Mercedes has revealed Payton Westcott’s livery for the upcoming 2026 F1 Academy season.
Following Doriane Pin, backed by the Brackley outfit, successful the 2025 F1 Academy championship, Mercedes will now help American driver Westcott within the all-female racing collection.
The livery includes a silver and black design to reflect the System 1 group’s 2026 livery, with the addition of a fluorescent inexperienced stripe sweeping down the facet from the tip of the nostril to the rear of the sidepod. Additional inexperienced accents may be seen on the entrance and rear wings.
“I’m proud to disclose my automobile livery for the 2026 F1 Academy season,” the 16-year-old driver defined. “For me, seeing all of it come collectively simply makes it a lot extra actual — the brand new season is right here! I can’t wait to get on monitor and race.
“I’m positive it’ll be a success with the followers and I stay up for combating to place the automobile on the entrance of the sphere.”
Workforce consultant Bradley Lord added: “The reveal of Payton’s F1 Academy livery is one other milestone on the highway to the 2026 season.
“We’re excited to look at her racing within the colors of the Silver Arrows throughout the season and know she’s going to characterize Mercedes with the identical willpower, ardour, and integrity as the broader group.
“We’re additionally proud to proceed our F1 Academy journey with our long-term companion Snapdragon and to welcome BetterUp, Unity and Microsoft into the challenge.
“All of us share the identical purpose of growing the following technology of feminine motorsport expertise. It is implausible to have their help throughout such an necessary collection; we stay up for enabling Payton’s progress and to her reaching the absolute best leads to the yr forward.”
The 2026 F1 Academy season will start in Shanghai from 13-15 March.
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