Formula 1 will return to T\u00fcrkiye in 2027 after a six-year absence, with Istanbul Park officially included on the world championship calendar and set to host high-profile races for five consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n
The Turkish Grand Prix will mark its 10th Formula 1 race when engines roar again at the 5.3-kilometre Istanbul circuit next year, reviving one of the sport\u2019s most popular modern venues.<\/p>\n
Istanbul Park previously hosted races between 2005 and 2011 before making a temporary comeback during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n
Its return ends a long wait for Turkish motorsport fans and restores one of Formula 1\u2019s most memorable tracks to the global calendar.<\/p>\n
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that the venue will host races from 2027 through 2031.<\/p>\n
Speaking at an event at the Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Erdogan said the circuit would once again deliver \u201cthrilling, high-quality races\u201d and strengthen T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s role in global motorsport.<\/p>\n
Five-year hosting deal confirmed<\/p>\n
Erdogan said T\u00fcrkiye, which he described as \u201ca country of motorsports,\u201d aims to deepen its partnership with Formula 1 in the coming years.<\/p>\n
He noted that Formula 1 remains one of the world\u2019s biggest sporting events and enjoys a large following in T\u00fcrkiye, especially among young people.<\/p>\n
The president said millions watch Formula 1 races in the country, while around 7.5 million users follow the sport on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 will return to T\u00fcrkiye in 2027 after a six-year absence, with Istanbul Park officially included on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-628171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}