F1's 2027 Calendar Balloons To 34 Events With More Sprints
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F1's 2027 Calendar Balloons To 34 Events With More Sprints

8 July 2026 2 min readBy F1 News Desk (AI-assisted)

F1 chief Stefano Domenicali is going 'brave' on 2027: a record 34-event calendar with up to 10 Sprints. Kimi Antonelli welcomes it, but the doubters remain.

Key Takeaways

  • 1.RaceFans, first to report the 34-race figure, adds that the Grand Prix map is changing too: Portugal and Turkey are set to return, the Dutch Grand Prix leaves after 2026, and Barcelona steps aside until a 2028 return.
  • 2.Kimi Antonelli, winner of the Silverstone Sprint, has said he "wouldn't mind having more of those in the future," pointing to the format's intensity and the demand of racing on minimal practice.
  • 3."This will come when we announce the calendar very, very soon." According to Sky Sports, the Sprint tally will climb from six to nine or ten — still under the FIA's discussed ceiling of 12.

The 2027 Formula 1 season is shaping up to be the fullest ever. Reports across the paddock now line up behind the same projection: 24 Grand Prix weekends plus as many as 10 Sprint races, a total of 34 competitive days, with F1 president Stefano Domenicali signalling the expansion is close.

Domenicali has leaned into the ambition. "I think that we have the duty to be, in a way, brave and to think out of the box," he said, defending the push for more Sprints. Silverstone, he argued, made the case for him: "Friday, with the people that we had at Silverstone, if you don't give something that has to be an action, it would be wrong."

A firm number is coming. "We are on the process of announcing the bigger number for the future," Domenicali said. "This will come when we announce the calendar very, very soon."

According to Sky Sports, the Sprint tally will climb from six to nine or ten — still under the FIA's discussed ceiling of 12. This year's six Sprints run at China, Miami, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands and Singapore. RaceFans, first to report the 34-race figure, adds that the Grand Prix map is changing too: Portugal and Turkey are set to return, the Dutch Grand Prix leaves after 2026, and Barcelona steps aside until a 2028 return.

There is unfinished business in the current campaign as well. On the cancelled races F1 hopes to revive, Domenicali kept his options open ahead of the summer break: "If all the conditions are right, we're going to go ahead with our plan. If there is a chance, why not?" Bringing one back, he said, would send "an incredibly positive message for sport."

Drivers are not uniformly opposed. Kimi Antonelli, winner of the Silverstone Sprint, has said he "wouldn't mind having more of those in the future," pointing to the format's intensity and the demand of racing on minimal practice.

The skeptics remain, and Domenicali knows it. "In the beginning, people were always sceptical of what we're doing," he admitted. The old objection still stands: extra Sprints hand more of the weekend's drama to Saturday, and a 34-event schedule stretches teams and drivers already coping with a record 24 Grands Prix.

For F1, the trade is worth it — packed grandstands, more television inventory, and a product built for constant action. Expect the full 2027 calendar, Sprint count included, before the season is out.