{"id":356517,"date":"2025-12-19T23:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/356517\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:52:09","slug":"formula-1-car-launches-2026-dates-schedule-ahead-of-preseason-testing-new-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/356517\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 car launches: 2026 dates, schedule ahead of preseason testing, new regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 19, 2025, 10:32 AM ET<\/p>\n<p>One of Formula 1&#8217;s biggest ever rules refreshes is upon us, making &#8216;launch season&#8217; more intriguing than ever as we get a chance to see the all-new cars before they hit the track.<\/p>\n<p>The overhauled regulations &#8212; largely focusing on more agile cars and better racing &#8212; mean we are seeing an earlier start to preseason testing, and an earlier look at the 2026 machines than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Usually starting in February, the car &#8212; or livery, to all you nitpickers &#8212;  launches get going in January next year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the latest confirmed dates for the reveals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/greyline.png\" width=\"100%\"\/>Red Bull and Racing Bulls<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">F1 2026 \ud83d\udd1c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#F1<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedBullRacing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RedBullRacing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4dgaagnvx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/H4dgaagnvx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redbullracing\/status\/1988290707451433222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 11, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What? Joint livery reveal and season launch<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Detroit, Michigan<\/p>\n<p>Audi<\/p>\n<p>What? Team launch and livery reveal<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<p>Honda (power unit)<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You heard it here first. Our soundtrack for 2026 \ud83d\udd0a\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W44ddc63dM\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/W44ddc63dM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Honda Racing F1 (@HondaRacingF1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HondaRacingF1\/status\/1999426305750638690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 12, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What? Power unit launch for Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Tokyo, Japan<\/p>\n<p>Alpine<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve got something to show you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>23.01.26<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSCCruisesUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@MSCCruisesUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsLSlTQ0C9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EsLSlTQ0C9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BWT Alpine Formula One Team (@AlpineF1Team) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlpineF1Team\/status\/1995857499581526309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What? TBC &#8211; likely a car or livery reveal<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Barcelona, Spain (ahead of preseason testing)<\/p>\n<p>Haas<\/p>\n<p>What? Livery reveal<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Online<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari<\/p>\n<p>What? TBC<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? TBC<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The livery is set. See you Super Bowl Sunday \ud83d\udc40 <\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendars \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8AvMbPRebR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/8AvMbPRebR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v4OhtpzG5k\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/v4OhtpzG5k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cadillac Formula 1 Team (@Cadillac_F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cadillac_F1\/status\/1996193295203197150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 3, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What? Livery reveal<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? Super Bowl TV advert<\/p>\n<p>Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AMR26 arrives.<br \/>09.02.26 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/du9lqgXIuR\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/du9lqgXIuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstonMartinF1\/status\/1995533668572393958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 1, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What? Joint livery reveal and season launch<\/p>\n<p>When? Jan. 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Where? TBC<\/p>\n<p>Yet to be confirmed<\/p>\n<p>McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams<\/p>\n<p>What are the preseason testing dates?<\/p>\n<p>Jan. 26-30: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (behind closed doors)<\/p>\n<p>Feb 11-13: Bahrain International Circuit<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 18-20: Bahrain International Circuit<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec 19, 2025, 10:32 AM ET One of Formula 1&#8217;s biggest ever rules refreshes is upon us, making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-356517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}