The 2026 F1 Season is HERE in F1 24 Career Mode! 3 NEW Teams!

[Music] it is 2025 here in game Fernando alono that gets win number the 33 what the W what's happening what was that our teammates just break checked us okay some information on Norris they seem to have an issue but we are going to get that overtake and get up into first place that's Lando behind they're faster than you mate they're faster than you so let them through please they're faster than you they're faster than you so let them oh my god do we go to the right alonto alono spot this oh God Championship Rivals have made contact but look at the over speed with ERS DRS we get it head into first and with Alonzo creeping back up into the top five this is a crucial win that we absolutely have to they're faster than you mate they're faster than you so let them through please no no no not again not again Mark not again mcaren I refuse I absolutely refuse what are you on about what are you on about for the second time this season we've overtaken our teammate and then get given a team order to give him the position back now with DRS down this small straight it's not usually a place you see many overtakes but Alonzo has barged his way through been a contact made for the first time in the season as it may be gets a little bit too close for comfort between myself and Lonzo we dive back down the inside we return the favor position is he goes for the kamakazi dive Fernando Alonzo oh my word what a move that is we're looking at some imminent gearbox issues I'm afraid watch out for jams and Mis gears the gearbox is gone the car's gone and mlar and I'm going to be gone here in sou Paulo it's been a very Topsy turby race weekend but we end it in the best way possible we've won are you not entertained we needed that we needed that as we go to five little red lights to get us underway for the final race of the Season lights out and on the way we go for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and it's an electric start for us it's probably the best start we've got all season long it's going to be the Wheel tohe battle between Championship Rivals that you always want to see in the final race as Alonzo comes back at this once again we try and out break him but we've gone deep Alonzo with the switch from right to left and he's done us he's fully done us hit in now and I want to go for a two stop there we've now got the hurry up from our engineer Mark to go and overtake stroll and that is just going to give us a little bit of motivation to get the job done and we're going to absolutely send it it's a send and a half to make a a double overtake as oh Alonzo's held up in the pits he's in the leaders are in it all comes down to this will there be a triple world champion Crown today or a brand new F1 world champion the reigning one going for a move for the win of this race Meanwhile we're looking back and Alonzo is soaring through DRS wide open can we come back at him we're going to go wheel tohe clout the curb give Alonzo the room this time time and make sure that there's no funny business no contact on the last lap here but look at where Alonzo is he's pushing us down this stream we're down to single digits 2% of the battery Perez Perez Sergio Paris has come in for the move and so we can calmly come through the final corners and come across the line as a brand new F1 world champion man that's it it's all over and you the world champion what a drive what a season well done it has been 19 days since the dust started to settle from That season 2 finale and after a much needed little break and mini Hiatus to go off on some other alternative Formula 1 experiences uh many involving a shed we are back here with f124 career mode and we have got a contract event to go through as we go into the winter break over into season 3 a big year in game as it will be 2026 it's a big year in Formula 1 in real life and I'm hoping it's going to be a big year here in the game to mix things up to have a little bit of a refresh and re-engage with this career mode series and we will be taking on season 3 with the f124 plus mod with the improved Ai and racing mod by Cola F1 links down below to the Showcase Video I did and also a link to go get it but yeah hopefully in short using this mod is going to vastly improve the AI Wheel tohe racing and generally try and get us back to some of the racing we used to have on the previous F1 games and so with that it's time to actually dive into this contract event then and we are met with with a choice of only four teams to pick from into season 3 we've obviously got Aston Martin on the left there McLaren Mercedes Ferrari we were almost maybe tempted by Ferrari in season one remember Fred vour actually visited us Mercedes actually came to us initially in like episode four of the entire career mode and we battered them away cuz at the time Mercedes were absolutely not the vibe but maybe now things might might be different of course I am definitely not staying with McLaren I made that absolutely clear that I am leaving the team as the reigning world champion and Aston Martin well they were the rivals of our season 2 with Fernando Alonzo now I'll let you into a bit of a secret I really wanted to pick what is here known as kick Saba right now but obviously in 2026 they will be becoming Audi I really really fancied taking on a Monumental Challenge and trying to take up Audi from as you can see the worst team on the grid right now as kicks Alba up to the top but unfortunately the the the career mode really is quite limited with options I don't really agree with the way the contract system works with you know having limited options as a world champion I feel like as a world champion you could literally walk into any team like quite literally obviously redball they have actually gone ahead and denied the opportunity to join them because I guess they just got pissed off that we messed them around you know Christian hoer visited us you know we almost put pen to paper with Red Bull and then said no to leave our options open but Herer and Red Bull did not like that and they have decided to go a different way already so my options are quite limited actually when you look at it I think basing off what I've seen in season 2 the vibe also from real life and in 2026 you know big regulation change engine regulation change and one TEAM stands out as being quite good at getting an engine off the ground in a new set of regulations and that is Mercedes I also think this is probably going to give us the most interesting set of driver transfers from the game itself because as I've said before but I'll say it again in case you missed it on this year's game we no longer have any tools to mod driver transfers so I can't make up the best store possible for the new season we have to go off the incredibly boring transfers that the game is giving myself and others you know I've tried different combinations of different teams and going with Mercedes I think is going to give us the most interesting new season and story as we leave McLaren as the reigning world champion and having won backto back Constructors World Championships with them going into a brand new season 2026 this is what the new calendar looks like we will start the season in a fan favorite of the Australian Grand Prix before going to Japan and then starting a very early European portion of the Season IMA Monaco Canada Spain Austria Great Britain and then we reach the halfway mark a little bit of a breather and then we go straight on to spar Monza Baku and then to fly away Singapore Brazil Portugal which was a real decent addition to the calendar last season I feel Qatar comes back in and we end at the Abu Dhabi gr Prix for round number 16 and because we're tackling those 16 rounds with a new team that requires a new helmet design for the upcoming season it is still based off my original ARA design that I've had now for a couple of years but uh those of you who have been with me for a while I'm talking like F1 2018 2019 days at least you'll recognize the top of the helmet as I actually found my old design files for my old helmet back in those days and I fancied bringing it back so the top of the design of the helmet is a design I used to run a lot on f128 and even 2017 I think all the way back to there of course we've now got the Mercedes sponsors all over the helmet the Mercedes logo looking very bold indeed at the top Petronas across the visor strip and if you're Eagle eyed enough you may have also noticed it'll nod to my favorite driver Jensen Button as we've Incorporated some lovely Dragon stenciling that was a feature of his racing helmet in Formula 1 on the side to the back all together with also the turquoise little lines and hits I think creates a very unique looking new helmet which is actually when you look closer still based off my original design but it's also so different in other places that it gives it a real nice refresh and I think a real big new Vibe for the Mercedes era of our career here and that new Mercedes career is going to be alongside a 90 rated George Russell yes lewiis Hamilton has stepped aside and left the silver arrows and we have replaced him and with it we have brought a brand new livery to the Mercedes car it is similar to their base design but if you look closer at those turquoise lines you know my helmet designs a throwback to the 2017 18 days well this designs a throwback to those electric pulsing lines that Mercedes used to have with their old school full Silver Arrow Livery Mercedes here in our alternative Formula 1 career Universe hasn't really had much success at all so far in the first two seasons they came fifth in the Constructors Championship so actually out of all the teams I could even pick for this new season they're actually the worst team out of all my choices so this is the biggest challenge we had available to us for season 3 and I'm certainly ready for it and whilst I move teams as the reigning world champion trying to solidify a new Dynasty for myself in Formula 1 a familiar name is starting their journey in Formula 1 because oie bman gets his F1 debut remember he was my F2 teammate in the F2 prologue that we did before we started our journey in season 1 with McLaren so really cool now that my F2 teammate is on the same grid but you can see very much our careers have diverged he is 74 rated joining the grid I'm 89 rated but I'm hoping that he can grow himself up because it would be amazing one day to race against him again like we did at the very start of the career mode on this game but you may be wondering who on Earth is he driving for well he's alongside Logan sergeant and he has joined the team that used to be Alpine going into 2026 following some difficult years with a lack of results Alpine has been sold and they are now high-tech GP their new team principal who used to be the high-tech F2 team principal now runs the F1 team division for this brand in Motorsport the Takeover at Alpine has been helped by Emirates coming in as a stakeholder and a major title sponsor and of course the backing and help of Ferrari providing power units in return for fielding bman on the F1 grid and of course they are not the only new team getting an all new look as kick saber has turned officially into Audi for this season they enter Formula 1 and unlike in real life in this alternative F1 un divers of ours and the very boring EA code Masters overlords uh botas and Joan Yu are still the drivers at this team they are the worst team on the grid so to be fair maybe they are just focusing on the car itself no bother trying to Splash the cash for better drivers right now they need to get the car into a better situation first and then maybe they can choose better options for their drivers and maybe that's why I was not able to Jo there maybe that was that's why that wasn't an option the worst team on the grid maybe just does not have the budget to facilitate a reigning world champion or a pass world champion or anyone of any better caliber on the flip side a team that's sticking with their driver lineup but definitely doesn't have a car issue is Aston Martin who are now powered of course by Honda in the new era of Formula 1 and they're the only Honda power team so they're The Works Honda F1 team in Formula 1 and they Fernando Alonzo and Lance stroll Alonzo of course was in a title fight with us last season so he has got no reason to leave this team they gave him a real strong car and he almost got that elusive third world championship so he'll be hoping they can just go again now as Aston Martin Honda and he'll be hoping there's no gp2 engine repeat as he's reunited with the Japanese pu manufacturer as we move to now a very strikingly new look Williams Infinity Williams that is as they have partnered with infinity and throwing it back to those 2013 Red Bull days with the purple and blue Power by Renault they're actually the only team left on the grid that has a Renault power unit of course with alpine selling up shop and Ferrari powering high-tech Renault have just become a customer engine and they are supplying Williams which has Alexander albon alongside o unchanged from last season but to be fair this is a very strong solid lineup for Williams to cross over into the new era and that's the exact same vibe that Hass are bringing as their lineup is unchanged of Oscar pastri and Nico hulkenberg another really strong lineup of course we displaced P asri when we joined the grid with McLaren in season one p asri then thankfully came back onto the F1 grid on his own in season 2 and he remains with h and I'm sure by now has become actually the team leader as he surpasses hulkenberg in his rating has retained their very unique and in your face yellow livery with DHL still being a main title sponsor of this American outfit uh they actually did have a few little surprise races where they were popping up in places it was generally a very tight Midfield quote unquote B grid battle you know outside the top five teams in season 2 and the same will probably be there for season 3 and joy joining that fight is an old familiar brand to Formula 1 it's Toyota who have taken over the Visa cash app RB slot here in F1 and they retain sonoda and Daniel Ricardo they just straight up bought the team slot off Red Bull including the driver contracts uh at least that's what we're going to say Obviously thanks EA thanks Cody but you know what it makes sense with sonoda Japanese driver to spear head the Japanese car brand coming back into Formula 1 this time though as their Toyota gazu Racing as they are in other categories of Motorsport it's not going to be easy though they're joining a very competitive Formula 1 grid and especially here in our specific career series that like I said that second pack outside the top five very close together speaking of the top five we're now going to swing back towards those teams and start with scarier Ferrari who retain Charles lir and Carlos sence yes three seasons in to this game this game has left the open goal of Hamilton's move to Ferrari uh off the table basically so it's the same lineup that has been there since season 1 but you can see an all new look for the red outfit as they nod their caps to their hyper car division with the yellow accents all around the car the Retro Ferrari lettering on the rear wing once again and there's at least one positive that Hamilton's moved to for has not come to fruition because all the cards have lined up for this Godly driver transfer the only big Big Driver transfer that had truly shocked me leis Hamilton having left Mercedes to make room for me has gone and joined Red Bull as Red Bull become Red Bull Ford with an all new livery and a new driver lineup which is going to be so so so tasty to see what a weird dynamic this is going to be the Sten alongside Hamilton we already knew Red Bull were set to drop Sergio Perez because they were cting us they wanted us to replace Perez alongside V stappen but now you see my decision to choose Mercedes as my next team choice that has been the domino effect that has allowed the single one good transfer this game has given us Hamilton alongside the stappen in the trade ball forward what a lineup that is that it doesn't make up for the other transfers let me just get that straight but it's at least something we deserved at least one big transfer like this and that obviously then leaves just Sergio Perez to move back to McLaren of course he was there in 2013 and now many many years later he return to the team now no longer in Chrome and red but orange black and white along Ong side Lando norrris the season 1 World Champion our old teammates and of course now McLaren are going to be Rivals of ours for the new season as always guys a big shout out to all the Livery mods included in this video all links Down Below in the description special shout out to Mark Felix who worked with me directly on three of these designs it's specifically for this season 3 and that is how the new season is shaping up of this career mode let me know what you make of it in the comments below be sure to hit the like button if you do like the look of it and are excited for season 3 and for f124 career mode to be back if you're new around here get subscribed for that and I'll catch you guys around goodbye