{"id":2027787,"date":"2026-07-05T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2027787"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:39:09","slug":"f1-president-reveals-plan-to-restore-one-of-2026s-lost-races-and-what-it-means-for-the-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2027787","title":{"rendered":"F1 president reveals plan to restore one of 2026\u2019s lost races &#8211; and what it means for the calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>F1 president reveals plan to restore one of 2026\u2019s lost races &#8211; and what it means for the calendar<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>F1 is planning to bring back one of the two cancelled races in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Lewis Larkam <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-07-05T09:39:09+01:00\">05 Jul 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>F1 president and CEO Stefano Domenicali<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Formula 1 plans to restore one of the two cancelled races back to the 2026 calendar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which were scheduled to be the fourth and fifth rounds of the campaign in April, were cancelled due to the US-Israeli war with Iran, resulting in an enforced and unplanned five-week break throughout the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cancellations saw the scheduled 24-round calendar reduced to 22 races, but F1 is hopeful of returning Bahrain to the calendar at a later date, which would take the 2026 season up to 23 races.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Bahrain could return to the 2026 F1 calendar<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;If there is something that we can announce also related to the possibility of seeing if there is any space for what has not been done so far, we&#8217;re going to do it, in the right moment and the right conditions,\u201d F1 president and CEO Domenicali told Sky Sports F1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;That is really the hope, because if all the conditions are right, we&#8217;re going to go ahead with our plan. If there is a chance, why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What would it mean for the calendar?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is understood that Bahrain would take place on 4 October, taking up a vacant slot on the calendar between the Azerbaijan and Singapore Grands Prix. This would create an additional triple header.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As a result, the 2026 season would conclude with nine races in 11 weeks, consisting of three triple-headers separated by one-week breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Domenicali admitted that for the plan to go ahead, a decision would need to be made before F1\u2019s summer break, which follows the Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 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below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I think that the gap to do the eventual possibility of doing one of the races that we have not done, we need to do it before the summer break,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reviving Bahrain would indicate that the final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi would be able to go ahead, despite uncertainty and instability in the Middle East as a result of the ongoing conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Crash.net<\/em>understands F1 has contingency plans in the event the final two races were not able to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In this scenario, Portimao is waiting in the wings 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If there is a chance, why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What would it mean for the calendar?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is understood that Bahrain would take place on 4 October, taking up a vacant slot on the calendar between the Azerbaijan and Singapore Grands Prix. This would create an additional triple header.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As a result, the 2026 season would conclude with nine races in 11 weeks, consisting of three triple-headers separated by one-week breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Domenicali admitted that for the plan to go ahead, a decision would need to be made before F1\u2019s summer break, which follows the Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Portimao, which is returning to the F1 schedule in 2027, could step in<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I think that the gap to do the eventual possibility of doing one of the races that we have not done, we need to do it before the summer break,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reviving Bahrain would indicate that the final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi would be able to go ahead, despite uncertainty and instability in the Middle East as a result of the ongoing conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Crash.net<\/em>understands F1 has contingency plans in the event the final two races were not able to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In this scenario, Portimao is waiting in the wings as a potential season finale to be staged after Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>Formula 1 plans to restore one of the two cancelled races back to the 2026 calendar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which were scheduled to be the fourth and fifth rounds of the campaign in April, were cancelled due to the US-Israeli war with Iran, resulting in an enforced and unplanned five-week break throughout the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cancellations saw the scheduled 24-round calendar reduced to 22 races, but F1 is hopeful of returning Bahrain to the calendar at a later date, which would take the 2026 season up to 23 races.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1338461_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Bahrain could return to the 2026 F1 calendar<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;If there is something that we can announce also related to the possibility of seeing if there is any space for what has not been done so far, we&#8217;re going to do it, in the right moment and the right conditions,\u201d F1 president and CEO Domenicali told Sky Sports F1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues 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If there is a chance, why not?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What would it mean for the calendar?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is understood that Bahrain would take place on 4 October, taking up a vacant slot on the calendar between the Azerbaijan and Singapore Grands Prix. This would create an additional triple header.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As a result, the 2026 season would conclude with nine races in 11 weeks, consisting of three triple-headers separated by one-week breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Domenicali admitted that for the plan to go ahead, a decision would need to be made before F1\u2019s summer break, which follows the Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1084072_hires.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Portimao, which is returning to the F1 schedule in 2027, could step in<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I think that the gap to do the eventual possibility of doing one of the races that we have not done, we need to do it before the summer break,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reviving Bahrain would indicate that the final two races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi would be able to go ahead, despite uncertainty and instability in the Middle East as a result of the ongoing conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Crash.net<\/em>understands F1 has contingency plans in the event the final two races were not able to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>In this scenario, Portimao is waiting in the wings as a potential season finale to be staged after Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block block-echobox\">\n<h2>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/h2>\n<div class=\"info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-info\" id=\"edit-info--2\">\n<p>Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inbox<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extra-info js-form-wrapper form-wrapper\" data-drupal-selector=\"edit-legal\" id=\"edit-legal--2\">\n<p>For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/f1\/news\/1100252\/1\/f1-president-reveals-plan-restore-one-2026s-lost-races-and-what-it-means-calendar&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.crash.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-07\/xpb_1406333_hires.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] F1 president reveals plan to restore one of 2026\u2019s lost races &#8211; and what it means for the calendar F1 is planning to bring back one of the two cancelled races in 2026. 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