Saudi Arabia is set to host the opening round of the 2024 Formula 1 season after requesting to stage its grand Prix before the start of Ramadan.

F1 signed a lucrative 10-year deal to race in Saudi Arabia starting in 2021, with plans to move the race from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit to the new-build city of Qiddiyah in the future.

The race joined the calendar as the penultimate race in 2021 before shifting to early in the season for 2022, serving as the second round after the Bahrain Grand Prix.

It will once again be round two in 2023, but it has been revealed that Jeddah is set to play host to the opening race of the season in 2024.

Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Corniche Circuit has been handed the prize role of hosting the season opener in 2024, it has emerged.

The venue held its inaugural Grand Prix in 2021 as the penultimate race of the season but was moved up to second place on the schedule for 2022 and 2023 following on from the opening race in Bahrain.

Organizers of the Saudi Arabia GP had asked to move the race even earlier in the year for 2024 to avoid a clash with Ramadan religious observance, which in Saudi Arabia begins on Sunday 10 March, and lasts until 8 April.