Formula 1 is back for another exhilarating, pulsating season with 2024 promising to be bigger, and potentially better, than ever.
With an eye towards a sustainable and eco-friendly future, the 2024 F1 calendar will be the sport’s first featuring a regionalised schedule, which clusters races held in similar geographical regions, such as the Chinese, Japanese, and Australian Grand Prix’, to minimise freight and personnel movements as much as possible.
Shifting towards a regionalised calendar means the 2024 F1 schedule is slightly tweaked, with three races moving positions to accommodate the sustainability measures. Moreover, the sport will see the addition of two extra Saturday races, in addition to the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which retains the slot from its 2023 debut.
As always, the grid’s traditional three-week summer break in August remains, with two additional breaks added to the calendar. The first occurs between Singapore and Austin and runs for three weeks, while a two-week gap separates the Brazilian Grand Prix and the race in Vegas.
Without further ado, here’s the complete 2024 F1 race schedule.
Key dates & races: 2024 F1 Calendar
Testing: Bahrain I February 21-23
Much like last season, Bahrain will host the season’s testing one week before it’s lights out and away we go.
Round 1: Bahrain I February 29-March 2
Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir
The first of three Saturday races for the 2024 F1 calendar.
Round 2: Saudi Arabia I March 7-9
Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah Corniche Circuit in the port city of Jeddah
The second of three Saturday races for the 2024 F1 calendar, with this race moved to be more accommodating to Ramadan, which begins on 10 March.
Round 3: Australia I March 22-24
Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park
Round 4: Japan I April 5-7
Formula 1 MSC Cruises Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka International Racing Course
The biggest mover as a result of the new-look F1 calendar. As opposed to the September slot fans have become accustomed to, the grid heads to Suzuka in April 2024, right in the middle of the country’s mesmerising cherry blossom season.
Round 5: China I April 19-21
Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit
For the first time in 2019, the F1 circuit heads to China.
Round 6: Miami I May 3-5
Formula 1 crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Miami International Autodrome
Round 7: Emilia Romagna I May 17-19
Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio Del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia Romagno Grand Prix, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Held at the much revered Imola, this event was cancelled in 2023 due to severe rain and flooding.
Round 8: Monaco I May 24-26
Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco, Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo
Round 9: Canada I June 7-9
Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal
Round 10: Spain I June 21-23
Formula 1 ARAMCO Gran Premio de Espana, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Round 11: Austria I June 28-30
Formula 1 Qatar Airways Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring in Spielberg
Round 12: United Kingdom I July 5-7
Formula 1 Qatar Airways British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit in Towcester
Round 13: Hungary I July 19-21
Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring in Budapest
Round 14: Belgium I July 26-28
Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Round 15: Netherlands I August 23-25
Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort
Round 16: Italy I August 30-September 1
Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio D’Italia, Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Round 17: Azerbaijan I September 13-15
Formula 1 Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan
Round 18: Singapore I September 20-22
Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street Circuit
Round 19: USA I October 18-20
Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas
Round 20: Mexico I October 25-27
Formula 1 Gran Premio De La Ciudadde Mexico, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Round 21: Brazil I November 1-3
Formula 1 Lenovo Grande Premio de Sao Paulo, Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
Round 22: Las Vegas I November 21-23
Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Nevada
The Las Vegas Grand Prix’s first iteration was so good, that it’s back for another year, retaining it’s slot as the third and final Saturday race of the season.
Round 23: Qatar I November 29-December 1
Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail International Circuit
Round 24: Abu Dhabi I December 6-8
Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island
Will we get another thrilling finish to the season? Or will the World Championship already be secured by the time the grid arrives in Abu Dhabi?
F1 2023 drivers standings Top 10
- Max Verstappen, NED, Red Bull | 575 points
- Sergio Perez, MEX, Red Bull | 285 points
- Lewis Hamilton, GBR, Mercedes | 234 points
- Fernando Alonso, ESP, Aston Martin | 206 points
- Charles Leclerc, MON, Ferrari | 206 points
- Lando Norris, GBR, McLaren I 205 points
- Carlos Sainz, ESP, Ferrari I 200 points
- George Russell, GBR, Mercedes I 175 points
- Oscar Piastri, AUS, McLaren I 97 points
- Lance Stroll, CAN, Aston Martin I 74 points
Can anyone stop Max Verstappen?
It’s the question that will be on every single F1 fan’s lips, but can anyone feasibly dethrone Red Bull’s indomitable Dutchman?
Verstappen capped a dominant 2023 with his third consecutive World Drivers Championship title, which he won by nearly 300 points from teammate Sergio Perez. The year could potentially be remembered as both the zenith of Verstappen’s career and one of the most commanding single-season performances by an athlete ever.
Alongside winning his third title, 2023 saw Verstappen:
- Set a record for the most consecutive race wins (10)
- Break his record for wins in a season (19)
- Win the highest percentage of races in a single season ever (86.36%)
- Set the record for most podium finishes in a season (21)
- Set the record for the highest percentage of podium finishes in a single season (95.45%)
Had it not been for Carlos Sainz winning in Singapore, Verstappen’s record of 10 consecutive wins might’ve likely stretched even longer.
Looking to knock Verstappen from his perch atop the field is a collection of highly competitive drivers hungry for success the Dutchman has starved them of.
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri showed incredible promise during the back half of the 2023 season, but whether their performances were a flash in the pan or signs of sustained future success remains to be seen.
While Sainz was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023 when he claimed maximum points in the Singapore Grand Prix many view his teammate Charles Leclerc as the likeliest Ferrari driver to take the title from Verstappen, granted the machinery he’s dropped into is up to standard.
And who could rule out Lewis Hamilton? The Mercedes driver’s experienced the leanest years of his career in recent years, as have Mercedes as a whole, but how could anyone write off arguably F1’s greatest-ever driver from reclaiming an honour that rarely left him during the 2010s?
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