The brand new Components One season sees Cadillac make a debut because the eleventh staff, with Audi and Ford partnering.
Components One could have two races in Spain subsequent season as Madrid’s new road circuit makes its debut in September, however Italy sees its Imola race dropped off within the new 24-race calendar, motorsport’s governing physique and F1 organisers have introduced.
The brand new calendar, introduced on Tuesday, confirmed that Melbourne’s Australian Grand Prix will once more be the season-opener on March 8, with China’s Shanghai circuit internet hosting spherical two every week later.
The game is about to enter a brand new engine period with Cadillac arriving because the eleventh staff.
“We’re excited to welcome Madrid to the calendar, and to see big automotive manufacturers like Audi, Cadillac, and Ford be part of the Components One grid,” Components One Chief Govt Stefano Domenicali stated.
Swiss-based Sauber will turn out to be the Audi works staff in 2026, whereas Ford will accomplice with Pink Bull. Components One will even have 100% sustainable gasoline.
Japan might be spherical three as a standalone occasion on March 29.
Monaco would be the first European spherical on June 7, swapping dates with Canada, whose race in Montreal strikes to Might 24 and follows Miami on Might 3.
Canada, which clashes with the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race this 12 months, is now set to overlap as a substitute with the Indianapolis 500.
Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, which is getting into the ultimate 12 months of its present contract and can now not be designated the Spanish Grand Prix, is scheduled for June 14.
Madrid’s Madring, a part-street format across the metropolis’s IFEMA exhibition centre, would be the final race in Europe on September 13, the weekend after the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
The Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, attributable to drop off the calendar after 2026, might be held on August 23 as a dash weekend.
The season will finish in Abu Dhabi on December 6, instantly after Qatar.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will once more be held on successive weekends in April attributable to Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, falling in February and March.
The calendar has been organised to create extra of a geographical stream, which Components One stated would ship vital freight efficiencies and assist the game’s sustainability push.
There might be a complete of six back-to-back race weekends, with two triple headers of three in a row, beginning with Austin, Mexico and Brazil and ending with Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing physique, the FIA, stated: “Subsequent 12 months’s FIA Components One World Championship marks a big new chapter for our sport.
“A brand new race, new groups, and the arrival of recent producers, all ushering in a recent period of innovation and competitors.”
The FIA didn’t element the dash occasions, aside from Zandvoort, which has already been confirmed.
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