Pole Position 2026

Pole Position 2026 is a Formula 1 strategy simulator. You don't drive — you run the pit wall.

Pick a team and driver, choose your starting tyre, then read the race as it plays out in fast-forward: when to pit, which compound, how hard to push, when to gamble on a safety car or a rain shower.

What's in it

- The 2026 grid and the full 24-race calendar, on real circuit layouts.

- A complete strategy model: soft / medium / hard plus intermediate and wet, tyre degradation and the cliff, fuel load, variable weather, safety car (real and virtual), the two-compound rule, undercut and overcut, dirty air and per-track overtaking difficulty.

- Qualifying with variation — the grid shuffles from race to race.

- Race mode (a single Grand Prix) and Championship mode (all 24 rounds, drivers' and constructors' standings, saved between sessions).

- Start-lights procedure, live timing tower, race log with retirement causes, season calendar.

- English and Spanish, switchable in-game.