Your Monday injection of F1 news is here, with Haas the latest team to reveal its new livery for the year.<\/p>\n
All that and much more to catch you up on, so let us wait no longer.<\/p>\n
F1 news: Haas showcases new-look VF-26<\/p>\n
Following on from the official reveals of the Red Bull and Racing Bulls cars for 2026, Haas is the latest team to showcase its new look.<\/p>\n
Having swapped former title partner MoneyGram for Toyota Gazoo Racing in an expansion of its existing technical arrangement, the VF-26 boasts an evolved version of the now-familiar white and black that has been Haas\u2019 mainstay over the last decade.<\/p>\n
Read more: First look: Cadillac shows off F1 livery for pre-season testing<\/a><\/p>\n What\u2019s Haas\u2019 first priority for the year?<\/p>\n With the new car revealed ahead of pre-season testing starting in Barcelona next week, Haas\u2019 team boss Ayao Komatsu has opened up on the extent of the challenge facing his squad.<\/p>\n Powered by Ferrari\u2019s latest-generation hybrid power unit, Komatsu believes any team that can get to grips most quickly with the foibles of the unit, in terms of energy management and deployment, will do well.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore we go racing, and even testing, we need to get on top of energy management, that\u2019s the huge one,\u201d he said in Haas\u2019 pre-season preview.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if we all understand the full extent of the challenge because we don\u2019t know what we don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the first few races, rather than setting a sporting target, it\u2019s more a target for us, first and foremost, get on top of PU management, then aerodynamic development.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more: Ayao Komatsu explains Haas\u2019 key testing priority under new F1 regulations<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Never any question\u2019 of GianPiero Lambiase and Max Verstappen split<\/p>\n After missing two races during the F1 2025 season, speculation emerged after the season finale that Max Verstappen\u2019s race engineer GianPiero Lambiase could seek pastures new.<\/p>\n While Lambiase was linked with possible interest from Aston Martin and Williams, sources close to the situation confirmed to PlanetF1.com earlier this month that Lambiase will remain in his role as head of racing at the Milton Keynes-based squad.<\/p>\n For Verstappen<\/a>, there was never any doubt of that situation changing.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was always staying,\u201d he declared to Sky News.<\/p>\n Put to him by Craig Slater that there was \u201cnever any question\u201d, Verstappen denied that.<\/p>\n \u201cNot to me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Read more: Verstappen responds to Lambiase Red Bull exit rumours: \u2018There was never any question\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n McLaren\u2019s MCL40 takes its first breath<\/p>\n As the last team to confirm its launch date for F1 2026 with a 9th of January reveal, McLaren is also the last team to confirm its new car is alive.<\/p>\n Ahead of the MCL40 hitting the track for the first time in Barcelona next week, the Woking-based squad released a short social media clip to reveal that the car has been fired up back at base.<\/p>\n