F1 Schedule 2026: Every Remaining Race, US Start Times and How to Watch
- 🔑 Formula 1’s 2026 calendar has 23 rounds. As of Oct. 3, 15 are complete, the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, Malaysia is under way, and seven more run from Singapore on Oct. 11 to Abu Dhabi on Dec. 6. No odds or win probabilities are used on this page.
- Early-morning starts come first. The Sepang race is scheduled for 3 a.m. ET (12 a.m. PT) on Sunday, Oct. 4, and Singapore’s race is at 8 a.m. ET on Oct. 11. Austin on Oct. 25 is the first afternoon start at 4 p.m. ET, followed by Mexico City at 3 p.m. ET.
- Two time traps to know about. US clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, so Mexico City’s 2 p.m. local race starts at 3 p.m. ET, not 4 p.m. Las Vegas races Saturday night, Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. PT, which is 11 p.m. ET, with qualifying the night before.
- Apple TV is the exclusive US broadcaster, listed by Apple at $12.99 a month with a seven-day trial for new subscribers. Apple’s own page says every practice is available without a subscription, and reports say the whole Sepang weekend, race included, is free to US viewers.
- Qatar (Nov. 27-29) and Abu Dhabi (Dec. 4-6) remain on F1’s official calendar. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali told Sky Sport Italia on Oct. 3 that they are confirmed as the final rounds. We found no separate written statement from F1 or the FIA at publication.
- The year began with 24 rounds and now has 23. Bahrain’s and Saudi Arabia’s April races were called off, Saudi Arabia has not returned, and Bahrain’s race moved to Sepang under its own name. Singapore, Oct. 9-11, is the last of six sprint weekends.
Formula 1’s 2026 calendar has 23 rounds: 15 are complete, the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia runs Oct. 2-4, and seven more follow, from the Singapore Grand Prix on Oct. 11 to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Dec. 6.
This guide is pinned to the morning of Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 (U.S. Eastern), before the Sepang race. Every time below is converted from F1’s own session listings to Eastern and Pacific, and we report no results from the Sepang weekend because it is still in progress.
What races are left on the 2026 F1 calendar?
As of Oct. 3, eight races remain: Round 16 at Sepang, Malaysia, scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4, and seven more rounds after it, ending in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 6. Here is every race start in US time.
| Round | Race day | ET | PT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sepang | Sun Oct 4 | 3:00 a.m. | 12:00 a.m. |
| 17 Singapore | Sun Oct 11 | 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. |
| 18 Austin | Sun Oct 25 | 4:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. |
| 19 Mexico City | Sun Nov 1 | 3:00 p.m. | 12:00 p.m. |
| 20 São Paulo | Sun Nov 8 | 12:00 p.m. | 9:00 a.m. |
| 21 Las Vegas | Sat Nov 21 | 11:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 22 Qatar | Sun Nov 29 | 11:00 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. |
| 23 Abu Dhabi | Sun Dec 6 | 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. |
The Sepang start is the stroke of midnight Pacific between Saturday and Sunday. The schedule has two off weekends, Oct. 17-18 and Nov. 14-15. Austin, Mexico City and São Paulo come on three straight weekends, as do Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
What time are qualifying and the Singapore sprint in US time?
Qualifying starts between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET on a Saturday for six of the seven rounds after Sepang, and on Friday night in Las Vegas at 11 p.m. ET (8 p.m. PT). Sepang’s qualifying was listed as complete on Formula1.com when we checked, so it is left out.
| Round | Day | ET | PT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Singapore | Sat Oct 10 | 9:00 a.m. | 6:00 a.m. |
| 18 Austin | Sat Oct 24 | 5:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. |
| 19 Mexico City | Sat Oct 31 | 5:00 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. |
| 20 São Paulo | Sat Nov 7 | 1:00 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. |
| 21 Las Vegas | Fri Nov 20 | 11:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 22 Qatar | Sat Nov 28 | 1:00 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. |
| 23 Abu Dhabi | Sat Dec 5 | 9:00 a.m. | 6:00 a.m. |
Singapore (Oct. 9-11) is the last of the season’s six sprint weekends, after China, Miami, Canada, Britain and the Netherlands. Its sessions:
| Session | ET | PT |
|---|---|---|
| Sprint Qualifying, Fri Oct 9 | 8:30 a.m. | 5:30 a.m. |
| Sprint, Sat Oct 10 | 5:00 a.m. | 2:00 a.m. |
| Qualifying, Sat Oct 10 | 9:00 a.m. | 6:00 a.m. |
| Race, Sun Oct 11 | 8:00 a.m. | 5:00 a.m. |
Practice times for each weekend are on that round’s page at Formula1.com.
Which clock changes can throw off the US times?
US clocks fall back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, the same day as the Mexico City Grand Prix, so its 2 p.m. local start is 3 p.m. ET (noon PT). Mexico does not use daylight saving time, so only the US side moves: the same local start converts to 4 p.m. ET before the change. Mexico City qualifying the day before, Saturday, Oct. 31, is still on daylight time at 5 p.m. ET.
Las Vegas is the other one to watch. Both qualifying (Friday, Nov. 20) and the race (Saturday, Nov. 21) start at 8 p.m. PT, which is 11 p.m. ET. A calendar app set to UTC or a European zone will show the race on Sunday, Nov. 22.
How do I watch the rest of the F1 season in the US?
Apple TV is the exclusive US broadcaster of Formula 1 in 2026, and Apple lists the price as $12.99 a month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. Apple’s launch announcement (March 5) and its latest F1 update we could read (April 29) both carry that price, so confirm it in the app before you subscribe.
Apple says US subscribers also get F1 TV Premium at no extra cost, English and Spanish commentary, up to 30 additional live feeds, and a Multiview mode of up to four feeds on supported devices. Apple’s own how-to-watch page says every practice session is available without a subscription, along with a select number of race weekends.
Reports say the entire Sepang weekend, race included, is one of those free weekends for US viewers, with no subscription or trial sign-up. We have not found Apple’s list of other free weekends, so do not assume more. Apple’s March announcement also named Yahoo Sports (live practice and qualifying), free Tubi altcasts for multiple races, a one-race TelevisaUnivision simulcast, and five races in IMAX theaters, Austin among them. We could not confirm which apply to each remaining race, so check the partner’s own listing.
What changed on the 2026 calendar?
The season began with 24 rounds and now has 23: the April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were called off, Saudi Arabia has not returned, and Bahrain’s race moved to Sepang, Malaysia. F1 and the FIA announced the April cancellations on March 14, citing the situation in the Middle East region and adding no replacement races. That is why the season jumped from Japan on March 29 to Miami on May 3.
On July 26, F1 and the FIA confirmed Sepang would host the race under the Bahrain name, formally the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, on Oct. 2-4: 56 laps on a 5.543-km circuit that last hosted F1 in 2017. Separately, Madrid’s new purpose-built Madring circuit hosted Spain’s race for the first time on Sept. 13, while Barcelona kept a race of its own on June 14.
Where does the championship stand?
After 15 of 23 rounds, Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes leads the drivers’ standings on 302 points, 66 ahead of teammate George Russell on 236, according to Formula1.com’s tables. These figures are before the Sepang race on Oct. 4 and will change.
| Driver | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Antonelli | Mercedes | 302 |
| Russell | Mercedes | 236 |
| Hamilton | Ferrari | 199 |
| Norris | McLaren | 186 |
| Leclerc | Ferrari | 179 |
| Verstappen | Red Bull | 163 |
In the constructors’ standings, Mercedes has 538 points, Ferrari 378, McLaren 306 and Red Bull 263. The 15 completed races have gone to Antonelli (8 wins), Russell (3), Norris (2), Hamilton (1) and Leclerc (1).
Are Qatar and Abu Dhabi still on the calendar?
Yes: as of Oct. 3, Qatar (Nov. 27-29) and Abu Dhabi (Dec. 4-6) are still on Formula 1’s official calendar as the last two rounds. On Oct. 3, F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali told Sky Sport Italia that, given the information and assurances F1 has received, the two races are confirmed as the final rounds, according to several motorsport outlets. We found no separate written statement from F1 or the FIA at the time of writing.
F1 and the FIA cited the situation in the Middle East region when they called off the April races, and Domenicali’s remark refers to assurances received. We will update this page if the official calendar changes.
How current is this schedule?
This guide reflects Formula1.com and Apple’s pages as of Oct. 3, 2026, and the next-race line changes after every Grand Prix. After Sepang, Singapore on Oct. 9-11 is next. Session times can shift for weather or schedule notices, so confirm a weekend’s times on Formula1.com before you set an alarm for an early start.
How we verified this
✅ Every session time comes from Formula1.com’s own session data, read raw on Oct. 3, 2026. We read the session listings, with their local UTC offsets, for each of the eight remaining rounds and for every sprint weekend directly from Formula1.com’s race pages, not from a summary, and converted them to Eastern and Pacific with the IANA time-zone database rather than by hand. The Sepang race time (15:00 in Malaysia, 3 a.m. ET) is consistent with Apple TV’s own event listing and with outlet reports of Apple’s coverage schedule. The other seven rounds rest on Formula1.com alone, which is the series’ own schedule.
✅ The two clock-change cases were checked in the time-zone database. Mexico City stays at UTC-6 all year in Formula1.com’s offsets, so the Nov. 1 race moves from 4 p.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET only because US clocks go back at 2 a.m. that day. Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. PT is 11 p.m. ET, and Sunday, Nov. 22 in UTC.
✅ Six sprint weekends, with Singapore the only one left. The session lists on Formula1.com’s page for every one of the 23 rounds show sprint sessions only in China, Miami, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands and Singapore. An automated summary of a reference page called Madrid a sprint weekend; Formula1.com’s Spain page lists none, so we followed Formula1.com.
✅ Results and standings are from Formula1.com’s results tables, re-pulled on Oct. 3, and are valid after Round 15 only. The winners tally (Antonelli 8, Russell 3, Norris 2, Hamilton 1, Leclerc 1) was added up from the 15 completed rows. They change after the Sepang race on Oct. 4. Formula1.com listed Sepang practice and qualifying as complete and the race as upcoming when we checked, and this page reports no result from that weekend.
✅ Calendar changes come from F1’s and the FIA’s own statements. The Mar. 14 statement said the April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia would not take place, citing the situation in the Middle East region, with no replacements. The Jul. 26 statement confirmed Sepang as host of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Oct. 2-4. A reference encyclopedia gives 24 rounds originally and 23 now, and Formula1.com’s calendar page lists 23. Madrid’s Madring circuit was part of the original 24, so it is a new venue, not a change to the round count.
⚠️ Apple TV details are marketing facts and can change. The $12.99 price and seven-day trial are from Apple’s newsroom pages dated Mar. 5 and Apr. 29. The free practice sessions and “select race weekends” are from Apple TV’s own how-to-watch page. The free Sepang weekend for US viewers, with no subscription or trial sign-up, is from several outlet reports dated Oct. 1 and Apple TV’s own listing; we found no Apple newsroom release for it. The partner routes (Yahoo Sports, Tubi, TelevisaUnivision, IMAX) are from Apple’s March announcement and were not re-confirmed for individual races.
⚠️ The Qatar and Abu Dhabi finale was still developing at write time. Both rounds are on Formula1.com’s official calendar. Domenicali’s Oct. 3 remark to Sky Sport Italia was reported the same day by a European motorsport weekly and several Italian sports outlets, which is a translated, secondhand route. We found no separate written release from F1 or the FIA. We report it as attributed, make no forecast about whether the races go ahead, and take no position on the Middle East situation.
✅ No betting odds, spreads, or win-probability models appear anywhere on this page. There are no race picks, no prediction-market content and no title-scenario arithmetic; the standings are reported as they stand after Round 15.