2026 Formula One World Championship

2026 FIA Formula One
World Championship
Drivers' Champion:Kimi Antonelli
Constructors' Champion: TBD
Previous: 2025 Next: 2027
Support series:
Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
F1 Academy season

The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship season for Formula One cars which is be the 77th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is being contested over twenty-two Grands Prix held around the world.

Drivers and teams compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively.

Entries

The following constructors and drivers are under contract to compete in the 2026 World Championship. All teams are due to compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli. Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.

Teams and drivers that are contracted to compete in the 2026 World Championship
Entrant Constructor Power unit Race drivers
No. Driver name
France BWT Alpine Formula 1 Team Alpine-Mercedes Mercedes 10 France Pierre Gasly
43 Franco Colapinto
United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco Honda Aston Martin-Honda Honda 14 Spain Fernando Alonso
18 Canada Lance Stroll
United Kingdom Atlassian Williams F1 Team Atlassian Williams-Mercedes Mercedes 23 Thailand Alex Albon
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.
Germany Audi Revolut F1 Team Audi Audi 5 Brazil Gabriel Bortoleto
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg
United States Cadillac Formula 1 Team Cadillac-Ferrari Ferrari 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Italy Scuderia Ferrari HP Ferrari Ferrari 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
USA  TGR Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari Ferrari 31 France Esteban Ocon
87 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman
50 Japan  Ryo Hirawaka
51 Brazil  Rafael Câmara
United Kingdom  McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team McLaren-Mercedes Mercedes 1 United Kingdom Lando Norris
81 Australia Oscar Piastri
Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Mercedes 12 Italy Kimi Antonelli
63 United Kingdom George Russell
Italy Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford Red Bull Ford 30 New Zealand Liam Lawson
41 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
22 Japan  Yuki Tsunoda
Austria Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford Red Bull Ford 3 Netherlands Max Verstappen
6 France Isack Hadjar
30 New Zealand Liam Lawson

Driver changes

Arvid Lindblad (left) made their full season debuts with Racing Bulls respectively.

Calendar

Nations that are scheduled to host a Grand Prix in 2026 are highlighted in green, with circuit locations marked with a black dot. Former host nations are shown in dark grey, and former host circuits are marked with a white dot.

The 2026 calendar comprises twenty-two Grands Prix, as with the previous two seasons:

Round Grand Prix Circuit Race date
1 Australian Grand Prix Australia Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 8 March
2 Chinese Grand Prix China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 15 March
3 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 29 March
4 Miami Grand Prix United States Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida 3 May
5 Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 24 May
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 7 June
7 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 14 June
8 Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 28 June
9 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 5 July
10 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 19 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 26 July
12 Dutch Grand Prix Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 23 August
13 Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 6 September
14 Spanish Grand Prix Spain Madring, Madrid 13 September
15 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 26 September**
16 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 4 October
17 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 11 October
18 United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 25 October
19 Mexico City Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 1 November
20 São Paulo Grand Prix Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 8 November
21 Las Vegas Grand Prix United States Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Paradise, Nevada 21 November**
22 Qatar Grand Prix Qatar Lusail International Circuit, Lusail 29 November
23 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 6 December
Source:


**Saturday Race.

References

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