Important date's for your 2014 F1 diary

(Ben Johnston 2014)

There are just under two weeks to go until the start of preseason testing in Jerez so with that in mind here are some key date's for your 2014 F1 diary:

Friday 24th January -  McLaren kick start the 2014 season by launching their new car the McLaren MP4 29. The Woking based squad are expected to announce their new title sponsor following the departure of Vodadone.

January 28th - 31st - The opening test of preseason gets underway with all team's except the Lotus F1 Team expected to take part.

Mercedes, Caterham and Marussia have all confirmed that they will be in Jerez with their new cars, while the Williams F1 Team have also confirmed that they will also be present at the launch.

February 19th - 22nd - The second test of the preseason gets underway at the Sakir circuit in Bahrain where the Lotus F1 Team are set to launch the E22 along with revealing Pastor Maldonado to the media.

February 27th - 2nd March - The final four day preseason test gets underway at the Sakir circuit in Bahrain. It is expected that all the team's on the grid will be present at the last preseason test.

Exactly two week's after the conclusion of the final preseason test the 2014 season gets underway in Australia.

March 16 - Australia
March 30 - Malaysia
April 6 - Bahrain
April 20 - China
May 11 - Spain
May 25 - Monaco
June 8 - Canada
June 28 - Austria
July 6 - Britain
July 20 - Germany
July 27 - Hungary
August 24 - Belgium
September 7 - Italy
September 21 - Singapore
October 5 - Japan
October 12 - Russia
November 2 - United States
November 9 - Brazil
November 23 - Abu Dhabi

Restricted in season testing returns this season following selected Grand Prix however, the venues for the test sessions have not yet been confirmed by the FIA.