Ranking All Six F1 Sprint Races in 2026: From Best to Worst

With the recently concluded Singapore Sprint Race, Formula 1 has completed all its Sprint weekends for the 2026 season. Apparently, F1 couldn't get enough of these races, as the 2027 calendar features 10 Sprint weekends, including a surprising one in Monaco.

Formula 1 fans might not be too excited about a Monaco Sprint. But hey, we did see some action in this season's Sprint weekends. So, naturally, we decided to look back and rank the 2026 F1 Sprint Races from best to worst.

Heavy rain delayed the start of the 2026 Singapore Sprint by half an hour. By the time we got going, the track was still wet, and the cars had their intermediate tyres on. Mercedes' George Russell timed his start perfectly, passing pole-sitter Max Verstappen into Turn 1. But Russell made an error dipping his wheels in the wet white line of the kerbs, causing him to spin, hit the barrier, and retire.

The ending also produced fireworks, with both McLaren drivers making contact, forcing Oscar Piastri to retire and Lando Norris to tumble to P8. 

Verstappen won the Singapore Sprint, with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc completing a Ferrari 2-3.

The first Sprint Race of the season opened with a back-and-forth battle between Russell and Hamilton, who were former teammates at Mercedes. They swapped leads multiple times in the first five laps, as fans got to see the new energy deployment system. 

Russell was pulling away from Hamilton when Leclerc worked his way into the Top 3. On Lap 8, the two Ferraris fought wheel-to-wheel, with Leclerc taking P2 and defending his position. 

A late Safety Car allowed Leclerc to close up to Russell, but the Mercedes driver held him off to take the victory.

The drama in the Mercedes garage was the highlight of the first Sprint race in Montreal. Contact and a wheel-to-wheel battle between Russell and Antonelli, who started 1-2, created tension within the team. Eventually, Antonelli had a meltdown on the radio, and team principal Toto Wolff had to tell him to stop whining and just continue to drive.

Antonelli lost second place to Norris, while Russell held on for his second Sprint victory of the season.

Hamilton started from pole in front of his home crowd in the Silverstone Sprint race. The British driver defended his position at the opening corner and led through the early laps. 

But a young Italian driver was tailing him throughout. Antonelli stayed within striking distance and didn't commit mistakes while hunting Hamilton. He eventually made the overtake on Lap 8 and slowly built a gap as the laps went by.

Antonelli showed his championship composure at Silverstone and won the Sprint, with Hamilton and Norris rounding out the Top 3.

After a disappointing opener in Australia and an embarrassing DNS (Did Not Start) for both drivers in China, McLaren came back with a productive race in Japan and even stronger weekend in Miami.

Norris led the Miami Sprint from start to finish, with Piastri crossing the line in second for a dominant McLaren 1-2. Leclerc finished third, while Russell and Verstappen were promoted to fourth and fifth after Antonelli's five-second penalty for track limit violations.

Zandvoort produced a close Sprint qualifying session, with Russell beating Norris to pole by just 0.041 seconds. But Russell would lead the race every lap, with Leclerc making the only notable pass to take second from Norris on Lap 18.

The Zandvoort Sprint became more of a parade, which is a sad send-off for a track that will be leaving the F1 calendar.