Monaco Grand Prix leaves Memorial Day

Formula 1’s official 2026 calendar places the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, June 7, moving the race off the U.S. Memorial Day weekend that had long linked it with the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. The shift means the three-race Sunday lineup that many U.S. fans treated as an all-day motorsports schedule will not happen next year. Formula 1 and the FIA announced the 24-race 2026 calendar in June 2025, and Formula 1’s race page now lists Monaco for June 7 in Monte Carlo. ### When is Monaco actually scheduled for in 2026? Sunday, June 7, 2026, is the listed race date for the Monaco Grand Prix on Formula 1’s official schedule. Formula 1’s Monaco page says the race will run over 78 laps at Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo that day. The 2026 Formula 1 season opens in Australia on March 6-8 and ends in Abu Dhabi on December 4-6, according to Formula 1’s calendar release. (corp.formula1.com) Monaco’s placement in early June is one of the notable date changes inside that 24-round schedule. ### Which Memorial Day races stay where they are? The Indianapolis Motor Speedway lists the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 for Sunday, May 24, 2026. (formula1.com) The track’s event page says the race is part of Memorial Day Weekend at Indianapolis. Charlotte Motor Speedway’s event schedule lists the 2026 Coca-Cola 600 for Sunday, May 24, 2026. (formula1.com) That keeps NASCAR’s race on the same day as Indy, even as Monaco moves two weeks later. ### Why does this end the old Sunday triple-header? USA Today reported on May 22 that Monaco will not be part of the 2026 “Greatest Day in Motorsport” because of Formula 1’s revised calendar. (indianapolismotorspeedway.com) The paper said the move ends the long-running lineup that had put Monaco, the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same Sunday. (charlottemotorspeedway.com) Since the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 remain on May 24 while Monaco shifts to June 7, the three events no longer share one date in 2026. That is the practical break with the Memorial Day viewing pattern rather than a change to IndyCar’s or NASCAR’s holiday-weekend plans. ### Was Monaco’s move a last-minute change? June 10, 2025, was when Formula 1 and the FIA published the 2026 championship calendar. (usatoday.com) That release already showed Monaco moved from its traditional late-May window into early June. The official Formula 1 calendar page and Monaco race page both continue to show that date now. That indicates the change was built into the published 2026 schedule rather than added just before race week. (indianapolismotorspeedway.com) ### What happens next on the calendar? March 6-8, 2026, is the scheduled opening weekend for Formula 1 in Australia, while Monaco is set for June 5-7, with the grand prix on Sunday, June 7. (corp.formula1.com) In the United States, Indianapolis and Charlotte are both set for Sunday, May 24, 2026. (formula1.com)