Latest News About Canada race moved earlier in 2026 season

Updated 2026-06-18 09:42

Montreal race moved earlier on the calendar starting in 2026 to better fit a regional Americas schedule, linking Montreal with Miami and shifting away from mid-June. The rationale is calendar efficiency, with Monaco also adjusting its slot to early June as part of the broader realignment. The race in Montreal stays contracted through 2031.

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F1 Grand Prix race results: Verstappen wins Canadian GP

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F1 announces Canadian GP date change to 'rationalise' 2026 calendar

In a statement issued on Monday, F1 said that the Montreal race was 'planned to be scheduled on the third or fourth weekend of May each year', rather than mid-June as it has typically been held in recent seasons. Even if they were to move back to starting the season from 2026, a Miami-Canada leg would remove a problematic standalone Atlantic crossing for all the teams from their European bases and create a single Europe season through the continent's summer months. F1's statement said this...

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