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2026 IndyCar Calendar

The 2026 IndyCar Series season starts this weekend. There are some really interesting changes, but also a controversial one.

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A Return And A Debut

After the traditional St Petersburg opener on 1st March, we see a completely revamped spring season. What used to be empty is now busy!

The first thing to spot is no more race at Thermal ‘country club’. It was only attended by a handful of rich folk at their private members club, which happens to be a racetrack. Barely any fans at all. The series was trying to make connections with some potential backers and get a pay cheque. Don’t know that a lot of sponsorship came of it. The optics of racing at an empty venue were not good, even if there was a business case. I will say the 2025 Grand Prix was a lot better than 2024’s heat races, it was more like a typical IndyCar Grand Prix at Barber or Mid-Ohio. But I don’t think many fans will be sad to see this go.

We now see two very different races fill the gap and they are in the two weeks immediately after St Pete.

The oval in Phoenix, Arizona returns with a really interesting twist in that it supports the NASCAR Cup Series. At IndyCar’s last visits in 2017 and 2018 there was poor attendance and very poor racing (no passing). Hopefully the link up with NASCAR helps the former, and pre-season testing indicates an improvement to the latter. We only have a couple of weeks before we find out. It’s also a very good thing to have an oval before Indy.

A week later there’s an exciting new race in Arlington, Texas. It is next to AT&T Stadium (Dallas Cowboys) and encircles Globe Life Field (Texas Rangers). The track map for this looks promising and I’m even hoping it might turn out to be Formula 1 grade, in the style of Miami Autodrome (which is based around the Hard Rock Stadium), rather than IndyCar’s usual collection of bumpy streets that haven’t even been resurfaced. There is a lot of promotion and potential for this one as well. I really hope it is a success.

The only downside to Arlington is that it effectively replaces Texas Motor Speedway, north of Fort Worth and only 30 miles away from AT&T Stadium. TMS has been a staple of IndyCar for years and can be a really interesting oval race. Unfortunately, the stands have been shockingly empty the last few years, which did not reflect the quality of the on track product. Arlington sits halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth, everyone in the area should know the venue, so hopefully we see a crowd. You can see the large General Admission areas in the graphic.

Two weeks later they go to Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. We then get a quiet 5 weeks where there’s only one race, Long Beach.

Month of May

Last year’s Month opened at Barber. This is an off week in 2026. The ‘Month of May’ opens with the IMS road course race, as per the new tradition. Then action moves to the IMS oval for days of free practice leading into Qualifications weekend. A week later on May 24th, is the 110th Indianapolis 500.

How time flies, it feels barely 5 minutes since we celebrated the Centennial Era, a whole decade ago.

A quirk of the calendar this year sees a fifth weekend in the month, we actually close out the month with the Detroit Grand Prix. I still dislike that we go to a street track the week after Indy. But we go back to the ovals a week later with the Gateway 500km.

For fans of both IndyCar and F1, as covered last week, Monaco and Indy don’t clash any more. Instead, it’ll be the Canadian GP and it’ll follow Indy. But we still get an IndyCar oval to enjoy after Monaco with the Gateway race later that day.

For the teams, going non-stop from loading in at Indy for practice on May 8th, until Gateway on June 7th, is a pretty intense month.

Summer

The next three races are in a steadier format, one week on, one week off for Road America, Mid-Ohio, Nashville. The change being Nashville Superspeedway moves to mid-July, forgoing the season-closer spot it’s held recently. That’s a real shame. It was a brilliant way to end the year. I enjoy the mix of street and road courses but it just felt right to finish on an oval.

After two weekends off, we’re into the second hectic month of the year.

From Portland on August 9th to Laguna Seca on September 9th, IndyCar will race every week and on one weekend they’ll do it twice. 6 races in 5 weekends. Great for us fans! Less good if you are a team truck driver.

From Portland (Oregon), Toronto, Washington D.C., Milwaukee (Saturday & Sunday races), then back across to Laguna Seca (California).

A smarter person than me can tell you why Oregon and California aren’t paired up. I know they are still a very long way apart North-South, but in my head the East-West journey is much longer and it makes sense to stay out West to do those races together.

After 40 years at Exhibition Place, the Honda Dealers Toronto Indy moves to Markham. When this was announced I saw a lot of complaints from Canadian fans including those who live in Toronto. I don’t know anything about the new location so I’ll take my lead from them. What I do know is Exhibition Place is both a) iconic, and b) carnage. The amount of crash damage that track has caused. It has provided a lot of fun over the years as well as some good races. I’m sure the layout there could be changed to be better.

I love that Milwaukee Mile gets two races. They are some of the best of the year, in any series.

Laguna Seca will never be my choice for a season finale. The gravel runoffs cause Safety Cars. It’s hard to overtake. The race should always be on the calendar, I would just prefer a different last race of the year. But I get it. A warm Californian weekend and some good wining and dining for the end of season banquet.

Again the season ends on the first weekend of September, purely to avoid the American sports behemoth of the NFL. NASCAR is big enough to get away with it. It doesn’t seem to trouble the US F1 races. Yet this plan seems to work for IndyCar.

Iowa does not return this year. A real shame for a super-fast short oval that often creates exciting races.

Controversy

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington is being run to ‘celebrate the 250th Birthday of the United States’. In normal circumstances under most other Presidents this might be a celebratory event. That’s not the case with this President, one of the most divisive in history whose approval rating is tanking.

It was enough to see some die-hard IndyCar fans I know decide they are not going to watch that race, and even some of them saying they will not watch the series at all this year. I have thoughts on this that may follow here in a few days.

Politics aside, there’s also the logistical challenge. The race was only announced a few weeks ago. It is scheduled for August. Streets races don’t just happen with 8 months notice. It normally takes over a year of planning, with track design, permit approvals, road closures, everything you need to get the local authorities lined up, police, medical, etc., not to mention sourcing the barriers, grandstands, food vendors and portable toilets. This guy thinks he can sign an executive order and it’ll just happen.

This is not like calling Watkins Glen or COTA where you could probably book it at a months’ notice and make a serviceable, if not perfect event out of it.

There’s a danger this event will be so rushed it could be an embarrassment. And then you wonder who will turn up. Will it be like Trump’s vanity military parade that was a ghost town?

Summary

A perfectly balanced season! 6 ovals, 6 permanent road courses, 6 temporary street circuits (if you count Arlington as such). I feel like IndyCar has wanted this ratio forever.

There’s one potentially great addition in Arlington and that should’ve been the big story. I hope Phoenix works this time.

They’ve avoided a date clash with Le Mans. Last year Gateway was on LM24 weekend. As it happens, moves in team and driver rosters are likely to mean IndyCar drivers won’t be going this year either, but it’s good to have the option and maybe there’ll be a surprise.

There are a lot of later-season changes I either don’t care for, or outright don’t like. Losing Iowa, moving Nashville out of the season finale spot.

And I just feel the whole Washington debacle has put a real downer on everything.

2026 IndyCar Calendar

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Date	Race	Location	Comment
1 March	Grand Prix of St Petersburg	Albert Whitted Park
7 March	Good Ranchers 250	Phoenix Raceway	With NASCAR Cup. Last raced in 2018.
15 March	Java House Grand Prix of Arlington	AT&T Stadium	New race.
29 March	Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix	Barber Motorsport Park	Moved from May.
19 April	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach	With IMSA.
9 May	Sonsio Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Road
24 May	110th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Oval
31 May	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	With IMSA.
7 June	Bommarito Automotive Group 500	Gateway
21 June	XPEL Grand Prix at Road America	Road America
5 July	Honda Indy 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
19 July	Music City Grand Prix	Nashville Superspeedway	Moved from August season finale.
9 August	Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway
16 August	Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham	Markham	Moved from Exhibition Place in July.
23 August	Grand Prix of Washington	Washington D.C.	New race.
29 August	Milwaukee Race 1	Milwaukee Mile
30 August	Milwaukee Race 2	Milwaukee Mile
6 September	Laguna Seca	Laguna Seca	Moved from July.

2026 Formula 1 Calendar

For the 2026 race schedule we see one race gone, some important races moved, and add a new venue! But is it all good?

The 2026 Formula 1 season is soon upon us. It’ll be a really interesting season with new cars, new changes to the hybrid engines, new moveable aerodynamic devices, and new overtake boost rules replacing DRS.

For the 2026 race schedule we see one race gone, some important races moved, and add a new venue! But is it all good?

Get your Google Calendar for the 2026 F1 season right here!

Monaco’s Move

The biggest change in this year’s schedule is the movement of Monaco to June.

Montreal moves to 24th May, the Indy 500 date!
Monaco moves to 7th June.
Barcelona moves to 15th June, the weekend of the Le Mans 24 Hours!

If there are two big races in the world where clashes should be avoided, they are the Indy 500 and the Le Mans 24 Hours. My instinct is to deride the idea of putting a North American F1 race the same day. Let’s look more closely.

Indy 500: Usually Monaco ends a couple of hours before Indy starts. This year Indy runs first, Montreal will start just about when Indy ends. Literally minutes apart. It’ll be close, it’ll rely on no red flags or delays at Indy, not even a lot of Safety Car. But if all goes well only the pre-race and post-race coverage will clash. And that might prove perfectly fine for those at home, ignore the talking heads and just watch the racing.
The downside will be for North American media coverage, especially Canadians who will have to choose where to be.

Le Mans 24 Hours: There will be a direct clash. The 24 Hours usually finishes at 4pm CET. At the time of writing, Barcelona is due to start at 2pm CET. This is clearly not good. If it’s an exciting finish to Le Mans you’ll probably stay on that. If the race is decided in the early hours, you might switch, or second screen F1. Many people will prioritise F1. But let’s be frank, as much as I love Spain, the Barcelona GP is rarely action-packed. It’s often a snoozer. It should be quite easy to follow both races if you have access to both feeds.
Again, it’ll be a choice for those among European media who tend to cross over.

My problem is with the oxygen of publicity and airtime. F1 has a tendency to overwhelm everything else. The Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours deserve to be the biggest stories of their respective weekends. That’s why I’m pleased Monaco is on a weekend where it can be the sole focus (with apologies to IndyCar at Gateway which follows it). It’s the addition of Montreal to that weekend that I don’t like.

But again, with all due respect to the importance and history of the Montreal and Barcelona races, they are not Monaco, or Indy, or Le Mans. This year I wonder if the prestige of Indy and Le Mans might carry their own weight against ‘regular season’ F1 GPs. I have a feeling that will be the case, at least among the fans.

Week To Week

The season starts a week earlier than last year and finishes in the same week.

Last year there was a triple-header in the first three weeks of April. This year, Suzuka moves a week earlier and there’s a week off before the Bahrain-Jeddah desert swing. Easter weekend is left clear.

The changes in May mean last year’s packed month, Miami followed by a triple-header of Imola-Monaco-Barcelona, looks very different. This year we still have Miami to open the month but the only other race in May is Montreal.

Obviously, in logistical terms it makes a lot of sense for Montreal to follow Miami. I just don’t know why it can’t be on one of the free weeks either side.

Most of the rest of the year follows a similar pattern to 2025.

It’s a tough end to the season. COTA, Mexico City, Interlagos run over three weeks, then there’s just a weekend off, before the Las Vegas, Qatar, Abu Dhabi triple.

We had this two years ago, but with two weekends off in between. Last year, there was a week off either side of Interlagos. Both years, everyone in the paddock looked absolutely shattered. They were pushed too far. This year is going to be even harder.

The 12-hour change from Las Vegas to Lusail is particularly brutal and I don’t understand it. I get why LV can’t be moved, you have to fit with the demands of a busy city, but I don’t understand why Lusail has to be the week after.

If we have to have Lusail, and I don’t know why we do because it is a terrible race and an awful way to end the year, could we not move it to join the Bahrain-Saudi races in March? We should really do the same with Abu Dhabi. This would give us races grouped by region, which would be great for travel plans and logistics. As fans you might even try to do as many as possible. But, Abu Dhabi pays a fortune to be the season-closer and that’s important money to F1.

New Venue

The title of the Spanish GP moves to the new street race around a convention centre in Madrid. A track called the MADRING – yes ALL CAPS! On the face of it the layout doesn’t look good, and the location doesn’t sound appealing, but it can be so hard to tell from a map. I hope it’s a better race than my expectations of it so far. I will keep an open mind. This will be the week after the Italian GP at Monza.

The old Spanish GP venue will now host a race called the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. In future years this will alternate with the Belgian GP at Spa. I have big concerns about this. When it was tried by the German GP it never worked. And so it collapsed. There were other reasons of course, including Schumacher’s retirement. But I fear the same will happen here to both races.

One sad bit of news is that 2026 sees the last Dutch GP for the foreseeable future. A shame. The changes to Zandvoort were brilliant and I love to see such a big excitable crowd there. The Dutch love a party and the energy coming through the TV screen surpasses anywhere else. Even if it means having to listen to bad techno.

We have also lost the Imola race which does not return this year. This is a shame, again the atmosphere there is brilliant and is sometimes worth the race itself perhaps not being quite as good as some others. Who doesn’t love Northern Italy in the Spring?

Sprint Races

The sprints at Spa, COTA and Qatar are gone.

Montreal, Silverstone and Singapore will host their first F1 Sprints. These join Shanghai and Miami which retain theirs from last year.

I think Montreal and Silverstone will work well. I am not so sure about Singapore, I have a feeling everyone will worry about trashing the cars so will play it safe.

There Are Too Many Races

I’ve always argued for quality over quantity. 17 or 18 races, that ballpark felt right. If you want to watch more than that get interested in other championships!

Start with F2 & F3. Move into IndyCar. Sportscars. MotoGP. Touring cars. There’s a world of other motorsport to get into. F1 is the gateway drug. The trouble is, with 24 weeks out of 52 devoted to F1, where’s the time for anything else?

Now we have 24 Grands Prix plus 6 sprints and it’s overwhelming. There is a Grand Prix on 46% of the weekends this year. How are we to have the time to watch other series, never mind hold other interests in our lives?

With six races in seven weeks to end the season, everyone in the paddock looks exhausted and I feel tired just watching it. It ends too late. Personally I would drop Lusail, Miami, Barcelona, Jeddah. These events would not be missed.

F1 should end in mid-November at the latest. The weekend currently occupied by Interlagos is perfect, and what a race to end on that would be.

Let’s keep the good venues and make them great events.

2026 F1 Calendar

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Date	Race	Location	Comment
8 March	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park
14 March	Shanghai Sprint	Shanghai International Circuit
15 March	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit
29 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit
12 April	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit
19 April	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit
2 May	Miami Sprint	Miami International Autodrome
3 May	Miami Grand Prix	Miami International Autodrome
23 May	Montreal Sprint	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Sprint added
24 May	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Moved from June
7 June	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco	Moved from May
14 June	Gran Premio de Barcelona-Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Moved from May, name changed
28 June	Grosser Preis von Österreich	Red Bull Ring
4 July	Silverstone Sprint	Silverstone Circuit	Sprint added
5 July	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit
19 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	No sprint
26 July	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring
22 August	Zandvoort Sprint	Circuit Zandvoort	Sprint added
23 August	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort
6 September	Gran Premio d’Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
13 September	Gran Premio de España	Circuito de MADRING	New track!
26 September	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit
10 October	Singapore Sprint	Marina Bay Circuit	Sprint added
11 October	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Circuit
25 October	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas	No sprint
1 November	Gran Premio de la Cuidad de México	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Mexico City)
8 November	Grande Prêmio de São Paulo	Autodromo Carlos Pace (Interlagos)	No sprint
21 November	Las Vegas Grand Prix	Las Vegas Strip Circuit
29 November	Qatar Grand Prix	Lusail International Circuit	No sprint
6 December	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit

2026 Formula E Calendar

The 2026 Formula E schedule, or ‘Season 12’ in FE parlance, has been added to the calendars.

Here is a brief look at the changes since last year.

The season started at the end of last year, which is something FE used to do. This was the same date as the Formula 1 season finale which happened to come down to a title decider. It’s not the smartest move. I don’t remember anybody talking about anything other than F1, it was obviously going to take up all the airtime.

This weekend it is the turn of Mexico City on the short version of the layout but with the full Peraltada, the cars having more power than grip means the back end steps out around there, which is very cool.

The Miami round has been moved from Homestead-Miami Speedway to the F1 circuit, the Miami Autodrome. I think this is a good change. I’ve not seen the Homestead round yet but I’m told it wasn’t a good look, even if the racing itself was perfectly fine. Miami Autodrome feels like a better fit.

We have another road course round in March, with the Circuito del Jarama near Madrid joining. Test days have been held there already for Gen3. I’ve only ever seen one race there but the only thing I’ve heard about Jarama is it’s impossible to overtake there. Perhaps a slipstreaming, peloton-style Formula E race will be different.

With the Gen4 car looking to be another step up in pace, I feel like it is inevitable we’ll see a swing towards road courses and F1-grade “street” tracks like Miami.

A return to Sanya in China is also on the cards, followed by two races at Shanghai International. Sanya was used once before, in 2019, and I wonder if we’ll see the same layout this time? It was a very dramatic race ! A lot of contact. Some of these tight turns may need some work.

Highlights of the 2019 Sanya ePrix

There has been some reshuffling among the other races.

Shanghai and Tokyo move from May to July. Berlin goes the other way.

London moves later, to mid-August, which is a really good date as season finale. Being in the middle of the F1 summer break it has a better chance of some traction. It is also in the middle of the school holidays in Britain and hopefully this will attract families to the races! This weekend makes a lot of sense to me.

Jakarta is the only round we lose from last year, so we have a net gain of one race for a total of 17.

Date	Race	Location	Change Since 2025
6 December 2025	São Paulo ePrix	Anhembi Sambadrome
10 January 2026	Mexico City ePrix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
31 January 2026	Miami ePrix	Miami International Autodrome	Moved from Homestead
13 February 2026	Jeddah ePrix 1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit
14 February 2026	Jeddah ePrix 2	Jeddah Corniche Circuit
21 March 2026	Madrid ePrix	Circuito del Jarama	New
2 May 2026	Berlin ePrix 1	Flughafen Tempelhof	Moved from July
3 May 2026	Berlin ePrix 2	Flughafen Tempelhof
16 May 2026	Monaco ePrix 1	Monaco
17 May 2026	Monaco ePrix 2	Monaco
20 Jun 2026	Sanya ePrix	Haitang Bay	Last held March 2019
4 July 2026	Shanghai ePrix 1	Shanghai International Circuit
5 July 2026	Shanghai ePrix 2	Shanghai International Circuit
25 July 2026	Tokyo ePrix 1	Tokyo Street Circuit	Moved from May
26 July 2026	Tokyo ePrix 2	Tokyo Street Circuit
15 August 2026	London ePrix 1	ExCel London Circuit	Moved from July
16 August 2026	London ePrix 2	ExCel London Circuit

List of Races Affected By Coronavirus / COVID-19

The attempt by authorities to slow and contain the pandemic Coronavirus / Covid-19 has seriously affected the motor sport calendar for 2020.

As drastic as it may seem this is not the ordinary ‘flu (see this sobering tweet) and serious precautions must be taken to protect all those in society.

It may seem frivolous to talk of how it affects the motor racing calendar but at some point this will be over and the pieces will need picking up. It is getting quite hard to keep up with what has been cancelled and rescheduled for later.

This blog post attempts to note every change.

At the time of first writing (13th March) it is hard to predict how long this will last. What at first seemed like a 2-4 week interruption is fast becoming something much bigger. It is becoming clear all events will be cancelled in the rest of March, all of April, most of May and probably into June. The consequence will be a lot of rescheduled events from August to December, some later events made double-headers, but also a lot of outright cancellations with no make-up races.

I am updating IWTMR Google/iCal Calendars often.

I am in the process of relisting races here in order of their rescheduled dates with cancellations underneath.

This post will be updated.

Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020

Formula 1

Austrian Grand Prix – 5th July, becomes opening round behind closed doors, date unchanged..

Styrian Grand Prix – 12th July. New 2nd race at the Red Bull Ring.

Hungarian Grand Prix – 19th July. Swaps places with Silverstone to provide ease of travel for teams.

British Grand Prix – 2nd August. Swaps places with Hungaroring.

F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix – 9th August. New 2nd race at Silverstone celebrating the 70th anniversary of the World Championship.

Spanish Grand Prix – 16th August. Originally 10th May.

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Bahrain Grand Prix – Postponed (TBC). Originally 22nd March.

French Grand Prix – Postponed (TBC). Originally 28th June.

Australian Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 15th March, Postponed on race weekend. McLaren withdrew after a team member tested positive, race postponed a day later.

Vietnam Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 5th April.

Chinese Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 19th April.

Dutch Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 3rd May.

Monaco Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 24th May.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 7th June.

Canadian Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 14th June.

Singapore Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 20th September.

Japanese Grand Prix – Cancelled. Originally 11th October.

Formula E

Some races may be rescheduled later, more likely other rounds will be made double-headers.

Berlin ePrix – Will host the entirety of the 2nd half of the season in the space of 9 days utilising 3 layouts. These will be:
Wednesday 5th August – layout 1;
Thursday 6th August – layout 1;
Saturday 8th August – layout 2;
Sunday 9th August – layout 2;
Wednesday 12th August – layout 3;
Thursday 13th August – layout 3;

Sanya ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 21st March.

Rome ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 4th April.

Paris ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 18th April.

Seoul ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 2nd May.

Jakarta ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 6th June.

New York ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 11th July.

London ePrix – Cancelled. Originally 25th & 26th July.

MotoGP

Qatar GP – Moto2 and Moto3 races ran as planned with teams already on site. MotoGP class cancelled.

Spanish GP (Jerez) – 19th July. Originally 3rd May.

Andalucia GP (Jerez) – 26th July. 2nd race at Jerez.

Czech GP – 9th August. No change.

Austrian GP – 16th August. No change.

Styrian GP (Spielberg) – 23rd August. 2nd race at Red Bull Ring.

San Marino GP (Misano) – 13th September. No change.

Emilia Romagna GP (Misano) – 20th September. 2nd race at Misano.

Catalan GP – 27th September. Originally 7th June.

French GP – 11th October. Originally 17th May.

Aragon GP – 18th October.

Teruel GP (Aragon) – 25th October.

European GP (Valencia) – 8th November. 2nd race at Valencia, ahead of the ‘primary’ Valencia GP.

Valencia GP – 15th November. Back on its original date.

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Thailand GP – TBC

US GP – TBC

Argentina GP – TBC

Malaysia GP – TBC

Italian GP (Mugello) – Cancelled.

German GP – Cancelled.

Dutch GP – Cancelled.

Finland GP – Cancelled.

British GP – Cancelled.

World SBK

Jerez – 24/25 October. Originally 28/29 March.

Aragon – 29/30 August. Originally 23/24 May.

France – 3/4 October. Originally 26/27 September. Moved to avoid MotoGP’s new schedule.

Misano – 7/8 November. Originally 13/14 June.

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Assen – Postponed. Originally 18/19 April.

Qatar – Cancelled. Originally 13/14 March.

Imola – Cancelled. Originally 9/10 May.

BSB

Silverstone – Postponed. Originally 12th April.

Oulton Park – Postponed. Originally 3rd May.

Donington Park – Postponed. Originally 24th May.

Snetterton – Postponed. Originally 21st June.

IndyCar

The entire Indy Lights season has been cancelled for 2020.

Revised dates for IndyCar:

Texas – 6th June. Season scheduled to begin here, race date unchanged.

Indy GP – 4th July. Originally 9th May. Postponed to 4th July NASCAR Cup weekend. NASCAR Xfinity will also race the road course.

Road America x2 – 11th & 12th July double-header. Delayed from 21st June with a make-up race added on the Saturday.

Iowa x2 – 17th & 18th July double-header. Second race added on Friday 17th.

Mid-Ohio – 9th August. Rescheduled by one week from 16th August to make way for Indy 500 qualifying.

Indy 500 – 23rd August. Originally 24th May. Qualifying will be 15th/16th August.

Gateway – 30th August. Originally 23rd August, delayed to make way for Indy.

Portland – 13th September. Originally 6th September.

Laguna Seca – 19th & 20th September double-header. Second race added on Saturday.

Harvest Grand Prix – 3rd October. New event at IMS road course on the bill with the inaugural SRO Intercontinental GT 8 Hours of Indianapolis.

St Pete – 25th October. Originally 15th March.

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Barber – Cancelled. Originally 5th April.

Long Beach – Cancelled. Originally 19th April.

Detroit Belle Isle Double-Header – Cancelled. Originally 30th & 31st May.

Richmond – Cancelled. Originally 27th June.

Toronto – Cancelled. Originally 12th July.

NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Trucks

NASCAR has set up a plan to race at tracks local to most of the teams, starting with races at Darlington and Charlotte. The Coke 600 remains in place. The Darlington races will have no effect on the September race. Many of these are replacement races.

Darlington 400 – Cup – Sunday 17th May.
Darlington 200 – Xfinity – Tuesday 19th May.
Darlington 500km – Cup – Wednesday 20th May.

Charlotte Coco-Cola 600 – Cup – Sunday 24th May. This is the original date.
Charlotte 300 – Xfinity – Monday 25th May. Originally 17th May.
Charlotte 200 – Trucks – Tuesday 26th May.
Charlotte 500km – Cup – Wednesday 27th May.

Bristol – Xfinity – Saturday 30th May. Originally 4th April.
Bristol – Cup – Sunday 31st May. Originally 5th April.

Atlanta – Trucks – Saturday 6th June. Originally 13th March.
Atlanta – Xfinity – Saturday 6th June. Originally 14th March.
Atlanta – Cup – Sunday 7th June. Originally 15th March.

Martinsville – Cup – Wednesday 10th June. Originally 10th May.

Homestead – Trucks – 13th June. Originally 20th March.
Homestead – Xfinity – 13th June. Originally 21st March.
Homestead – Xfinity – 14th June. New race.
Homestead – Cup – 14th June. Originally 22nd March.

Talledega – Xfinity – 20th June. Originally 25th April.
Talledega – Cup – 21st June. Originally 26th April.

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Texas – Cup/Xfinity/Trucks – Postponed. Originally 27-29 March.

Richmond – Cup/Trucks – Postponed. Originally 18-19 April.

Dover – Cup/Xfinity/Trucks – Postponed. Originally 1-3 May.

Martinsville – Cup – Postponed. Originally 9th May.

All-Star – Cancelled. Originally 17th May.

FIA WEC

1000 Miles of Sebring – 20th March – Cancelled.

Le Mans Test Day – 31st May – Cancelled.

6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – 25th April – Postponed to 15th August.

24 Hours of Le Mans – 13-14 June – Postponed, rescheduled for 19-20 September (originally the weekend of Spa ELMS).

Bahrain 8 Hours – 5th December – Rescheduled to 21st November and becomes the season finale of the current 2019/20 season. Effectively replaces 2020 Sebring and maintains 8 rounds.

2021/2022 Season – Silverstone, Monza, Fuji and Kylami – All cancelled.
Bahrain moved to current season. Season will start in March.

A new 2021 schedule will be announced a later time and will run in a calendar year as it used to.

IMSA WTSC

Daytona 2h40m – 4th July. New race.

Sebring 2h40m – 18th July. New race.

Mosport is cancelled.

Road America and VIR are unchanged.

Laguna Seca – 6th September. Originally 13th September.

Mid-Ohio – 27th September. Originally 3rd May.

Watkins Glen – 4th October. Originally 28th June

Petit Le Mans – 18th October. Originally 11th October.

Lime Rock – 31st October. Originally 19th July.

12 Hours of Sebring – 14th November. Originally 21st March.

Long Beach – Cancelled. Originally 18th April.

Detroit Belle Isle – Cancelled. Originally 30th May.

ELMS and Le Mans Cup

4h Paul Ricard – 19th July – No change. Becomes Round 1 with pre-season testing at the same venue the week before.

4h Spa-Francorchamps – 9th August. Originally 20th September.

4h Barcelona – 29th August. Originally 5th April.

4h Monza – 11th October. Originally 10th May..

4h Silverstone – Cancelled. Originally 6th September.

Asian Le Mans Series

4h Buriram 1 – 9th January 2021. No change.
4h Buriram 2 – 11th January 2021. New race added just 2 days later.

4h Sepang 1 – 23rd January 2021. No change.
4h Sepang 2 – 26th January 2021. New race added just 3 days later.

4h Suzuka – Cancelled. Originally 29th November 2020.

4h Shanghai – Cancelled. Originally 13th December 2020.

DTM

New schedule released in the first week of June, it is totally different all versions released previously and is as follows. All other previously-announced rounds are cancelled.

Spa – 2nd August.

Lausitzring – 16th August.

Lausitzring – 23rd August.

Assen – 6th September.

Nürburging GP – 13th September.

Nürburging Sprint – 20th September.

Zolder – 11th October.

Zolder – 18th October.

Hockenheimring – 8th November.

Super GT

New 8 round schedule released in the first week of June.

Fuji – 19th July.

Fuji – 9th August.

Suzuka – 23rd August.

Motegi – 20th September.

Fuji – 4th October.

Suzuka – 25th October.

Motegi – 8th November.

Fuji – 29th November.

Super Formula

Suzuka – 14th November (Saturday). Joins the weekend of the existing final round on 15th November for a double-header. Originally 5th April.

Fuji – Postponed, date TBC. Originally 19th April.

Autopolis – Postponed, date TBC. Originally 17th May.

Sugo – Postponed, date TBC. Originally 12st June.

GT World Challenge Europe

Imola 3H (Endurance) – 26th July. New race on the original date of the Spa 24 Hours.

Misano (Sprint) – 9th August. Postponed from 6th July. 3rd 1-hour race added.

Nurburgring 6H (Endurance) – 6th September. Race extended to 6 hours from 3.

Magny-Cours (Sprint) – 13th September. New race.

Zandvoort (Sprint) – 27th September. Postponed from 28th June and replaces the Hungaroring round.

Barcelona (Sprint) – 11th October. 3rd 1-hour race added.

Spa 24H (Endurance & IGTC) – 24th-25th October. Postponed from 25th-26th July.

Paul Ricard 1000km (Endurance) – 14th November. Postponed from 30th May.

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Monza 3H (Endurance) – Cancelled. Originally 19th April.

Brands Hatch (Sprint) – Cancelled. Originally 3rd May.

Silverstone 3H (Endurance) – Cancelled. Originally 10th May.

GT World Challenge America

Virginia – 11/12 July – Moved. Was 6/7 June.

Sonoma, Road America, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis – No change and will run on original dates.

Mosport – Cancelled. Was 16/17 May.

GT World Challenge Asia

Sepang – 12/13 September. Rescheduled from March.

Shanghai 888 – 18 October. GTWC Asia’s first 3-hour race.

China – 31 Oct / 1 Nov – New round added, venue not announced.

Sepang – 5/6 December.

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Fuji – Cancelled. Was 23/24 May.

Suzuka – Cancelled. Was 21/22 June.

Autopolis – Cancelled. Was 11/12 August.

24H Series

12H Monza – 28th March – Postponed, rescheduled for 11th July.
A replacement race at Estoril scheduled for 28th March was itself cancelled.

12H Paul Ricard – 11th July – Cancelled and replaced with Monza.

GT Open

Paul Ricard – 26th April – Postponed to 23rd August.

Supercars

Sydney – 27-28 June. Moved forward from August and made a day race – the SuperNight format will be used at this venue in December.

Winton – 18-19 July. Originally 6-7 June.

Hidden Valley – 8-9 August. Originally 18-19 July.

Townsville – 29-30 August. Originally 27-28 June.

Sandown – 19-20 September.

Bathurst 1000 – 11 October, no change.

Perth – 31 Oct – 1 Nov. Was 16-17 May.

Symmons Plains – 21-22 November. Originally 4-5 April.

Sydney SuperNight – 5-6 December. New race to replace Newcastle, using the night racing format originally scheduled for August.

Melbourne – Cancelled. Originally 13-15 March.

Hampton Downs – Cancelled. Originally 25-26 April.

The Bend – Cancelled. Originally 19-20 September.

Newcastle – Cancelled. Originally 5-6 December.

WTCR

Salzburgring – 13th September. 2 races.

Nurburgring Nordschliefe – 26th September. 2 races alongside N24.

Slovakiaring – 11th October. 3 races.

Hungaroring – 18th October. 3 races.

Aragon – 1st November. 3 races.

Adria – 15th November. New venue, 3 races.

Vila Real – Cancelled. Originally 21st June.

Ningbo – Cancelled. Originally 20th September.

Macau – Cancelled. Originally 22nd November.

Sepang – Cancelled. Originally 13th December.

BTCC

Season due to begin at Donington in August. One Silverstone meeting dropped.

Donington Park – 2nd August. Originally 29th March.

Brands Hatch (Indy) – 9th August. Originally 12th April.

Oulton Park – 23rd August. Originally 14th June.

Knockhill – 30th August. No change. Becomes rounds 10/11/12.

Thruxton – 20th September. Originally 17th May.

Silverstone (National) – 27th September. Originally 26th April. The date at the International track has been rescheduled to the National track. There will only be one visit to Silverstone.

Croft – 11th October. Originally 16th August.

Snetterton – 25th October. Originally 26th June.

Brands Hatch (GP) – 15th November. Originally 11th October.

British GT

Oulton Park – 13th April (Easter Monday) – Postponed.

Snetterton – 17th May – Postponed.

Silverstone 500 – 7th June – Postponed.

Donington Park – 21st June – Postponed.

VLN NLS

VLN 1 – 21st March – Cancelled.

VLN 2 – 4th April – Cancelled.

VLN 8 – 26th September – Date taken by the rescheduled N24. I’ve not yet seen whether VLN8 will be rescheduled.

WRC World Rally Championship

Currently only three rounds have not been altered, two have been postponed but not yet rescheduled and five have been cancelled. There is talk the WRC may join the European Championship at some events.

No change:

Turkey – 24-27 August.

Germany – 15-18 October.

Japan – 19-22 November.

Postponed TBC or Cancelled:

Argentina – Postponed. Was 23-26 April.

Italy – Postponed. Was 4-7 June.

Portugal – Cancelled. Was 20-24 May.

Safari – Cancelled. Was 16-19 July.

Finland – Cancelled. Was 6-9 August.

New Zealand – Cancelled. Was 3-6 September.

Great Britain – Cancelled. Was 29 Oct – 1 Nov.

European Rally Championship

Roma-Capitale – 24-26 July, no change.

Liepāja – 14-16 August, was 29-31 May.

Czech – 28-30 August, no change.

Azores – 17-19 September, was 27-29 March.

Cyprus – 16-18 October, delayed by one week.

Hungary – 6-8 November, no change.

Canary Isles – 26-28 November, was 8-10 May.

Poland – Cancelled.

World Rallycross

Sweden – 22-23 August, was 5 July.

Finland – 29-30 August, new round.

Latvia – 19-20 September, no change.

Belgium – 2-4 October, was 17 May.

Portugal – 9-11 October, was 3 May.

Spain – 16-18 October, was 19 April.

UAE – 30-31 October, no change.

Germany – 11-13 December, was 2 August.

Norway – Cancelled.

France – Cancelled.

South Africa – Cancelled.

NHRA

GatorNationals – 15th March – Postponed.

Las Vegas – 5th April – Postponed.

Other

Nurburgring 24 Hours – 26-27 September. Originally 23-24 May.

N24 Qualifying Race – Cancelled. Originally 25th April.

Goodwood Festival of Speed – Cancelled. Originally 10th-12th July.

Isle of Man TT – Cancelled.

Motorsport UK has cancelled all organising permits until the end of June, meaning no motorsport can take place in the UK until after that date.

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