Formula 1 Announces 2024 Sprint Calendar Date, Time And Location
Since its addition in 2021, the Sprint races have brought a lot of joy to F1 fans, especially on Fridays replacing the regular practice sessions. With every year passing the sprint race is gaining new heights among the fans.
In recent news, Formula1 announced that there will 6 sprint races in the 2024 season. Australia and Brazil are set to host their 3rd sprint race with Austin and Qatar returning, and China and Miami are all set to host their first sprint race.
The arena of F1 is very competitive and it has been made even harder by adding the sprints in it. Sprint races are the newest and most engaging form of racing in motorsports. The sprint are actually fights for points, very crucial points.
After the 2023 season, those have became very popular in F1
Here is a full schedule of the 2024 sprint races :
5th race on calender- China. Shanghai April 20th
6th race -Miami-Florida-USA. May 4th
11th race-Austria-Red Bull ring. June 29th
19th eace-United States – Austin. October 19th
21st race-Brazil- Sao Paulo. November 2nd
23rd race-Qatar-Lusail-November 28th
This calendar improves race flow in some regions by rescheduling Japan to April, Azerbaijan to September, and Qatar to compete immediately after Abu Dhabi. Work on this project will continue, but it will be realistic given that, as a world championship, there will always be travel that cannot be fully regionalized due to climatic and contractual constraints.
Saturdays are designated as the Grand Prix weekends for the first two races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In order to accommodate Ramadan, this choice was made.
The 2024 Formula One Schedule
There is speculation about a newly updated sprint format for 2024 after a very one-sided 2023 sprint race. But nothing has been officially announced from F1 yet. At the F1 Commission meeting at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it was decided to further discuss tweaks to the format
