Formula 1 is going to change in 2026. It will change considerably. After a time when three bikers supplied ten teams on the World Cup grid, Honda came as the fourth in contention to clearly demonstrate how difficult it was to be the ‘rookie’. They won the World Cup, but it took them seven years do it in pilots and eight in constructors.
But everything will change in a few years. It will do so because of the four that are currently registered as engine suppliers we are going to have six. Because there are six that the FIA has officially confirmed They have applied to be in the World Cup.
Six that, yes, could be more, because Porsche and Cadillac They are studying how to be part of a championship that more and more brands see as more attractive.
The most mythical name in F1 is obviously one of the motorcyclists who will be there in 2026. Those from Maranello have themselves as teams, logically, and also to Haas. They will lose, yes, to Alfa Romeo for 2026.
They have not won the Drivers’ World Championship since 2007 thanks to Raikkonen and the McLaren team, and in terms of manufacturers, their last win was in 2008 with Kimi and Massa in the team. Felipe lost the title in that fateful, and unforgettable, last lap of the Brazilian GP.
The Mercedes team has earned respect when it comes to power units. Since the hybrid era, which entered in 2014, They have won all the World Cups except one in constructors, and in pilots the same except for those of 2021 and 2022.
They motorize, in addition to their equipment, Aston Martin, McLaren and Williams… but they have already warned that if the costs increase one could be left without its power unit.
The French want to win the World Cup, but at the moment they are the only motorcyclist who does not have client teams. That can be an advantage… and also the opposite.
They’re inside the Alpine, their brand racing sports cars… but they could also enter with Andretti.
The mythical German brand will be in Formula 1 with its own equipment and with its own engine. Alfa Romeo, Sauber rather, will be renamed Audi already have German engines.
have between eyebrow and eyebrow win the World Cup, and they have elaborated a three-year plan from 2026.
The last to arrive. Was a open secret for a long time that Red Bull wanted to partner with someone and have found a ‘friend’ in the ever growing US Formula 1 market. They presented their car in New York, and there They announced the collaboration.
They will put the engines in Red Bull and also in AlphaTauri, until now with Honda although it is only a mere collaboration as it is officially ‘Red Bull PowerTrains’ its engine.
And finally there is Honda. The Japanese said they were leaving and then confirmed that they were going to return in 2026. Nobody knows how, because they are the the only ones that have requested to be that do not have a chassis on which to mount your engine. After the confirmation of AlphaTauri with Ford, having their own team is diluted.
They could be with one of the current Mercedes-powered teams, but si Andretti entered F1 there is also the option to see them in their cars.
There are two other brands that continue to study how to enter the Great Circus. Porsche tried it with Red Bull, but everything fell apart when it seemed practically done. They have also flirted with Williams, but those from Grove have denied any possibility with Porsche.
Finally, Cadillac. They are a complete unknown, and everything will depend on whatever happens with Andretti. They say they are together, but…
