Formula One has announced its schedule for the 2024 season and the world wide circuit includes three races in North America.
The 24 race season is the biggest ever for Formula One and runs from early in March to December and crosses five of the seven continenets.
president and CEO of Formula 1 Stefano Domenicali spoke on the schedule saying, “I am delighted to announce the 2024 calendar with 24 races that will deliver an exciting season for our fans around the world, 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.”
Formula 1 traditionally runs on Sunday, but the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will be run on a Saturday in deference to the holy Muslin holiday of Ramadan.
To accommodate the longer schedule, a few of the races have moved from their usual dates. The China Grand Prix returns for the time since before the Covid pandemic.
The Formula 1 governing body FIA spoke on the changes saying, “Formula 1 has made clear its intention to move towards greater calendar regionalisation, reducing logistical burdens and making the 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, and 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 regionalized.”
Formula One 2024 racing schedule:
March 2 in Bahrain at Sakhir
March 9 in Saudi Arabia at Jeddah
March 24 in Australia at Melbourne
April 7 in Japan at Suzuka
April 21 in China at Shanghai
May 5 on the streets of Miami
May 19 in Emilia Romagna at Imola
May 26 in Monaco on the streets of Monte Carlo
June 9 in Canada on the streets of Montreal
June 23 in Spain at Barcelona
June 30 in Austria at Spielberg
July 7 in United Kingdom at Silverstone
July 21 in Hungary at the Hungaroring
July 28 in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps
August 25 in the Netherlands at Zandvoort
September 1 in Italy at Monza
September 15 in Azerbaijan at Baku
September 22 in Singapore at Marina Bay
October 20 in United States at Circuit of the Americas
October 27 in Mexico at Mexico City
November 3 in Brazil at Interlagos
November 23 in Las Vegas, Nevada
December 1 in Qatar at Lusail
December 8 in Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina
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