How to Stream F1 Racing in 2024 with Sling TV
Watch Formula 1 Grand Prix racing on ESPN with Sling Orange and ABC (select markets) with Sling Blue.
We’re just under a week away from the 2024 Formula 1 season kicking off in Bahrain, and you can catch all the action with Sling! The 2023 season was one for the record books, as fans saw Red Bull put on one of the most dominant performances in the history of F1, and possibly the most dominant season in the history of motorsport itself. Led by Max Verstappen’s 19 wins – an astonishing record on its own that included 10-straight from early May in Miami to the dash around the Temple of Speed in Monza, Italy on September 3 – Red Bull won 21 of 22 races in the season! Verstappen teammate and Red Bull Racing’s #2 driver Sergio Perez took home victories in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan, and the only race that did not see a Red Bull driver at the top of the podium was the mid-September result in Marina Bay, Singapore where Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz took home top spot, winning a race in his second consecutive season. As a result, Verstappen took home his third consecutive Driver’s Title and Red Bull its second consecutive Constructor's Title in 2023
With so much Red Bull dominance as of late is there a reason to pay attention in 2024? Dear reader, you bet there is—and you can catch all the action right here on Sling. Let’s dive into the biggest storylines likely to dominate the 2024 Formula One headlines. But first up, here's how to stream F1 racing all season long with Sling TV.
How to Watch Formula 1 Racing With Sling TV
To watch every Formula 1 race during the 2024 season on the ESPN family of networks, you’ll need to subscribe to Sling Orange or Orange + Blue. Sling Orange includes ESPN, ESPN2, and a simulcast of select races on ABC via ESPN3. If you live in one of the following markets, ABC is included in your Sling Blue/Orange + Blue subscription: Chicago, Fresno, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh/Durham, and San Francisco.
ESPN+ will carry simulcasts of select F1 races in 2024, but not every race. If you want to watch the entire 2023 F1 season, sign up for Sling Orange or Orange + Blue using the link below. Now here's a look at the schedule.
2024 Formula 1 Schedule
Watch ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN3 with Sling Orange
ABC is available with Sling Blue in select markets.
Can Anyone Catch Max and Red Bull?
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With such a dominant season in 2023, this remains the biggest question for 2024. Early results from testing in Bahrain suggest the RBR cars are at least as strong as 2023, and in (characteristically detail-light) interviews with Verstappen, he’s said he believes the 2024 RB is even better than the year before. RBR went all in on 2024 with an aggressive redesign of the car, eschewing modest iteration in favor of a full-steam-ahead approach to staying in pole position. Time charts show the RB20 as as much as a half-a-second quicker than the rest of the field at different times. Many drivers interviewed in Bahrain during the open testing period say that the 2024 season is already a foregone conclusion – giving RBR the top spot on both the drivers and constructors podiums – but there’s a reason they actually run the races. Many teams are poised to take big steps forward, and the Racing Gods always have a few surprises up their sleeves in terms of weather, mechanical failures, wrecks, and more. Maybe Max gets his fourth-straight championship, but it won’t be easy.
Ferrari in the rearview but maybe closer this time?
Ferrari’s big, big, BIG news that Lewis Hamilton will leave Mercedes to join the famed prancing horse doesn’t come to fruition until next year, so Ferrari’s still a bit of a mystery heading into 2024. First, they gave up on their 2023 car fairly early in the season, choosing instead to devote the majority of their energies to preparing for 2024. There’s a lot of momentum behind them, as they’ve seemingly solved a few issues based on Bahrain testing, but has Ferrari fully solved the SF-24's race pace and tire degradation issues? Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, and team Principal Fred Vasseur all hope so.
As mentioned, next year Sir Lewis Hamilton will replace Sainz, the only Ferrari driver (or non-Red Bull racer) to get a win last year. Many eyes are on Sainz to gauge what is essentially an audition for a ride in 2025. Can he turn in another win? Can he beat his teammate, Charles Leclerc, in the standings for the first time since 2021? Leclerc, with the team since 2019, is in a similar situation, as he took a step back in the driver standings in 2023, as did Ferrari as a whole in the constructor's title race. Leclerc's contract is up at the end of the 2024 season and this could be Ferrari’s final chance to prove to Leclerc that Ferrari is where he belongs for the future.
Haas Switcheroo
Fan favorite and paddock darling Geunther Steiner was released in the offseason by team owner Gene Haas. A lack of results has plagued the only American Formula 1 team nearly since they hit the grid. The 2023 car was rocket-fast over a single lap, but the team couldn’t find a way to keep the tires under them for a full stint. While other competitors could run 25 laps on a set, Haas might only manage 18. Aside from that, the car has almost always been slow through high-speed corners, even if their partnership with Ferrari keeps their engines among the best on the grid. New team principal Ayao Komatsu has been with Haas since their inception, but he’s never been in the top spot running a Formula 1 team. Komatsu has a car he simply must improve if he wants to remain at the top of Haas, and he has to face the reality of two drivers who are extremely unhappy with flagging car performance for several years in a row (two experienced drivers and never a podium for the team do not a long partnership make). The mood after testing is as high as it’s ever been at Haas, as there's finally confidence and focus, but that will only matter as far as there are points on the board.
McLaren Momentum - Lando Win #1?
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Led by team boss Zak Brown, McLaren has seen a resurgence that’s difficult not to root for. The team has two young, incredibly popular drivers in Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri who have helped bring McLaren more success than they’ve seen in decades. Finishing fourth in the constructors title in 2023 represents the fifth straight year of top 5 constructors titles, but McLaren has been knocking on the door for wins with their most recent seasons – several of them, in fact, as both Piastri and Norris have been close on multiple occasions. Piastri would like a win sooner rather than later, but it’s Norris who most observers think will find victory lane first. Can McLaren get back into the top 3 in constructors? Will Norris get his maiden F1 victory this season? The team certainly thinks so.
Which Aston Martin Will We Get?
Aston Martin started quickly from the outset, with veteran Fernando Alonso finding the podium in five-of-six races to start the season, but they fell off as the season wore on. Alonso’s teammate Lance Stroll, son of team owner Lawrence Stroll, has always been considered the weakest link on the team, but even he found his way into a few top 5's on the year. As double-points hauls through a majority of races in the first half of the season gave way to more DNFs and mid-pack runs, it seemed that Aston lost their way. But did they simply abandon 2023 car development to focus on 2024, or did Aston lose a step while still actively trying to chase podiums? With Silly Season already underway, Alonso could be looking elsewhere for rides, and Aston could be coming closer than ever to the painful and potentially inevitable step of separating from Lance Stroll as driver. Rediscovering their early 2023 season form will be key to keeping engineers, keeping drivers, and finding more podiums in 2024.
Silly Season’s Already Silly
Silly season—the part of the year when drivers, engineers, and sometimes team principles change teams—is generally not in full swing until the end of the year. However, in the biggest announcement in Formula 1 in decades, seven-time champion Sir Lewis Hamilton has already announced the fulfillment of his boyhood dream to move to Ferrari at the end of the 2024 season. A seismic shift in F1, Lewis moving to Ferrari has kicked off silly season in earnest as early as it ever starts. Nearly half the grid has contracts up at the end of 2024, and with multiple drivers looking for escape routes (looking at you, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, who both have contracts up at the end of the year and drive Alpine entries that are reported to be overweight and slow), while others could ready for retirement, namely Valtteri Bottas. Thenthere are those looking for a return to glory, such as Daniel Ricciardo, whose contract at Red Bull sister/junior team “Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team” (formerly Alpha Tauri) is up at the end of the season. Many drivers will move this year, and it’s going to be a wild ride.
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