Unprecedented decision made by FIA »Starting hours were announced for all Formula 1 races of season 2026

In previous years, FIA usually waited until the winter break between seasons to announce the start hours of all the races for the next campaign. This year, this happened on February 3, just over a month before the first stage of season 2025.

FIA has been announced start -up for all Formula 1 races of season 2026

Next year, the campaign will start again with the Grand Prize of Australia, and the race will take place at 6:00 in the morning, Romania time. This will be the most morning start hour for the next season, during the big prize in Las Vegas.

The latest start hour will be 23:00, when the races in Miami and Canada will take place. The reason for this time of starter start than usual for the Montreal race is the desire of Formula 1 to avoid overlapping with “Indy 5”which will take place a little earlier on the same day.

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European races will start again at 4pm

The race from Indianapolis will start shortly after 7:00 pm and should end shortly before the programmed start time of the Grand Prize of Canada.

European races, except for the Grand Prize of Great Britain (5:00 pm), will start again at 16:00, Romania time. The race from “Silverstone” will start at 5:00 pm.

Start hours of all Formula 1 races of 2026

1. The Grand Prize of Australia – March 8, 6:00
2. China's big prize – March 15, 9:00 am
3. The Grand Prize of Japan – March 29, 8:00
4. Bahrain Grand Prize – April 12, 6:00 pm
5. The Grand Prize of Saudi Arabia – April 19, 8:00 pm
6. The big prize from Miami – May 3, 11:00 pm
7. The Grand Prize of Canada – May 24, 11:00 pm
8. The Grand Prize from Monaco – June 7, 4:00 pm
9. The Grand Prize in Barcelona – June 14, 4:00 pm
10. The Grand Prize of Austria – June 28, 4:00 pm
11. The Grand Prize of Great Britain – July 5, 5:00 pm
12. Belgian Grand Prize – July 19, 4:00 pm
13. The Grand Prize of Hungary – July 26, 4:00 pm
14. The Grand Prize of the Netherlands – August 23, 4:00 pm
15. The Grand Prize of Italy – September 6, 4:00 pm
16. The Grand Prize of Spain – September 13, 4:00 pm
17. The Grand Prize of Azerbaijan – September 26, 2:00 pm
18. The big prize from Singapore – October 11, 3:00 pm
19. The Grand Prize of the US – October 25, 22:00
20. The Grand Prize from Mexico City – November 1, 22:00
21. The big prize from Sao Paulo – November 8, 7:00 pm
22. The big prize from Las Vegas – November 22, 6:00
23. The Grand Prize of Qatar – November 29, 6:00 pm
24. The big prize from Abu Dhabi – December 6, 3:00 pm