2026 Zurich Grand Prix
The 2026 Zurich Grand Prix was a Formula One Ice Boat Race which took place on the 20th of September 2026 and was the opening race of the 2026 Formula One World Championship as well as the first Formula One classified race on the Nostra server.
32Jeelow won the race from pole position after leading every lap of the race and setting the fastest lap, claiming his third grand slam. This was Jeelow's thirteenth race win and first win since the 2025 Spring Season and placed the Acceleron Formula One team on the top of the Championship Standings since qualifying at the 2025-26 Detroit Grand Prix. The podium was rounded out by Renault driver Talvi who took her third podium in Formula One along with Vertza Racing Team's ameberyl who finished in third.
Background
The Zurich Grand Prix was the first race at the circuit which was located to the South of the town of Zurich in Switzerland. Despite initially being framed as the "United Nations Grand Prix", the title was changed after track owner and Mayor of Zurich, Mjap8888, broke ties with the United Nations. The track uses a blue and white colour scheme, matching the flag of the Canton of Zurich.
The track features a part-exposed but mostly underground layout in a clockwise direction. The average lap time is around 48 seconds with a pit delta of roughly 10 seconds. The first corner is often taken as a wall tap with two additional possible wall taps during the rest of the lap as well as one blockstop.
The event and more specifically qualifying was delayed by a lack of available board members due to the loss of most officials at the end of the 2025-26 Season.
Entrants
Two-time World Champion, GabeTM, failed to appear for qualifying due to lack of availability, failing to show for his first race under Renault's new manager. His spot was filled by gbaguette, first reserve for the Renault racing team. Two-time race winner and 2025 Spring Season runner-up, F1rret, also missed the first race of the season after his computer broke on the first day of the race weekend. He was replaced by 2025-26 BMW main driver HockeyMan_31.
As well as being the first race for gbaguette, the 2026 Zurich Grand Prix was also Talvi's first race for the Renault racing team having left Acceleron at the end of the previous season to help bring the team under French management.
Both ameberyl and S3ggy also lined up for the first time with their new teams under Vertza Racing Team and Dinoco Oil respectively, S3ggy joined by Mkmango who made his first appearance in the newly rebranded Dinoco team.
The race was also the debut of Ferrari main driver 10Piksel as well as Tendonkeys who signed as a main for the Freddo team before the start of the 2026 Season.
Qualifying
Qualifying was contested between Friday September 19th and Sunday September 21st with each driver able to take a second-shot lap as long as this was committed to before 04:00 GMT on September 21st. Although the qualifying was open from the 19th of September, qualifying did not open until around 17:00 GMT on September 20th. Because of this, qualifying was extended by 4 hours allowing for Sunday qualifying.
Qualifying classification was ran using the SWRC client and each attempt was registered by a board member. All qualifiers were qualified by head of the FIA, Fedrer.
Qualifying Report
Vertza Racing Team's ameberyl was first to qualify at the Zurich Grand Prix, setting a 00:47.560. No other driver contested qualification for around an hour with Sepl just over half a second behind ameberyl with a 00:48.100, followed in succession by 10Piksel who was classified as qualifying with a 00:51.900. An immediate second shot saw the Ferrari driver almost a second quicker than his previous time for his first career qualifying, ending the session with a 00:50.950.
S3ggy provided the Dinoco team with a provisional front row around an hour and 20 minutes after ameberyl's qualifying run, setting a 00:47.860. This was beaten within 10 minutes with Murweh GP's pwnings setting a 00:47.350 and going to pole position, just over 2 tenths ahead of ameberyl.
Hill24671 returned to the championship with a sub 48 second run, setting a 00:47.910 and provisionally putting himself on the second row. Mkmango was unable to contest this, setting an exact 00:48.000. French driver Talvi went quickest of all at 19:34 GMT with a 00:47.290 in her first race at the Renault team, placing herself on provisional pole for the second time in her career.
In his first qualifying session in Formula 1, Tendonkeys set a 00:50.720, followed by VRT reserve HockeyMan_31 who set a 00:50.290 on his second shot, placing himself a position ahead of the Freddo driver. In his return to the track, 2023 runner up FatihAr surpassed HockeyMan_31 to take a provisional 8th with a 00:49.050. Tendonkeys then took his second shot however messed up a chicane pushing him into last position with a 00:52.060.
Murweh driver AkselV continued the fight for provisional 8th with a 00:48.120, nearly a second ahead of the Ferrari of FatihAr. Renault reserve for GabeTM, gbaguette, set a 00:49.400 to go to provisional 10th in his first qualifying session.
Kyle123456788 went for his first qualifying of his career, setting a 00:48.280 and provisional ninth. This was quickly overshadowed by 32Jeelow who set the fastest lap of qualifying at a 00:47.220, 7 hundreths ahead of former teammate Talvi in second. Qualifying was rounded out by StanTheManGaming who set a 00:47.970 in his first qualifying in Formula One to place himself in seventh followed by Vellange whose 00:50.010 rounded him out in fourteenth on the grid.
Qualifying Classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
32 | Acceleron Formula One Team | 00:47.22 | -0.00 |
| 2 |  |
8 | Renault Racing | 00:47.29 | +0.07 |
| 3 |  |
3 | Murweh GP | 00:47.35 | +0.13 |
| 4 |  |
18 | Vertza Racing Team | 00:47.56 | +0.44 |
| 5 |  |
69 | Dinoco Oil | 00:47.86 | +0.64 |
| 6 |  |
24 | Freddo Formula One | 00:47.91 | +0.69 |
| 7 |  |
64 | ETH Al Quack | 00:47.97 | +0.75 |
| 8 |  |
17 | Dinoco Oil | 00:48.00 | +0.78 |
| 9 |  |
33 | FordAudi Formula One | 00:48.10 | +0.88 |
| 10 | |
67 | Murweh GP | 00:48.12 | +0.90 |
| 11 |  |
87 | ETH Al Quack | 00:48.28 | +1.06 |
| 12 |  |
41 | Scuderia Genoa Ferrari | 00:49.05 | +1.84 |
| 13 | |
105 | Renault Racing | 00:49.40 | +2.18 |
| 14 |  |
6 | Scuderia Sicilia | 00:50.01 | +2.79 |
| 15 | |
31 | Vertza Racing Team | 00:50.29 | +3.07 |
| 16 |  |
10 | Scuderia Genoa Ferrari | 00:50.95 | +3.73 |
| 17 |  |
26 | Freddo Formula One | 00:52.06 | +4.84 |
| N/C |  |
12 | Acceleron Formula One Team | N/A | N/A |
| N/C | |
7 | Scuderia Sicilia | N/A | N/A |
| N/C | 103 | FordAudi Formula One | N/A | N/A |
