And it’s lights out and away we go… on a Saturday. <\/p>
Formula 1 returns, with the Bahrain Grand Prix set to draw in the masses to see which teams enjoyed the most fruitful off-seasons.<\/p>\n
Legions of new fans, in large part down to the success of Netflix smash-hit docuseries Drive to Survive<\/a>, will tune in to see how their favourites fare as the 2024 campaign gets under way.<\/p>\n Max Verstappen is aiming to clinch his fourth successive world title following a period of total dominance from Red Bull, though Ferrari and Mercedes will be determined to close the gap this time around.<\/p>\n There are usually plenty of questions swirling around at this time of year before the racing begins, but they will start to be answered earlier than usual in 2024 due to the first race of the season taking place on Saturday.<\/p>\n Grands Prix are usually held on Sundays, but the Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead on Saturday 2nd March due to a knock-on effect of Ramadan on the second race of the season in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was due to be held on the weekend of Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th March, but the Islamic holy month begins on the Sunday, leading the race in Riyadh to be scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n FIA rules dictate there must be seven full days between races, meaning the Bahrain Grand Prix was brought forward to Saturday 2nd March to accommodate.<\/p>\n The changes mean that practice will begin on Thursday for the first two race weekends, and qualifying will be held on each Friday.<\/p>\n The only other Saturday race of the season will be staged in Las Vegas in November. The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix was also held on a Saturday to ensure maximum convenience for viewership across the world, despite the late start time on the Strip.<\/p>\n All UK time.<\/em><\/p>\n Live on Sky Sports F1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Practice 1 \u2013 11:30am<\/p>\n Practice 2 \u2013 3pm<\/p>\n Live on Sky Sports F1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Practice 3 \u2013 12:30pm<\/p>\n Qualifying \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n Live on Sky Sports F1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Race \u2013 3pm<\/p> If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our TV Guide<\/a> or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/b><\/a>, or visit our Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/b><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n And it’s lights out and away we go… on a Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":46746,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-scaled.jpg",2560,1583,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-300x186.jpg",300,186,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-768x475.jpg",768,475,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-1024x633.jpg",800,495,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-1536x950.jpg",1536,950,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/why-is-the-bahrain-grand-prix-on-saturday-2048x1267.jpg",2048,1267,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"And it's lights out and away we go... on a Saturday.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/46745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Bahrain Grand Prix <\/span><\/strong>schedule<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Thursday 29th February<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Friday 1st March<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Saturday 2nd March<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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