
Technical director power unit: Stefan Dreyer
Driver: Nico Hulkenberg
Driver: Gabriel Bortoleto
Audi enter 2026 as a works team having taken over the Sauber team. They have retaine dther two drivers and now have their key management personnel in place. Audi management will be expecting an improvement on last years 9th place in the constructors championship by Sauber.
Chassis: A526
Engine: Mercedes
Team principal: Dave Greenwood / Flavio Briatore
Driver: Pierre Gasly
Driver: Franco Colapinto
Alpine had a very poor 2025 season being fairly consistently the slowest cars on the grid. Without a significant improvement in performance there is a potential for the patience of Renault management to run out and they will pull out as they have done from being a engine manufacturer.
Cadillac Formula 1 Team
Chassis:
Engine: Ferrari
CEO: Dan Towriss
Team principal: Graeme Lowdon
Chief Technical Officer:Nick Chester
Executive engineering consultant: Pat Symonds
Driver: Sergio Perez
Driver: Valtteri Bottas
Cadillac is the new team for 2026 and is being backed by the American car company GM. They will be running the Ferrari cutomer engine ahead of them developing their engine. Sergio Perez and Valtteri Botttas have been brought in as experienced F1 drivers, but the team is playing down expectations and is expecting to be at the back of the grid for its first season.
