The FIA and Formula 1 have revealed the start time for each individual round of this year's world championship that will kick off next month in Bahrain.

Formula 1's 2022 campaign will include a record-breaking 23 races, with the championship kicking off at Sakhir on March 20 and ending in Abu Dhabi on November 20.

But F1's longest season in history – in terms of number of races – will feature a significant change as race weekends have been reduced from four to three days.

Thursday's traditional media day has been scrapped, with all PR duties for teams and drivers now compressed into Friday morning and FP1 and FP1 taking place in the afternoon.

On Saturday, FP3 and qualifying have been slotted into the schedule an hour later than usual for most European events.

Furthermore, Monaco, where F1 traditionally enjoyed a break on Friday, will begin its race weekend on that day bringing the historic event's schedule in line with other races.

Finally, Formula 1 has yet to decide whether to hold another round of sprint races this season.

FOM's original plan called for the inclusion of six sprints, but this is being met with resistance from the teams who disagree with the financial terms proposed by F1.

A three-sprint race compromise is currently on the table, but teams have yet to agree to the change.

2022 F1 World Championship - Starting times (all times GMT)

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