The 2026 racing season is fixing to be a big one over at the Blue Oval; never before has a factory-backed Ford team been entered in so many racing disciplines in a single season. From the sand dunes of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, to the twisted tarmac of the world’s top race circuits in F1, Ford has a presence. Today, at a gathering of the who’s who in the Ford world at the famed Michigan Central Station that FoMoCo purchased in 2018 for almost $100 billion USD, the brand revealed what its new Formula 1 race cars – developed in partnership with Red Bull Racing – are going to look like when they hit the grid at the Australian Grand Prix in March.
Ford CEO Jim Farley, VP Bill Ford and drivers Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad all took the stage with an example each of the Red Bull Racing Team and the Visa CashApp Racing Bulls cars. The Red Bull Racing team – the main event, if you will – bears an obvious resemblance to the cars that preceded it, all dark blue with red and yellow Red Bull logos. The blue is a little lighter for this year – which is nice – but the real change happens over at Racing Bulls.
Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar
Ford-Red Bull Racing Team
2026 Visa CashApp Racing Bulls
2026 Visa CashApp Racing Bulls
2026 Visa CashApp Racing Bulls
2026 Red Bull Racing
Just like last year, the Racing Bulls car gets a white base, but it’s kicked up a notch this year with bright white wheels to match, a change from the dark wheels we saw in the ’25 season. It’s a good thing, too, because driver Lawson did say that white was one of his favourite colours for cars. Will it make him faster? Only time will tell…