The Formula 1 and Formula 2 seasons continue this weekend at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia. As last week, the main events take place on Saturday.
The next day sees the start of the new IndyCar season on a very different temporary track: The compact and tight St Petersburg street circuit in Florida.The new F1 Academy season also begins this weekend. In a change from last year the championship is being held exclusively alongside F1 rounds.
Here’s how to watch the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix live in the UK and USA:
2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Thursday 7 March – Saturday 9 March 2024
UK
| Day | Session | Channel | Session starts | Session ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix first practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 13:30 | 14:30 |
| Thursday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix second practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 17:00 | 18:00 |
| Friday | F1 Academy race one live | Sky Sports F1 | 12:10 | – |
| Friday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix third practice live | Sky Sports F1 | 13:30 | 14:30 |
| Friday | Formula 2 sprint race live | Sky Sports F1 | 15:10 | – |
| Friday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying live | Sky Sports F1 | 17:00 | – |
| Saturday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying highlights | Channel 4 | 20:30 | – |
| Saturday | F1 Academy race two live | Sky Sports F1 | 12:05 | – |
| Saturday | Formula 2 feature race live | Sky Sports F1 | 13:25 | – |
| Saturday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix live | Sky Sports F1 | 17:00 | – |
| Saturday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix highlights | Channel 4 | 21:30 | – |
| Saturday | IndyCar Grand Prix of St Petersburg qualifying | Sky Sports F1 | 22:00 | – |
| Sunday | IndyCar Grand Prix of St Petersburg | Sky Sports F1 | 16:15 | – |
USA (Eastern)
| Day | Session | Channel | Session starts | Session ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix first practice live | ESPNU | 08:30 | 09:30 |
| Thursday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix second practice live | ESPNU | 12:00 | 13:00 |
| Friday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix third practice live | ESPN2 | 08:30 | |
| Friday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying live | ESPN2 | 12:00 | |
| Saturday | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix live | ESPN2 | 12:00 | |
| Saturday | IndyCar Grand Prix of St Petersburg qualifying | Peacock | 17:00 | – |
| Sunday | IndyCar Grand Prix of St Petersburg | NBC | 12:15 | – |
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2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
- Vowles being patient with Sargeant but expects to see “progress”
- “So I’ve got nothing to worry about?” – The best unheard team radio from Jeddah
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- “My tyres are dying”: Stroll’s short-lived struggle until he hit the wall
- Bearman calls Ferrari debut a “dream” but admits “I made a lot of mistakes”
Jere (@jerejj)
4th March 2024, 10:11
One of only two standard-format events presently with a logical consistent timing pattern, i.e., FP1/3 sharing a start time & likewise FP2-QLF-Race.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
4th March 2024, 10:56
I take it that this pleases you?
Jere (@jerejj)
4th March 2024, 11:24
Yes, because consistent patterns are easy to follow, not to mention they maximizie FP2 usefulness for both qualifying & the race.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
4th March 2024, 10:55
Logistically it makes zero sense that F3 isn’t doing the Bahrain / Saudi double header and instead, as they go home F1 Academy flies in instead.
They can talk all they like about net zero and being greener/ cutting down emissions, etc, but its not just F1, its the full package.
Jere (@jerejj)
4th March 2024, 11:26
F2 indeed does race in Jeddah, so the timings just aren’t shown here for some reason.
I double-checked from the official series site.
Coventry Climax
4th March 2024, 13:06
and
Spot the differences.. and double-check ;-)
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
4th March 2024, 11:18
Qualy on the Friday, race on the Saturday? Again?!
Jere (@jerejj)
4th March 2024, 11:25
Yes
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
4th March 2024, 11:27
🤬
theRealMax (@millionus)
4th March 2024, 21:57
Makes any awkward Mother’s Day discussions/arguments go away ;)
Palindnilap (@palindnilap)
4th March 2024, 11:36
That sportwashing event will do just fine without me.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
4th March 2024, 13:31
Something to watch on Sunday this week!
Saudi Saturday F1 can do one. Hope everyone makes it safely through, to and from the event or product, and I’m looking forward to the proper start of the season from Melbourne.
Asd
4th March 2024, 14:27
Wait, Ramadan begins on March 10th. So why was the Bahrain GP on Sunday??
Rode
4th March 2024, 14:39
It wasn’t. Assuming you mean Saturday it was because there needs to be seven days between two grands prix.
Asd
4th March 2024, 19:33
Yes yes, thank you Rode! I obviously meant Saturday.
MichaelN
4th March 2024, 17:14
There is said to be a rule (I couldn’t find it) that requires there to be at least 6 days in between races. So it was the Saudi date that influenced the Bahrain date.
Pete
4th March 2024, 14:50
Really looking forward to the Indycar race. The Bahrain race just felt like a continuation of 2023 but Indycar feels like we’re finally starting a fresh new season.
Mooa42
5th March 2024, 6:05
Also, unlike F1, if one team dominates the first half of the season then changing to Hybrid halfway through the year will at least bring a shake up.
Maybe F1 should introduce major rule changes mid year, so 2026 engine regs start from summer break in 2026, now that would add some excitement!
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
4th March 2024, 14:50
We just need the 5 minute recap. Max left pole to Ferrari, passed both of them as the lights turned off, and by turn 1 had built a 20 second gap, which decreased to 10 seconds by the end of the race clearly showing that the other cars have all caught up with Red Bull. During the race, Max also set a Dutch record of solving 120 Wordles in less than 2 hours and insisted that the race looked a lot tougher than it seemed.
Checo qualified P20 after what a United Red Bull called the most impressive qualifying of all time, struggled to find grip until the penultimate lap where his tires came alive and he passed 15 cars to take P2.
Palindnilap (@palindnilap)
4th March 2024, 15:34
That is a great recap ! Thank you so much, now I won’t feel like I will be missing anything.
Dave The Drummer (@davethedrummer)
5th March 2024, 9:51
I’m putting this description into an AI video generator to publish the race so we can all watch it on Thursday. Then we have the weekend free for gardening or whatever real people do.
G
4th March 2024, 15:21
I’m hoping the high tyre deg of Bahrain exaggerated RBR strengths, and that Jeddah will show as close a picture on race day than it was for qualifying.
However, if Max pulls away like he did on Sat, I’ll be wasting no more time watching races unless I hear noises of the gap closing, and I’m a RBR fan!
Sonny Crockett (@sonnycrockett)
4th March 2024, 16:04
MotoGP starts this weekend, guys.
Marc Marquez on a Ducati. Bagnaia out to prove that he can do it again, with Martin equally keen to show the factory rider what he’s made of.
Bring. It. On.
Michael (@freelittlebirds)
4th March 2024, 18:14
Yeah, for some reason I haven’t been able to enjoy MotoGP as much the past few years. Bagnaia is amazing but it doesn’t have the same feel when Nick Harris commentated and we had Rossi, Marquez, Lorenzo, and Pedrosa.
I feel like something’s missing. I used to watch 3 races a week in addition to F1.
When I cut the cable last year, not being able to watch F1 and MotoGP were my biggest concerns. F1 TV took care of that. Do they have a good app?
But I agree – MotoGP can be so thrilling…
Neil (@njf03)
4th March 2024, 16:07
Channel 4 qualifying highlights Friday, not Saturday
sumedh
4th March 2024, 16:42
Given Red Bull’s domination and all other unpleasant news and where this race is happening, its time Racefans starts an article ‘why to watch the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’ rather than ‘how to watch the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’
MichaelN
4th March 2024, 17:21
Because, as the leading man behind these 2022-spec cars said, “we’ll see some of what were the midfield teams challenging”.
The hype is real!
dot_com (@dot_com)
4th March 2024, 17:16
Thanks for posting. As most others, I really don’t like the Thursday-Saturday format, but for me the season officially starts in Australia anyway.
David B
4th March 2024, 17:50
After 20yrs of watching F1, I’ve recently found the best way to watch it. Download it a few hours afterwards & skip through the pointless stuff. I watched the 1hr 40min Bahrain race in 20mins & didn’t miss a single thing.
Euro Brun (@eurobrun)
4th March 2024, 22:53
Only after 20 years? Amateur lol!
AlexS
4th March 2024, 18:16
Dangerous circuit. Wish nothing will happen.
Denis (@denis1304)
5th March 2024, 20:13
“How to watch the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix” DON’T!