Full calendar: At which Grands Prix will Formula 2 visit in 2024?

The 2024 Formula 2 season will feature 14 rounds, and the series will visit Qatar for the very first time. The junior drivers will again make the trip to Australia and Abu Dhabi but will not be part of any trip to America with Formula 1.

When does the 2024 Formula 2 season start?

The Formula 2 season will start at the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend. This takes place between February 29 and March 2. There is a change to the weekend format because of Ramadan. The annual fasting period for Muslims in 2024 starts on Sunday, March 10, as soon as the sun sets. Therefore, the organisers of F1 have chosen it to ensure that Saudi Arabia's Grand Prix weekend (the second GP) ends as early as Saturday. Saudi Arabia is, after all, an Islamic country.

Consequences for Bahrain are in place. The fact that the weekend at the Jeddah Corniche ends on Saturday means that the first two free practice sessions will already take place on Thursday. This also directly impacts the opening weekend in Bahrain, which is scheduled a week earlier than Saudi Arabia.

Teams always arrive at the circuit on Wednesday at the earliest, on a typical race weekend. But because the free practice sessions in Jeddah are already on Thursday, all teams will need/want to be there on Tuesday. That is logistically unfeasible if there is still racing in Bahrain on Sunday. So, the race there will also be on Saturday, allowing more time to move the whole circus to Saudi Arabia.

The rest of the Formula 2 season

F2 will then make the long trip to Australia and be part of the F1 weekend at Albert Park in Melbourne. This takes place between March 22 and March 24. The European season then begins on May 17 with the Italian Grand Prix. F2 stays with Formula 1 the following weekend for a race in Monaco. The series then has a break for almost one month and returns at the Spanish Grand Prix on June 21. This is the only triple-header (three consecutive race weekends) for F2 in 2024, featuring Austria and Britain. Rounds 9 and 10 occur in Hungary (19-21 July) and Belgium (26-28 July).

After the summer break, F2 will travel to Monza for an event between August 30 and September 1. F2 will also visit Baku between the 13th and 15th of September. There is then a two-month break before F2 returns for the final two rounds. A first visit to Qatar takes place between November 29 and December 1. The season finale takes place in Abu Dhabi between 6 and 8 December.

All F2 weekends form part of the support series for F1. However, F2 doesn't travel to the United States for F1's three visits. F2 will also miss the Japanese, Chinese, Canadian, Dutch, Singapore, Mexican and Brazilian Grand Prix weekends.