Overview
- The 2026 Sprint weekends will run in Shanghai (Mar 13–15), Miami (May 1–3), Montréal (May 22–24), Silverstone (July 3–5), Zandvoort (Aug 21–23) and Singapore (Oct 9–11).
- Montréal, Zandvoort and Singapore will host their first Sprint weekends, while Silverstone returns after last staging a Sprint in the format’s 2021 debut.
- Interlagos (Brazil), Spa (Belgium), Austin (United States) and Qatar lose Sprint status for 2026 and revert to the traditional weekend format.
- The Sprint format and structure remain the same next year, featuring Sprint Qualifying on Friday, a 100km Sprint with points for the top eight on Saturday before Grand Prix qualifying, and the main race on Sunday.
- F1 cites a major 2026 technical transition for holding the count at six, and it is in talks about possible expansion and format tweaks from 2027, including ideas such as reverse grids, following viewership uplifts and a new Sprint partnership with Gatorade.