Find out when all 24 races will start in UK time in 2024, with the new season beginning with back-to-back races on Saturdays; watch the whole season live on Sky Sports F1 from February 29, with pre-season testing up first on February 21-23
Formula 1’s race start times have been confirmed for the 2024 season, when the first two grands prix will take place on Saturdays.
The record 24-race season live on Sky Sports F1 starts with back-to-back events in the Middle East in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with the schedule at both events moved forward a day compared to normal due to the start of Ramadan on the Sunday of the latter Jeddah race week.
That means practice at both events will take place on Thursday, with qualifying on Friday and the Grand Prix on the Saturday.
Bahrain’s season-opener on Saturday March 2 starts at 3pm UK time live on Sky Sports F1, with Saudi Arabia’s GP under way at 5pm on Saturday March 9. Both events run under floodlights.
Las Vegas in November is the other race in the season that takes place on a Saturday, although the time difference to the west coast in the USA means that it is again an early Sunday morning start for UK viewers.