{"id":356185,"date":"2025-12-18T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/356185\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:12:11","slug":"this-is-the-entry-list-for-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/356185\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the entry list for &#8217;26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/max-verstappen\" title=\"Max Verstappen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen<\/a> is not the only driver who will race with a \u2018new\u2019 starting number next season in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a>. Two other drivers have also chosen their (different) starting numbers with the FIA: Lando Norris and Arvid Lindblad.<\/p>\n<p>Starting next season in Formula 1, it will be possible to change starting numbers. Max Verstappen is the only driver making use of that option, GPblog understands after speaking with all the teams.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lando Norris will opt for a different number; as the new world champion, he will use the number 1 in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251207-1115-693b207545b80.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"20251207-1115\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>There is one rookie next season. Arvid Lindblad has informed the FIA which number he wants to race with. The Racing Bulls Briton has chosen #41.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining drivers will stick with the starting numbers they already used in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The full starting list for the 2026 seasonDriverTeamStarting number Lando Norris  McLaren  1  Oscar Piastri  McLaren  81  George Russell  Mercedes  63  Andrea Kimi Antonelli  Mercedes  12  Max Verstappen  Red Bull Racing  3  Isack Hadjar  Red Bull Racing  6  Charles Leclerc  Ferrari  16  Lewis Hamilton  Ferrari  44  Carlos Sainz  Williams  55  Alexander Albon  Williams  23  Liam Lawson  Racing Bulls  30  Arvid Lindblad  Racing Bulls  41  Fernando Alonso  Aston Martin  14  Lance Stroll  Aston Martin  18  Esteban Ocon  Haas  31  Oliver Bearman  Haas  87  Nico Hulkenberg  Audi  27  Gabriel Bortoleto  Audi  5  Pierre Gasly  Alpine  10  Franco Colapinto  Alpine  43  Valtteri Bottas  Cadillac  77  Sergio Perez  Cadillac  11 Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen is not the only driver who will race with a \u2018new\u2019 starting number next season in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,5607,817,35119,813,816,825,163010,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-356185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-exclusive","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-news","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-max-verstappen","16":"tag-max-verstappen-nieuws","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}