Formula 1 has revealed its new calendar for the 2024 season which will feature a record-breaking 24 grands prix.
As reported previously, Japan’s race will move from September to April, its earliest ever date. To accommodate this the Azerbaijan round has been pushed back to its latest-ever date in September.The first two races on the 2024 F1 calendar will take place on Saturdays and the extended championship will run into December for the first time since 2021.
While F1 hoped to add its first round in Africa for more than three decades, it has been unable to reach an agreement with promoters in the region. Instead the Belgian Grand Prix, which was given a one-year extension on its contract when it expired last year, has been retained on the calendar for another season.
Following three days of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit between the 21st and 23rd of February, F1 will remain at the track for the first race of the new season. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah, which at one stage was tipped to take over as the opening round, will follow one week later.
In order to fit the races around the Islamic religious period Ramadan, which begins on March 22nd next year, the first two rounds will be held on Saturdays. F1 hasn’t held a race outside a Sunday since 1985, but that will change when the Las Vegas Grand Prix takes place this November.
Following a season-opening double-header, two-week breaks will separate the subsequent rounds at Albert Park in Melbourne, the early trip to Suzuka in Japan, China’s restored race and the first of three trips to the United States of America for the Miami Grand Prix. After a European double-header, including the Monaco Grand Prix in its traditional date, F1 will return to North America for the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Seven European races arranged as one triple-header and two double-headers will follow, including the usual four-week summer break. Teams will have another lengthy gap later in the calendar, as a three-week break follows consecutive weekends of racing in Azerbaijan and Singapore.
An intense conclusion to the calendar will see six races scheduled in the space of seven weeks. This pair of triple-headers includes two further races in the USA, after which the season will conclude as it begins, with back-to-back races in the Middle East.
The calendar was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council earlier today. F1 has not confirmed whether any sprint races will be held next year, or where they may take place.
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said “there is huge interest and continued demand for Formula 1, and I believe this calendar strikes the right balance between traditional races and new and existing venues.”
Some of the changes made to the calendar were done with the aim of reducing and optimising the large quantities of freight F1 sends around the world. “Our journey to a more sustainable calendar will continue in the coming years as we further streamline operations as part of our Net Zero 2030 commitment,” said Domenicali.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said the sport’s governing body “want to make the global spectacle of Formula 1 more efficient in terms of environmental sustainability and more manageable for the travelling staff who dedicate so much of their time to our sport.”
“Stefano Domenicali and his team have done a great job to both bring in new and exciting venues in emerging markets for Formula 1, and stay true to the sport’s long and remarkable heritage,” he added.
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2024 F1 calendar
| Round | Race | Circuit | Date | Forum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Bahrain International Circuit | Feb 29-Mar 2 | Forum |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Jeddah Corniche Circuit | Mar 7-9 | Forum |
| 3 | Australian Grand Prix | Albert Park | Mar 22-24 | Forum |
| 4 | Japanese Grand Prix | Suzuka | Apr 5-7 | Forum |
| 5 | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai International Circuit | Apr 19-21 | Forum |
| 6 | Miami Grand Prix | Miami International Autodrome | May 3-5 | Forum |
| 7 | Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix | Imola | May 17-19 | Forum |
| 8 | Monaco Grand Prix | Monaco | May 24-26 | Forum |
| 9 | Canadian Grand Prix | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Jun 7-9 | Forum |
| 10 | Spanish Grand Prix | Circuit de Catalunya | Jun 21-23 | Forum |
| 11 | Austrian Grand Prix | Red Bull Ring | Jun 28-30 | Forum |
| 12 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone | Jul 5-7 | Forum |
| 13 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Hungaroring | Jul 19-21 | Forum |
| 14 | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Jul 26-28 | Forum |
| 15 | Dutch Grand Prix | Zandvoort | Aug 23-25 | Forum |
| 16 | Italian Grand Prix | Monza | Aug 30-Sep 1 | Forum |
| 17 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Baku City Circuit | Sep 13-15 | Forum |
| 18 | Singapore Grand Prix | Singapore | Sep 20-22 | Forum |
| 19 | United States Grand Prix | Circuit of the Americas | Oct 18-20 | Forum |
| 20 | Mexican Grand Prix | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | Oct 25-27 | Forum |
| 21 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Interlagos | Nov 1-3 | Forum |
| 22 | Las Vegas Grand Prix | Las Vegas Street Circuit | Nov 21-23 | Forum |
| 23 | Qatar Grand Prix | Losail International Circuit | Nov 29-Dec 1 | Forum |
| 24 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Yas Marina | Dec 6-8 | Forum |
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Proesterchen (@proesterchen)
5th July 2023, 14:32
Shanghai is the running joke of Formula 1 destinations.
Craig
5th July 2023, 18:43
The teams will be happy as China being on the calendar means they’ll have an early summer break from April 7th to May 5th.
stefano (@alfa145)
5th July 2023, 15:01
Italy, Azerbaijan, Singapore, United States.
optimising the large quantities of freight F1 sends around the world. ok?
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
5th July 2023, 15:16
Its just a lap in one direction… :)
floodo1 (@floodo1)
5th July 2023, 15:05
Peter dollar still strong with the FIA I see
floodo1 (@floodo1)
5th July 2023, 15:06
Petro*
Jere (@jerejj)
5th July 2023, 15:13
Long-ish post warning:
While I’m happy that the race calendar has moved to a slightly more sustainable form & will continue in this route towards 2030, I’m unhappy about FOM & FIA again not using viable opportunities to avoid triple-headers altogether, even though they stopped having a purpose after the 2021 season when COVID truly stopped impacting matters.
I also note that next season’s provisional race calendar features another summer break-length interval & even a gap of two consecutive non-race weekends before the last three races, without which, avoiding triple-headers would be doable + starting a weekend earlier, which would mean an F1 race in February for the first time in a long time, which should be as okay as holding in December for the first time in a long time.
While these two lengthy intervals will minimize the triple impact to an extent, they won’t wholly do that, but alternatively, having one less track day in some of those triple events would lessen the impact even more, but oh well, hopefully back to triple-free schedules someday.
Unsurprisingly, while the Qatar & Abu Dhabi GPs will be on consecutive weekends, the Austrian & Hungarian GPs still won’t, even though the respective distances are similar, not to mention Dutch & Belgian GPs have been twice without negative impact on attendances, not that I care an awful lot about them not forming a double-header.
However, I’m surprised the Spanish GP forms a triple-header with Austrian & British GPs rather than Emilia-Romagna & Monaco GPs.
Oppositely, I’m even more unsurprised about the Canadian GP still not moving to get paired with the Miami GP, as I never expected this to happen for next season, either.
As a side note, I thought the LV GP would only occur on the weekend before Thanksgiving for the time being, but ultimately Thanksgiving weekend proved equally okay.
Otherwise, everything is more or less as I expected based on the references from Joe Saward’s Canadian GP Green Notebook.
As a small correction, next year’s Ramadan period commences on March 10 sunset rather than March 22 & thus concludes on April 8 sunset.
Lastly, I put below the race calendar in one alternative formation that shows how triple-headers would be avoidable:
Bahrain GP 25.2
Saudi Arabian GP 3.3
Australian GP 17.3
Chinese GP 31.3 (Chinese GP on this day because presumably holding the Japanese GP on the same day as FE’s Tokyo ePrix would be unideal for attendance figures)
Japanese GP 14.4
Miami GP 30.4
Spanish GP/Emilia-Romagna GP 12.5
Monaco GP 26.5
Emilia-Romagna GP/Spanish GP 2.6
Canadian GP 16.6
Austrian GP 30.6
British GP 7.7
Hungarian GP 21.7
Belgian GP 28.7
Dutch GP 25.8
Italian GP 1.9
Azerbaijan GP 15.9
Singapore GP 22.9
Brazil GP 6.10
US GP 20.10
Mexico City GP 27.10
LV GP 16.11
Qatar GP 1.12
Abu Dhabi GP 8.12
Simon
5th July 2023, 17:13
The calendar has been released, but yet another Fantasy-F1-Schedule ensues…
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
5th July 2023, 22:09
I don’t mind triple headers, however I’m very annoyed by the long gaps between gps, there’s already the summer break and now a 2nd long break, and even 2 weeks breaks are too long, so I would rather have double headers max and fill those gaps.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
5th July 2023, 15:18
Two triple headers right at the end is pretty daft, given neither of Aus, China, Japan form a double header.
Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
5th July 2023, 15:24
@eurobrun – I don’t believe you will ever get China in a double-header with any country. Apparently their customs processes when arriving into the country with all of the F1 freight are (politely) very demanding.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
5th July 2023, 17:20
@ahxshades that’s a very good point about China, but Aus to Japan would have been perfect
Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
5th July 2023, 19:41
Indeed it would @eurobrun
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
5th July 2023, 15:29
Bullseye didn’t last long after they moved it from Sundays to Saturdays…
Kringle
5th July 2023, 17:09
Cotd
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
5th July 2023, 17:23
Lol. Love a bit of bully!
Markp
5th July 2023, 19:28
Great comment but don’t think it will win COTD. Maybe Keith will contact you to say ‘this is what you could have won’.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
6th July 2023, 11:33
You were right – got BFH.
lynn-m
5th July 2023, 15:49
Remember when Liberty promised teams they wouldn’t do any more triple headers after the 2018 (Or was it 209?) trial in which basically everyone felt it was too much.
Yet now we have multiple to fit in an over saturated calender full of races that bring nothing to the table in terms of racing or spectacle and exist only to line Liberty’s pockets.
S
5th July 2023, 16:25
You think the teams aren’t approving the calendar? They want the money more than they want holidays.
It’s not all Liberty.
Imre (@f1mre)
5th July 2023, 16:54
I should start handpicking the GPs I’m interested in. I might start with 2024 commencing with the Australian GP.
Saturday GPs? Thanks but no thanks. I’m already fed up with every quali and GP starting at – it feels like – random times.
Imre (@f1mre)
5th July 2023, 17:03
Something like this with Las Vegas depending on this season’s event:
Australian Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Chinese Grand Prix
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
Canadian Grand Prix
Spanish Grand Prix
Austrian Grand Prix
British Grand Prix
Hungarian Grand Prix
Belgian Grand Prix
Italian Grand Prix
Singapore Grand Prix
United States Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix
Las Vegas Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Not that I have that much else to do. I’ll watch all races anyways, all being in diferent days and times of day.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
5th July 2023, 18:12
I’ve picked a 16-round World Championship of proper races out of this calendar. And based on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system, the champion will be… Max Verstappen.
SpaFrancorchamps (@spafrancorchamps)
5th July 2023, 17:02
No Sunday races because of Ramadan. Yet, racing on Sunday in Christian countries.
David
5th July 2023, 19:02
To be fair, there is no race on Easter Sunday. Or Christmas.
Imre (@f1mre)
5th July 2023, 19:19
And I don’t get why there is no race on Easter.
Simon
5th July 2023, 20:42
2000 British Grand Prix was held over (a very rainy) Easter weekend
MichaelN
5th July 2023, 23:30
There have been, it just happens every few years because Easter moves around and the way the races at the front of the season have varying gaps. For example, the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix was on Easter Sunday, just like the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix or the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.
cdfemke (@cdfemke)
5th July 2023, 17:04
Are they now also going to take pagan, wickan, hindi and other religions into account? Might be we have to move to thursdays and fridays? Otherwise it’s not inclusive
Imre (@f1mre)
5th July 2023, 17:12
If those religions have the money, then sure.
cdfemke (@cdfemke)
5th July 2023, 17:58
The religion of big corp
billc
5th July 2023, 17:06
Yay china’s back… said no one.
Esmiz (@esmiz)
5th July 2023, 17:46
Too many races, races on Saturdays, races moved by religion, the first two and the last two races in the Middle East, races on December… do we already know if there are going to be sprints as well? Anyway… F1, willing to die of success, once again.
Of course, I will watch and follow what is thrown at me… but this is not the direction I would take.
cdfemke (@cdfemke)
5th July 2023, 17:59
Time for a serious euro-asian formula championship , as the new pinacle of motorsport. Without the american barf
Imre (@f1mre)
5th July 2023, 18:01
You mean do we know how many are there going to be? I guess between 9 and 12.
Tomez (@tomez)
5th July 2023, 18:19
Yeah.. no.
bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
5th July 2023, 19:24
As a kid all I ever wanted was more Star Wars content, I never understood why they stopped after 3 films.
Now with umpteen spin offs, series etc, I wish they had stopped at 3. I’m beginning to feel the same with F1, 23 races and ever more sprints? Nope.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
5th July 2023, 22:25
I liked all first 6 generally, but I was very disappointed by the last 3.
some racing fan
5th July 2023, 22:03
There’s 2 4-week breaks and a 3 week break in this schedule. Also Vegas’s date is too cold even for a day time race. It should look like this:
1. Miami (25 February)
2. Bahrain (9 March)
3. Australia (24 March)
4. China (31 March)
5. Saudi (14 April)
6. Japan (21 April)
7. Vegas (4 May)
8. Imola (19 May)
9. Monaco (26 May)
10. Spain (9 June)
11. Canada (23 June)
12. Austria (7 July)
13. Hungary (14 July)
14. Britain (21 July) (Triple header because of Paris Olympics)
15. Holland (18 August)
16. Belgium (25 August)
17. Italy (8 September)
18. Singapore (22 September)
19. Azerbaijan (6 October)
20. Qatar (12 October) (10 pm start time)
21. USA (27 October)
22. Mexico (3 November)
23. Brazil (17 November)
24. Abu Dhabi (1 December)
some racing fan
5th July 2023, 22:05
Actually-
9. Monaco (2 June) (Avoid clash with Indy 500)
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
5th July 2023, 23:29
Any particular reason? Is Alonso after the Triple Crown again?
some racing fan
6th July 2023, 6:15
He might just be?
some racing fan
6th July 2023, 23:14
The real reason is that Monaco should never be a week after another GP.
Apexor
5th July 2023, 23:18
I would go with Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar, Australia, Japan, China, Singapore, Azerbaijan, Spain, Miami, Canada, Monaco, Imola, Austria, Britain, Hungary, Holland, Belgium, Monza, Las Vegas (USA), Austin (USA), Mexico, Brazil, Abu Dahbi.
The first races would be a triple header. Japan, China and Singapore a triple header,
Miami and Canada a double header, when European races come around there should be two triple headers and after that a four week summer break, then back to back with Belgium and Monza and a quad header in North America including Mexico and Brazil.
Any dahbi final race.
PS: Sorry Kieth but I have to tell you that you have misspelled reducing on the third last paragraph.
MichaelN
5th July 2023, 23:32
Six races in seven weeks is going to be quite something if there is a title battle. Or utterly irrelevant if there isn’t one.
In that case it’s going to prompt some replays of the 2013/2014 discussions about double point races, because those late season races are no doubt paying an extra fee given the increased chances of hosting the title decider. Nobody wants to see F1 head into that run with Verstappen already crowned a 4x WDC.
Imre (@f1mre)
6th July 2023, 7:14
When is that 6 race period in 7 weeks?
MichaelN
6th July 2023, 8:11
I was going off the article (“An intense conclusion to the calendar will see six races scheduled in the space of seven weeks.”), but there is an extra week in between the two triple headers so it’d be eight weeks:
USA Texas, Mexico, Brazil from 20/10 to 3/11
USA Nevada, Qatar, Abu Dhabi from 23/11 to 8/12
Andy Bunting (@wildbiker)
6th July 2023, 2:51
Green credentials? The Air Miles involved, give a lie to that bs!
FIA Don’t have a World Map on the wall in their office?
A substantial saving could be made by geographic progression, instead of the current criss crossing the globe.
Red Andy (@red-andy)
6th July 2023, 7:12
F1 actually said when unveiling the calendar that it showed “significant progress towards regionalisation,” @wildbiker. I’m not sure effectively swapping Baku and Suzuka qualifies, though, especially when you are still crossing the Atlantic four times in May and June.
Qeki (@qeki)
6th July 2023, 9:01
I was worried we cannot get a classic suzuka title decider end of the season but at this rate Verstappen has a chance to clinch the title even though it is so early season.
chimaera2003 (@chimaera2003)
6th July 2023, 18:14
Surely we are now at the point where there are enough races potential races and teams where regional F1 championships are viable?
All we then need is an end-of-season playoff system to get the World Champion!! Quite frankly I’m amazed Liberty haven’t already touted it already given the propensity of US sports to have playoff championship rounds to determine the final season championship!
(For absolute clarity, the first part is a semi-serious though with clearly obvious drawbacks but the second should definitely be considered in mocking tone!)