Overview
- McLaren will unveil its 2026 car at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on Feb. 9 with Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella in attendance.
- Lando Norris, the reigning world champion, will switch from his usual No. 4 to the No. 1 for the new season.
- Cadillac scheduled its first F1 car reveal for Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8, with CEO Dan Towriss saying the broadcast will showcase the car configuration, livery and team image.
- Sergio “Checo” Pérez returns to the grid with Cadillac alongside Valtteri Bottas as the new team readies its debut.
- With McLaren’s date confirmed, media calendars now list all January–February launches, while Honda’s Koji Watanabe notes ongoing development and reliability challenges for the Aston Martin partnership.