Haas has unveiled the design and livery of its new automobile forward of the 2026 F1 season.
The American firm unveiled the VF-26 for the upcoming F1 marketing campaign in an internet presentation utilizing digital renderings, displaying off a new-look white livery with pink accents that displays Haas’ new title sponsorship with Toyota.
Haas has strengthened its relationship with the Japanese producer, signing its first technical partnership in 2024. One of many important advantages for Haas is the event of a brand new driver-in-loop simulator, with the group beforehand counting on Ferrari as a part of its energy unit deal.
Esteban Ocon and Olly Bearman will as soon as once more type Haas’ driver line-up for the group’s 111th F1 season, as they give the impression of being to construct on their eighth-place end within the 2025 Constructors’ Championship in a brand new period for the game.
Though this was a drop within the standings in comparison with 2024, it was Haas’ most factors in a season since 2018. Bearman’s spectacular drive to fourth place in Mexico Metropolis was a spotlight, matching Haas’ finest ever F1 outcome with Romain Grosjean’s fourth place on the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
“Like different groups, we need to design and construct a brand new regulation entry for the 2026 season whereas going through the problem of competing in 2025,” stated Haas founder and proprietor Gene Haas.
“Pre-season is essential to grasp the capabilities of those vehicles and the way the drivers, engineers and the entire group adapt to them. There’s continuity, at the least with the drivers, with Olly (Bearman) and Esteban (Ocon), and there may be continuity with the design group and the engineering group. The competitors within the midfield final season was of a really excessive stage and difficult. We have to return and proceed to develop each on and off the observe.”
“Personally, I am very to see how the competitors unfolds throughout the grid and what these new laws will deliver when it comes to efficiency.”
Entrance view of VF-26
Haas’ new VF-26 challenger will take to the observe for the primary time throughout F1’s non-public take a look at week at Spain’s Barcelona-Catalunya circuit from January twenty sixth to thirtieth.
Haas group principal Ayao Komatsu added: “It feels a bit surreal to launch a brand new automobile firstly of the yr, however taking up a brand new F1 marketing campaign, particularly one with regulation adjustments like this, is not any much less thrilling.”
“We’re absolutely dedicated to preparing for the shakedown week in Barcelona. It was a rare effort from the entire group working in such a brief turnaround time from the tip of final season to getting the automobile on observe in January.”
“For sure, in spite of everything this discuss, we are able to’t wait to see how these vehicles carry out and what we’ll face as we transfer ahead with our take a look at program forward of Australia.
“Observe time can be essential in Spain and Bahrain. We all know there can be challenges alongside the way in which, however we do it as a result of we’re obsessed with F1.”
Audi, previously often known as Sauber, would be the subsequent group to unveil a brand new automobile and livery at an occasion in Germany on Tuesday night time.
Aspect rendering of the 2026 Haas F1 automobile
