When is F1 and every other motorsport series starting in 2024?

On Jan 4, 2024

Formula 1 is in the midst of its off-season like many other motorsport championships, but it really is not long until racing gets back underway.

The opening round of the new Formula E season is right around the corner, just like it is for the World Rally Championship, with both series starting this month.

Other racing categories commence again before F1 like NASCAR and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, so here is a run-down of when every major series starts in 2024.

*Championships are shown in chronological order

Formula E

Next race: Mexico City E-Prix: 12-13 January, 2024

Formula E is the first of the single-seater seasons to start in 2024, with Jake Dennis beginning his title defence in Mexico. It will be the second time that Mexico has opened the season after doing so in 2023 when the race was won by Dennis – so will he make a winning start to the year for the second time in a row? The Andretti driver is one of seven Formula E champions on the 2024 grid as Nyck de Vries has returned to the series following his unsuccessful stint in F1.

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World Rally Championship

Next race: Monte Carlo Rally: 25-28 January, 2024

Reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera will return to the series in 2024 but only part-time sharing Toyota duties with Sebastien Ogier. This leaves a huge opportunity for a new WRC champion with Rovanpera having won the past two titles – can Briton Elfyn Evans finally clinch the crown after finishing second in three of the last four seasons? His championship hunt will start with the Monte Carlo Rally where drivers face 210 miles of tarmac and snow over the final weekend of January.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

Next race: 24 Hours of Daytona: 27-28 January, 2024

The well-renowned 24 Hours of Daytona will continue its tradition of kickstarting the IMSA season on the final weekend of January. The race, which is held at the famous Daytona Speedway, dates back to 1962 and is part of the endurance racing triple crown alongside Le Mans 24 Hours and 12 Hours of Sebring, with many famous past winners like Juan Pablo Montoya, Fernando Alonso and Martin Brundle. It will start the 11-round IMSA season which features huge manufacturers like Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche.

Extreme E

Next race: Desert X-Prix: 17-18 February, 2024

Saudi Arabia will once again host the Extreme E season opener after the 2024 calendar was recently announced for year three of the all-electric series. It means the middle eastern country will open the season for a third consecutive year where Johan Kristoffersson is Extreme E’s defending champion. He and Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky clinched the 2023 crown for Rosberg X Racing, which followed Kristoffersson’s 2021 championship win where Nico Rosberg’s squad edged out Lewis Hamilton’s Team X44.