CARSON, Calif. — Porsche Motorsport North America has unveiled the 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup North America race calendar following the conclusion of this season in Austin, Texas.
The fourth season of the premier one-make race series will spread its 16-round, eight-race weekend schedule across the lineups of the most popular sports car racing and Formula One events of the year. With the addition of the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada, the Porsche Carrera Cup North America will now be the support series for Formula 1 on the continent for three events.
Porsche Carrera Cup North America will join IMSA for five of road racing’s most exciting sports car events. For the fourth consecutive time, the series will open its year as part of the Mobil1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.
The ANDIAL Cup will be introduced next season to provide competitors an additional award for competing at the most iconic road courses in North America. All full season competitors will receive automatic entry for the ANDIAL Cup, while those interested in running only at the more storied tracks will be presented the opportunity to compete for a championship. ANDIAL Cup tracks include Sebring (Fla.) Int’l Raceway, Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l, Road America (Wis.), Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.
The Rundown
Opening with rounds one and two at Sebring, the season will support the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as it has every year since Porsche series debuted in 2021.
Back-to-back dates with F-1 will highlight the first half of the season. Joining the world’s most popular sport for the second year, rounds three and four will be the support series for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, May 3 – 5. Carrera Cup will again enjoy a Canadian event when it travels north of the boarder competing as part of the Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada weekend, June 7 – 9 for rounds five and six.
Watkins Glen is one of four legacy tracks – circuits which have hosted a Porsche Carrera Cup North America event weekend every season since the first – on next season’s calendar.
The other tracks which have enjoyed a place on the season schedule each of the four seasons are: Sebring, Road America – which returns to the IMSA weekend August 2 – 4 –and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Carrera Cup North America will again join the Battle On the Bricks IMSA weekend at Indy, September 20 – 22.
After one year off the schedule, Road Atlanta returns to the Carrera Cup lineup on October 9 – 12 on the weekend of the 27th Running of the Petit Le Mans. For the second year, the series will end its season at the Circuit of The Americas. The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix will be the third time in the season the series acts as the support race to Formula 1.
Full ScheduleÂ
March 13 – 15            Sebring International Raceway*            IMSA
May 3 – 5                    Miami International Autodrome             Formula 1
June 7 – 9                   Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve            Â
June 20 – 22               Watkins Glen International*               Â
August 2 – 4               Road America*                     Â
September 20 – 22    Indianapolis Motor Speedway*               IMSA
October 9 – 11           Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta*            IMSA
October 18 – 20         Circuit of The Americas                     Â
* ANDIAL Cup rounds