The Great Circus returns with a season that has several new features that will delight fans
We meet just over a month before the Formula 1 season officially begins, but activity has by no means stopped during these months in the team factories. Ok, the season ended on November 26, 2023 in Abu Dhabi crowning Mad Max and the Red Bull team as the great dominators of the championship.
This 2024 season everything indicates that there will be a series of changes in pursuit of equalizing a championship that is on its way to a new dictatorship after the glorious years of Mercedes. The German brand dominated Formula 1 with an iron fist for seven seasons and Red Bull already reaches three in a row without anyone coughing on him. Below we review the key dates for the next season:
February 15
This day Red Bull will present its new car for the championship. It will be a highly anticipated car due to all the aerodynamic changes it may introduce and, surely, All teams will be attentive to what the Austrians get to see if they can ‘replicate’ some of his ingenuity in the wind tunnel. The rest of the teams will present themselves between February 7 and 18.
February 21st
It will be the start date of the winter tests in Bahrain. They will be held for the second consecutive year at the Sakhir circuit and in this same scenario it was discovered last season, without going any further, that he Aston Martin it was going like a shot. The teams will have three days of eight hours each to test all the parts of their cars before the start of the season.
March 2
This is the date on which the first race of the season will be held and it will be held on a Saturday for religious reasons. Like the training sessions, the setting chosen for the season premiere is Sakhir (Bahrain) and The race will be held at night as is usual on the circuits which are in the Arabian Peninsula.
April 19th
This day will occur the official return of the Chinese Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar after a forced absence since 2019 due to the pandemic and for political reasons. The Shanghai International Circuit, which has been the venue for the race since 2004, returns to the grid and will do so with a bang by hosting the first sprint race of the season.
September 23
It will be the day after the Singapore Grand Prix and the biggest break of the entire Formula 1 season that will not return until October 20 with the United States Grand Prix. After a long break of more than a month during the summer, the organization has chosen this season to make its big break on dates where in the past the World Cup was decided. Is it to give the teams time for a final twist on their cars?
December 8
That day will end the longest Formula 1 season in history with 24 races held over 10 months of competition. As has been tradition in recent years, the Abu Dhabi circuit will host the final test in which everyone crosses their fingers for a repeat of what was seen at the conclusion of the 2021 season. If this happens, it would be synonymous with success for the ‘Great Circus’.