Formula 1 News: Las Vegas GP to start 2 hours earlier
Formula 1 has announced its race start times for the 2025 season and the big news for USA viewers is that the Las Vegas GP will start at 11:00pm ET instead of 1:00am after everyone is asleep.
Kicking off with the Australian Grand Prix from March 14-16 and concluding with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend of December 5-7, the sport will visit 21 countries across five of the world’s seven continents.
2025 F1 Race Start Times
| RACE | DATE | LOCAL TIME | (GMT) | Eastern Time |
| Australia | March 16 | 15:00 | 04:00 | 11:00pm |
| China | March 23 | 15:00 | 07:00 | 2:00am |
| Japan | April 6 | 14:00 | 05:00 | 12:00am |
| Bahrain | April 13 | 18:00 | 15:00 | 10:00am |
| Saudi Arabia | April 20 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 12:00pm |
| Miami | May 4 | 16:00 | 20:00 | 3:00pm |
| Emilia-Romagna | May 18 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Monaco | May 25 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Spain | June 1 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Canada | June 15 | 14:00 | 18:00 | 1:00pm |
| Austria | June 29 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Great Britain | July 6 | 15:00 | 14:00 | 9:00am |
| Belgium | July 27 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Hungary | August 3 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Netherlands | August 31 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Italy | September 7 | 15:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
| Azerbaijan | September 21 | 15:00 | 11:00 | 6:00am |
| Singapore | October 5 | 20:00 | 12:00 | 7:00am |
| United States (COTA) | October 19 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 2:00pm |
| Mexico City | October 26 | 14:00 | 20:00 | 3:00pm |
| Sao Paulo | November 9 | 14:00 | 17:00 | 12:00pm |
| Las Vegas | November 22 | 20:00 | 04:00 | 11:00pm |
| Qatar | November 30 | 19:00 | 16:00 | 11:00am |
| Abu Dhabi | December 7 | 17:00 | 13:00 | 8:00am |
FIA Start Time Graphic
