F1 2026 car launch dates

[ajprice]

It's early but we have a first announcement. No collective event this year, so it's back to individual launches. Ford Motorsport will have a racing season launch event on January 15th. This is across the different series they are involved in, and Red Bull and RB will probably be a part of it. The drivers and high ups in the teams will be there. Probably a livery launch though, or a very very basic 2026 car.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/ford-season-launch-d...

[kambites]

Ah, what could be more eagerly anticipated than Redbull's livery launch?

[ajprice]

kambites said:

Ah, what could be more eagerly anticipated than Redbull's livery launch?

It might be Ford blue instead of nearly black blue, it might be glossy?!?

[spikyone]

kambites said:

Ah, what could be more eagerly anticipated than Redbull's livery launch?

Looks like they're not having a collective livery launch next year, which is a bit surprising. I imagine that brought in a good few quid this year.

[Sandpit Steve]

spikyone said:

kambites said:

Ah, what could be more eagerly anticipated than Redbull's livery launch?

Looks like they're not having a collective livery launch next year, which is a bit surprising. I imagine that brought in a good few quid this year.

AIUI there were very few general public there, most of the tickets were for teams and sponsors.

The teams obviously think there’s more to be gained from their own presentations and sponsor events.

If they’re going to do a big arena event again, it needs to be actual cars and they need to be driving, last year most of them turned up with a dummy ‘show car’ covered in the appropriate stickers.

[Piginapoke]

ajprice said:

It's early but we have a first announcement. No collective event this year, so it's back to individual launches. Ford Motorsport will have a racing season launch event on January 15th. This is across the different series they are involved in, and Red Bull and RB will probably be a part of it. The drivers and high ups in the teams will be there. Probably a livery launch though, or a very very basic 2026 car.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/ford-season-launch-d...

Thanks for this. There's no way we'll be seeing any 2026 cars before the first public test in February.

[carl_w]

Piginapoke said:

Thanks for this. There's no way we'll be seeing any 2026 cars before the first public test in February.

Do we have FIA mockups like we did for the 2022 car?

[ajprice]

carl_w said:

Piginapoke said:

Thanks for this. There's no way we'll be seeing any 2026 cars before the first public test in February.

Do we have FIA mockups like we did for the 2022 car?

There's this CG but i don't think there's any real car mockups like 2022.

[spikyone]

Sandpit Steve said:

spikyone said:

kambites said:

Ah, what could be more eagerly anticipated than Redbull's livery launch?

Looks like they're not having a collective livery launch next year, which is a bit surprising. I imagine that brought in a good few quid this year.

AIUI there were very few general public there, most of the tickets were for teams and sponsors.

The teams obviously think there s more to be gained from their own presentations and sponsor events.

If they re going to do a big arena event again, it needs to be actual cars and they need to be driving, last year most of them turned up with a dummy show car covered in the appropriate stickers.

I was there as I'm apparently not as grumpy and cynical as some on here It was indeed purely a livery reveal, I don’t think it mattered too much that they weren't the new cars as you see much more from photos anyway.

I didn't get the impression that it was mainly sponsors/teams either, particularly given the reception that a certain (now former) team principal got...

[carl_w]

Sandpit Steve said:

AIUI there were very few general public there, most of the tickets were for teams and sponsors.

I was going to contradict you as I know someone who was there, but then I remembered it was his son who got the tickets because he works at Ford.