Formula 1
Do driving styles really explain these drivers' 2026 F1 struggles?
A lot has been said about how well certain driving styles mesh with F1's 2026 cars. Mark Hughes explains what's really going on among the top drivers
Formula 1 2026 Race Schedule
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Round 1March 6-8, 2026Australian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Mar 6
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Fri Mar 6
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Sat Mar 7
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Mar 7
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Mar 8
15:00-17:00
Round 2March 13-15, 2026Chinese Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Mar 13
11:30-12:30
Qualifying
Fri Mar 13
15:30-16:14
Sprint
Sat Mar 14
11:00-12:00
Qualifying
Sat Mar 14
15:00-16:00
Race
Sun Mar 15
15:00-17:00
Round 3March 27-29, 2026Japanese Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Mar 27
11:30-12:30
Practice 2
Fri Mar 27
15:00-16:00
Practice 3
Sat Mar 28
11:30-12:30
Qualifying
Sat Mar 28
15:00-16:00
Race
Sun Mar 29
14:00-16:00
Round 4May 1-3, 2026Miami Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri May 1
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Fri May 1
16:30-17:14
Sprint
Sat May 2
12:00-13:00
Qualifying
Sat May 2
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun May 3
16:00-18:00
Round 5May 22-24, 2026Canadian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri May 22
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Fri May 22
16:30-17:14
Sprint
Sat May 23
12:00-13:00
Qualifying
Sat May 23
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun May 24
16:00-18:00
Round 6June 5-7, 2026Monaco Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jun 5
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Jun 5
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Jun 6
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Jun 6
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jun 7
15:00-17:00
Round 7June 12-14, 2026Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jun 12
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Jun 12
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Jun 13
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Jun 13
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jun 14
15:00-17:00
Round 8June 26-28, 2026Austrian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jun 26
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Jun 26
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Jun 27
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Jun 27
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jun 28
15:00-17:00
Round 9July 3-5, 2026British Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jul 3
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Fri Jul 3
16:30-17:14
Sprint
Sat Jul 4
12:00-13:00
Qualifying
Sat Jul 4
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jul 5
15:00-17:00
Round 10July 17-19, 2026Belgian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jul 17
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Jul 17
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Jul 18
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Jul 18
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jul 19
15:00-17:00
Round 11July 24-26, 2026Hungarian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Jul 24
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Jul 24
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Jul 25
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Jul 25
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Jul 26
15:00-17:00
Round 12August 21-23, 2026Dutch Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Aug 21
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Fri Aug 21
16:30-17:14
Sprint
Sat Aug 22
12:00-13:00
Qualifying
Sat Aug 22
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Aug 23
15:00-17:00
Round 13September 4-6, 2026Italian Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Sep 4
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Fri Sep 4
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Sat Sep 5
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Sep 5
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Sep 6
15:00-17:00
Round 14September 11-13, 2026Spanish Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Sep 11
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Sep 11
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Sep 12
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Sep 12
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Sep 13
15:00-17:00
Round 15September 24-26, 2026Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Thu Sep 24
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Thu Sep 24
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Fri Sep 25
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Fri Sep 25
16:00-17:00
Race
Sat Sep 26
15:00-17:00
Round 16October 9-11, 2026Singapore Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Oct 9
17:30-18:30
Qualifying
Fri Oct 9
20:30-21:14
Sprint
Sat Oct 10
17:00-18:00
Qualifying
Sat Oct 10
21:00-22:00
Race
Sun Oct 11
20:00-22:00
Round 17October 23-25, 2026United States Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Oct 23
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Fri Oct 23
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Sat Oct 24
12:30-13:30
Qualifying
Sat Oct 24
16:00-17:00
Race
Sun Oct 25
15:00-17:00
Round 18Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2026Mexico City Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Oct 30
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Fri Oct 30
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Sat Oct 31
11:30-12:30
Qualifying
Sat Oct 31
15:00-16:00
Race
Sun Nov 1
14:00-16:00
Round 19November 6-8, 2026São Paulo Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Nov 6
12:30-13:30
Practice 2
Fri Nov 6
16:00-17:00
Practice 3
Sat Nov 7
11:30-12:30
Qualifying
Sat Nov 7
15:00-16:00
Race
Sun Nov 8
14:00-16:00
Round 20November 19-21, 2026Las Vegas Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Thu Nov 19
16:30-17:30
Practice 2
Thu Nov 19
20:00-21:00
Practice 3
Fri Nov 20
16:30-17:30
Qualifying
Fri Nov 20
20:00-21:00
Race
Sat Nov 21
20:00-22:00
Round 21November 27-29, 2026Qatar Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Nov 27
16:30-17:30
Practice 2
Fri Nov 27
20:00-21:00
Practice 3
Sat Nov 28
17:30-18:30
Qualifying
Sat Nov 28
21:00-22:00
Race
Sun Nov 29
19:00-21:00
Round 22December 4-6, 2026Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Session
Date
Time
Practice 1
Fri Dec 4
13:30-14:30
Practice 2
Fri Dec 4
17:00-18:00
Practice 3
Sat Dec 5
14:30-15:30
Qualifying
Sat Dec 5
18:00-19:00
Race
Sun Dec 6
17:00-19:00
