Why the F1 season is set to ignite! The four key races in five weeks

Formula 1's 2026 season finally hits overdrive in June as the Monaco Grand Prix opens a run of four key races in the next five weeks.

After the campaign's first five flyaway rounds were ultimately spread out over 12 weeks, with no races taking place in April at all after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian events were called off, F1 enters an intense summer period when the next nine grands prix are all in Europe.