2024 F1 World Championship Calendar: Suzuka Circuit to Host Japanese Grand Prix in April

2023-07-05 14:04:59

Following approval by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), F1 announced on Wednesday 5 July the FIA-F1 World Championship calendar for the 2024 season. The Japanese Grand Prix will be held at Suzuka Circuit on April 7 as the fourth round of the series.

Date Round Grand Prix Venue March 2nd 1 Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit March 9th 2 Saudi Grand Prix Jeddah City Course March 24th 3 Australia Albert Park Circuit April 7th 4 Japan Suzuka Circuit April 21st 5 China Shanghai International Circuit May 5 6 Miami Miami International Autodrome May 19 7 Emilia Romagna Imola Circuit May 26 8 Monaco Monte Carlo City Course June 9 9 Canada Gilles Villeneuve Circuit June 23 Sun 10 Spain Catalonia Circuit 30th June 11 Austria Red Bull Ring 7th July 12 Silverstone Circuit, UK 21st July 13 Hungary Hungaroring 28th July 14 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 25th August 15 Netherlands Zandvoort Circuit Sep 1 16 Italy Monza Circuit Sep 15 17 Azerbaijan Baku City Course Sep 22 18 Singapore Marina Bay City Course Oct 20 19 America Circuit of the Americas Oct 27 20 Mexico Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit 3 November 21 Sao Paulo Interlagos Circuit 23 November 22 Las Vegas Las Vegas City Course 1 December 23 Qatar Losail International Circuit 8 December 24 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina Circuit

To keep the season sustainable, F1 has been promoting regional groupings of the calendar as part of logistics and reducing the burden on teams. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said it would be impossible to change everything at once, but that he would “keep moving in the right direction” to “avoid unnecessary travel wherever possible”.

By moving the Japanese GP, which was normally held in October, to April by replacing the Azerbaijan GP, ​​the Asian round following the early Middle East round will be organized in March and April. On March 30th, one week before the race, Formula E will be held in Tokyo for the first time in Japan.

With the exception of the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix held at TI Circuit Aida (currently Okayama International Circuit), it will be the first time in history that the F1 Japan Grand Prix will be held in April.

Honda Mobilityland President Tsuyoshi Saito reveals that F1 has proposed a schedule that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in terms of logistics, and that it “matches our company’s basic sustainability policy, which aims to create a sustainable future.” Therefore, he explained that he agreed to hold the meeting in April.

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Home straight at Suzuka Circuit, October 5, 2017 F1 Japan GP

Formula 1 and commercial rights holder Liberty Media, which sees it as a key market and plans to set up a satellite office in China, said the Chinese Grand Prix was canceled for the fourth year in a row due to the impact of COVID-19. was revived as Round 5.

The races are normally held on Sundays, but the opening round in Bahrain and the second round in Saudi Arabia will be held on Saturdays to coincide with Ramadan. The 22nd round, the Las Vegas GP, will also be held on Saturday.

With three triple-headers and five double-headers in three consecutive weeks, it’s been a hectic affair, and with the final two games in December, it’s the slowest season to end since 2021.

Prior to the start of the season, official pre-season tests will be held over three days from February 21 to 23 at the Bahrain International Circuit, the same venue as the Bahrain GP.

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