All 11 groups have signed the ninth Concorde Settlement, securing the way forward for F1 by means of to 2030.
The FIA and Method 1 Group have introduced the signing of the newest Concorde Governance Settlement, the contract which defines the regulatory framework and governance phrases of the Method One World Championship till 2030.
This follows the announcement in March that the 2026 Business Concorde Settlement had been signed by all of the groups and Method 1 Group.
Collectively, these agreements represent the ninth Concorde Settlement, representing a serious step ahead within the professionalisation and world improvement of the game.
First launched in 1981, the Concorde Agreements are designed to advertise sporting equity, technological innovation and operational excellence, and align all key stakeholders round a shared imaginative and prescient for structured governance and continued development of the game. Every iteration of the Concorde Agreements has formed the Method One World Championship into the worldwide spectacle it’s at present.
In accordance with the official assertion, the settlement introduced at present “marks the start of a brand new period of collaboration between the FIA and Method 1 Group, who’ve labored collectively to put in writing the following chapter within the sport’s historical past, demonstrating mutual respect, transparency and shared function between the 2 organisations”.
It additionally “confirms the participation of all of the groups, together with Cadillac, by means of the top of the last decade, and supplies a “steady basis for the sporting and technical evolution of the game”.
“The Concorde Settlement underscores the dedication of the FIA, Method 1 Group and all groups to proceed rising and growing the game,” reads the assertion, “and to maintain driving the momentous growth it has seen in recent times. The brand new contract allows the FIA to take a position additional in improved race regulation, race path, stewarding and technical experience for the advantage of the Championship, and means the game can proceed to evolve, offering thrilling technological innovation and sporting motion for followers, broadcasters and companions, all inside a steady and structured regulatory framework. Mixed with report viewership development, a dynamic race calendar, and growing engagement from youthful audiences, the FIA Method One World Championship enters this subsequent chapter with unprecedented momentum”.
“The ninth Concorde Settlement secures the FIA Method One World Championship’s long-term future and I’m happy with the dedication that has been invested on this course of,” mentioned Mohammed Ben Sulayem. “I wish to thank Stefano Domenicali and his staff in what has been a powerful collaboration, constructing a framework grounded in equity, stability, and shared ambition. This settlement permits us to proceed modernising our regulatory, technological, and operational capabilities, together with supporting our race administrators, officers, and the 1000’s of volunteers whose experience underpin each race. We’re guaranteeing that Method 1 stays on the forefront of technological innovation, setting new requirements in world sport.”
“At this time is a crucial day for Method 1,” added Stefano Domenicali. “As we have a good time seventy-five years of this unbelievable sport, we’re proud to put in writing the following chapter in our lengthy and superb historical past. This settlement ensures that Method 1 is in the absolute best place to proceed to develop world wide. I wish to thank the President of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem and all of the groups for the collaboration and willpower to attain the perfect outcomes for your entire sport in our discussions. We now have an enormous quantity to be happy with, however we are also focussed on the alternatives and thrilling potential for Method 1 within the years forward.”
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