Formula 1 2026 Calendar: Following a thrilling end to the 2025 season, where Lando Norris secured his first Formula 1 world title in a three-way showdown to the wire, it’s time to build up to the new 2026 season.
The upcoming season will see the grid expand to 11 teams and 22 drivers with the addition of Cadillac. Similarly, Audi will take to the grid having taken over the Sauber team.
Preseason testing schedule
In 2026, there will a four-day private test in Barcelona in January behind closed doors. This will be followed by six days of official preseason testing in Bahrain which will be televised as usual in February.
Testing days in Bahrain are split into morning and afternoon sessions.
Jan. 26-30: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (behind closed doors)
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Feb. 11-13: Preseason testing in Bahrain
Feb. 18-20: Preseason testing in Bahrain
Formula 1 2026 Calendar
The Formula 1 2026 calendar will have 24 races with Australia remaining as the host of the opening round of the season.
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Madrid is the only circuit added to the schedule as the new host of the Spanish Grand Prix, with Barcelona staying on in the final year of its current contract with F1.
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola drops off the calendar having held five races since returning as an F1 host in 2020.
As was the case in 2025, the timing of Ramadan means Bahrain cannot host the first round in March, making way for Albert Park in Melbourne which will tick off the second of five occasions of which it is contracted to host the race as part of a deal until 2037.
The Australian Grand Prix falls on March 8, one week earlier than this year, followed by Chinese Grand Prix seven days later. Japan is then a standalone race weekend before a Bahrain-Saudi Arabia double-header in mid-April.
The Canadian Grand Prix bas been brought forward several weeks from its usual slot and will be held in May for the first time behind the Miami Grand Prix.
The Monaco Grand Prix has been pushed and will kick off an uninterrupted European summer of racing at the start of June.
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The British Grand Prix is untroubled in its familiar slot, with the Silverstone race scheduled for July 5.
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List of Formula 1 matches in 2026
Round 1 – March 6-8: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne
Round 2 – March 13-15: Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai (sprint weekend)
Round 3 – March 27-29: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka
Round 4 – April 10-12: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir
Round 5 – April 17-19: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah
Round 6 – May 1-3: Miami Grand Prix, Miami (sprint weekend)
Round 7 – May 22-24: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal (sprint weekend)
Round 8 – June 5-7: Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco
Round 9 – June 12-14: Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, Barcelona
Round 10 – June 26-28: Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg
Round 11 – July 3-5: British Grand Prix, Silverstone (sprint weekend)
Round 12 – July 17-19: Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps
Round 13 – July 24-26: Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest
F1 summer break.
Round 14 – August 21-23: Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort (sprint weekend)
Round 15 – September 4-6: Italian Grand Prix, Monza
Round 16 – September June 12-14: Spanish Grand Prix, Madrid
Round 17 – September 24-26: Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku*
Round 18 – October 9-11: Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay (sprint weekend)
Round 19 – October 23-25: United States Grand Prix, Texas
Round 20 – Oct. 30- Nov. 1: Mexico City Grand Prix
Round 21 – November 6-8: Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Round 22 – November 19-21: Las Vegas Grand Prix
Round 23 – November 27-29: Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail
Round 24 – December 4-6: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina
