{"id":2147185,"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2147185"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:00:00","slug":"monaco-yes-monaco-will-host-an-f1-sprint-race-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2147185","title":{"rendered":"Monaco (yes, Monaco) will host an F1 Sprint race in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 klJNAL\">\n<p>We\u2019ll repeat that, because <em>those<\/em> words in <em>that<\/em> order don\u2019t appear to make a lot of sense: Monaco \u2013 the F1 circuit famous for its lack of overtaking \u2013 will host an F1 Sprint race \u2013 a format predicated on an abundance of overtaking \u2013 in 2027. Right\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The only logical explanation is that Formula One bosses have spent the summer schlepping back industrial amounts of Kool-Aid. Or that TV bosses have commissioned a spin-off version of <em>Rio\u2019s World Cup Wind-Ups<\/em>, and any minute Rio Ferdinand is going to leap out and shout \u201cYou got merked!\u201d at a very confused Kimi Antonelli. If you\u2019ve got a better theory, please post it in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 klJNAL\">\n<p>The move is part of an expansion of the Sprint race format within the 2027 F1 calendar: a grand total of 10 events will host Sprints next season, when for the past couple of years the limit has been six.<\/p>\n<p>Sprint race weekends \u2013 which involve competitive action over three days of a grand prix weekend instead of only two \u2013 will take place over the season opener in Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Canada, Britain, Italy, Brazil, Qatar and the curtain closer in Abu Dhabi, as well as the tight streets of Monte Carlo\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 klJNAL\">\n<p>The thinking with that last one is that Monaco usually hosts the single most intense qualifying session of the year, so being able to broadcast <em>two<\/em> qualifying sessions will mean more excitement for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway\u2026 in other news, two tracks you can actually overtake at \u2013 Portugal and Turkey \u2013 return to the calendar. So that\u2019s something.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 klJNAL\">\n<p>Once again 24 grands prix are scheduled, but contingency planning is underway in case the problems in the Middle East continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll repeat that, because those words in that order don\u2019t appear to make a lot of sense: Monaco \u2013 the F1 circuit famous for its lack of overtaking \u2013 will host an F1 Sprint race \u2013 a format predicated on an abundance of overtaking \u2013 in 2027. Right\u2026 The only logical explanation is that Formula [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2147185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2147185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2147185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2147185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2147185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2147185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}