F1 2024 season: Full race calendar, schedule and driver line-ups

All the latest information on the 2024 Formula One season including the full calendar, driver line-ups, sprint races and how to watch

The 2024 Formula One season is now two races old and it has began where 2023 finished – with Max Verstappen domination. With victory in Jeddah on Saturday the Dutchman extended his lead in the drivers’ championship to 15 points over Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. 
Ferrari have now established themselves as the best of the rest behind them, with Mercedes, McLaren and Aston Martin next in line. The brilliant debut of British teenager Oliver Bearman – standing in for the ill Carlos Sainz – was another point of interest in Saudi Arabia. 
Red Bull are again the team to beat on-track but is their off-track issues which have been the season’s main talking point, with a power struggle at the heart of the team involving some of the key figures. 
There is still plenty to consider for the coming year, with a record-breaking 24-race calendar that includes the return of the Chinese Grand Prix for the first time since 2019. Click below for more information on the following:
The third race of the 2024 F1 season is the Australian Grand Prix, which takes place at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, as it has done since 1996. 
After two Saturday races we are back to the usual Friday-Sunday schedule, though for European viewers will still have to contend with some very early alarm calls if they want to watch the action in real time. 
First practice: 1.30am GMTSecond practice: 5pm
Third practice: 1.30am Qualifying: 5am
Australian Grand Prix: 4am
There will be 24 races on the calendar this year, culminating with the season finale in Abu Dhabi on December 8. 
Six sprint races will be staged in 2024, the same number as in 2023. The venues, however, have shifted from last year with China and Miami the additions, replacing Azerbaijan and Belgium. Austria, the Circuit of the Americas, Brazil and Qatar remain in place. 
In short, the 2024 sprint race weekends are as follows. 
The format, however, has been tweaked. For 2024, Sprint qualifying takes places on Friday (rather than Saturday). The sprint race itself will be on Saturday, before qualifying for the Grand Prix, which still takes place on the Sunday.
The top eight drivers in the sprint races will score points from eight to the winner and one for the eighth-placed driver. Again, the sprint races will be approximately 100km – or roughly a third of a grand prix distance.
With a record-breaking 24-race season, the built-in breaks throughout the season are critical for personnel who work in F1 to recover. The summer break lasts from Monday July 29 after the Belgian Grand Prix until Friday 23 August, when practice for the Dutch Grand Prix begins. During this time all teams have to enact a “summer shutdown” of 14 consecutive days when they cannot work on design or production of the car, in short. 
With such a long calendar there is also, mercifully, a slot of three weekends without a race between the Singapore Grand Prix on September 22 until the United States Grand Prix, which begins on October 18. That unofficial “autumn break” is the same length as the summer break and is perhaps understandable considering the season then ends with a run of one triple header (United States, Mexico, Brazil) followed by two weeks off and then another triple header (Las Vegas, Qatar, Abu Dhabi). 
The “same” 10 teams will be involved in the 2024 season although some have changed names for the new season. Alfa Romeo pulled out of their partnership (which began in 2019) with Sauber at the end of 2023, before the Swiss outfit becomes Audi in 2026. It is reported that no Audi branding will be seen on the car in 2024, with the team officially named Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber for 2024. I think we will just call them Sauber. 
Meanwhile, AlphaTauri’s rebranding for 2024 has also been confirmed, their new name being Visa Cash App RB (yes, really). I think we will call them RB. 
In any case, there is very little change to the driver line-ups next year with no changes from how the season finished in Abu Dhabi. 
Max Verstappen (No 1) and Sergio Pérez (No 11)
Lewis Hamilton (44) and George Russell (63)
Carlos Sainz (55) and Charles Leclerc (16)*Oliver Bearman (38)
Esteban Ocon (31) and Pierre Gasly (10)
Lando Norris (4) and Oscar Piastri (81)
Valtteri Bottas (77) and Guanyu Zhou (24)
Lance Stroll (18) and Fernando Alonso (14)
Kevin Magnussen (20) and Nico Hulkenberg (27)
Yuki Tsunoda (22) and Daniel Ricciardo (3)
Alexander Albon (23) and Logan Sargeant (2)
*replaced Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia because of illness
2: Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir 2024 winner: Max Verstappen9: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah 2024 winner: Max Verstappen24: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne 2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Hamilton 3rd Alonso
7: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Norris 3rd Piastri21: Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai2023 result: N/A
5: Miami Grand Prix, Miami2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Perez 3rd Alonso19: Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Imola2023 result: N/A26: Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Alonso 3rd Ocon
9: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Alonso 3rd Hamilton23: Spanish Grand Prix, Montmelo2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Hamilton 3rd Russell30: Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Leclerc 3rd Perez
7: British Grand Prix, Silverstone2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Norris 3rd Hamilton21: Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Norris 3rd Perez28: Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Perez 3rd Leclerc
25: Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Alonso 3rd Gasly
1: Italian Grand Prix, Monza2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Perez 3rd Sainz15: Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku2023 result: 1st Perez 2nd Verstappen 3rd Leclerc22: Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore2023 result: 1st Sainz 2nd Norris 3rd Hamilton
20: United States Grand Prix, Austin2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Hamilton 3rd Hamilton27: Mexico City Grand Prix, Mexico City2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Hamilton 3rd Leclerc
3: Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Interlagos2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Norris 3rd Alonso23: Las Vegas Grand Prix, Las Vegas2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Leclerc 3rd Perez
1: Qatar Grand Prix, Lusail2023 result: 1st Verstappen 2nd Piastri 3rd Norris8: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina2023 result: Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell
As has been the case for some time now, in the United Kingdom, Sky Sports F1 have near exclusive coverage rights for the season. They will be showing all practice sessions, qualifying sessions, sprint qualifying and races throughout the season.
Channel 4 will have their extended qualifying and race highlights again, with the British Grand Prix in July broadcast live.
If you are outside of the UK you may also be able to subscribe to F1’s own F1TV for a monthly fee throughout the season.