The Formula One Calendar

In the first few race seasons, the calendar was made up of only seven races scheduled from May to September, six of which were held in Europe. This is different from modern Formula One where there are about twenty-four races scheduled from February to December and taking place all over the world. This season, the first two races are held in Sakhir, Bahrain and Jaddah, Saudi Arbia on March 2 and 9. Because of Ramadan, these two circuits are the only races that will take place for the first time on a Saturday. On December 8, the 2024 Formula One season will end at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

The calendar is filled with many classic tracks from the first race, such as Silverstone in Great Britian, Spa in Belgium and the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The newest tracks to the schedule are the Las Vegas Circuit in Nevada and the Miami track in Florida, which is built around the Hard Rock Stadium temporarily on the race weekend in May. In the past, race weekends were scheduled every other weekend to give the drivers more training time, but since there are so many races to pack into one year some weekends are double-headers, where there are two race weekends consecutively, or sometimes triple-headers, where there are three race weekends in a one after another.