Find out when all 24 grands prix take place in 2024, plus who is driving for whom; watch the whole 2024 F1 season live on Sky Sports F1, with the season-opening race in Bahrain on Saturday, March 2
Wednesday 28 February 2024 10:39, UK
Formula 1 will scale new heights in 2024 with a record schedule length of 24 races for the first time. All race weekends will be live on Sky Sports F1.
The season again starts in the Middle East with back-to-back races in Bahrain (March 2) and Saudi Arabia (March 9). They will both take place on a Saturday in 2024 due to Ramadan.
China returns for the first time since 2019, as the season's fifth round, while the British GP at Silverstone is on July 7. The season will finish in December with the Abu Dhabi GP on December 8.
There will again be six Sprint weekends, at the Chinese, Miami, Austrian, United States, Sao Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix.
The Sprint format for 2024 has changed in an attempt to create a better spectacle.
Following free practice on a Friday, Sprint qualifying (also known as the Sprint Shootout), rather than qualifying for Sunday's full-length race, will take place as the day's second session.
The Sprint will follow first thing on Saturday, before traditional qualifying comes later in the day, ahead of the race on Sunday.
If the make-up of the 2024 field looks familiar, then that's because it is. The 20-driver grid that lines up in Bahrain on March 2 will be exactly the same as the one that finished the 2023 campaign in Abu Dhabi.
While such winter stability is highly unusual, don't expect that to last long-term given as many as 13 of the field are out of contract at the end of 2024.
Only Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen (2028) officially have deals in place beyond 2024 so far.
Sky Sports F1 will have live coverage of every F1 session in 2024, plus Formula 2 and Formula 3 action.
All seven rounds of F1 Academy will also be live on Sky Sports with the all-women's series featuring on the F1 support series bill in Saudi Arabia, Miami, Spain, the Netherlands, Singapore, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
Sky Sports F1 viewers can experience live races from inside the car of their favourite F1 driver. You can watch onboard live stream of any of the 20 drivers - complete with team radio messages - for every race, Sprint, qualifying and practice session this season.
Sky customers with a Sky Sports F1 subscription just need to download the Sky Sports App and log in to ride with Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc or any driver of their choice.
