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2024 F1 Bahrain GP: How to watch, TV times on ESPN

When is the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix?

Unusually, this year’s race takes place on Saturday 2 March at 10:00am ET at Bahrain International Circuit.

Because of the start of Ramadan on Sunday 10 March, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been brought forward one day to be held on the Saturday night.

The reason that the season opener in Bahrain also takes place a week earlier on Saturday has to do with F1 rules, as the regulations stipulate that there must be at least a week between two races.

This forced the Bahrain season opener to be moved one day earlier as well, to accommodate for it.

So, there are two free practice sessions on Thursday, and one on Friday before qualifying.

Bahrain GP F1 schedule

Thursday 29 February

Session

Time

Practice 1:

6:30am-7:30am ET

Practice 2:

10:00am-11:00am ET

Friday 1 March

Session

Time

Practice 3:

7.30pm-8:30am ET

Qualifying:

11:00am-12:00am ET

Saturday 2 March

Session

Time

Race:

10:00am ET

Which TV channel shows F1 in the USA?

All Formula 1 races will be shown live on U.S. TV by either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC this year, as well as being streamed live or on-demand via its digital platform.

To make sure you don’t miss any of the action across practice, qualifying or racing – which will vary across its channels during the season – here’s how to tune in this weekend.

Bahrain GP ESPN TV schedule

Thursday 29 February

Session/show

Time

Channel

Practice 1:

6:25am ET

ESPN2

Practice 2:

9:55am ET

ESPN2

F1 Show

11:10am ET

ESPN3

Friday 1 March

Session/show

Time

Channel

Practice 3:

7.25pm ET

ESPN2

Qualifying:

10:55am ET

ESPN2

Ted’s Qualifying Notebook:

1:00pm ET

ESPN3

Saturday 2 March

Session/show

Time

Channel

Grand Prix Sunday

8:30m ET

ESPN

Race:

9.55am ET

ESPN

Checkered Flag:

12:00pm ET

ESPN3

Ted’s Notebook:

1:00pm ET

ESPN3

Race re-air

8:00pm ET

ESPNews

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19 (Photo by: Erik Junius)

What happened in last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix?

Max Verstappen dominated from pole position for Red Bull, beating team-mate Sergio Perez by almost 12s.

Fernando Alonso was best of the rest for Aston Martin, beating Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).

Charles Leclerc qualified third and ran second early on, but suffered a mechanical failure that caused a virtual safety car period. 

Can I stream live F1 races in America?

Viewers in the United States can subscribe to F1 TV (f1tv.formula1.com) to stream the race on a device of their choice or via ESPN’s digital platform (espn.com/watch) with subscriptions.

All sessions will be streamed on the ESPN app and be available on demand.

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