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Fezzik
Monaco contract extended until 2035. Cue a decade of fruitless experimental rules to turn it into an actual competitive race.

www.formula1.com

F1 to race in Monaco through 2035 after new deal agreed

F1 has announced an extension of the Monaco Grand Prix until 2035 inclusive, building on the existing agreement with the Automobile Club of Monaco that runs through the 2031 season.
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Domenicalli wants shorter, more exciting races but extends this?

Hmm.
 
Kyalami beats out Cape Town to get the support of the South African government for a future race - but it's not financial support from them, instead relying on the private sector. A long shot going against other government funded bids.

www.thesouthafrican.com

South Africa takes a step closer to Formula One's return to Kyalami

SA is accelerating toward the return of F1 racing with cabinet approving a request to bid to host a grand prix at Kyalami in 2027.
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Fezzik
Monaco contract extended until 2035. Cue a decade of fruitless experimental rules to turn it into an actual competitive race.

www.formula1.com

F1 to race in Monaco through 2035 after new deal agreed

F1 has announced an extension of the Monaco Grand Prix until 2035 inclusive, building on the existing agreement with the Automobile Club of Monaco that runs through the 2031 season.
www.formula1.com www.formula1.com
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I think the two pit stop rules was a good thing to try and much better than sit on hands strategy for the last umpteen years.

Big problem with implementing it was teams a drivers chose unsportsmanlike conduct to take advantage of the situation.

There is a rule against unsportsmanlike conduct and if the stewards gave warning at first signs of malarkey and then a penalty it could have been very interesting.

Unfortunately via steward action:
  • validated win or success at any cost including creating a farce of a race is acceptable.
  • precedent set now that they will probably not try this again, while numerous circuits it could be a good idea if implemented with a bit thoughtfulness.
 
2026 calendar confirmed. 6 sprints (no changes from the leaked list). Canadian GP starts a bit earlier to avoid clash with Indy 500.

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That 5pm local Singapore sprint might be a bit sweaty. Also, the Zandvoort date is wrong unless they're racing on Mondays now.
 
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Fezzik
2026 calendar confirmed. 6 sprints (no changes from the leaked list). Canadian GP starts a bit earlier to avoid clash with Indy 500.

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That 5pm local Singapore sprint might be a bit sweaty. Also, the Zandvoort date is wrong unless they're racing on Mondays now.
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Later, not earlier. Asinine that there is 3 week gap in between Miami and Montreal. I guess they are walking there.
 
Blitz24
Later, not earlier. Asinine that there is 3 week gap in between Miami and Montreal. I guess they are walking there.
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The earlier the Canadian GP is the further into winter the set up has to start, which as I understand it is the limiting factor. Montreal didn't want to move earlier than their original June date but it's been forced upon them.
 
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hakhan
I am surprised to see a sprint race in Singapore.
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It's a baffling circuit to have a sprint race on, doubly so at that time of day.

Personally, I think the following should be the Sprint circuits:
Miami
Montreal
Red Bull Ring
Zandvoort
Monza
Sao Paolo

Obviously with Zandvoort leaving the calendar after next season, replace it with probably Austin. If one of Hockenheim, Istanbul Park or Portimao returns then one of those.

I think the sprint races should be on circuits that already generate good racing or are shorter circuits that can give the illusion of more action due to the cars being closer together for longer. Miami and Monza are outliers to this, Miami is a better circuit than it gets credit for and the sprints there have been pretty good, and Monza is usuallly quite exciting for the first 1/4-1/3 of the race.

If the 2026 regulations do what they're supposed to do, the sprints should naturally be more exciting anyway.

Moving forward, I've never been opposed to the idea of reverse grid races, You could have FP1 and FP2 on Friday as normal, Saturday morning qualifying and then reverse the top 10 (i.e. Q3) for the Sprint which would then be Saturday afternoon. Sunday GP as normal. No need for 2 qualifying sessions and people who like watching practice effectively get an extra session to watch.
 
WiisardNic
I'm sure I missed the memo - but is this the only year of crossover between Barcelona and Madrid?
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Yes, Madrid takes over the title of Spanish Grand Prix, but Barcelona still has a contract to 2026 to host an F1 race, so the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix is currently just a one-off.
 


Domenicalli has to go, he fundamentally does not understand F1 fans, what a ridiculous sweeping statement to make with zero evidence to back it up.
 
I think he does understand a certain subset of the fanbase, and unfortunately that's the only part he seems to care about.
 
Fezzik
I think he does understand a certain subset of the fanbase, and unfortunately that's the only part he seems to care about.
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Yep, it's the subset who has helped make F1 go viral & brings in the US market dollars whether by attendance numbers or ad/sponsor revenue.

He was born in Imola & was around Ferrari during the golden era of Schumacher. He oversaw their last WCC. He knows full well what the older and/or hardcore F1 fans are desiring, but all that matters for him is more eyes on the sport, for better or worse.
 
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Fezzik
I think he does understand a certain subset of the fanbase, and unfortunately that's the only part he seems to care about.
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But he's still getting wrong, whether he cares about it or not is moot to him getting it wrong. Responses to this post by Autosport show that.

I'm genuinely concerned for the future of F1 at the moment.
 
After seeing the same kind of thing happen to a lot of other sports I follow (Liv Golf, franchise T20 cricket, the upcoming R360 rugby, One Cycling, ghost runners in baseball extra innings, etc, etc) I am resigned to the inevitable.

Tradition doesn't matter, the existing fanbases don't matter. The sports will change. Everything will become quickfire, bitesize, easily accessible, blah blah - and even more monetized.
 
Fezzik
After seeing the same kind of thing happen to a lot of other sports I follow (Liv Golf, franchise T20 cricket, the upcoming R360 rugby, One Cycling, ghost runners in baseball extra innings, etc, etc) I am resigned to the inevitable.

Tradition doesn't matter, the existing fanbases don't matter. The sports will change. Everything will become quickfire, bitesize, easily accessible, blah blah - and even more monetized.
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At least with LIV golf and T20, it's in addition to the traditional formats rather than instead of. Granted LIV divided up the PGA TOUR and the world rankings make no sense but it's a choice rather than the defacto way to watch.

F1 doesn't have that luxury, it'll just lose the fanbase. We can watch other Motorsport of course but there isn't another 'format' of F1 we can stick with in the face of the series being pummelled into a TikTok reel format.

I need to get into WEC.
 

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