{"id":772602,"date":"2026-07-01T18:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772602\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:16:11","slug":"all-the-f1-british-gp-special-liveries-unveiled-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772602\/","title":{"rendered":"All the F1 British GP special liveries unveiled so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 British Grand Prix should again prove a popular occasion for special liveries among Formula 1 teams.<\/p>\n<p>While just three of the 11 teams are registered as British, the majority of the squads are either de facto UK-based or at least part-based there, and usually not far from British GP venue Silverstone.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the British GP-specific colour schemes unveiled thus far.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HMIYuxmWEAAOb4i.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1619\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>McLaren&#8217;s Silverstone design showcases the partnership with its major sponsor Google and specifically Google&#8217;s AI tool Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>But it references a specific car from the past, the white-and-green McLaren M2B campaigned by team founder Bruce McLaren in 1966.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/8K_16-9_F3Q_HIGH_RE_RESIZED-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Cadillac F1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Though Britain was&#8230;a relevant party in the historical event in question, Cadillac&#8217;s special colour scheme for Silverstone is not British-themed.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the American team will deploy a stars-and-stripes USA colour scheme to celebrate Independence Day, July 4 &#8211; which will align with qualifying day and which this year marks 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>Williams<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/unnamed--3-.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Williams&#8217;s Silverstone livery is a minor update to its primary 2026 colour scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The British GP version of the FW48 will feature a &#8220;Union Jack-inspired&#8221; palette on the side of the nose structure &#8211; and also on the team kit and racesuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 British Grand Prix should again prove a popular occasion for special liveries among Formula 1 teams.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-772602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772602","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=772602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}