The calendar for the 2026 season of Formula 1 (F1), the world’s most important motorsport championship, has already been set. And there has been news since then The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix (GP) will be replaced by that of Madrid. This means that 24 dates remain as in 2025. In addition, there is a slight difference in the order of some GPs: the Canadian GP will be set in mid-June and postponed to May 24th, immediately after the Miami GP, to allow teams to move around North America without having to return to Europe.
The competition begins on the weekend of March 8th in Melbourne and runs until December 6th, the day the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix takes place. Race that concludes the tournament for the twelfth consecutive year. The Pilarense Franco Colapinto has already been officially named Alpine’s regular driver. At the end of the calendar, two days take place in Latin America: Mexico hosts the 20th on November 1st and Brazil hosts the 21st on the 8th of the same month.
Formula 1 will change completely next season especially due to the new technical regulations. The engines will be “cleaner” and 50% powered electrically (well over 20% in recent years) and 100% sustainable fuels. In addition, there will be simpler and cheaper units, which will attract new manufacturers such as Audi and Ford. On the other hand, The cars will be lighter, smaller and equipped with active aerodynamics (ailerons that “open” or “close” depending on the situation) to make overtaking easier and reduce polluted air.
For this reason, several teams will change the supplier of their engines. alpine will leave Renault units behind after the contract is signed Mercedes, which is also used by McLaren, Williams and the team of the same name where George Russell and Andrea “Kimi” Antonelli will compete against each other. Aston Martin signed an exclusive contract with loop after the separation, to be precise, from Mercedes. Red Bull, in turn, It merged with Ford and will have its own engine for the first time in history.
Kick Sauber will be renamed Audi F1 Team and will use engines from the German company. Finally, Cadillac, The new team that will join the World Championship (in total there will be 11 teams and 22 riders), with the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez and the Finnish Valtteri Bottas as representatives, has signed an agreement with Ferrari and will use its engines just like Haas and logically Ferrari.
The driver line-up for the 2026 World Championship and the manufacturer list have already been determined. That’s the good news for Argentines Finally, Franco Colapinto will be one of the 22 starting runners: He signed a contract with Alpine and will continue to be the Frenchman’s teammate Pierre Gasly. With regard to the overall line-up of the protagonists, there were only a few changes in the composition of the now 11 teams after the inclusion of Valtteri Bottas And Sergio Perez In Cadillac.
Williams will continue with Thai Alexander Albon and Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr.who signed a contract until 2028 after leaving at the end of 2024 Ferrari for the arrival of Lewis Hamilton who had a season to forget, but with whom he will continue to share a team Charles Leclerc. Audi -formerly Kick Sauber- will continue with the German Nico Hulkenberg and the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, And haas with the British Oliver Bearman and the French Esteban Ocon.
He beginner The Italian with the most points collected in 2025 Kimi AntonelliThe 19-year-old will continue at Mercedes alongside the experienced team George Russell. Aston Martin will stay there Fernando Alonso And Lance Stroll And McLaren, Winner of the constructors’ championship, will do the same Lando Norris current world champion and Oscar Piastri. Red Bull, It rose in turn Isaac Hajar from Racing Bulls to accompany the four-time champion Max Verstappen replaces the fired Yuki Tsunoda. Finally, after the rise of Hajar, Arvid Lindblad will run with Liam Lawson In Racing bulls.
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