F1 exploring as many as 12 sprint races from 2027TV viewership for sprint weekends is reportedly 10% higher than normal weekends<\/p>\n
The British Grand Prix will stage a\u00a0sprint\u00a0race next year after Formula One bosses revealed the six-round schedule for 2026.<\/p>\n
Shanghai, Miami, Montreal, Zandvoort and Singapore will also host the shortened-format race. This will be the last season that Zandvoort hosts Formula One before exiting the schedule.<\/p>\n
Silverstone staged Formula One\u2019s first ever sprint race in 2021 but has not been on the sprint schedule since. Next year\u2019s British Grand Prix, one of 24 rounds on the calendar, will take place across the first weekend of July.<\/p>\n
Formula One chiefs are currently in discussions with the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the grid\u2019s teams and drivers about expanding the sprint roster \u2013 possibly to as many as 12 \u2013 from 2027, with data from last year indicating TV viewership was on average 10 per cent greater than a non-sprint weekend.<\/p>\n
The format could also be tinkered, with reverse grids mooted as an idea.<\/p>\n
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Formula One president and chief executive Stefano Domenicali said: \u201cThe F1 sprint has continued to grow in positive impact and popularity since it was introduced in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith four competitive sessions rather than two during a conventional Grand Prix weekend, F1\u00a0sprint\u00a0events offer more action each day for our fans, broadcast partners, and for the promoters \u2013 driving increased attendance and viewership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2026 season will usher in a new era of regulations, so having three new\u00a0sprint\u00a0venues (Montreal, Zandvoort and Singapore) will only add to the drama on track.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F1 exploring as many as 12 sprint races from 2027TV viewership for sprint weekends is reportedly 10% higher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,3838,82],"class_list":["post-150547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-silverstone","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}