Summary
We arrange seven Grands Prix in 2027, from Monaco in June to Abu Dhabi in December. Monaco suits a group, jump to Monaco that wants the setting as much as the racing. The British Grand Prix is a single day out from London, jump to Britain by train. Spa and Monza suit a group that follows the sport closely. Singapore, Austin and Abu Dhabi are long-haul trips with several nights away, and four of the seven races are sprint weekends, jump to At a glance.
Every Grand Prix uses the same cars and the same rules. What changes from one race to the next is the circuit, the place around it, the time of year and how far you travel. Those four things decide which race suits your group.
Which day of the weekend to go is a separate question. How an F1 weekend works goes through each day, from Friday practice to the race on Sunday, and which day suits which group.
The seven races at a glance
The 2027 calendar has 24 Grands Prix. Qualifying is the timed session that decides the starting order for a race. Ten of the 24 are sprint weekends, which add a short race on the Saturday with its own qualifying session on the Friday. The seven we arrange are listed here in calendar order.
2027 dates, settings and travel
Monaco, 4 to 6 June
The circuit runs through the streets and around the harbour. It is a sprint weekend, and you fly to Nice.
Britain, 2 to 4 July
Silverstone is a fast circuit on a former airfield in Northamptonshire. It is a sprint weekend, and our day is race day only, by train from London.
Belgium, 23 to 25 July
Spa-Francorchamps has the longest lap on the calendar and runs through the Ardennes forest. It follows the standard format, and you travel by Eurostar.
Italy, 3 to 5 September
Monza is a fast circuit in a park just north-east of Milan. It is a sprint weekend, and you stay in Como, near the lake.
Singapore, 8 to 10 October
The circuit uses streets in the centre of the city. It follows the standard format, and you fly to Singapore.
United States, 22 to 24 October
The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, was built for Formula 1 and opened in 2012. It follows the standard format, and you fly to Austin.
Abu Dhabi, 10 to 12 December
Yas Marina hosts the last of the 24 rounds. It is a sprint weekend, and you stay in Dubai.
Monaco, 4 to 6 June: a street circuit around the harbour
The Monaco Grand Prix runs on the streets of Monaco itself. The lap is 3.337km long. The cars climb to the casino, run through a tunnel and finish along the harbour. The streets are narrow and overtaking is rare, so the starting order often decides the result. In 2027 Monaco holds a sprint for the first time.
Monaco suits a group that wants the setting as much as the racing. It works well when not everyone in the group follows Formula 1, because the harbour and the Riviera are part of the weekend.
We arrange the Monaco Grand Prix in two ways. With the first, you stay at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo from Thursday to Monday. You watch all three days from its seventh floor, above the Fairmont Hairpin. A hairpin is a corner that turns back on itself, and this one is the slowest corner in Formula 1. A helicopter takes you from Nice to Monaco in about seven minutes. On race night, Nikki Beach holds its party at the Fairmont itself.
With the second, you watch the race on Sunday from a reserved seat in Grandstand K or Grandstand T, which both stand on the harbour. You stay three nights in Nice, Cannes or Mandelieu-la-Napoule, and your transport to the circuit on race day is arranged. Our guide to the Monaco circuit, corner by corner, shows where the Fairmont and both grandstands sit on the lap.
Britain, 2 to 4 July: Silverstone in a day from London
Silverstone held the first race of the Formula 1 World Championship, on 13 May 1950. The circuit grew out of the perimeter road of a wartime RAF airfield in Northamptonshire. Formula 1 counts it among the fastest tracks on the calendar. Maggotts and Becketts are a run of fast bends that the cars take one after another.
The British Grand Prix suits a group in or near London that wants a Grand Prix without a flight or a night away. It takes the least time of the seven, because it is one day. Silverstone is a sprint weekend in 2027, and our day there is race day only, so it does not include the sprint on the Saturday.
You travel to the British Grand Prix on Sunday 4 July, from London on the Belmond British Pullman, a train of restored 1920s and 1930s carriages. A coach takes you from Milton Keynes to reserved seats at Silverstone, and the same train brings you back to London after the race.
You can sit at a table in a shared carriage, or take a coupé for four. A coupé is a compartment with its own door. A group of up to twelve can have Celia to itself. Celia is a 1932 carriage that Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin redesigned.
Belgium, 23 to 25 July: Spa-Francorchamps in the Ardennes
Spa-Francorchamps runs through the hills and forest of the Ardennes. At 7.004km it has the longest lap on the 2027 calendar. At Eau Rouge and Raidillon, the cars flick left and right and then climb steeply up the hill. The lap is so long that it can rain on one part of the circuit while another part stays dry.
Spa was one of the seven circuits in the first Formula 1 championship, in 1950. If your group follows the sport closely, Spa is where you see the cars at full speed through fast corners. It is also one of the two races here that you reach from London without flying.
You travel to the Belgian Grand Prix on the Eurostar from London St Pancras to Brussels. You stay three nights in Brussels or Liège, from Friday to Monday, and a group coach takes you to the circuit. Your seat is reserved in a Silver-category grandstand, one of the circuit’s stands with assigned seats.
Italy, 3 to 5 September: Monza, with a stay in Como
Monza was built in 110 days in 1922, in a park just north-east of Milan. It has held the Italian Grand Prix every year bar one since the championship began in 1950. The cars run at full throttle for about 80 per cent of the lap. Parts of the old banked track still stand beside the circuit.
Monza gives you speed and history in the same weekend. You stay in Como, near the lake, which adds a few days away from the circuit. That suits a group that wants more from the trip than the racing.
For the Italian Grand Prix, you fly from London to Milan Malpensa. You stay four nights at the Hilton Lake Como, in Como near the lake. A group coach takes you between Como and Monza on the Saturday and the Sunday. Your reserved grandstand seats cover Saturday’s sprint and qualifying, then Sunday’s race.
Singapore, 8 to 10 October: a street circuit in the city centre
Singapore held the first night race in Formula 1’s history, in 2008. The Marina Bay Street Circuit uses roads in the centre of the city, with the skyline behind it. Formula 1 counts it among the most physically demanding circuits on the calendar, because the surface is bumpy and the air is humid. The Singapore Flyer, a giant observation wheel, overlooks the pit buildings.
Singapore works as a city trip as well as a Grand Prix, because the circuit is in the middle of the city. Your booking covers all three days, so you see every session of the weekend.
You fly from London to Singapore Changi for the Singapore Grand Prix. You stay at the Sheraton Towers or The St. Regis Singapore for five or six nights, depending on which you choose. A coach takes you between the airport and where you stay. Your reserved grandstand seats cover practice, qualifying and the race, from Friday to Sunday. Your seat also gives you access to the post-race entertainment at the Padang Stage on practice, qualifying and race day.
United States, 22 to 24 October: the Circuit of the Americas in Austin
The Circuit of the Americas opened in 2012 in Austin, Texas, and it was built for Formula 1. Its first Grand Prix that year was the first United States Grand Prix since 2007. The lap is 5.513km long. It starts with a steep uphill run into a wide first corner.
Several later corners resemble sections of other circuits, including Maggotts and Becketts at Silverstone. Austin suits a group that wants a few days in Texas around the race. If your group likes to see overtaking, the wide first corner is where the cars often try to pass.
For the United States Grand Prix, you fly from London to Austin. You stay three nights in the UT Campus District, the area around the University of Texas. A transfer takes you to the circuit and back on Saturday and Sunday. Your reserved seats for qualifying and the race are in the Turn 4 Lower Grandstand, at the fourth corner of the lap.
Abu Dhabi, 10 to 12 December: the last round of the season
Yas Marina Circuit is on Yas Island, just east of the city of Abu Dhabi. It first held a Grand Prix in 2009, as the last race of that season, and in 2010 Sebastian Vettel won his first title there. In 2027 it is again the last of the 24 rounds. Its longest straight runs for 1.2km between Turns 5 and 6, and many of the overtaking moves happen at the end of it.
Abu Dhabi suits a group that wants to be there for the last race of the season. It is a sprint weekend in 2027, so the Saturday has a race as well as qualifying.
You fly from London to Dubai for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. You stay four nights at Atlantis The Palm, Atlantis The Royal or Fairmont The Palm, and a coach takes you to the circuit. You spend Saturday and Sunday either in a reserved grandstand or on a yacht moored in the marina beside the circuit. A concert at Etihad Park follows the race, and it is included if you want to go.
When two races suit your group
If two of these races suit your group equally, we compare them with you against your dates and group size before anything is booked.
Chloe Burchell
Event Manager
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