Formula 1 Is Trying To Save Its Cancelled Middle East Races Before The Money Disappears
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The Formula 1 calendar of 2026 brings back to life a situation that has not been seen for almost 30 years in the Great Circus. The big stops in the beginning of the campaign. For example, in the course of 1989 the championship opened in Brazil (26 March) and spent almost a month for the second race, in Imola (23 April). In the current campaign and for different reasons, with a war as a backdrop, the F1 suffered a five-week break and left an open…
Formula 1 Is Trying To Save Its Cancelled Middle East Races Before The Money Disappears
Formula 1 makes global travel look effortless. One week it is floodlights and superyachts, the next it is desert heat, street circuits and champagne on a podium, all held together by one of the most complicated logistics machines in motorsport. But after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were cancelled because of the Middle East conflict, F1 is learning that even the richest show in sport still has to wait for the world around it. The sp…
Formula 1 posts record Q1 revenue but Q2 cloud looms large
Formula 1 hit a record $617m in Q1 2026 revenue, up 53% year-on-year, but cancelled Middle East races and new regulations cast a shadow over the quarters ahead Formula 1 (F1) generated $617m in revenue during the first three months of 2026, a 53% increase on the $403m reported in Q1 2025, as Liberty Media (which owns F1) posted its strongest opening quarter since acquiring the sport in 2017. Operating income swung from a $28m loss to $107m, whi…
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