Max Verstappen will be competing at the event as a four-time World Champion for the first time, having secured a fourth title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last week. However, it's

Here is all you need to know about the 2024 F1 Qatar Grand Prix, including start times and how to watch live on TV.

With the Las Vegas Grand Prix behind us, there are just two races left in the 2024 F1 season, and this weekend, all the action will take place at the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix. The 306 km race consists of 57 laps around a circuit that's 5.

The action starts today (Friday, November 29) with FP1 at 4:30pm local time (AST), which will be the one and only practice session of the weekend. Sprint Qualifying will follow at 8:30pm on Friday to set the grid for Saturday's race which gets underway at 5:00pm.

First placed McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri (3rd L), second placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (2nd L) and third placed Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain (3rd R) pose for photos after the Sprint Race of the Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar, on Nov. 30, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

Oscar Piastri won the sprint race in Qatar ahead of team-mate Lando Norris as McLaren closed in on a first constructors’ title in 26 years. Much has been made of Norris’ lacklustre starts this season but the British driver blasted away from pole before playing the team game to help Piastri.

F1 next heads to Lusail for the Qatar Grand Prix and the final sprint weekend of the 2024 season. Max Verstappen secured the drivers’ world championship at the last race in Las Vegas, his fourth in a row,