Dates confirmed
Schedule for the 2027 Spanish GP
The Madrid Grand Prix runs from 10 to 12 September 2027. Individual session times have not been published yet; below is the full 2026 weekend, which is the reference for how it is laid out.
Data verified on 21 September 2026
The weekend at a glance
- Dates
- 10–12 September 2027
- Circuit
- MADRING — Circuito de IFEMA Madrid
- Track
- 5.4 km · 22 corners
- Race (2026 timetable)
- 57 laps, Sunday 15:00
- Qualifying (2026 timetable)
- Saturday 16:00–17:00
- Gates (2026 timetable)
- 08:00 – 20:00
- Re-entry
- Not allowed
- Sprint format
- No
When is the 2027 Madrid Grand Prix?
10–12 September 2027, Friday to Sunday, at the MADRING, the IFEMA Madrid circuit. That is the date Formula 1 and the FIA published with the season calendar, and the one on the official Spanish Grand Prix sales page.
It is worth a second look, because it is not the same weekend as last year: the 2026 edition ran 11–13 September, a day later. Anyone booking flights or a hotel off last year's dates will be a day out.
What does not exist yet is a session timetable. The shape of the three days is safe enough — practice on Friday, third practice and qualifying on Saturday, the race on Sunday — but the time of any of it, starting with the race, has not been published.
The 3-day programme
Each session carries its championship colour, exactly as on the circuit’s official timetable. Gates opening and closing are not sessions — they are the hours you can be inside.
2027 timetable
The dates are confirmed; the times are not. The Grand Prix runs from 10 to 12 September 2027, but the organisers have not published the session timetable yet. What you see below is the real schedule the 2026 race ran to: it works as a reference because the weekend format does not change — Madrid is not a Sprint round in 2027 either — but it is not the 2027 timetable and should not be used to book a flight. As soon as MADRING publishes theirs, this page replaces it.
Friday 11 September 2026
Free practice- 08:00Gates open
- 09:55–10:40Fórmula 3Free practice
- 11:05–11:50Fórmula 2Free practice
- 13:30–14:30Fórmula 1Free Practice 1 (FP1)
- 15:00–15:30Fórmula 2Qualifying
- 17:00–18:00Fórmula 1Free Practice 2 (FP2)
- 18:25–18:45Fórmula 3Qualifying 1
- 18:55–19:15Fórmula 3Qualifying 2
- 20:00Venue closes
Saturday 12 September 2026
FP3 and qualifying- 08:00Gates open
- 11:05–11:50Fórmula 3Sprint Race
- 12:30–13:30Fórmula 1Free Practice 3 (FP3)
- 14:15–15:05Fórmula 2Sprint Race
- 16:00–17:00Fórmula 1Qualifying
- 18:00–18:50Fórmula 3Feature Race 1
- 20:00Venue closes
Sunday 13 September 2026
Race dayRace day- 08:00Gates open
- 09:45–10:35Fórmula 3Feature Race 2
- 11:25–12:30Fórmula 2Feature Race
- 13:00–13:30Fórmula 1Drivers' Parade
- 15:00–17:00Fórmula 1RACE — 57 laps
- 20:00Venue closes
The 2026 timetable. All times are Madrid local time (CEST). The Formula 1 and Formula 2 sessions came from MADRING’s official timetable; the two Formula 3 qualifying sessions and the two Feature Races from the FIA’s official schedule. As soon as the 2027 timetable is published, it replaces this one.
Format
Madrid is not a Sprint weekend. Saturday hosts FP3 and qualifying. The ten 2027 Sprints are Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Canada, Monaco, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Expanded F3 format
Why F3 ran two feature races in 2026. Madrid closes the 2026 Formula 3 season, and the FIA built a one-off expanded format for that final round: two qualifying sessions on Friday instead of one, the Sprint Race and a first Feature Race on Saturday, and a second Feature Race on Sunday morning. It was added to redistribute the points lost when the Bahrain round dropped off the calendar. F3 has already run here, at the circuit’s official mid-season test on 24 and 25 August 2026. The times for these sessions come from the FIA’s official schedule; MADRING’s own timetable still merges the two qualifying sessions into one block and does not list the Saturday race, and will catch up.
When to arrive
The venue opens at 08:00 and closes at 20:00. The race starts at 15:00 on Sunday, but turning up at 14:00 is a bad idea: the venue does not admit private vehicles, so everybody comes in through the same public transport entrances, at the same time.
The Feria de Madrid metro station (Línea 8) gives direct access to IFEMA's South Gate and is 4 stops from Nuevos Ministerios. On the Cercanías commuter rail, line C-1 stops at Valdebebas.
Watch out for the re-entry rule:
once your ticket has been scanned you cannot leave and come back in. If you go out for lunch, you lose the rest of the day.
Frequently asked questions
- When is the 2027 Madrid Grand Prix?
- Friday 10 to Sunday 12 September 2027, at the MADRING circuit at IFEMA Madrid. Formula 1 and the FIA announced the dates with the season calendar. The race is always on the Sunday, but the exact time has not been published yet: in 2026 it started at 15:00 local time (CEST), over 57 laps of the 5.4 km layout.
- When is the F1 race in Madrid?
- On Sunday 12 September 2027. The weekend opens on the Friday with free practice and the race closes the three days, as at any Grand Prix. Madrid has no Sprint format in 2027, so the Sunday is raced only once.
- What time is the F1 race in Madrid?
- It has not been published. Only the dates are confirmed for 2027 — the organisers have not released the session timetable. For reference, the 2026 race started at 15:00 local time (CEST). This page changes the day MADRING publishes the 2027 one.
- What time do the circuit gates open?
- In 2026 the venue opened at 08:00 and closed at 20:00 on all three days, and re-entry was not allowed once a ticket had been scanned. The organisers have not published venue hours for 2027.
- When is qualifying for the Madrid GP?
- On the Saturday, as at any conventional-format weekend. The 2027 time has not been published: in 2026 qualifying ran from 16:00 to 17:00, with third practice before it.
- Is there a Sprint race at the 2027 Madrid Grand Prix?
- No. Madrid is not one of the ten Sprint venues in 2027; the Sprints are held at Bahrain, Australia, Japan, Canada, Monaco, Great Britain, Italy, Brazil, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Saturday has FP3 and qualifying, as in 2026.
Timetable sorted — next up
- Tickets and pricesThree-day passes only: from €464 for the Pelouse to around €1,541 for the priciest grandstands.
- Which grandstand to pickWhat you can see from each MADRING grandstand before you spend your money.
- What you can bring inNo outside food, no re-entry and no confirmed bag storage: check before you leave home.
- The full three daysWhat to do between sessions without burning out your weekend.
- Internet and mobile dataTravelling from outside the EU? How to land connected. From inside it? Why you need nothing.
- Places to stay near IFEMAMadrid hotel prices spike over GP weekend. Compare before you book.
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