The 2026 Formula One season was the 15th Formula One championship. It was contested over 16 countries in accordance with cycle three of the Grand Prix calendar cycle. As a result of both over a quarter of the grid withdrawing due to financial reasons and an increase in retirements, the points system changed from 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 (top ten) to 10-6-4-3-2-1 (top six). The Martinson–Sauber–Toyota trio won the championship for the third time in a row.
Round
|
Name
|
Date
|
L?
|
Conditions
|
1
|
Australian Grand Prix
|
September 11, 2013
|
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Dry
|
2
|
United States Grand Prix in New Jersey
|
September 12, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
3
|
Hungarian Grand Prix
|
|
Dry
|
4
|
Egpytian Grand Prix
|
September 14, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
5
|
South African Grand Prix
|
September 15, 2013
|
|
Dry qualifying, dry-damp race
|
6
|
Spanish Grand Prix in Valencia
|
September 17, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
7
|
German Grand Prix in Nurburg
|
September 18, 2013
|
|
Dry qualifying, mixed race
|
8
|
Monaco Grand Prix
|
September 19, 2013
|
|
Dry qualifying, dry-damp race
|
9
|
Brazilian Grand Prix
|
September 21, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
10
|
Belgian Grand Prix
|
September 24, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
11
|
Italian Grand Prix
|
September 25, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
12
|
Russian Grand Prix
|
September 27, 2013
|
|
Wet qualifying, dry race
|
13
|
Malaysian Grand Prix
|
September 28, 2013
|
|
Dry qualifying, dry-wet race
|
14
|
Korean Grand Prix
|
September 29, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
15
|
Japanese Grand Prix
|
October 2, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
16
|
United Kingdom Grand Prix
|
October 2, 2013
|
|
Dry
|
Team name
|
Constructor
|
Engine
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Rds
|
Test drivers
|
Nvidia Sauber F1 Team
|
Sauber–Toyota
|
Toyota
|
1 |
Kelsey Martinson |
All
|
Badr Hussain Marcelino Cardozo
|
2 |
Abner Ashley |
All
|
BMW Williams F1 Team
|
Williams–BMW
|
BMW
|
3 |
Philbert Rome |
All
|
Maria Michelakakis
|
4 |
Marcus Ericsson |
All
|
BAE McLaren Honda
|
McLaren–Honda
|
Honda
|
5 |
Tarou Wakahisa |
All
|
Mark Reier
|
6 |
Romain Grosjean |
All
|
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
7 |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
All
|
Tapani Kulmala
|
8 |
Tiger Abraham |
All
|
Anicom Toyota Formula
|
Toyota
|
Toyota
|
9 |
Timo Glock |
All
|
Tore Notaro
|
10 |
Darnell Salvage |
All
|
Team Ford
|
Ford
|
Ford
|
11 |
Carlos Perez |
All
|
Jarod Wells Wim Seghers
|
12 |
Guatier Faure |
All
|
Scuderia Minardi
|
Minardi–Honda
|
Honda
|
14 |
Royal Beck |
All
|
Izaak Aaldenberg Sotiris Dimitriou
|
15 |
Gorou Kurosawa |
1–8
|
Anselmo Rosario |
9–16
|
Team EADS
|
EADS–BMW
|
BMW
|
16 |
Dawood Amjad |
All
|
Cyrille Paquet Lutz Steen
|
17 |
Bernard Babineaux |
All
|
- Caterham withdraws.
- Renault withdraws.
- Cloud withdraws.
Driver
|
Team
|
Role
|
→
|
Team
|
Role
|
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
Williams
|
full driver
|
→
|
retirement
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Toyota
|
full driver
|
→
|
Williams
|
full driver
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Minardi
|
full driver
|
→
|
Toyota
|
full driver
|
Gorou Kurosawa
|
Cloud
|
full driver
|
→
|
Minardi
|
full driver (first half)
|
Anselmo Rosario
|
Minardi
|
test driver
|
→
|
Minardi
|
full driver (second half)
|
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Ford
|
full driver
|
→
|
retirement
|
Guatier Faure
|
EADS
|
full driver
|
→
|
Ford
|
full driver
|
Bernard Babineaux
|
EADS
|
test driver
|
→
|
EADS
|
full driver
|
Cyrille Paquet
|
Renault
|
full driver
|
→
|
EADS
|
test driver
|
|
Raja Harta
|
Renault
|
full driver
|
→
|
retirement
|
|
Hugo Brauer
|
Cloud
|
full driver
|
→
|
retirement
|
|
Jarod Wells
|
Caterham
|
full driver
|
→
|
Ford
|
test driver
|
|
Wim Seghers
|
Caterham
|
full driver
|
→
|
Ford
|
test driver
|
Brit two-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton retired from the Williams outfit. Despite his fairly average result of late, he claimed he feared he was growing too old for the sport. Three-time world champion Marcus Ericsson took his seat, and hoped to be fighting for the title. Anicom Toyota Formula's team leadership were happy to let him go, claiming they had done it before to allow him an better chance of world titles, despite him outperforming his team mate significantly this season. Young charger Darnell Salvage replaced Ericsson at Toyota, while Minardi allowed Gorou Kurosawa to take his seat for the first half of the season, and former Minardi driver (who failed to progress to a larger team) Anselmo Rosario for the second half, giving the two drivers a possibly-final chance to prove themselves to bigger teams, while providing Minardi with some rare experience.
Ma Quinghua, also a two-time world champion, made an announcement of his retirement during the previous season. Experienced frenchman Guatier Faure was signed up to replace him, leaving his EADS seat vacant to many drivers of now-defunct teams. Bernard Babineaux – former EADS driver himself – however, stepped up to fill the seat.
As a result of the three defunct teams, five drivers (Timo Hutmacher, Raja Harta, Hugo Brauer, Mstislav Ajam and Giacomo Costatini) had no seat at all for the 2026 season. Some drivers, including Jarod Wells, Wim Seghers and Cyrille Paquet, managed to find test driver seats.
- See also: Results sheet
Rd
|
Grand Prix
|
Pole position
|
Fastest lap
|
Winning
|
Championship leaders
|
driver
|
constructor
|
engine
|
Driver
|
Lead
|
Constructor
|
Lead
|
Engine
|
Lead
|
1
|
Australia
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
4
|
Ferrari
|
4
|
Ferrari
|
3
|
2
|
United States
|
Philbert Rome
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Williams
|
BMW
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
0
|
Williams
|
1
|
BMW
|
4
|
3
|
Hungary
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
1
|
2
|
Toyota
|
3
|
4
|
Egypt
|
Timo Glock
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Timo Glock
|
Toyota
|
Toyota
|
Timo Glock
|
6
|
Toyota
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
South Africa
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Abner Ashley
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Sauber
|
BMW
|
5
|
Williams
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
Spain
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
5
|
Toyota
|
2
|
8
|
7
|
Germany
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Abner Ashley
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
3
|
1
|
19
|
8
|
Monaco
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Abner Ashley
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
7
|
Sauber
|
8
|
30
|
9
|
Brazil
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Ferrari
|
Toyota
|
3
|
10
|
14
|
10
|
Belgium
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
10
|
13
|
50
|
11
|
Italy
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Philbert Rome
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
11
|
22
|
55
|
12
|
Russia
|
Abner Ashley
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Kelsey Martinson
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
21
|
28
|
63
|
13
|
Malaysia
|
Philbert Rome
|
Philbert Rome
|
Abner Ashley
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
16
|
31
|
66
|
14
|
Korea
|
Carlos Perez
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Darnell Salvage
|
Toyota
|
Toyota
|
16
|
25
|
71
|
15
|
Japan
|
Abner Ashley
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Williams
|
BMW
|
11
|
18
|
67
|
16
|
United Kingdom
|
Abner Ashley
|
Abner Ashley
|
Abner Ashley
|
Sauber
|
Toyota
|
3
|
24
|
77
|
Driver
|
Constructor
|
Engine
|
1
|
Kelsey Martinson (Sauber)
|
1
|
Sauber–Toyota
|
1
|
Toyota
|
2
|
Abner Ashley (Sauber)
|
2
|
Williams–BMW
|
2
|
BMW
|
3
|
Marcus Ericsson (Williams)
|
3
|
Toyota
|
3
|
Ferrari
|
4
|
Tiger Abraham (Ferrari)
|
4
|
Ferrari
|
4
|
Honda
|
5
|
Timo Glock (Toyota)
|
5
|
EADS–BMW
|
5
|
Ford
|
6
|
Philbert Rome (Williams)
|
6
|
Ford
|
N/A
|
7
|
Darnell Salvage (Toyota)
|
7
|
McLaren–Honda
|
8
|
Jean-Eric Vergne (Ferrari)
|
8
|
Minardi–Honda
|
9
|
Bernard Babineaux (EADS)
|
N/A
|
10
|
Guatier Faure (Ford)
|
11
|
Romain Grosjean (McLaren)
|
12
|
Gorou Kurosawa (Minardi)
|
13
|
Royal Beck (Minardi)
|
14
|
Tarou Wakahisa (McLaren)
|
15
|
Carlos Perez (Ford)
|
16
|
Dawood Amjad (EADS)
|
17
|
Anselmo Rosario (Minardi)
|