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F1 Constructors' Championship Betting Tips & Predictions
In this blog, we will look at the 2026 F1 Constructors' Championship, where McLaren head into the season having won back-to-back titles, bringing their total to ten and moving second on the all-time list, behind only Ferrari.
Whether you are planning on following a certain constructor or a driver for the 2026 season, make sure to see what our tipsters are predicting for each GP.
Over on the F1 Betting Picks page, you will find the F1 betting predictions for every Grand Prix over the season, where our F1 tipsters share their opinions.
Additionally, we have a Best F1 Tipsters page, where we only show the profitable F1 tipsters; these are the ones who have shown a profit over the past year for their motor racing predictions.
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It is completely free to enter — simply sign up and start adding your predictions to see if you have what is needed to win some of the monthly cash prizes!
In addition, you may also be interested in our F1 Drivers' Championship blog, where we look at the drivers' championship for this season.
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2026 Formula 1 Constructors' Championship Preview
McLaren ended their long wait for a constructors' title in 2024, having last won it in 1998 under Häkkinen & Coulthard, and then, like buses, picked up back-to-back titles, winning it in 2025 also.
We have some changes to the constructors for 2026, with Audi coming in to replace Sauber, who have left the sport, and Audi will be using their own power unit.
2016 was the last time we had eleven teams and twenty-two cars on the grid, and that is back for 2026, with Cadillac joining the grid, which will be using a Ferrari power unit.
Honda are no longer supplying power units to Red Bull and will instead supply them to Aston Martin for 2026, a team that will now be led by Adrian Newey for this season.
Both the Red Bull teams will now use Red Bull Ford power units, the first time Ford has been part of F1 since 2004, whilst Alpine will now be using Mercedes power units, with Renault pulling the plug.
Regulation Changes
For the new F1 season, one major change is the removal of DRS, replaced by active aerodynamics with two settings: Z-mode, the standard high-downforce configuration used for cornering, and X-mode, a low-drag setting the wings drop into on the straights for more top speed. In place of DRS as an overtaking aid, a new manual override mode gives a chasing driver within one second of the car ahead an extra burst of electrical energy down the straight.
The power units are moving more towards electrical energy, with close to a 50-50 split this season between the internal combustion engine and the electrical side. We will also lose the MGU-H, which recovered heat energy, with the MGU-K, which recovers kinetic energy under braking, being used far more.
The cars are being reduced in size and made lighter, with the aim of allowing them to follow one another much more easily. Whether or not that will be the case is another thing!
2026 F1 Drivers' Championship: Preview & Betting Guide
2026 F1 Calendar & Winners
Here is the schedule for the 2026 season, which was due to have the full twenty-four rounds, with the Chinese, Miami, Canadian, British, Dutch, and Singapore weekends all set to host sprint races.
*Both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were cancelled; however, the Bahrain Grand Prix was later rescheduled for round 17 (2nd October), moving to the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
2026 Constructor Standings
It looks like a cracking season ahead, with plenty of movement expected at the top as the new regulations shake up the order. Will one team break clear, or can Adrian Newey have an immediate effect at Aston Martin as Team Principal?
Here are the latest constructor standings (figures include sprint races):
2025 Constructors Recap
McLaren headed into 2025 looking to defend their title, and with the way Lando and Oscar started the season, the writing was on the wall very early!
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Lando and Oscar went on to win five of the opening six races, and after those six races had already opened up a lead of over one hundred points over Mercedes in second spot.
After a poor race in Canada, the team bounced back with five straight wins, and after fifteen rounds, they led the championship by 324 points with Ferrari now in second spot.
It was good that they had built up such a strong lead because after the Dutch Grand Prix, they only managed to pick up two wins in nine races, but they were still scoring well despite not winning.
It was in Singapore, round 18, that they confirmed the successful defence of their title with six rounds to spare. They led from the first race to the last, never giving up first place and landing their 10th constructors' title by 364 points over Mercedes.
2026 Formula 1 Teams
Here is the full eleven-team grid for the 2026 F1 Constructors' Championship, with each team's entrant name, base, chassis, power unit and driver line-up:
| Team Entrant (Based) | Power Unit Chassis | Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine-Mercedes BWT Alpine F1 Team (UK) | Mercedes A526 | (10) Pierre Gasly (43) Franco Colapinto |
| Aston Martin Aramco-Honda Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (UK) | Honda AMR26 | (14) Fernando Alonso (18) Lance Stroll |
| Audi Revolut Audi F1 Team (Switzerland) | Audi R26 | (5) Gabriel Bortoleto (27) Nico Hülkenberg |
| Cadillac-Ferrari Cadillac Formula 1 Team (USA) | Ferrari MAC-26 | (11) Sergio Pérez (77) Valtteri Bottas |
| Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari (Italy) | Ferrari SF-26 | (16) Charles Leclerc (44) Lewis Hamilton |
| Haas-Ferrari TGR Haas F1 Team (USA) | Ferrari VF-26 | (31) Esteban Ocon (87) Oliver Bearman |
| McLaren-Mercedes McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team (UK) | Mercedes MCL40 | (4) Lando Norris (81) Oscar Piastri |
| Mercedes Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (UK) | Mercedes W17 | (63) George Russell (12) Andrea Kimi Antonelli |
| Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team (Italy) | Red Bull Ford VCARB 03 | (30) Liam Lawson (41) Arvid Lindblad |
| Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford Oracle Red Bull Racing (UK) | Red Bull Ford RB22 | (3) Max Verstappen (6) Isack Hadjar |
| Williams-Mercedes Atlassian Williams F1 Team (UK) | Mercedes FW48 | (23) Alexander Albon (55) Carlos Sainz Jr. |
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Andy Powell creates and manages all of OLBG's Motor Racing content. A passionate F1 fan for over 20 years, he never misses a race — even when that means getting up in the middle of the night — and puts that knowledge to use running the Motor Racing Tips and the tipsters in the competition.
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F1 Race-by-Race Betting Tips
Here are the OLBG tip pages for every Grand Prix of the 2026 season. Follow the links to see which drivers and constructors are being backed to win each race.
- Australian Grand Prix
- Chinese Grand Prix
- Japanese Grand Prix
- Miami Grand Prix
- Canadian Grand Prix
- Monaco Grand Prix
- Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
- Austrian Grand Prix
- British Grand Prix
- Belgian Grand Prix
- Hungarian Grand Prix
- Dutch Grand Prix
- Italian Grand Prix
- Spanish Grand Prix
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix
- Bahrain Grand Prix (Sepang)
- Singapore Grand Prix
- United States Grand Prix
- Mexican Grand Prix
- São Paulo Grand Prix
- Las Vegas Grand Prix
- Qatar Grand Prix
- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
