F1’s Hungarian Grand Prix runs July 24-26 at the Hungaroring in Budapest as the 11th round of the 2026 season and the final race before the summer break. In the UK, Sky Sports F1 will show every session live, while non-Sky customers can stream through a NOW day pass or month pass, as well as NOW and Sky Go. Channel 4 will air free highlights of the weekend.

The F1 timetable opens with practice on Friday, followed by qualifying at 3 p.m. on Saturday UK time and the race at 2 p.m. on Sunday UK time. In the United States, viewers can watch sessions on Apple TV through a new F1 channel, and F1 TV Pro is available in regions without exclusive TV contracts. The Hungaroring is a tight circuit where overtaking is difficult, and dry conditions are expected throughout the weekend, with race-day temperatures forecast to reach 31C.

F3 also races in Budapest as round 7 of its 2026 season and its final round before the summer break. Free practice is set for Friday at 09:55 local time and lasts 45 minutes, qualifying follows on Friday at 15:00 for 30 minutes, and the sprint race is on Saturday before the feature race on Sunday. Every F3 session will be shown live on F1TV. Kimi Antonelli arrives in Hungary after winning the Belgian Grand Prix and leads the Drivers’ Championship by 45 points.

The 2026 F1 season will open in Melbourne with the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, running across the March long weekend, March 6–8 (organizers list March 5–8). The race is scheduled to start at 15:00 AEDT on Sunday, March 8. Albert Park is a 5.278 km, 14-corner semi-permanent street circuit first used for F1 in 1996; the grand prix will run 58 laps (just over 306 km). Teams will arrive to debut F1’s new-generation cars, and support categories FIA Formula 2 (F2) and FIA Formula 3 (F3) will each run two races during the weekend.

On-track running is scheduled across Friday–Sunday. Session times listed by most sources are: FP1 — March 6, 12:30–13:30 AEDT; FP2 — March 6, 16:00–17:00 AEDT; FP3 — March 7, 12:30 AEDT (some sources give only a start time); qualifying — March 7, 16:00 AEDT; grand prix — March 8, 15:00 AEDT. Broadcasters for the Australian opener include Sky Sports F1 in the U.K. (live, with a 04:00 UK start for the race), Channel 4 highlights, Apple TV and U.S. linear partners including ESPN/ESPN+, Fox Sports in Australia, and radio/independent coverage such as BBC Radio 5 Live and RaceFans Live.

Off-track activity will spread beyond Albert Park, with organizers and local venues staging fan zones, pop-ups, street-side activations and waterfront events across the Melbourne CBD and the St Kilda foreshore. The program includes ticketed and free experiences; organizers say it will turn the city into a “motorsport playground” and boost foot traffic over the long weekend. Pre-season testing in Barcelona and Bahrain saw Ferrari set the pace — Charles Leclerc posted a 1:31.992 in Bahrain — while Red Bull’s power unit kept Max Verstappen competitive; Alpine and Haas showed promising multi-stint form, and Aston Martin reported battery issues.

The season starts amid a major technical and regulatory overhaul: shorter, lighter cars with active aerodynamics; roughly 50/50 electric/internal-combustion power units running on sustainable fuels; expanded energy-recovery systems; and the replacement of DRS with an electrical “overtake mode.” The 24-race calendar moves next to Shanghai (March 13–15), which will host the year’s first sprint. Cadillac joins as the 11th constructor, with Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas named to its entry. The 2026 grid includes one rookie, Arvid Lindblad, and features the returns of Bottas and Pérez.