Singapore to host F1 sprint race for first time, officials release 2026 schedule
Six races in the shortened format to be held next year, with return to Silverstone and three new locations revealed
The British Grand Prix will stage a sprint race next year after Formula One bosses revealed the six-round schedule for 2026 on Tuesday.
Shanghai, Miami, Montreal, Zandvoort and Singapore will also host the shortened-format race.
Silverstone staged F1’s first ever sprint race in 2021 but has not been on the schedule since. Next year’s British Grand Prix, one of 24 rounds on the calendar, will take place across the first weekend of July.
F1 chiefs are in discussions with the FIA, motorsport’s world governing body, and the grid’s teams and drivers about expanding the sprint roster – possibly to as many as 12 – from 2027, with data from last year indicating television viewership was on average 10 per cent greater than a non-sprint weekend.
The format could also be changed, with reverse grids mooted as an idea.
“The F1 sprint has continued to grow in positive impact and popularity since it was introduced in 2021,” F1 boss Stefano Domenicali said.