F1 LIVE | McLaren, Cadillac and Aston Martin round off 2026 livery launches

This week, not only the first Bahrain pre-season test will take place — the second of three official sessions leading into the season-opening race for the new-generation cars in Melbourne —, but Monday also marks the final round of livery launches.

Cadillac unveiled the colours of its very first Formula 1 car overnight in Europe, rolling out the new machine via a Super Bowl commercial.

McLaren and Aston Martin will follow later today with their own reveals, with all eleven teams now poised to head to Sakhir.

According to the former Ferrari team principal, fuel development could prove a decisive performance lever, with gains of up to 15 horsepower on the table — a difference that, on certain circuits, could be worth close to half a second per lap.

From 2026, Formula 1’s next-generation cars will be powered exclusively by 100 per cent sustainable fuels, a key step towards the championship’s target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Against that backdrop, Binotto expects performance gaps to emerge between teams at the outset of the new regulatory era, before the field gradually converges as the regulations mature.