With the 2024 F1 season set to commence, here is a preview guide to everything you need to know ahead of the 24-round campaign.
Max Verstappen enters this season looking to chase a fourth consecutive title but Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes head the chasing pack seeking to knock the 26 year-old Dutchman and Red Bull off their perch.
2024 also sees the longest-ever F1 season takes place with 24 rounds of action – with six rounds featuring a sprint race, which will present a huge challenge for drivers, teams and fans alike on top of various rule changes.
Now here is a full preview of everything that you need to know about the 2024 F1 season.
Teams and Drivers
| Team | Drivers | Driver Number |
| Red Bull | Max Verstappen | 1 |
| Sergio Perez | 11 | |
| Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 44 |
| George Russell | 63 | |
| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | 16 |
| Carlos Sainz | 55 | |
| McLaren | Lando Norris | 4 |
| Oscar Piastri | 81 | |
| Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | 14 |
| Lance Stroll | 18 | |
| Alpine | Pierre Gasly | 10 |
| Esteban Ocon | 31 | |
| Williams | Alex Albon | 23 |
| Lance Stroll | 2 | |
| RB | Yuki Tsunoda | 22 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | |
| Sauber | Valtteri Bottas | 77 |
| Guanyu Zhou | 24 | |
| Haas | Nico Hulkenberg | 27 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 20 |
- Daniel Ricciardo is the only change from last season’s grid after he replaced Nyck De Vries at AlphaTauri mid-season.
- AlphaTauri has been dropped by Red Bull as a team name for their junior constructor, with the constructor now rebranded as Visa Cash App RB.
- Alfa Romeo left F1 at the end of 2023 season and Sauber returns to the grid albeit known as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, with the ‘Stake F1 Team’ name dropped in countries where gambling is illegal.
2024 Race Calendar
| Race | Country | Date |
| 1* | Bahrain | 29 February – 2 March |
| 2* | Saudi Arabia | 7-9 March |
| 3 | Australia | 22-24 March |
| 4 | Japan | 5-7 April |
| 5 | China | 19-21 April |
| 6 | Miami | 3-5 May |
| 7 | Emilia Romagna | 17-19 May |
| 8 | Monaco | 24-26 May |
| 9 | Canada | 7-9 June |
| 10 | Spain | 21-23 June |
| 11 | Austria | 28-30 June |
| 12 | Great Britain | 5-7 July |
| 13 | Hungary | 19-21 July |
| 14 | Belgium | 26-28 July |
| 15 | Netherlands | 23-25 August |
| 16 | Italy | 30 August – 1 September |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 13-15 September |
| 18 | Singapore | 20-22 September |
| 19 | USA | 18-20 October |
| 20 | Mexico | 25-27 October |
| 21 | Brazil | 1-3 November |
| 22 | Las Vegas | 21-23 November |
| 23 | Qatar | 29 November – 1 December |
| 24 | Abu Dhabi | 6-8 December |
*Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix will run Thursday – Saturday due to Ramadan starting on Sunday 10 March.
- China returns to the calendar for the first time since 2019 season, having taken an enforced absence due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Emilia Romagna GP returns to the calendar after the race was cancelled in 2023 due to floods in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy.
- China, Miami, Austria, USA, Brazil and Qatar will play host to the Sprint weekend format in 2024.
Rule Changes
- Teams are now allowed to install a scoop in order to cool the driver and cockpit down in response to drivers experience cockpit overheating during the Qatar GP.
- Teams are banned from commencing wind tunnel or computational fluid dynamics work for the 2026 season until 1 January 2025.
- Alternative Tyre Allocation trial ran in Hungary and Italy in 2023 has been discontinued, with teams now running the usual 13 tyre allocation per driver on a race weekend across every round.
- Sprint weekend format has been tweaked with Sprint Qualifying now held on Friday afternoons ahead of Sprint Race on Saturday mornings, followed by GP Qualifying in afternoons.
- Drivers now can use DRS one lap after a race start, safety car restart or red flag restart.
- Power Unit allocation per driver increased from three to four for 2024 & 2025 seasons.
- Appeal process has been changed with teams now having four days to submit a right to review appeal after a race rather than 14 days, whilst a fee charge for the appeal has been introduced.