F1 2024 - 24 Rounds of Street Circuit Thrillers
Calendar TRANSFERS:
- China returns for the first time since 2019, after they finally get over themselves.
- Emilia Romagna remains on the calendar after losing the 2023 round to floods.
Grand Prix |
Circuit |
Date |
Bahrain |
Sakhir |
March 2 |
Saudi Arabia |
Jeddah |
March 9 |
Australia |
Melbourne |
March 24 |
Japan |
Suzuka |
April 7 |
China |
Shanghai |
April 21 |
Miami |
Miami Gardens |
May 5 |
Emilia Romagna |
Imola |
May 19 |
Monaco |
Monaco |
May 26 |
Spain |
Barcelona-Catalunya |
June 4 |
Canada |
Montreal |
June 18 |
Austria |
Spielberg |
June 30 |
Great Britain |
Silverstone |
July 7 |
Hungary |
Hungaroring |
July 21 |
Belgium |
Spa-Francorchamps |
July 28 |
Netherlands |
Zandvoort |
August 25 |
Italy |
Monza |
September 1 |
Azerbaijan |
Baku |
September 15 |
Singapore |
Marina Bay |
September 22 |
United States |
Austin |
October 20 |
Mexico City |
Mexico City |
October 27 |
São Paulo |
Interlagos |
November 3 |
Las Vegas |
Las Vegas |
November 23 |
Qatar |
Lusail |
December 1 |
Abu Dhabi |
Yas Marina |
December 8 |
Sprint rounds:
- China, Miami, Austria, United States, São Paulo and Qatar. Sprint qualifying will take place on Friday afternoons after free practice, with the Sprint race being the first track action on Saturday morning (Grand Prix qualifying reverts to its traditional Saturday afternoon slot).
Team TRANSFERS:
No new teams of course, closed shop and all. But we have a couple of exciting re-namings!
- Sauber ended their partnership with Alfa Romeo and renamed to Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber in what for a very short time was the worst team name ever, until...
- Red Bull announced the AlphaTauri name is no more and the sister team will now be known as the Visa Cash App RB F1 Team.
Driver TRANSFERS:
- Not a sausage. Worse than football.
Constructor |
Car |
Engine |
Drivers |
Alpine |
A524 |
Renault |
(10) Pierre Gasly
(31) Esteban Ocon |
Aston Martin |
AMR24 |
Mercedes |
(14) Fernando Alonso
(18) Lance Stroll |
Ferrari |
SF-24 |
Ferrari |
(16) Charles Leclerc
(55) Carlos Sainz Jr. |
Haas |
VF-24 |
Ferrari |
(20) Kevin Magnussen
(27) Nico Hülkenberg |
Sauber |
C44 |
Ferrari |
(24) Guanyu Zhou
(77) Valtteri Bottas |
McLaren |
MCL38 |
Mercedes |
(4) Lando Norris
(81) Oscar Piastri |
Mercedes |
W15 |
Mercedes |
(44) Lewis Hamilton
(63) George Russell |
RB |
TBA |
Honda RBPT |
(3) Daniel Ricciardo
(22) Yuki Tsunoda |
Red Bull |
RB20 |
Honda RBPT |
(1) Max Verstappen
(11) Sergio Perez |
Williams |
FW46 |
Mercedes |
(2) Logan Sargeant
(23) Alexander Albon |
Technical rule changes:
- Teams are now allowed to install a "scoop" (whatever that is) to the car to aid driver cooling after everyone cooked in Qatar last year.
- The intended tyre blanket ban which was due to be trialled in 2024 has been abandoned after teams argued the tyres are too shit.
- 2026 will see major technical rule changes but teams are prohibited from doing any wind tunnel and CFD works for that during 2024.
- The Pirelli C0 (hardest tyre in the range) has been dropped after being introduced in 2023 but used a grand total of zero times.
Sporting rule changes:
- Right of review request reduced from 14 to 4 days.
- As noted in the calendar section above, the sprint weekend format has been adjusted after widespread criticism.
- DRS will now be available one lap after a race start, safety car restart and red flag restart.
- PU allocation increased from three to four per season for 2024 and 2025.
Testing:
- One pre-season test has been arranged: Bahrain on 21-23 February.