Grand Prix of Croatia
Year One
16-17 May 2026
Year One, 16-17 May 2026: 140+ drivers, six series and 16 races at Automotodrom Grobnik.
It started here
On 16-17 May 2026 six series raced at Automotodrom Grobnik: Formula 3, TCR Eastern Europe, three one-make cups and the Croatian Championship. 140+ drivers in 16 races: the first Grand Prix of Croatia.
2
Days of racing
6
Series
140+
Drivers
5,000
Capacity
€15 day passes
A day ticket cost €15, the weekend €20, and children under 14 got in free.
Not only racing
Food trucks, Hiljson Mandela on the main stage, karting, a kids' zone and taxi laps on the circuit.
Near the sea
The circuit sits in the hills above Rijeka, close enough to the coast for a swim before the first race.
Two race days
Saturday: qualifying, the first races and the concert. Sunday: the second races and the podiums.
€15 day passes
A day ticket cost €15, the weekend €20, and children under 14 got in free.
Near the sea
The circuit sits in the hills above Rijeka, close enough to the coast for a swim before the first race.
Not only racing
Food trucks, Hiljson Mandela on the main stage, karting, a kids' zone and taxi laps on the circuit.
Two race days
Saturday: qualifying, the first races and the concert. Sunday: the second races and the podiums.
Six series, 16 races
The circuit
4,168 metres in the hills above Rijeka: 18 turns, 10 left and 8 right, anticlockwise. FIA Grade 4, resurfaced in 2018.
On track
Six series, two days, 16 races.
The national championship: touring cars, GT cars and the National Class on one weekend, with 54 entries.
Mixed classes incl. GT
Production-based touring cars from Hyundai, Honda, Audi and CUPRA, 350 hp, racing door to door. The Eastern European championship opened its season at Grobnik.
350 HP | 1285 kg | 240 km/h
Open-wheel single-seaters with 380 hp and 680 kg: the fastest cars of the weekend and a step on the ladder to professional racing.
380 HP | 680 kg | 270 km/h
+3 more series
The weekend
Qualifying and races on Saturday, the second races on Sunday.
- Saturday16 MayQualifying, eight races, Hiljson Mandela live.
- Sunday17 MayEight races and the podiums.
And after the racing
The festival
Food trucks, Hiljson Mandela on the main stage on Saturday night, karting for kids, racing simulators, Porsche taxi laps and 50 old-timers on display: all of it came with the ticket.
Live music
Hiljson Mandela on the main stage. DJs all day.
Hot Laps
Passenger laps in a Porsche, at full speed on the circuit.
Kids Karting
Free for under 14. First licence programme by HAKS.
That was Year One
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