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title: "Lando Norris Austria Schedule Confirmed As F1 Returns To Red Bull Ring"
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# Lando Norris Austria Schedule Confirmed As F1 Returns To Red Bull Ring

**Formula 1 has confirmed the key session times for the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend as Lando Norris and the rest of the grid return to the Red Bull Ring.** The Spielberg event begins with Friday practice before qualifying on Saturday and the 71-lap race on Sunday, June 28.

The official schedule puts Free Practice 1 at 13:30 local time on Friday, June 26, with Free Practice 2 following at 17:00. Saturday brings final practice at 12:30 and qualifying at 16:00, before Sunday’s Grand Prix begins at 15:00 local time. It is the first reference point for teams trying to plan run programmes around a short, high-speed lap.

## Norris returns to a McLaren happy hunting ground

The timing update is routine, but the context is not. F1’s own preview notes that Norris and Oscar Piastri completed a McLaren one-two in Austria last year, making the Red Bull Ring a natural form checkpoint for the team.

Warm and dry conditions are currently expected, which should put track temperature and tyre management high on the weekend agenda. That matters at a short lap where small mistakes can look bigger than usual in qualifying.

The full session timings and viewing details were published in [Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix guide](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/what-time-is-the-formula-1-2026-austrian-grand-prix-and-how-can-i-watch-it.5ZNb2LlQ4SwZ8JUrNVPL1H), which also flags a warm, dry forecast that could push teams towards a tyre-management weekend.