F2 reworks calendar
After the Bahrain and Jeddah rounds were cancelled, Formula 2 revised its 2026 calendar to add replacement rounds in Miami and Montreal next month. ( ) The change follows the wider disruption from the cancelled Bahrain Grand Prix and reshuffles support‑series travel plans. (news.gp)
Formula 2 has rewritten its 2026 spring schedule, adding Miami on May 1-3 and Montreal on May 22-24 after its Bahrain and Jeddah rounds were scrubbed. (fiaformula2.com) The series announced the change on April 9 and said the two new events will become Rounds 2 and 3 of the season, both running alongside Formula One. Formula 2 said it will return to Europe after Canada, starting in Monaco on June 4-7. (fiaformula2.com) That gives Formula 2 its first races in North America. The championship’s official calendar still lists 14 rounds for 2026, beginning in Melbourne on March 6-8 and ending at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi. (fiaformula2.com, fiaformula2.com) The reshuffle followed a wider break in the top-level schedule after Formula One said on March 14 that the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix would not take place in April. Formula One said the decision came after “careful evaluations” and cited the ongoing situation in the Middle East region. (formula1.com) Formula 2 had already confirmed that its Sakhir and Jeddah rounds were off and that its in-season test at Bahrain International Circuit, scheduled for March 25-27, was also canceled. The series said at the time that more calendar information would follow later. (fiaformula2.com) The original 2026 Formula 2 calendar, published in June 2025, had Bahrain on April 10-12 and Saudi Arabia on April 17-19. Miami and Montreal were not on that first version. (fiaformula2.com) Formula One’s current 2026 calendar now shows Miami as Round 4 on May 1-3 and Canada as Round 5 on May 22-24, creating the slots Formula 2 has moved into. Formula One also published an April explainer describing the gap left by the canceled Middle East races. (formula1.com, formula1.com) For teams and drivers, the practical effect is a different freight plan and a different run of circuits: street-style Miami, then Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, instead of Bahrain’s permanent track and Jeddah’s fast street course. The championship now resumes next month in North America rather than the Gulf. (fiaformula2.com, formula1.com)
