F1 calendar reshuffle
Formula 2 added Miami and Montreal rounds to replace cancelled Bahrain and Jeddah meetings, and Formula 1 is reportedly weighing a new date for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix — one scenario could produce a record four consecutive races to close the season. Teams and series officials are openly discussing the Miami Grand Prix as a restart point after the disruption. (news.gp) (sportbible.com) (paddocknews24.com)
Formula 2 has rewritten its spring schedule, adding Miami and Montreal after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds were scrubbed from April. (fiaformula2.com) The series said Miami will host Round 2 on May 1-3 and Montreal will host Round 3 on May 22-24. Both weekends will run alongside Formula 1, and both are firsts for Formula 2 in North America. (fiaformula2.com) Formula 1 said on March 14 that the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix would not take place in April because of “the ongoing situation in the Middle East region.” It also said no substitute races would be staged in April, and the affected Formula 2, Formula 3 and F1 Academy support rounds would also be dropped from those dates. (formula1.com) That left Formula 2 with a long gap after its opening round in Melbourne on March 6-8. The revised plan now restarts the championship in Miami before it returns to Europe in Monaco on June 4-7. (fiaformula2.com) (formula1.com) The bigger uncertainty is in Formula 1, where Saudi Arabia has been removed from its April slot but not yet given a new official date. The published 2026 calendar now runs from Australia on March 6-8 to Abu Dhabi on December 4-6, with Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi already set as the final three races. (formula1.com) (fia.com) (formula1.com) If Saudi Arabia is moved to the empty weekend before Las Vegas, the season could end with four straight race weekends instead of three. That scenario has been reported by multiple motorsport outlets, but neither Formula 1 nor the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile has announced it. (sportbible.com) (paddocknews24.com) (formula1.com) The calendar matters more than usual in 2026 because Formula 1 is also starting a new rules cycle next season, with new chassis and power-unit regulations already baked into team planning. Extra travel strain at the end of the year would land in a season that was originally built as a 24-race schedule before Bahrain and Saudi Arabia dropped out. (fia.com) (espn.com) For now, the only confirmed reshuffle is below Formula 1: Formula 2 is going to Miami and Montreal, and Formula 1’s Saudi vacancy is still just that — a vacancy. The next hard date in that reset is May 1 in Miami. (fiaformula2.com) (formula1.com)
