F1 not considering multiple races at Silverstone despite offer for 2026 season

Silverstone has offered to host two grands prix next season in order to alleviate a “crisis” in the F1 calendar, but The Independent understands the proposal is a total non-starter. The complex geopolitical landscape has seen a major reshuffle to this year’s race schedule. Races set to take place in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April were cancelled as a result of the war in the Middle East , with bosses confirming that alternative hosts were not viable in April.

F1 returns this weekend with the Miami Grand Prix after a five-week break, with no action since Kimi Antonelli took the chequered flag in Japan on 29 March. There will also be a three-week break between Miami and the next race in Canada. Silverstone stepped in to host multiple races during the 2021 season which was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the circuit’s CEO Stuart Pringle says the track could do so again in 2026.

“I have offered, because we stepped in during Covid and we were able to help Formula 1, and if that would help then of course we will,” he told Sky News. “There are numerous practicalities that need to be considered. The offer is in and they know we’re here.

We can move quickly if asked. ” But it is understood that F1 sees the Covid season as a freak occurrence and the organisation is not exploring the prospect of mulitiple races at the same venue in a single year. Silverstone Circuit has offered to host extra F1 races this season (PA) There will be some tweaks to F1’s controversial new regulations when the season resumes in Miami this weekend.