2027 F1 calendar revealed

Speedcafe ^ | 16 September 2026 | Ben Waterworth

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

Formula 1 and the FIA unveiled the long-awaited schedule on Wednesday following approval from the World Motor Sport Council, confirming 24 grands prix across 22 countries.

The Australian Grand Prix is scheduled for the first week of April as the third round of the season after opening the championship in both 2025 and 2026, although its position could still shift if uncertainty surrounding Bahrain and Saudi Arabia forces changes to the opening rounds.

Australia will also become one of five first-time sprint hosts alongside Bahrain, Japan, Monaco and Abu Dhabi.

Montreal and Silverstone retain sprint weekends from this season, while Monza, Sao Paulo and Qatar will return to the format.

That means China, Miami and Singapore will lose their sprint status after featuring on the six-event 2026 schedule, while Zandvoort drops away entirely as one of two races not returning next season.

2027 Formula 1 World Championship calendar

Date	Event	City	Circuit
March 12-14	Bahrain Grand Prix*	Sakhir	Bahrain International Circuit
March 19-21	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah	Jeddah Corniche Circuit
April 2-4	Australian Grand Prix*	Melbourne	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
April 9-11	Japanese Grand Prix*	Suzuka	Mie - Suzuka Circuit
April 16-18	Chinese Grand Prix	Jiading	Shanghai SAIC International Circuit
April 30-May 2	Miami Grand Prix	Miami Gardens	Miami International Autodrome
May 21-23	Grand Prix du Canada*	Montréal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
June 4-6	Grand Prix de Monaco*	Monte Carlo	Circuit de Monaco
June 18-20	Grande Premio de Portugal	Portimão, Algarve	Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
July 2-4	British Grand Prix*	Silverstone, Northamptonshire	Silverstone Circuit
July 9-11	Großer Preis von Österreich	Spielberg, Styria	Red Bull Ring
July 23-25	Große Preis von Belgien	Stavelot, Liège, Wallonia	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
July 30-August 1	Hungarian Grand Prix	Mogyoród, Pest	Hungaroring
September 3-5	Italian Grand Prix*	Monza, Lombardy	Autodromo Internazionale di Monza
September 10-12	Gran Premio de España	Barajas, Madrid	Madring
September 24-26	Azərbaycan Qran Prisi	Baku	Baku City Circuit
October 1-3	Turkish Grand Prix	Tuzla, Constantinople	Intercity Istanbul Park
October 8-10	Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore	Marina Bay Street Circuit
October 22-24	United States Grand Prix	Elroy, TX	Circuit of the Americas
October 29-31	Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México	Ciudad de México	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
November 5-7	Grande Prêmio de São Paulo*	São Paulo	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
November 18-20	Las Vegas Grand Prix	Paradise, NV	Las Vegas Strip Circuit
December 3-5	Qatar Grand Prix*	Lusail	Lusail International Circuit
December 10-12	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix*	Yas	Yas Marina Circuit

*Sprint weekend

The expansion represents another significant step for the format, which debuted with three events in 2021 and remained at that number the following season before doubling to six from 2023.

That total remained unchanged through 2026 but will now jump by four next year, meaning nearly 42 percent of race weekends will feature sprint action.

F1 has pointed to increased audience and attendance figures behind its continued support of the format, claiming overall viewing figures for sprint weekends are 12 percent higher than conventional events.

CEO Stefano Domenicali welcomed the increase alongside the return of two races to the calendar.

“We are thrilled to welcome Portugal and Turkiye to the championship and to expand sprint racing to 10 events, giving our fans even more intensity, drama, and the wheel-to-wheel action that make our sport so special,” he said.

The return of Portugal and Turkey also reshapes the wider calendar.

Portugal will join the European leg following Monaco, while Turkey returns in October between Azerbaijan and Singapore.

Their additions come as Zandvoort disappears from the schedule following its final Dutch grand prix this year, while Barcelona also drops out for 2027 as part of its new rotation with Spa.

After the opening three rounds in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia, F1 will head to Japan and China before moving through Miami and Canada and into the European portion of the campaign.

The closing sequence will again take the championship through Austin, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Las Vegas before scheduled races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Pre-season testing has meanwhile been expanded from three to four days and will take place in Bahrain from February 24-27, giving teams additional running ahead of the new campaign.

Despite the calendar now being formally released, uncertainty continues to surround its opening Middle Eastern rounds.

The ongoing regional conflict has already caused substantial disruption in 2026, with the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian grands prix removed from their original positions earlier this year.

Bahrain’s race was subsequently revived through an unusual arrangement that will see it staged at Sepang in Malaysia from October 2-4, while Saudi Arabia has not returned to the calendar.

F1 delayed publication of its 2027 schedule while considering how the situation could affect next season, with Domenicali previously making clear the championship would release its preferred 24-race plan while retaining contingency options.

Should conditions remain unstable and Bahrain and Saudi Arabia prove unable to host the opening rounds, several alternatives have been discussed.

China has emerged as the leading candidate to open the season, potentially followed immediately by Japan, although bringing Australia forward to reclaim the opening slot has not been entirely ruled out.

Such a move would be complicated by the ongoing redevelopment of the Albert Park pit building, although work at the site earlier this year was running ahead of schedule.

If China and Japan ultimately form the opening leg of a revised calendar, Australia would be expected to retain its existing position as the third round of the season.

Domenicali has nevertheless indicated F1 intends to stage a full 24-race campaign regardless of whether its contingency plans are eventually required.

Questions also remain over the final stages of the current season.

Qatar and Abu Dhabi remain scheduled to close the 2026 campaign on November 29 and December 6 respectively, but F1 has yet to announce whether either event will be affected by the continuing Middle East situation.

Qatar organisers have insisted preparations are continuing as normal, while F1 previously indicated a decision would not be made before the middle of September.

Should either event become untenable, the championship has already considered returning to Europe to finish the season, with Imola among the options previously discussed.

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KEYWORDS: f1; schedule

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

Zandvoort and Montmelo are removed but there is a chance if the situation with Iran and the Mullas results, they could put Montmelo or Imola as the reserve race.

As there is only elitist media controlled by California activists when CBS Sports has Australian GP rights and NBC Sports is pushing for soon to be NBC-owned ITV to replace 4 for UK rights, we have a literal fight between Apple and two US broadcast networks, one of which has Australian rights and the other wants British rights for their domestic races.

Of course, it's not possible to trust US media for F1 because Apple has strict restrictions.

[T.B. Yoits]

Never forget those who support Communist organizations such as Black Lives Matter^TM and spit in the face of Americans.

[Paal Gulli]

Having a sprint at Monaco is a joke. It’s the lowest overtaking venue on the circuit (but Madrid is giving it a run for its money). In 2024, the top 10 finishers at Monaco all finished the race in the same order they were in on the starting grid.

Holding an additional short format race there that was designed to free of pit stops makes absolutely NO sense. It’s a guarantee of processional racing.

[PAR35]

So, 7 Muslim (including England), 3 US. no German.

[PAR35]

F1 has turned into “follow the leader” and hope someone in front breaks. NASCAR, despite its wokeness, provides better entertainment.

[WhiteHatBobby0701]

Never underestimate a 6’4 260 lb jackman. Esteban Ocon saw that firsthand in a BP video. The drivers learned the jackmen are strength athletes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SmW1uG9jv0

[Paal Gulli]

"F1 has turned into “follow the leader” and hope someone in front breaks...."

They made significant changes to the 2026 cars that might have improved that. Not 'cured,' but improved. Which might have given hope for the future, but their insistence on continuing the electric hybridization (and their botched calculations) gave all the potential back.

In this decade, 54% of all F1 races have been won from pole. In 2025, the number was 67%. Thus far this season it's 57% but at this point the pecking order is well-sorted and Antonelli's dominance likely will drive that number higher by season's end.

F1's problem at this juncture is that Liberty Media, which has owned F1 since 2014, is more interested in environmental virtue signaling than they are the nature of the competition or their impact on the sport's legacy. They couldn't care less that they're driving away the 'legacy' fans because they're attracting masses of bunny-huggers who used to vilify motor racing. They're not there because they're racing fans, they're there to show their solidarity with the New Green Religion.

And Stefano Domenicali is the 'new' F1's chief apologist, Liberty Media's "Baghdad Bob." He'll preach that the ship isn't sinking so long as he can keep his nose above the waterline.

[Paal Gulli]

From its inception and through the Ecclestone-Mosley era, the governance of F1 had treated the sport as a sort of wild thing whose growth could be directed, within limits, but whose wild nature must be respected.

Liberty Media has turned F1 into a potted plant. It’s “spec” racing in all but name. It would be much cheaper for the teams, and I doubt the “new” fans would notice the differnce in the competition, if they bought everything they use from Jegs.

[ByteMercenary]

F1 needs to drop all the ‘woke’ ICE/EV hybrid power, ‘green’ fuels, etc for the cars and go back to pure ICE v8/10/12 engines. Nobody can afford the ‘green’ gas even if it were to made available to the general public. And Toyota and others have moved hybrid power into mainstream usage with power-trains that resemble F1 power only in concept.

There is no reason that F1 cannot be a sport that uses a different powertrain than the real world. Think like American football (oblong pig-skin) vs. non-American ‘futball’ ie soccer.

[zeestephen]

Re: "2027 F1 calendar - 7 Muslim (including England)"

Ouch!

That hurt!