{"id":934387,"date":"2026-10-20T01:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934387\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:32:13","slug":"f1-news-godzilla-roars-back-onto-f1-grid-with-new-haas-livery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934387\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Godzilla roars back onto F1 grid with new Haas livery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Godzilla\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHaas will run with another Godzilla inspired livery in Austin this weekend. Image: Haas<\/p>\n

The American team will run the special design on its VF-26 cars driven by Oliver Bearman<\/a> and Esteban Ocon<\/a>, marking the second time this season it has incorporated the famous Japanese movie monster into its colours.<\/p>\n

Created to promote the upcoming film Godzilla Minus Zero, the latest livery features a large illustration of Godzilla across the sidepods, accompanied by blue graphics that contrast with Haas\u2019 traditional white, black and red colours.<\/p>\n

The blue accents extend across the upper bodywork, giving the VF-26 a different appearance from the version raced at Suzuka earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The new look continues Haas\u2019 season-long collaboration with Japanese entertainment company TOHO<\/a>, which was announced ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in March.<\/p>\n

The partnership produced its first special livery at Suzuka, following an unveiling in Tokyo, with the design incorporating Godzilla imagery into Haas\u2019 existing colour scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Austin livery also coincides with the approaching North American release of Godzilla Minus Zero on November 6, with further promotional activities planned around the race weekend.<\/p>\n

Beyond the special liveries, the agreement with TOHO includes promotional content, merchandise and other activities throughout the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Haas arrives in Austin seventh in the constructors\u2019 championship on 30 points, trailing Alpine by 38 while holding a seven-point advantage over Audi.<\/p>\n

Of those 30 points, Bearman has scored 23 and Ocon seven, with the team scoring points at just one of the past 11 rounds.<\/p>\n

Haas is also preparing for a change to its driver line-up in 2027, with Ocon set to leave the team at the end of the season and Ferrari junior and Formula 2 title contender Rafael Camara confirmed as his replacement.<\/p>\n

Bearman is expected to retain his seat alongside the Brazilian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haas will run with another Godzilla inspired livery in Austin this weekend. Image: Haas The American team will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,5328,85,129597],"class_list":["post-934387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-haas","tag-sports","tag-united-states-gp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934387","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=934387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}