System 1 has unveiled the 24-race calendar for its 2026 season, starting in Australia on March 8 and ending in Abu Dhabi on December 6.
The FIA and System 1 have formally confirmed the 2026 F1 calendar, with 24 races set to happen over the course of 40 weeks. The 2026 season marks the beginning of a brand new period for the game, being the primary yr of a serious rules overhaul, by which the grid will develop to eleven groups as new American constructor Cadillac make their debut.
After a sequence of flyaway races from March to Might, the European System 1 season kicks off in June with the Monaco Grand Prix. Like in 2025, the Las Vegas Grand Prix – which is held on the Las Vegas Strip on a Saturday evening – would be the solely race of the season to not happen on a Sunday.
2026 System 1 Calendar
First Look for Madrid, Final Look for Zandvoort
There’s one new addition to the System 1 calendar in 2026, with Madrid – and the brand new Madring circuit – changing Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as host of the Spanish Grand Prix. The all-new Spanish Grand Prix strikes to a brand new slot on the calendar and is about to happen on September 13.
In the meantime, Catalunya – which has been host of the Spanish race since 1991 – will stay on the schedule and can host the newly-titled Barcelona Grand Prix in June. 2026 is the ultimate yr of Catalunya’s present contract to host F1 races. Its future past that’s doubtful.
2026 would be the closing look on the F1 calendar for Zandvoort. The host of the Dutch Grand Prix introduced in December 2024 that 2026 will mark the ultimate time F1 races on the observe, having re-joined the schedule after a 36-year absence in 2021.
The Australian Grand Prix would be the first race of the yr, having returned to the season-opening slot – with a document attendance of over 465,000 – for the primary time since 2019 this yr.
F1 Calendar Rationalisation Continues
As a part of System 1’s ongoing mission to realize its internet zero carbon emissions goals by 2030, the F1 calendar continues to endure rationalisation and regionalisation. Earlier calendar shuffles have seen the Japanese Grand Prix transfer to April, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix transfer to September and the Qatar Grand Prix transfer to the top of the yr to be paired with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
For 2026, the important thing space of change is the beginning of the European season. Beforehand, F1 started its European season after the Miami Grand Prix, earlier than heading again over the Atlantic Ocean after a few European races for the Canadian Grand Prix in June. That has modified for 2026.
To eradicate the pointless air journey, Canadian Grand Prix organisers agreed a take care of System 1 in November 2024 to maneuver its race from its conventional June slot to Might. In the meantime, the Monaco Grand Prix agreed an identical deal as a part of its new longer-term contract which sees the long-lasting race within the principality transfer from its long-established place on the final weekend of Might to the primary weekend of June.
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix will happen on Might 24, that means there can be a direct conflict with the Indianapolis 500. The 2 races are set to run across the similar time, with the well-known 500-mile race beginning simply earlier than the F1 motion in Montreal will get underway.
Pre-Season Testing Dates Not But Introduced
System 1 is but to substantiate dates and circuits for pre-season testing for the 2026 season. Thus far, it has confirmed that there can be three separate three day exams as groups familiarize yourself with their new equipment within the first yr of F1’s newest regulation modifications.
Autosport stories that Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the primary check in late January. The occasion can be held behind closed doorways over 5 days, with groups in a position to shakedown their new vehicles on any three days within the five-day window. It’s then believed that two three-day exams will happen in Bahrain in mid-February, earlier than Ramadan begins on February 18.
Talking in regards to the new calendar, System 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali stated:
“We’re excited to welcome Madrid to the calendar, and to see large automotive manufacturers like Audi, Cadillac and Ford be part of the System 1 grid. It guarantees to be an unforgettable season, the place as soon as once more we’ll come collectively at 24 superb world venues to observe the very best drivers on this planet push themselves to the restrict and produce unimaginable wheel to wheel racing for our tens of millions of followers watching across the globe.
I wish to thank all our followers for his or her passionate assist and the FIA, with all of the volunteers, marshals and officers, in addition to the promoters, companions, sponsors, host cities and the native motor racing federations for his or her dedication and assist in delivering this schedule in what I do know can be one other historic yr for System 1.”
Along with the 24 Grands Prix, System 1 will once more host a choice of Dash races in 2026. Though unconfirmed, it’s seemingly there can be six rounds utilising the Dash format subsequent yr. It has already been confirmed that the Dutch Grand Prix will run the F1 Dash format in 2026, as a part of its closing look on the calendar.
When Will Tickets for 2026 System 1 Races go on Sale?
Tickets for races on the 2026 System 1 calendar are extremely unlikely to go on sale earlier than the 2025 race at every observe takes place. In recent times, the Austrian Grand Prix has been the primary occasion to put tickets on sale for the next yr, with tickets for subsequent yr changing into out there quickly after every year’s race in early July. Learn extra: When Do 2026 System 1 Tickets Go On Sale?
It’s additionally doable to safe entry to the next season’s Grands Prix early, generally even earlier than the present season’s race takes place. F1 Experiences is already on sale for 2026 races in China, Japan and Bahrain, and you can too place a deposit for many races on subsequent yr’s calendar.
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