How to watch 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: start time, F1 live stream and TV schedule

This weekend Formula 1 fans can watch live as history is made at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: either Ferrari or McLaren will be crowned this year’s constructors’ champions after one final duel around Yas Marina.

Viewers can watch the start of the competitive action on Saturday, with the hour-long qualifying session set to start at 2pm GMT. Sunday will then host the 2024 season finale, with the Grand Prix set to start at 1pm. As ever, every session can be watched live with a subscription.

McLaren currently leads Ferrari by 21 points in the constructors’ standings, making it favourite to secure its first team title since 1998. But the gap is less than the the 25 points awarded for victory, all hope is not lost for Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz — particularly if one of the McLarens hits trouble.

The $30m fight for sixth-place is also still ongoing, with Alpine, Haas and RB separated by just 13 points.

From the chaos-filled run to Turn 1 to the 58th and final lap, scroll down for details on how to watch every minute of wheel-to-wheel action at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, including highlights. Times for all of the race weekend sessions are at the bottom of the page.

2024 Abu Dhabi F1 live stream and TV schedule 

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How to watch F1: live stream and TV details for 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will follow a traditional format: the weekend composed of three practice sessions, qualifying and a 58-lap grand prix.

Live TV: All on-track sessions will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 starting with Free Practice 1 on Friday at 9am.

Live stream: Sky Sports F1 subscribers in the UK can watch all the running live on the Sky Go app. Now TV subscribers can also see live coverage of every session via Sky Sports F1. Live timings are available through the F1 app.

Highlights: Channel 4 will show highlights of the weekend, with action from Saturday’s qualifying session and Sunday’s Grand Prix available to watch later on the respective days of each event.

Yas Marina circuit and details

Since the 3.23-mile Yas Marina Circuit made its debut on the F1 calendar in 2010, it has hosted some nail-biters. Titles won by Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have all been decided here, with varying degrees of tension. And then came the 2021 race where Max Verstappen, took advantage of a controversial safety car restart to snatch his debut drivers’ crown from Hamilton on the final lap.

Throughout the race, both drivers highlighted several different ways to pass in Yas Marina, which was remodelled ahead of that year’s race with the original Turn 6 now bypassed, a number of corners reprofiled and Turns 11-14 replaced by a banked curve.

The Turn 5 hairpin provides the first real overtaking opportunity: ending the high-speed sector 1 abruptly before sending cars out onto the DRS-assisted back straight. Here, cars will reach speeds of well over 200mph with the rear-wing wide open, before hitting the brakes hard for the Turn 6 and 7 chicane. Another straight — with DRS open once again — prior to the long left-handed Turn 9 provides drivers with one last realistic chance of battling wheel-to-wheel before then trying to regain ground through the technical sector 3.

Based on past results, Ferrari looks to have the upper hand around Yas Marina, having finished second at the last two Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Meanwhile, McLaren has struggled. It has failed to feature on every Abu Dhabi podium since 2012.

What’s the weather like in Abu Dhabi this weekend? 

On the edge of the desert, the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix should be free of any wet weather, and the late-night setting means drivers should stay cool in the cockpit, with on-track temperatures set to average out at 21C.

The only possible problems could be caused by wind, with 12mph gusts set to blow across the circuit during qualifying and on race day — possibly destabilising the cars.

2024 Abu Dhabi GP full session times

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