It’s time to go racing. Will Sky Sports F1 broadcast the 24 Grand Prix live to kick off the new season as planned?
Find out when the 24 races in 2024 will start at UK time. The new season will open with back-to-back races on Saturdays. Sky Sports F1 will broadcast the entire season live starting on February 29. Pre-season testing will take place from February 21–23.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 16:57 Britain
The start times of Formula 1 races for the 2024 season, which will see the first two Grand Prix held on Saturdays, have been confirmed.
Due to the commencement of Ramadan on the Sunday of the latter Jeddah race week, the timetable for both of the back-to-back races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia is one day ahead of schedule for the record 24-race season, which will be streamed live on Sky Sports F1.
Accordingly, qualifying will be held on Friday and the Grand Prix will be held on Saturday, with practice for both events scheduled for Thursday.
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Bahrain’s first-ever season kicks off on Saturday, March 2, at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at 5 p.m. UK time, live on Sky Sports F1. Saudi Arabia’s Grand Prix will begin. Floodlights are used for both events.
The other race of the season is scheduled for November in Las Vegas; but, because to the time difference with the USA’s west coast, viewers in the UK will once again have to wake up early on Sunday morning.
When will races start on Sky Sports F1 in 2024?
| Race | Date | UK start |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | March 2* | 3pm |
| Saudi Arabia | March 9* | 5pm |
| Australia | March 24 | 4am |
| Japan | April 7 | 6am |
| China | April 21 | 8am |
| Miami | May 5 | 9pm |
| Emilia Romagna | May 19 | 2pm |
| Monaco | May 26 | 2pm |
| Canada | June 9 | 7pm |
| Spain | June 23 | 2pm |
| Austria | June 30 | 2pm |
| Great Britain | July 7 | 3pm |
| Hungary | July 21 | 2pm |
| Belgium | July 28 | 2pm |
| Netherlands | August 25 | 2pm |
| Italy | September 1 | 2pm |
| Azerbaijan | September 15 | 12pm |
| Singapore | September 22 | 1pm |
| United States | October 20 | 8pm |
| Mexico | October 27 | 8pm |
| Brazil | November 3 | 5pm |
| Las Vegas | November 24 | 6am |
| Qatar | December 1 | 5pm |
| Abu Dhabi | December 8 | 1pm |
| *UK SATURDAY |
Although the race is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. local time (6 a.m. Sunday UK), the remainder of the weekend schedule is still unknown, indicating that changes are in the works.
This is in response to concerns expressed by several drivers and team managers regarding the late start time of the first Vegas program. For example, at the first event on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, qualifying began at midnight local time.
The whole itinerary for the six Sprint events—China, Miami, Austria, the US, Brazil, and Qatar—is still pending confirmation. In the upcoming weeks, F1’s stakeholders will convene to finalize the arrangements for the weekends that include the extra 100-kilometer Saturday Sprint race.
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