McLaren and Crimson Bull revealed their 2026 System 1 challengers as pre-season testing started in Barcelona on Monday.
Crimson Bull held a livery launch for his or her automotive on January 15 in Detroit however had shared their shiny search for 2026 on a present automotive, holding again their precise design.
McLaren had not beforehand shared any photos of their 2026 automotive or livery, and even with Monday’s reveal, shared the design on a testing-only all-black livery.
Each groups launched digital renders of their challengers as F1’s first pre-season testing occasion of 2026 obtained underneath approach.
Crimson Bull are working the RB22 on Monday in Barcelona, whereas McLaren introduced final week that they would not run till Tuesday on the earliest. Every workforce is barely permitted to run on three of the 5 days.
McLaren MCL40
Crimson Bull RB22
The five-day occasion on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was organized by the groups themselves and is happening behind closed doorways as they try and become familiar with their radically new automobiles for 2026.
The introduction of recent energy models and chassis are combining for what many imagine to be the largest regulation change within the sport’s historical past, which implies additional observe time is required to make sure the automobiles are prepared for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 8.
McLaren are anticipated to disclose their precise 2026 livery at their season launch occasion on February 9, which takes place forward of the 2 official testing occasions in Bahrain from February 11-13 and 18-20.
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