The FIA has introduced the beginning occasions for all 24 rounds of the 2024 Components 1 season. Timings are largely unchanged from final yr, with the Las Vegas Grand Prix retaining its late Saturday evening slot.
Session occasions for the 2024 Components 1 season have been introduced by the FIA. This yr’s 24-round F1 season is about to be the longest on report, starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 2 and ending with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, over 9 months later, on December 8.
When it comes to begin occasions for every spherical, the schedule is basically unchanged for 2024. On non-Dash weekends, the three apply periods will run for one hour every over the primary two days of the weekend, earlier than a single hour of qualifying to resolve the grid for the Grand Prix. Races largely run on a Friday to Sunday schedule, although three races will happen on a Saturday in 2024.
The complete weekend format for this yr’s Dash weekends is but to be introduced. The FIA has supplied solely Grand Prix begin occasions for the six race weekends at which the Dash format will probably be utilised.
Notably, the Las Vegas Grand Prix will retain its late Saturday evening slot in 2024, with the race starting at 22:00 for a second yr in succession. A minor change sees the Miami Grand Prix begin on the hour in 2024, versus half previous the hour like within the earlier two seasons.
F1 Session Occasions For 2024
The desk beneath reveals the beginning time for all on-track periods on the Components 1 calendar, as revealed by the FIA. Occasions proven beneath are monitor native occasions.
* Free Follow 1 & 2 happen on Thursday, Free Follow 3 & Qualifying takes place on Friday, Grand Prix takes place on Saturday.
** Daylight Saving time ends in UK/Europe on Saturday evening/Sunday morning
Las Vegas Retains Late Night time Slot
Regardless of issues surrounding its distinctive schedule for its debut look final yr, the Las Vegas Grand Prix will as soon as once more start at 22:00 for its second look on the F1 calendar in 2024. The FIA has introduced solely the race begin time for Vegas’ second look, with the session occasions for all different on-track actions not but confirmed.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is one among three on the 2024 Components 1 calendar which is able to run on a Thursday to Saturday schedule. The primary two races of the yr – in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – will even happen on Saturdays.
Dash Weekend Format But to be Introduced
The 2024 calendar options six Dash occasions, with extra 30-minute Saturday races set to happen on the Chinese language, Miami, Austrian, United States, Sao Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix. The Dash format was first launched in 2021. Three Sprints came about in each 2021 and 2022, with that quantity elevated to 6 from 2022 onwards.
The precise format for this yr’s Dash occasions is but to be introduced. Final yr, a brand new 45-minute Dash Shootout session was launched to create a separate qualifying session for the stand-alone Dash race. Beforehand, the results of the Dash race determined the grid for the next day’s Grand Prix.
At an F1 Fee assembly in November 2023, there was help for the Dash format to be up to date in 2024, with plans to “additional rationalise the weekend by separating Dash actions from these for the Grand Prix”, with a selected deal with timing and parc ferme rules. Extra information on 2024’s Dash occasions is predicted sooner or later.
