Six circuits named for 2026 F1 Sprint weekends

Formula 1 and the FIA on Tuesday confirmed the six circuits that will host F1 Sprint events during the 2026 season, naming Shanghai, Miami, Montréal, Silverstone, Zandvoort and Singapore as the venues and publishing the wider race weekend schedule and start times. The decision keeps the Sprint programme at six rounds as F1 prepares to introduce a major set of technical and sporting regulation changes next year.

Sprint weekends will open in Shanghai in March and include stops in Miami and Montréal in May, Silverstone in July, Zandvoort in August and Singapore in October, the FIA said. Sprint Qualifying is scheduled to follow Friday practice, with the 100 kilometre Sprint race and Grand Prix Qualifying on Saturday and the Grand Prix on Sunday. The FIA also released official local start times for the full 2026 championship, including a 4 p.m. local start for the Canadian Grand Prix intended to avoid a clash with the Indianapolis 500.

Three of the six Sprint venues will stage the format for the first time. Montréal, Zandvoort and Singapore will debut Sprint weekends, while Silverstone returns to the Sprint calendar for the first time since the format’s inaugural 2021 event. Shanghai...