Red Bull and Racing Bulls will host their season launches at a major group event with Ford in Detroit in January.<\/p>\n
As reported by PlanetF1.com at the end of October, Ford\u2019s motorsport season launch will take place in Detroit in mid-January, and both Red Bull F1 teams will attend in order to carry out their own launches for the upcoming F1 season.<\/p>\n
Red Bull to launch F1 2026 season alongside Ford<\/p>\n
Red Bull will enter into a major new partnership in F1 2026, as the long-awaited Red Bull Powertrains (RBPT) project finally enters competition.<\/p>\n
Following the confirmation of Honda\u2019s withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2021, Red Bull opted to create its own power unit for the upcoming regulation cycle of a new-generation hybrid V6 with increased electrification.<\/p>\n
RBPT entered into a partnership with Ford, with the American giant forming a close bond with the two Red Bull teams as both gear up to race in F1 as fully autonomous manufacturers with Ford\u2019s expertise.<\/p>\n
Ford will host its motorsport season launch in Detroit on January 15th, 2026, held at the Michigan Central Station, less than two weeks before F1 pre-season testing begins, behind closed doors, with a five-day test in Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Both Red Bull and Racing Bulls will be in attendance to reveal their liveries for the F1 2026 season, as well as celebrate the launch of their new engine partnership with Ford.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince we announced our return to F1 with Red Bull<\/a>, the team has been working night and day to get ready for 2026,\u201d said Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Racing.<\/p>\n \u201cBut this is about so much more than just the racing. It is about how we use our learnings from F1 to make our cars and trucks better for our customers.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we will learn together with Red Bull will define the technologies of the future, and that is what excites me most about this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n The return of the blue oval to Formula 1 ends a 22-year absence, with its last involvement in the sport being in 2004 when it owned the Jaguar team. At the end of that season, the parent company sold Jaguar to Red Bull, with the two companies now coming together in a new partnership as Red Bull has become one of the behemoths of the sport in the two decades since.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the first time, Red Bull will introduce their two Formula 1 teams at one event, and I can tell you, Ford is very much at the heart of this project,\u201d Rushbrook said.<\/p>\n \u201cThis Red Bull launch is a celebration of a journey that has been several years in the making. It\u2019s the official introduction of the Red Bull Ford Powertrains unit \u2014 the heart of Ford\u2019s return to the pinnacle of motorsport.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Formula 1\u2019s incredible global growth, a new and diverse fanbase, and the 2026 regulations\u2019 focus on sustainable fuels and electric power, the technical challenge has never been greater \u2014 or more aligned with our vision for the future of automotive performance.\u201d<\/p>\n More post-race analysis from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0Winners and Losers from the 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix<\/a><\/p>\n