The season starts with two Saturday night Grands Prix, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, in February and early March. This makes them the only two other than Las Vegas to stage their Grand Prix events on a Saturday night as opposed to being held on Sunday afternoons or evenings.

The Australian Grand Prix moves back into its March slot (after having been held in April this year) with the eyes of the world on Melbourne’s Albert Park Street Circuit from March 22 to 24.

The Japanese Grand Prix moves out of the country’s Monsoon Season (at long last) to slot into early April, with China making its long-awaited return to the Formula 1 calendar at the Shanghai International Circuit two weeks later.

Another reason for grouping the Asian region races together is Formula 1’s commitment to regionalising its calendar as much as possible. This is to reduce the sport’s travel and air freight carbon footprint, while also reducing repeated long haul travel on Formula One and team personnel as much as possible.

Next up is Miami, Imola and Monaco — all in the bumper motorsport month of May — and it will be great to see the return of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, after the region was decimated by floods this year.

The rest of the calendar isn’t too different from last season, with the exception of Azerbaijan, which moves to September, one week ahead of the spectacular Singapore Grand Prix night race. 

Speaking of spectacular, the Las Vegas Grand Prix returns to the same November timeslot followed by the season-ending Arabian races. Qatar has been moved from earlier in the season to late November and Abu Dhabi to early December.

According to Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, making the calendar more sustainable was a key goal, while also trying to take the sport to as many locations as possible to meet global demand.

“Formula 1 has made clear its intention to move towards greater calendar regionalisation, reducing logistical burdens and making the 2024 season more sustainable.

“By moving Japan to April, Azerbaijan to September and Qatar back to back with Abu Dhabi, this calendar creates a better flow of races in certain regions. This work will continue while being realistic to the fact that as a world championship, with climactic and contractual constraints, there will always be travel required that cannot be completely regionalised,” he stated.

“There is huge global interest and continued demand for Formula 1, and I believe this calendar strikes the right balance between traditional races and new and existing venues,” Mr Domenicali concluded.

2024 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALDENDAR