F1 Sprint Qualifying Today: Belgian Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule and TV

The F1 sprint race format returns this weekend for the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix to kick-start the final double-header before the campaign's summer break.

The 13th round of this year's championship heads to Spa-Francorchamps for the third sprint race of the season, with Ferrari fans on the edge of their seats over whether seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton will be able to achieve another vital pole position in sprint qualifying.

The 40-year-old stunned the paddock earlier this year at the Chinese GP, securing both the sprint qualifying and sprint race victory in Shanghai, but sadly the Brit has not claimed a grand prix podium with his new team as of yet.

The second sprint of the season in Miami saw Hamilton's successor at Mercedes, Kimi Antonelli, make history as the youngest ever pole-sitter in F1 history, taking the sprint qualifying pole.

If the first two sprint weekends of the season are anything to go by, excitement is to be expected in Spa this weekend as every point counts towards a championship battle that remains tight at the front between McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.

Introduced in 2021, the 100-kilometre Sprint race mixes up the traditional grand prix schedule and is held on Saturday after Friday's sprint qualifying. The traditional grand prix qualifying session then sets the stage later on Saturday for the main race ahead of Sunday's event.

As preparations for the third sprint of 2025 get underway, let's take a look at the sprint qualifying start times and how you can catch all the action from Belgium this weekend.

When does F1 Sprint Qualifying start at the Belgian GP?

The third sprint shootout of the 2025 season kicks off at the Belgian GP today (Friday), July 25, at 4:30pm local time, ahead of Saturday's sprint in Spa.

Find the session start times converted to your local time zone below:

Belgian Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

Sprint Qualifying - Friday, July 25 2025

How to watch the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying live on TV today

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Check below to see how to tune in for some major countries:

Where to watch: F1 2025 broadcasters by region

*For those in Germany, RTL are showing the Belgian Grand Prix for free live on Sunday.

F1TV Pro also carries coverage of the sport, depending on which territory you are in.

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Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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