Keen anticipation has brought us to this point; now, 2026’s Formula 1 launch season has begun. Red Bull and Racing Bulls were the first teams to break out of the gate, presenting their new(ish)-for-2026 liveries as part of a launch event with Ford in Detroit.

For the event itself, this was ostensibly true; Red Bull and Racing Bulls put their new schemes onto a 2026 show car, produced by Memento Exclusives, and demonstrated their revised liveries to the audience. Red Bull turned the clocks back and reintroduced a metallic blue scheme for the first time since 2015, while Racing Bulls made a few minor tweaks to the white livery it introduced last year. After the marketing spiel, driver chat, and glitzy reveals – surely, that was it?

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