Race winning Honda BSB team reveals striking 2026 livery

The DAO Racing Honda team has revealed its 2026 BSB livery for Josh Brookes and Lee Jackson.

2025 was a year of much change for DAO who, after years with Kawasaki, switched to Honda. The team also brought in two new riders with Lee Jackson and Josh Brookes, the latter scoring the team’s first BSB victory at Donington.

Both riders remain for this year, and the team will retain the red, blue, and white colours it used in 2025.

The livery has been revealed ahead of the first UK test of the 2026 preseason, but after DAO tested in Spain earlier in March, which Brookes explains has involved testing both engine and chassis development.

“We’re in the middle of a testing programme which is two-fold, one with our engine development, which has been altered this year to try and improve the rideability,” said Brookes.

“So we’ll be continuing with that, and we’ll also be working on areas of the chassis.

“There was a defined base setting that I had last year, and anytime we tried anything to alter the bike or step away from that set-up we always did a U-turn and went back to what we had.

“The set-up’s that we tried in Spain showed some potential in a different line of thought, it’s not outside of the normal window, or extreme, but for us it’s a side step from where we normally run the bike so we need to see that through and assess how it works on different circuits, circuits that we’ll race on throughout the year.”

Lee Jackson added: “I’m really looking forward to getting back out on the bike at Donington Park, we obviously got the year underway in Spain with four good days on track with the crew and I’m ready to get back to work.

“We confirmed the direction that we want to go in, and that gives us a head start ahead of the official test. I’m hopeful the weather will be kind to us so we can continue our progress and tune in our package to what I want ahead of the start of the season.

“I want to have a consistent base set-up, something that we don’t have to change too much throughout the year, and I think after the two official tests we’ll not be far away from that.

“The bike looks fantastic for 2026, the small changes the team have made to the livery makes a big difference and I’m sure everyone will like it when they see it in the flesh at the official tests.”