The Formulation 1 calendar has inflated dramatically in measurement and scope for the reason that world championship started again in 1950.
That inaugural season featured solely seven rounds. The seventh occasion on the 2024 F1 calendar takes place on Might nineteenth, with greater than two-thirds of the season nonetheless remaining.
From fewer than ten rounds again within the fifties and early sixties to sixteen rounds all through the eighties and nineties, now Formulation 1’s ten groups and 20 drivers face probably the most intensive world championship season ever.
Fittingly sufficient, the ’24 schedule consists of 24 grand prix weekends. With the return of the Chinese language Grand Prix to the schedule in late April, and hopefully no repeat of the catastrophic climate which prevented final yr’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix going forward, this would be the most grands prix ever held in a single season.
Plus, with the return of six dash rounds for 2024, F1’s drivers will race on 30 separate events this yr.
F1 homeowners Liberty Media have made a concerted effort to develop the calendar as a lot as doable. With each grand prix producing extra income for the game, it’s within the industrial pursuits of its homeowners, the FIA and the ten groups to race as usually as their very own rules enable.
However is it in the perfect pursuits of the followers who watch the races, on tv and in individual?
Two years in the past, RaceFans requested our readers how lots of the 23 deliberate rounds for the upcoming 2022 championship you deliberate to look at – earlier than the cancellation of that yr’s Chinese language Grand Prix. Three-quarters of you – precisely 75% – stated you deliberate to look at each grand prix over the yr, whether or not it was reside, replay or highlights.
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It was a special matter when it got here to dash races, nevertheless. With six dash rounds proposed for the primary time for 2022, however solely three truly being held that season, solely 68% of you stated you deliberate to look at all six Saturday dash races, with nearly one-in-five of you telling RaceFans you had no plans to look at any of them.
Forward of Formulation 1’s longest season, it’s the good time to revisit final yr’s championship and ask how lots of the 22 rounds and 6 dash races you truly watched, and discover out what your intentions are for the 30 complete races that may happen over 2024.
As ever, please rely not solely the races you watched or plan to look at reside however these you watched or intend to look at both on-demand, recorded or by highlights broadcast in your area.
2023: What number of races DID you watch?
What number of grands prix did you watch over the 2023 season (reside or highlights)?
Complete Voters: 91
Loading …What number of dash races did you watch over the 2023 season (reside or highlights)?
Complete Voters: 91
Loading …2024: What number of races WILL you watch?
What number of grands prix do you propose to look at this season (reside or highlights)?
Complete Voters: 89
Loading …What number of proposed dash races do you propose to look at this season (reside or highlights)?
Complete Voters: 87
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