F1 2026 calendar: Spain gets two races with Madrid debut; Imola dropped

The caller Formula One play sees Cadillac marque a debut arsenic the 11th team, with Audi partnering Sauber and Ford teaming up with Red Bull.

Formula One volition person 2 races successful Spain adjacent play arsenic Madrid’s caller thoroughfare circuit makes its debut successful September, but Italy sees its Imola contention dropped disconnected successful the caller 24-race calendar, motorsport’s governing assemblage and F1 organisers person announced.

The caller calendar, announced connected Tuesday, confirmed that Melbourne’s Australian Grand Prix volition again beryllium the season-opener connected March 8, with China’s Shanghai circuit hosting circular 2 a week later.

The athletics is acceptable to participate a caller motor epoch with Cadillac arriving arsenic the 11th team.

“We are excited to invited Madrid to the calendar, and to spot immense automotive brands similar Audi, Cadillac, and Ford articulation the Formula One grid,” Formula One Chief Executive Stefano Domenicali said.

Swiss-based Sauber volition go the Audi works squad successful 2026, portion Ford volition spouse with Red Bull. Formula One volition besides person 100 percent sustainable fuel.

Japan volition beryllium circular 3 arsenic a standalone lawsuit connected March 29.

Monaco volition beryllium the archetypal European circular connected June 7, swapping dates with Canada, whose contention successful Montreal moves to May 24 and follows Miami connected May 3.

Canada, which clashes with the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance contention this year, is present acceptable to overlap alternatively with the Indianapolis 500.

Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, which is entering the last twelvemonth of its existent declaration and volition nary longer beryllium designated the Spanish Grand Prix, is scheduled for June 14.

Madrid’s Madring, a part-street layout astir the city’s IFEMA accumulation centre, volition beryllium the past contention successful Europe connected September 13, the play aft the Italian Grand Prix astatine Monza.

The Dutch Grand Prix astatine Zandvoort, owed to driblet disconnected the calendar aft 2026, volition beryllium held connected August 23 arsenic a sprint weekend.

The play volition extremity successful Abu Dhabi connected December 6, instantly aft Qatar.

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia volition again beryllium held connected successive weekends successful April owed to Ramadan, the Islamic period of fasting, falling successful February and March.

The calendar has been organised to make much of a geographical flow, which Formula One said would present important freight efficiencies and assistance the sport’s sustainability push.

There volition beryllium a full of six back-to-back contention weekends, with 2 triple headers of 3 successful a row, starting with Austin, Mexico and Brazil and ending with Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing body, the FIA, said: “Next year’s FIA Formula One World Championship marks a important caller section for our sport.

“A caller race, caller teams, and the accomplishment of caller manufacturers, each ushering successful a caller epoch of innovation and competition.”

The FIA did not item the sprint events, different than Zandvoort, which has already been confirmed.

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