Formula 1’s Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix is a Saturday race — 26 September at 15:00 local on the Baku City Circuit (51 laps) — after Formula 1 and the FIA moved it off Sunday to avoid Azerbaijan Remembrance Day on 27 September, Formula1.com and Motorsport.com reported. Soft lock: the race date is Saturday 26 Sep, not the original Sunday 27; the Remembrance Day move is the published reason on those sources. Do not invent a race winner — the lights have not gone out.
The weekend timetable on the Formula1.com Azerbaijan 2026 card runs FP1 and FP2 on Thursday, 24 September, FP3 and qualifying on Friday, 25 September, and the Grand Prix on Saturday. Soft: support-series and media-day clocks beyond that F1 session skeleton are not restriped here; the pack locks the FP1/FP2–FP3/qualifying–Saturday GP sequence. Soft / Held: Imola calendar-stay chatter remains Soft/Held without named confirmation and is not printed as fact. Soft: Antonelli’s Spanish Grand Prix at Madrid (already shorted 14 Sep) is not restriped into this Baku calendar short.
Motorsport.com framed the date change as Formula 1 and the FIA agreeing to move the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix from Sunday 27 September to Saturday 26 September following a request from the Azerbaijan promoter and relevant government stakeholders, to accommodate the national day. Formula1.com’s published timetable then carries the Saturday race at 15:00 local over 51 laps of the 6.003-kilometre Baku City Circuit on that card. Soft: secondary UK clocks and support-series grids on Sky/Crash pages are not the lock — the body cites Formula1.com local session order and Motorsport.com’s Remembrance Day move attribution. Soft recorded without inventing: championship points, grid order, and practice hierarchies wait for Thursday’s sheets.
Named actors and checkable milestones locked to Formula1.com and Motorsport.com: Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix; Baku City Circuit; Saturday 26 September, 15:00 local, 51 laps; Remembrance Day move off Sunday 27 September (F1/FIA); weekend FP1/FP2 Thu 24 Sep, FP3 and qualifying Fri 25 Sep, GP Saturday. Soft FLAGs hold: Imola Soft/Held; no race winner invented; Antonelli Spanish GP not restriped. The desk does not invent championship projections, weather calls, or support-series results beyond the published timetable and date-move lines. Prior Antonelli Madrid short (14 Sep) stays on its own slug; this page is Baku calendar only.
The checkable record is a Saturday Azerbaijan Grand Prix on 26 September at 15:00 local over 51 laps of the Baku City Circuit, moved off Sunday 27 September for Remembrance Day by Formula 1 and the FIA, with FP1/FP2 on Thursday 24 September and FP3 plus qualifying on Friday 25 September on the Formula1.com timetable.
What comes next is checkable: Thursday’s FP1 and FP2 classification sheets on Formula1.com; Friday’s FP3 and qualifying results; Saturday’s race classification after the 51-lap Grand Prix; any further official timetable notice if a session clock moves; Imola Soft/Held remains Held until named confirmation.
Floor: Azerbaijan GP Sat 26 Sep 15:00 local Baku (51 laps); F1/FIA moved off Sun 27 for Remembrance Day; FP1/FP2 Thu 24, FP3+Q Fri 25, GP Sat (Formula1.com; Motorsport.com); soft: Imola Held; no race winner; Antonelli Spanish GP not restriped.