F1 2024 race times: When will the 24 Grands Prix start in the new season live on Sky Sports F1 and Saturday’s races

Formula 1 race start times have been confirmed for the 2024 season, with the first two Grands Prix taking place on Saturdays.

A record-breaking season of 24 live races Sky Sports F1 begins with back-to-back Middle East events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with the schedule for both events moved one day forward from normal due to Ramadan starting on Sunday of the final week of racing in Jeddah.

This means that practice for both events will take place on Thursday, qualifying on Friday and the Grand Prix on Saturday.

The season opener in Bahrain on Saturday 2 March will go live at 3pm UK time Sky Sports F1and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will start on Saturday, March 9 at 5:00 p.m. Both events take place under floodlights.

November’s race in Las Vegas is the second race of the season to be held on a Saturday, although the time difference with the US West Coast means it will again be a Sunday morning start for UK viewers.

When will racing start on Sky Sports F1 in 2024


Race	Date	The beginning of Great Britain
Bahrain	March 2*	15:00
Saudi Arabia	March 9*	17:00
Australia	March 24	4 a.m
Japan	April 7	6 a.m
China	April 21	8 a.m
Miami	May 5	9:00 p.m
Emilia Romagna	May 19	14:00
Monaco	May 26	14:00
Canada	June 9	19:00
Spain	June 23	14:00
Austria	June 30	14:00
Great Britain	July 7	15:00
Hungary	July 21	14:00
Belgium	July 28	14:00
Netherlands	August 25	14:00
Italy	September 1st	14:00
Azerbaijan	September 15	12:00
Singapore	September 22	1:00 p.m
United States	October 20	20:00
Mexico	October 27	20:00
Brazil	November 3	17:00
Las Vegas	November 24	6 a.m
Rhinitis	December 1st	17:00
Abu Dhabi	December 8	1:00 p.m
	*UK, Saturday

After some drivers and team principals raised concerns about the late nature of the inaugural Vegas schedule, despite the race being re-scheduled for 10pm on Sunday in the UK, the remainder of the weekend schedule remains unconfirmed, suggesting plans for tweaks are in progress. Qualifying, for example, began at midnight local time during the opening event at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.

The full schedule for the Sprint’s six events – in China, Miami, Austria, the United States, Brazil and Qatar – also remains subject to confirmation, with F1 stakeholders meeting in the coming weeks to finalize the format of these weekends, which include an additional 100km on Saturday of the Sprint Race .

At the very least, it is expected that the format will be changed so that the Sprint events – the sprint shootout and then the 100km race itself – will be placed first on the weekend schedule before Grand Prix qualifying and then the full race itself Sunday’s race .

European races take place in the UK at 2pm, with the local start at Silverstone on July 7 at 3pm.

Every track session of the 2024 season is broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, with pre-season testing in Bahrain also available from February 21-23.

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