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F1 Confirms 24-Race 2027 Calendar With 10 Sprints and Returns for Portugal and Turkey
Formula 1 will stage 24 Grands Prix and 10 Sprints in 2027, featuring returns to Portugal and Turkey alongside a first Saturday race around Monaco, while specific round dates await confirmation.
By Michael de Vries - 2026-09-16T07:45:00.000Z - 3 min read
Following formal approval by the World Motor Sport Council, Formula 1 and the FIA have confirmed a 24-race schedule for the 2027 World Championship that brings Portugal and Turkey back to the roster and expands the Sprint programme to ten rounds. Published jointly by the governing body and Formula One Management, the plan maintains the current 24-event ceiling while introducing significant changes to the annual rhythm. Official track action will begin in Sakhir with pre-season testing running from 24 to 27 February, preceding the opening round at the same venue.
While the broad routing across 22 countries has been published, several vital specifics remain subject to confirmation. Neither the FIA nor FOM has released the full slate of exact weekend dates for the individual Grands Prix outside of the Bahrain opener and test. Similarly, the official announcement confirms that Portugal will stage a June round and Turkey will return in October, yet the governing bodies have not formally named the specific circuits or detailed the operational timetables for those weekends.
Behind the opening double-header in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the schedule transitions through an early Pacific leg comprising Australia, Japan, and China. Teams will then head across the Atlantic for the Miami Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix before embarking on the European summer tour. Commercial rights holders pointed to these groupings as part of a continuing push toward a more regionalised, efficient geographical flow, intending to curb logistics emissions across five continents.
Monaco retains its traditional slot ahead of the European phase, but the subsequent stop marks the championship's official return to Portugal in June. Later in the year, another historic destination rejoins the calendar as Turkey takes up an October date slotted between rounds in Azerbaijan and Singapore. From there, the season heads toward the Americas with a four-race sequence through Austin, Mexico City, São Paulo, and Las Vegas, before concluding in the Middle East with back-to-back rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Beyond the shifting geography, the headline operational alteration is the aggressive expansion of the Sprint format. After several seasons operating with six short-form races, the tally rises to ten for 2027 in response to promoter and broadcast appetite. Five circuits will hold a Sprint weekend for the first time: Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Abu Dhabi, and Monaco. The inclusion of Monte Carlo represents an unprecedented competitive experiment, granting spectators two separate qualifying shootouts around the narrow principality streets.
Montréal, Silverstone, Monza, São Paulo, and Lusail retain their Sprint statuses to complete the ten-event roster. Addressing the release, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem characterised the calendar as a balance between established heritage, modern commercial expansion, and fan engagement. Ben Sulayem paid tribute to the collaboration across national sporting authorities, promoters, and volunteer marshals, stating that the schedule sustains elite sporting standards across a global footprint.
Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali echoed that stance, highlighting the returns to Portugal and Turkey alongside the heightened competitive density that ten Sprints will deliver. With 24 Grands Prix confirmed across 22 nations, the commercial and sporting blueprint for 2027 is now established, leaving promoters and race organisers to finalise local logistical arrangements and await formal publication of the precise race dates.