Formula 1 to Kick Off the 2027 Season with a Major Event in Milan
Show Without Races: Fan Festival and Driver Appearances Planned for February
Milan – Formula 1 will kick off the 2027 racing season with a multi-day event in Milan. As the racing series announced on Friday, a public fan festival and an evening show featuring all drivers and team principals are planned for February 18–20, 2027. This will not include a Grand Prix; the Italian World Championship race will continue to be hosted by the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.
The event is called F1 Live Milan. It consists of the Milan Fan Festival, a three-day public program, and the evening event “F1 The Show” on February 18, at which all drivers and team representatives from the eleven racing teams are scheduled to appear. Several Italian sports media outlets have consistently reported that the show is set to take place at the newly built Arena Santa Giulia in the Milan neighborhood of the same name, a venue originally built for the ice hockey competitions of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali announced that fans should not only follow the sport but also fully experience the event.
The format is modeled after the F1 75 Live season opener, which Formula 1 hosted in London in February 2025. That event drew around 16,000 visitors; according to the series, tickets sold out within 20 minutes, and approximately 7.5 million people in 37 countries worldwide watched the broadcast. Milan is now set to expand on this format and place greater emphasis on direct fan engagement, according to Formula 1 officials.
With this event, a second Italian city—in addition to Monza—is taking center stage in the racing series. The Italian Grand Prix in Monza remains unaffected by the announcement and will continue to take place as part of the regular season. According to Formula 1, specific details regarding ticket prices and the exact schedule will be released in the coming months, with ticket sales planned through the end of 2026.
