The 2024 Formula 1 season has long been casting its shadows. How many races are there? What does the racing calendar look like? Who will broadcast the premier class of motorsport on TV and which teams and drivers will be at the start? Here comes the most important information!
Formula 1 is facing an anniversary: The 2024 season will be the 75th in the history of the racing class, which is considered the premier class of motorsport.
Racing fans can be particularly excited to see whether there will be more excitement in the title fight again after Max Verstappen and the Red Bull team virtually completely dominated the 2023 season.
Here is the most important information about the 2024 Formula 1 season!
Formula 1 season 2024: Who will broadcast the premier class on TV?
- After several years of abstinence, Formula 1 will return to free TV in 2024!
- RTL will show seven races free of charge next year.
- The pay TV broadcaster Sky, which holds the broadcasting rights for Formula 1 until 2027, is now showing all of the year’s races free of charge.
- sport.de offers a detailed LIVE ticker for all 24 races.
- There is also sport.de After each race, an exclusive review of all drivers with individual criticism.
Formula 1 season 2024: The racing calendar
With 24 races, the 2024 Formula 1 season will be the longest ever. For comparison: 23 races were planned for 2023, with the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Imola being canceled due to heavy rain.
Like last year, there will also be six sprint races. There will be no sprint races in Baku and Spa-Francorchamps in 2024, but they will be held in Shanghai and Miami for the first time.
Here comes the 2024 racing calendar:
- 02.03.: Bahrain/Sakhir
- 09.03.: Saudi Arabia/Jeddah
- 03/24: Australia/Melbourne
- April 7th: Japan/Suzuka
- April 21st: China/Shanghai (plus sprint race)
- May 5th: Miami/Miami (plus sprint race)
- May 19th: Emilia-Romagna/Imola
- May 26th: Monaco/Monte Carlo
- June 9th: Canada/Montreal
- June 23rd: Spain/Barcelona
- June 30th: Austria/Spielberg (plus sprint race)
- 07/07: Great Britain/Silverstone
- July 21st: Hungary/Hungaroring
- July 28th: Belgium/Spa-Francorchamps
- 08/25: Netherlands/Zandvoort
- 09/01: Italy/Monza
- 09/15: Azerbaijan/Baku
- 09/22: Singapore/Singapore
- October 20th: USA/Austin (plus sprint race)
- October 27th: Mexico/Mexico City
- November 3rd: Brazil/Sao Paulo (plus sprint race)
- November 23rd: Las Vegas/Las Vegas
- December 1st: Qatar/Lusail (plus sprint race)
- December 8th: United Arab Emirates/Abu Dhabi
Formula 1 season 2024: numbers, facts, records
- The Formula 1 season will be the 75th in the history of the premier class.
- F1 record world champions are Michael Schumacher (Germany) and Lewis Hamilton (England) with seven world championship titles each.
- In addition to Hamilton, there are currently only two reigning world champions among active drivers: three-time champion Max Verstappen (2021, 2022, 2023) and Fernando Alonso (2005, 2006).
- Ferrari has the most constructors’ world championship titles (16).
- Defending champion Verstappen broke a number of Formula 1 records in 2023. Here is a selection: most wins in a season (19), most podiums in a season (21), most points in a season (575), most laps led in a season (1003), longest winning streak (10) , the most finishes and points placements in a season (22 each in 22 races).
Formula 1 season 2024: All teams and drivers
All 20 regular cockpits have already been taken for the 2024 Formula 1 season. Here are all the teams and their driver pairings:
- Red Bull Racing (engine: Honda): Max Verstappen (Netherlands/start number 1), Sergio Pérez (Mexico/start number 11)
- Mercedes AMG F1 Team (engine: Mercedes): Lewis Hamilton (England/start number 44), George Russell (England/start number 63)
- Ferrari (engine: Ferrari): Charles Leclerc (Monaco/start number 16), Carlos Sainz (/start number 55)
- McLaren Racing (engine: Mercedes): Lando Norris (England/start number 4), Oscar Piastri (Australia/start number 81)
- Aston Martin F1 Team (engine: Mercedes): Fernando Alonso (Spain/start number 14), Lance Stroll (Canada/start number 18)
- Alpine F1 Team (engine: Renault): Pierre Gasly (France/start number 10), Esteban Ocon (France/start number 31)
- Williams Racing (engine: Mercedes): Alexander Albon (Thailand/start number 23), Logan Sargeant (USA/start number 2)
- Visa Cash App RB (engine: Honda): Daniel Ricciardo (Australia/start number 3), Yuki Tsunoda (Japan/start number 22)
- Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber (engine: Ferrari): Zhou Guanyu (China/start number 24), Valtteri Bottas (Finland/start number 77)
- Haas F1 Team (engine: Ferrari): Nico Hülkenberg (Germany/start number 27), Kevin Magnussen (Denmark/start number 20)