Pirelli is the title sponsor of the races at Silverstone and Monza.

Pirelli is the title sponsor of the races at Silverstone and Monza.

      In 2026 Pirelli will be the title sponsor of the British and Italian Grands Prix, two historic Formula 1 races that have been on the world championship calendar since 1950.

      This season the Italian tyre company celebrated its 500th Grand Prix; it remains a strategic partner of Formula 1, and Pirelli has decided to give its name to two races that will take place at legendary circuits: Silverstone will host the British round of the championship on the first weekend of July, and the Italian Grand Prix is scheduled for September 4–6 and will be held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

      Only these two races have been held every year under the same name; each has already been run 76 times, and that is something of a record.

      Of course, the company's press office, in its release about plans for next season, did not fail to mention that Giuseppe Farina's Alfa Romeo, with which he won the very first Formula 1 race at Silverstone in 1950, ran on Pirelli tyres. In the same season Farina also won at Monza — that Italian Grand Prix concluded the inaugural world championship. Thus, the choice of Grands Prix is both logical and symbolic.

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Pirelli is the title sponsor of the races at Silverstone and Monza.

In 2026, Pirelli will be the title sponsor of the British and Italian Grands Prix, two historic Formula 1 races that have been on the World Championship calendar since 1950...