Each of Method 1’s feeder sequence, Method 2 and Method 3 have revealed their 2026 calendars. Right here’s the place and when every sequence can be racing in 2026.
On the identical day that Method 1 unveiled its 24-race 2026 calendar, the game’s feeder sequence Method 2 and Method 3 have additionally revealed their 2026 calendars. The calendars stay largely unchanged from 2025 with one exception.
With Imola falling off the F1 schedule to make method for the all-new Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, the venue additionally departs the F2 and F3 calendars, with Madrid taking its place in September. For Method 3, the Madrid spherical would be the final spherical of the season. In December 2024, it was revealed that Madrid will host F2 and F3 races till no less than 2035.
Like within the final two years, Method 2 will characteristic on the assist line-up at 14 rounds of the 2026 Method 1 season, whereas Method 3 will race at ten rounds. For the second 12 months in a row, each sequence start their seasons with races in Australia. Method 2 and Method 3 have been visiting the Albert Park in Melbourne circuit since 2023.
The Melbourne races and the Bahrain spherical – the second of the season – would be the solely rounds exterior of Europe for Method 3 in 2026, whereas Method 2 will moreover go to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Baku Metropolis Circuit is the one different monitor which seems on the F2 calendar however not the F3 counterpart.
As has change into custom, the F2 season will end on the identical weekend because the season-closing Method 1 race at Yas Marina Circuit. The F3 season will wrap up in mid-September at Madrid as a part of the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix weekend. It’s the first time since 2021 that the season won’t finish at Monza.
Though but to be formally confirmed for 2026, Method 2 and Method 3 race weekends historically include a single qualifying session on Friday, a Dash Race on Saturday and an extended Characteristic Race on Sunday.
2026 Method 2 Calendar
Method 2 will contest 28 races in 2026, with occasions happening in 13 totally different international locations. The tenth season of the trendy F2 period begins on March 6-8 on the 2026 Australian Grand Prix. After a one-month break, a double-header of Center Japanese races happen in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
After one other six-week break, F2 joins the F1 calendar for almost all of the European season, kicking off with the Monaco and Catalunya double header on the primary two weekends of June. After additional races all through the summer season in Austria, Britain, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Spain (for the primary race on the new Madring circuit) and Azerbaijan, the season concludes after a two month break with a remaining double header of occasions in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Talking in regards to the newly-unveiled schedule, Method 2 CEO Bruno Michel stated:
“I’m more than happy to announce our calendar for the 2026 season. F2 is the final word preparation for Method 1 as confirmed by the sturdy efficiency of the drivers who’ve joined the F1 grid in 2025. Racing on Method 1 tracks and in entrance of the F1 paddock is totally key. Subsequent season, we stay with 14 rounds in complete, all assist occasions of F1. As introduced beforehand, we’re including a brand new venue with Madrid, which ought to be an thrilling new monitor for our drivers and groups. As at all times, we have now designed this calendar with the prices in thoughts to make sure that the groups’ funds stay at a wholesome degree.”
2026 Method 3 Calendar
The 33-car Method 3 subject will compete in 20 races throughout the 10-round 2026 season. After a single spherical in March (Australia) and one in April (Bahrain), the season’s final eight rounds all happen in Europe between June and September.
Monaco returns to the Method 3 calendar as soon as extra in 2026. The trendy F3 championship solely started racing in Monaco in 2023, 11 years after the sequence’ predecessor GP3 final raced there. Different traditional tracks on subsequent 12 months’s schedule embody Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and Monza.
