Ferrari has become the latest team to reveal its 2026 Formula 1 car and livery, as teams prepare for the first pre-season test in Barcelona next week.
Ferrari revealed its new car via digital renders on Friday morning, as it seeks to improve on a disastrous 2025 season.
Slipping back to fourth in the constructors’ championship, the Scuderia’s best result came in a bittersweet weekend in China.
Blockbuster new signing Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the sprint race, and took victory, before he and team-mate Charles Leclerc were disqualified from Sunday’s grand prix for excessive plank wear.
The SF-26 will once again by driven by the line-up of Hamilton and Leclerc, as both target a more positive season for F1’s most famous marque.
The new car features more white to contrast the iconic Ferrari red, as well as the return of black undertones on the side of the chassis and front wings.
Ferrari “more united than ever” ahead of 2026
The sixth team to launch its car and livery, Ferrari enters 2026 aiming to master the new 50:50 split in the power units between internal combustion and electrical power.
Team Principal Fred Vasseur acknowledged the sweeping changes, hailing the united front at the team.
“The SF-26 marks the beginning of a new era for both Formula 1 and Ferrari, with new regulations introduced in the same year for the chassis and the power unit, as well as new fuels and new tyre sizes, ” he said at the launch.
“This car is the result of a tremendous team effort and represents the start of a completely new journey, built around a different set of rules that inevitably brings a number of unknowns.
“The team is aligned and more united than ever as we look ahead to the season. From next week in Barcelona, we will begin the process of understanding and validating the car. In this initial phase, the priority will be to learn as much as possible and to start building solid foundations ahead of the opening race.“
The SF-26 will take to Ferrari’s private test circuit at Maranello later today to complete its first shakedown laps.
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