Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 – Live TV Coverage on Sky Sports, Highlights on Channel 4

The 2024 Formula One season gets underway this weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.

The Grand Prix takes place on a Saturday becoming the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix season opener race to start on a Saturday since the 1982 South African Grand Prix.

The event was set for Saturday to comply with regulations that require a minimum of one week between Grands Prix, as the following Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place on 9 March.

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was moved a day forward to avoid a conflict with Ramadan, which begins on 10 March.

All 24 races of the 2024 season will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 with highlights on Channel 4. The free-to-air channel will also have live coverage of the British Grand Prix in July.

There will be six Sprint weekends – the Chinese, Miami, Austrian, United States, Sao Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix. Full schedule below.

Bahrain 2024 TV Schedule

Qualifying starts at 4.00pm, while the race gets underway at 3.00pm

Thursday 29th February
Practice 1 – Live – 11.00am – Sky Sports F1
Practice 2 – Live – 2.45pm – Sky Sports F1

Friday 1st March
Practice 3 – Live – 12.15pm – Sky Sports F1
Qualifying – Live – 3.00pm – Sky Sports F1
Qualifying – Highlights – 7.30pm – Channel 4

Saturday 2nd March
Grand Prix – Live – 1.30pm – Sky Sports F1
Grand Prix – Highlights – 7.50pm – Channel 4

Steve Jones, David Coulthard, Jamie Chadwick, Lee McKenzie, Mark Webber, Lawrence Barretto, Alex Jacques, Eddie Jordan, Billy Monger and Ariana Bravo will make up the Channel 4 F1 team.

Simon Lazenby, Martin Brundle, David Croft, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Naomi Schiff, Bernie Collins, Martin Brundle, Damon Hill, Karun Chandhok, Anthony Davidson, Natalie Pinkham, Ted Kravitz, Danica Patrick, Rachel Brookes and Harry Benjamin will bring Sky viewers the action throughout the season.

David Croft is stepping back from F1 commentary duties for three grands prix – Imola, Austria and Azerbaijan. Harry Benjamin will replace him at those events.

The 2024 Formula 1 schedule

February 29-March 2 Bahrain Grand Prix

March 7-9 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

March 22-24 Australian Grand Prix

April 5-7 Japanese Grand Prix

April 19-21 Chinese Grand Prix

May 3-5 Miami Grand Prix

May 17-19 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

May 24-26 Monaco Grand Prix

June 7-9 Canadian Grand Prix

June 21-23 Spanish Grand Prix

June 28-30 Austrian Grand Prix

July 5-7 British Grand Prix

July 19-21 Hungarian Grand Prix

July 26-28 Belgian Grand Prix

August 23-25 Dutch Grand Prix

August 30 – September 1 Italian Grand Prix

September 13-15 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

September 20-22 Singapore Grand Prix

October 18-20 United States Grand Prix

October 25-27 Mexico City Grand Prix

November 1-3 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

November 21-23 Las Vegas Grand Prix

November 29 – December 1 Qatar Grand Prix

December 6-8 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix