2024 Components 1 Australian Grand Prix schedule

The thirty eighth Components 1 Australian Grand Prix is going down this weekend, returning for the twenty seventh time to Melbourne’s Albert Park Circuit.

It’s the third iteration of the Australian Grand Prix because it returned from a three-year hiatus, brought on by the worldwide pandemic – with the 2020 race cancelled minutes earlier than Components One apply was on account of start.

Reigning Components 1 champion Max Verstappen enters because the favorite, having gained 19 of the final 20 Grands Prix and persevering with his dominant kind the place he left off in 2023, as soon as once more trailed by teammate Sergio Perez.

For the primary time since 2013 when Mark Webber took half in his remaining Australian Grand Prix, there might be two Australians on the Albert Park grid.

Melbourne-born McLaren driver Oscar Piastri is coming off an eighth-place end in 2023 (his first championship factors), whereas West Australian Daniel Ricciardo makes his return behind the wheel of a Visa Money App RB (or RB for brief), having been positioned on hiatus final yr.

It is going to be the final time Lewis Hamilton followers get to see the seven-time World Champion in a Mercedes-AMG in Melbourne for the foreseeable future, with the winner of 103 Grands Prix off to hitch Ferrari in 2025 – a crew which has gained three of the final 5 Australian races.

This yr’s race would be the third time the new-look Albert Park has been used, since intensive renovations all through the pandemic made the circuit quicker and extra flowing.

After their first journey to Australia in 2023, the Components 2 and Components 3 help classes return in 2024, giving a number of the sport’s rising stars an opportunity to race Down Beneath.

Whereas Jack Doohan – son of five-time 500cc motorbike World Champion Mick – is absent from the F2 grid this yr, native younger weapons Tommy Smith and Christian Mansell might be flying the flag in F3.

The Supercars Championship may even function on the undercard, taking its second spherical of the season to Melbourne, the place drivers of the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro will slug it out throughout 4 races – one on every day.

Lastly the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship might be in attendance once more, with its drivers both seeking to proceed rising up Australia’s motorsports ladder or attempting to make a reputation for themselves on the worldwide stage in entrance of European groups.

At current, all 4 days of the Australian Grand Prix are forecasted to achieve a prime of 20 to 21 levels, with partial cloud cowl anticipated – although that is Melbourne and, to paraphrase the nice Murray Walker, something can occur and often does.

2024 Australian Grand Prix Monitor Schedule

The Australian Grand Prix runs from March 21 to 24, with the on-track actions working as follows:

Be aware: Instances are in AEDT, the native time zone of Melbourne.

Thursday March 21

• 10am – Gates Open
• 10:30am-11:00am – Porsche Carrera Cup Observe 1
• 11:25am-11:55am – Supercars Observe 1
• 12pm-12:20pm – Ford SuperVan demonstration
• 12:30pm-1:00pm – Porsche Carrera Cup Qualifying
• 1:25pm-1:55pm – Supercars Observe 2
• 2:10pm-2:30pm – Racing Previous historic demonstration
• 3:10pm-3:25pm – Supercars Qualifying (Race 1)
• 3:35pm-3:50pm – Supercars Qualifying (Race 2)
• 4:10pm-4:35pm – Ford SuperVan demonstration
• 4:45pm-5:20pm – Porsche Carrera Cup Race 1 (13 laps)
• 5:50pm-6:35pm – Supercars Race 1 (20 laps)
• 7:30pm – Gates Shut

Friday March 22

• 8:30am – Gates Open
• 8:50am-9:35am – Components 3 Observe
• 10:00am-10:45am – Components 2 Observe
• 11:10am-11:30am – Racing Previous historic demonstration
• 12:30pm-1:30pm – Components 1 Observe 1
• 2:00pm-2:30pm – Components 3 Qualifying
• 2:50pm-3:35pm – Supercars Race 2 (20 laps)
• 4:00pm-5:00pm – Components 1 Observe 2
• 5:30pm-6:00pm – Components 2 Qualifying
• 6:25pm-7:00pm – Porsche Carrera Cup Race 2 (13 laps)
• 7:30pm – Gates Shut (besides Gates 1 and eight)
• 9:00pm – After Darkish Gates Shut (1 and eight)

Saturday March 23

• 8:30am – Gates Open
• 9:00am-9:15am – Supercars Qualifying (Race 3)
• 9:25am-9:40am – Supercars Qualifying (Race 4)
• 9:55am-10:20am – Jack and Mick Doohan demonstration laps
• 11:15am-12pm – Components 3 Dash Race (20 laps)
• 12:30pm-1:30pm – Components 1 Observe 3
• 1:40pm-2:00pm – Racing Previous historic demonstration
• 2:15pm-3:05pm – Components 2 Dash Race (23 laps)
• 3:15pm-3:30pm – Jack and Mick Doohan demonstration laps
• 4:00pm-5:00pm – Components 1 Qualifying
• 5:35pm-6:10pm – Supercars Race 3 (14 laps)
• 6:25pm-7:00pm – Porsche Carrera Cup Race 3 (13 laps)
• 7:30pm – Gates Shut (besides Gates 1 and eight)
• 9:00pm – After Darkish Gates Shut (1 and eight)

Sunday March 24

• 8:30am – Gates Open
• 9:05am-9:50am – Components 3 Function Race (23 laps)
• 10:20am-10:55am – Supercars Race 4 (14 laps)
• 11:35am-12:35pm – Components 2 Function Race (33 laps)
• 1:00pm-1:30pm – Components 1 Drivers’s Parade
• 1:35pm-1:50pm – Jack and Mick Doohan demonstration laps
• 3:00pm – Components 1 Race (58 laps)
• 7:00pm – Gates Shut (besides Gates 1 and eight)
• 8:30pm – After Darkish Gate Closes (1 and eight)

2024 Australian Grand Prix broadcast

If you happen to can’t make it to the monitor and want to observe from house, right here’s how one can tune into the Australian Grand Prix domestically.

Fox Sports activities and its streaming service Kayo will broadcast each day of the Australian Grand Prix, together with sure help periods, in as much as 4K on supported units. 

Protection begins at 11am AEDT on Thursday, 8:50am AEDT on Friday, 8:45am AEDT on Saturday and eight:30am AEDT on Sunday.

You too can watch the Australian Grand Prix with out having to pay for a subscription service on Channel 10, with its Friday protection beginning at 11am AEDT and working by way of to 5pm AEDT, when viewers can swap to 10 Daring.

Its Saturday protection runs from 10am AEDT to five:30pm AEDT, whereas Sunday kicks off at 8:30am AEDT earlier than ending at 5pm AEDT, or after the race ends. All periods broadcast on 10 are additionally carried on its 10Play streaming service. 

2024 Australian Grand Prix driver lineup

The one driver in query for the Australian Grand Prix is Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who had his appendix eliminated on the eve of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix a fortnight in the past.

19 year-old Oliver Bearman subbed for the Spaniard, although it’s not clear if this may happen once more.

• Purple Bull
  • Max Verstappen (#1)
  • Sergio Perez (#11)
• Ferrari
  • Charles Leclerc (#16)
  • Carlos Sainz (#55, or Oliver Bearman #38)
• Mercedes
  • Lewis Hamilton (#44)
  • George Russell (#63)
• Alpine
  • Esteban Ocon (#31)
  • Pierre Gasly (#10)
• McLaren
  • Oscar Piastri (#81)
  • Lando Norris (#4)
• Sauber
  • Valtteri Bottas (#77)
  • Zhou Guanyu (#24)
• Aston Martin
  • Lance Stroll (#18)
  • Fernando Alonso (#14)
• Haas
  • Kevin Magnussen (#20)
  • Nico Hulkenberg (#27)
• RB
  • Daniel Ricciardo (#3)
  • Yuki Tsunoda (#22)
• Williams
  • Alex Albon (#23)
  • Logan Sargeant (#2)