Zandvoort, Singapore to host F1 sprints for first time in 2026
AFP | London
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Zandvoort, Singapore and Montreal will host sprint races for the first time in 2026, Formula One and the sport’s governing body the FIA announced yesterday.
These three venues will join Shanghai and Miami, which have staged the Saturday dashes for the past two seasons, and Silverstone, which last hosted a sprint in 2021.
Next season will be the sixth year of the sprint format which has proved a popular addition to a race weekend.
Sprint qualifying takes place on Friday after the first practice session, with the sprint race and qualifying for Sunday’s main grand prix on the Saturday.
Sprint race winners get eight points down to one point for the driver fiinshing eighth.
Shanghai will get the 2026 sprint season up and running at the March 13- 15 Chinese Grand Prix, followed by Miami (May 1-3), Canada (May 22-24), Silverstone (July 3-5), Zandvoort (August 21-23) and Singapore (October 9-11).
F1 boss Stefano Domenicali said: “The F1 Sprint has continued to grow in positive impact and popularity since it was introduced in 2021.
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