F1 Schedule 2026: Every race date and TV details as two races CANCELLED

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F1 Schedule 2026: Every race date and TV details as two races CANCELLED

We are now down to just 22 races after two cancellations

Graham Shaw Consultant Editor

Digital sports specialist running global brands for 30 years

Monday 16 March 2026 08:30 Updated: 22:38

The F1 schedule for 2026 is now down to just 22 races after F1 was forced to cancel the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The current conflict in the Middle East led the sport to make the much-anticipated announcement during Chinese Grand Prix. The races (scheduled for April 12 and 19) will not not happen and will not be replaced on the calendar.

That means we know have a big gap from the Japanese Grand Prix on March 29 to Miami as the next race on May 3. An early (second) summer break...

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Full F1 race schedule for 2026

The calendar for 2026 - from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi - looks like this:

Round	Date	Race
1	March 8	Australian Grand Prix
2	March 15	Chinese Grand Prix
3	March 29	Japanese Grand Prix
6	May 3	Miami Grand Prix
7	May 24	Canadian Grand Prix
8	June 7	Monaco Grand Prix
9	June 14	Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
10	June 28	Austrian Grand Prix
11	July 5	British Grand Prix
12	July 19	Belgian Grand Prix
13	July 26	Hungarian Grand Prix
14	August 23	Dutch Grand Prix
15	September 6	Italian Grand Prix
16	September 13	Spanish Grand Prix
17	September 26	Azerbaijan Grand Prix
18	October 11	Singapore Grand Prix
19	October 25	United States Grand Prix
20	November 1	Mexico City Grand Prix
21	November 8	Sao Paulo Grand Prix
22	November 21	Las Vegas Grand Prix
23	November 29	Qatar Grand Prix
24	December 6	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

F1 on TV - how to watch the 2026 season live

Sky Sports F1 will again have the rights to show the 2026 season but there is a big change in the US, where Apple TV now has the rights after outbidding ESPN.

Wherever you are in the world, we have details of where you will be able to watch the races this year - here are the details of current rights holders in 2026:

Country / Region	Broadcaster(s)
Albania	DigitAlb
Andorra	DAZN & Canal+
Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Argentina	ESPN Latam
Armenia	Handymain (FastSports)
Australia	Fox Australia
Austria	Servus / ORF
Azerbaijan	Handymain (Setanta) & Idman Azerbaijan
Bahamas (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Bangladesh	F1TV Pro
Barbados (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Belgium	Telenet & RTBF
Belize (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Bermuda (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Bhutan	F1TV Pro
Bolivia	ESPN Latam
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Brazil	Bandeirantes
Brunei	BeIN
Bulgaria	Nova
Cambodia	BeIN
Canada	RDS / TSN
Chile	ESPN Latam
China	To be confirmed
Chinese Taipei	Reddentes (Videoland & ELTA)
Colombia	ESPN Latam
Cook Islands	TVWan
Costa Rica (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Croatia	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Cuba (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Cyprus	Asset Ogilvy (CYTA)
Czech Republic (Czechia)	Nova
Denmark	Viaplay
Dominica (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Dominican Republic (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Ecuador	ESPN Latam
El Salvador	ESPN Latam
Estonia	TVV3/GO3
Fiji	TVWan
Finland	Viaplay
France	Canal+
Georgia	Handymain (Setanta)
Germany	Sky De & RTL
Greece	Asset Ogilvy (ANT1 & ANT1+)
Grenada (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Guatemala	ESPN Latam
Guyana	ESPN Latam
Haiti (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam, Flow Sports & Canal+
Holy See (Vatican)	Sky Italia
Honduras (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam, Flow Sports
Hungary	M4 Sport
Iceland	Viaplay
India	FanCode
Indonesia	BeIN
Ireland	SkyUK
Israel	The Sports Channel
Italy	Sky Italia
Jamaica (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Japan	DAZN Japan & Fuji TV
Kazakhstan	Handymain (Setanta)
Kiribati	TVWan
Kyrgyzstan	Handymain (Setanta)
Latvia	TV3/GO3
Liechtenstein	Sky De
Lithuania	TV3/GO3
Luxembourg	RTL Lux & Sky DE
Malaysia	BeIN
Maldives	F1TV Pro
Malta	To be confirmed
Mauritius	Supersport & Canal+
Middle East & North Africa	beIN Sports
Mexico	Fox Sports
Moldova	Handymain (Setanta)
Monaco	Canal+
Montenegro	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Myanmar	Canal+
Nauru	TVWan
Nepal	F1TV Pro
Netherlands	Viaplay
New Zealand	Sky NZ
Nicaragua (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Niue	TVWan
North Macedonia	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Norway	Viaplay
Pakistan	F1TV Pro
Panama (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Papua New Guinea	TVWan
Paraguay	ESPN Latam
Peru	ESPN Latam
Philippines	BeIN
Poland	Eleven Sports
Portugal	SportTV
Puerto Rico	ESPN
Romania	Antena
Saint Kitts & Nevis (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Saint Lucia (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Samoa	TVWan
San Marino	Sky Italia
Serbia	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Singapore	BeIN
Slovakia	Nova
Slovenia	Handymain (Sport Klub)
Solomon Islands	TVWan
South Africa	Supersport
South Korea	Coupang
Spain	DAZN
Sri Lanka	F1TV Pro
St. Vincent & Grenadines (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa	Supersport, Canal+ (French Language)
Suriname	ESPN Latam
Sweden	Viaplay
Switzerland	SRG/SRG/RTS/RSI, Sky DE & Canal+
Tajikistan	Handymain (Setanta)
Thailand	BeIN
Timor-Leste	BeIN
Tokelau	TVWan
Tonga	TVWan
Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean)	ESPN Latam & Flow Sports
Turkey	BeIN
Turkmenistan	Handymain (Setanta)
Tuvalu	TVWan
Ukraine	Handymain (Setanta)
United Kingdom	Sky UK
Uruguay	ESPN Latam
USA	Apple TV/ ESPN Deportes
Uzbekistan	Handymain (Setanta)
Vanuatu	TVWan
Venezuela	ESPN Latam
Vietnam	K+ (VSTV)

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The next F1 race

The next race is the Japanese Grand Prix in the iconic surroundings of Suzuka on Sunday March 29. Practice begins on Friday March 27.

New F1 races in 2026

There is one new addition to the calendar in 2026 and it is the Spanish Grand Prix at the new Madring circuit on September 13.

The Circuit de Catalunya remains on the calendar but with a renamed race - the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

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Written by

Graham Shaw - Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

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