Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in front of an Italian flag themed background shot of the Italian GP — Photo: © IMAGO

Italian Grand Prix Qualifying

F1 Qualifying Today: Italian Grand Prix 2025 start time, TV channel and FREE live stream

Qualifying gets underway on Saturday!

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Saturday 6 September 2025 08:57

The all-important Italian Grand Prix F1 qualifying session gets underway TODAY (Saturday, September 6), with Monza playing host to a high-speed battle for pole position.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will resume their championship fight, while Max Verstappen will hope to spring a surprise and claim his fifth pole of the season.

Elsewhere, Lewis Hamilton will be taking part in his first competitive session at the Italian GP as a Ferrari driver, with the tifosi cheering on their seven-time world champion signing for the first time.

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Both Hamilton and his team-mate Charles Leclerc are under immense pressure to perform at Monza, but Hamilton's five-place grid penalty carried over from last weekend's Dutch GP means that a best-case scenario after qualifying will be sixth for the 40-year-old.

Kimi Antonelli takes part in his second home race in his rookie season in the sport, with optimism high within the Mercedes ranks that they can challenge the McLarens for pole position.

F1 Qualifying times - Italian Grand Prix

The competitive action will get underway today (Saturday, September 6, 2025), with qualifying at 4pm local time (CEST).

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

Italian Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

Qualifying - Saturday, September 6 2025

Location	Time
Local time (CEST)	4:00pm Saturday
British Summer Time (BST)	3:00pm Saturday
United States (EDT)	10:00am Saturday
United States (CDT)	9:00am Saturday
United States (PDT)	7:00am Saturday
Australia (AEST)	12:00am Sunday
Australia (AWST)	10:00pm Saturday
Australia (ACST)	11:30pm Saturday
Mexico (CST)	8:00am Saturday
Japan (JST)	11:00pm Saturday
South Africa (SAST)	4:00pm Saturday
Egypt (EEST)	5:00pm Saturday
China (CST)	10:00pm Saturday
India (IST)	7:30pm Saturday
Brazil (BRT)	11:00pm Saturday
Singapore (SGT)	10:00pm Saturday
Saudi Arabia (AST)	5:00pm Saturday
Turkey (EEST)	5:00pm Saturday
United Arab Emirates (GST)	6:00pm Saturday

How to watch Italian Grand Prix 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

Region/Country	Broadcaster(s)
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
United States	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Italy	Sky Italia
Netherlands	Viaplay, Viaplay Xtra
China	CCTV, Shanghai TV, Guangdong Television Channel, Tencent
Japan	Fuji TV, DAZN
Australia	Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo, Network Ten
Spain	DAZN F1, Mediaset
Canada	CTV, RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
Germany	Sky Deutschland, RTL
France	Canal+
*Belgium	RTBF, Telenet, Play Sports
*Luxembourg	RTL.Zwee
Mexico	Fox Sports Mexico
Singapore	beIN SPORTS
Hungary	M4 (MTVA Sports Channel)
Brazil	Bandeirantes, Bandsports
*Austria	Servus TV, ORF
Middle East & Turkey	beIN SPORTS
Africa	SuperSport
Latin America	ESPN

F1 fans can watch Sunday's Italian Grand Prix and every race in 2025 for free in these countries via their respective channels: Austria (ORF), Belgium (RTBF) and Luxembourg (RTL Zwee).

Coverage of Saturday's qualifying and Sunday's main event will also be shown for free on TV8 in Italy.

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

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