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The Brackley team that won eight constructors' titles in a row from 2014 to 2021 is in its second great era under Toto Wolff, who joined in 2013 and is the longest-serving team principal on the grid. Mercedes prepared early and thoroughly for the 2026 rules. Russell is in his fifth season with the team and Antonelli in his second, after a rookie year in 2025 that included a podium. The preparation has paid off: Mercedes have won 12 of the first 18 Grands Prix of 2026. They also supply engines to McLaren, Williams and Alpine.

The oldest and most decorated team in F1, with the longest continuous presence in the sport's history. Ferrari last won a constructors' title in 2008 and a drivers' title in 2007. Vasseur took over as team principal in 2023 and the rebuild has been deliberate rather than dramatic. The signing of Lewis Hamilton in 2025 was the biggest transfer in F1 history; he partners long-time Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc in the second year of that pairing. Ferrari supplies engines to Haas and Cadillac.

Founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963, second-most-successful constructor in F1 history. McLaren won the 2024 constructors' championship, their first since 1998, then retained it in 2025 and added the drivers' title with Lando Norris. Andrea Stella has been principal since 2023 and oversaw the team's turnaround from mid-pack also-rans. Norris's career number is #4 but as defending champion he carries #1 on the 2026 car at his discretion. Piastri arrived from the Alpine reserve in 2023, won his first Grand Prix in 2024 and led much of the 2025 title race. Mercedes-powered.

Created when Dietrich Mateschitz bought the struggling Jaguar team in late 2004. Six constructors' titles and eight drivers' titles, including Verstappen's four in a row from 2021 to 2024. Christian Horner led the team from the start until he was sacked in July 2025, and Laurent Mekies was promoted from sister team Racing Bulls to replace him. 2026 is the debut season of Red Bull Powertrains, the team's own engine programme with Ford, ending two decades of customer engines from Cosworth, Ferrari, Renault and Honda. Verstappen stayed to lead the new project and won back to back at Sepang and Singapore in October. Hadjar missed three rounds in August and September with a wrist injury, with Liam Lawson standing in.

Red Bull's second team, previously Minardi (1985 to 2005), Toro Rosso (2006 to 2019), AlphaTauri (2020 to 2023) and RB (2024), and now officially Visa Cash App Racing Bulls. It is based in Faenza and uses many parts from the senior Red Bull team. Mekies was team principal from 2024 until his promotion in mid-2025, when Alan Permane, formerly Alpine's sporting director, who had joined Racing Bulls as racing director, took over. Lindblad, a Briton born in August 2007, is the youngest driver on the 2026 grid. Yuki Tsunoda took Lawson's seat for three rounds while Lawson was at Red Bull.

The team once known as Jordan, Midland, Spyker, Force India and Racing Point. Lawrence Stroll's consortium bought it in 2018 and renamed it Aston Martin in 2021. Its two big moves for 2026 are a works engine deal with Honda (which ended its Red Bull supply at the end of 2025) and the arrival of Adrian Newey, the most successful designer in F1 history, first as managing technical partner from spring 2025 and then as team principal from January 2026. Lance Stroll is the owner's son.

One of F1's most successful independent teams, founded by Sir Frank Williams in 1977, with nine constructors' titles between 1980 and 1997. The team declined steeply in the 2010s and was sold to Dorilton Capital in 2020. James Vowles, formerly Mercedes' strategy director, became team principal in 2023 and is leading a long rebuild. Carlos Sainz joined from Ferrari for 2025, a major signing. The team uses Mercedes engines.

The Sauber team in Hinwil, on the F1 grid every year since 1993, was bought in stages by Audi between 2022 and 2025 and became a full Audi works team for 2026, Audi's first F1 entry. The power unit is built in Neuburg, Germany, and the chassis in Hinwil. Mattia Binotto, Ferrari's team principal from 2019 to 2022, runs the project and also became team principal when Jonathan Wheatley left in March 2026. Bortoleto, in his second season, won the F3 and F2 titles in successive years (2023 and 2024); Hülkenberg is the experienced lead driver, now in his thirteenth F1 season.

The Enstone factory, known over the years as Toleman, Benetton, Renault and Lotus, became Alpine in 2021. It has won three constructors' titles: as Benetton in 1995 and as Renault in 2005 and 2006, the last two with Fernando Alonso. Renault closed its F1 engine programme at the end of 2025, and Alpine now uses customer Mercedes engines. Flavio Briatore returned in 2024 as executive adviser and has run the team in practice since Oliver Oakes resigned in May 2025, with Steve Nielsen as managing director. Colapinto is the first Argentine F1 driver since Gastón Mazzacane in 2001.

The first American F1 team in three decades when it arrived in 2016, founded by industrialist Gene Haas. It is based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, with race operations in Banbury, England, and a design office in Maranello, Italy, an unusual transatlantic set-up. Haas uses Ferrari engines under a Ferrari technical partnership and also has a technical partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing, which became title partner for 2026. Ayao Komatsu, a long-time race engineer, was promoted to team principal in 2024.

F1's eleventh team and General Motors' first F1 entry. Cadillac's F1 entry was approved by the FIA in 2024 after multiple rejected applications by the Andretti Global organisation. The team's US headquarters is in Fishers, Indiana, with a European base at Silverstone and a GM power-unit facility being built in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ferrari supplies customer engines until GM's own power unit, approved by the FIA for 2029, is ready. Graeme Lowdon, the former Manor chief executive, was the team's first principal; he was replaced by Marcin Budkowski in August 2026. Cadillac are the only team yet to score a point. Pérez and Bottas are both returning to the grid after sitting out (or being dropped from) the 2025 season.