F1 Practice Today: United States Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule, TV channel and live stream

Here's how to watch the one and only practice session at the 2025 United States Grand Prix

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Friday 17 October 2025 09:57

F1 returns this weekend with sprint race action in Austin for the 2025 United States Grand Prix.

McLaren won the constructors' title last time out in Singapore, but drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri only finished the race in third and fourth respectively, with the Aussie not best pleased that his team-mate overtook him on lap one.

Glory belonged to Mercedes and George Russell however, after the Brit clinched his fifth career victory at the Singapore GP ahead of rival Max Verstappen, who finished second.

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With just the drivers' championship left to play for, could Verstappen and Russell disrupt the McLaren party and continue to steal vital race victories from Norris and Piastri?

Alongside the intensifying title fight, the FIA have declared the US GP a heat hazard on a weekend with double the competitive sessions. As the sprint returns, the grid have one practice session to acclimatise to the heat and the track, before they launch straight into sprint qualifying on Friday.

Here is how you can catch all of Friday's action, wherever you are in the world.

F1 Practice times - United States Grand Prix

The one and only practice session will get underway today (Friday, October 17, 2025) with FP1 at 12:30pm local time (CDT).

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

United States Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP1 - Friday, October 17, 2025

Location	Time
Local time (CDT)	12:30pm Friday
British Summer Time (BST)	6:30pm Friday
Central European Summer Time (CEST)	7:30pm Friday
United States (EDT)	1:30pm Friday
United States (PDT)	10:30am Friday
Australia (AEDT)	4:30am Saturday
Australia (AWST)	1:30am Saturday
Australia (ACDT)	4:00am Saturday
Mexico (CST)	11:30am Friday
Japan (JST)	2:30am Saturday
South Africa (SAST)	7:30pm Friday
Egypt (EEST)	8:30pm Friday
China (CST)	1:30am Saturday
India (IST)	11:00pm Friday
Brazil (BRT)	2:30pm Friday
Singapore (SGT)	1:30am Saturday
Saudi Arabia (AST)	8:30pm Friday
Turkey (EEST)	8:30pm Friday
United Arab Emirates (GST)	9:30pm Friday

How to watch the United States Grand Prix action 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.lu
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

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

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Sheona Mountford - F1 Journalist

Sheona Mountford is a motorsport journalist specialising in F1. As a writer and contributor, she covers a wide range of motorsport series from F1 to F1 Academy, responsible for breaking news, live race coverage and in depth analysis of the sport and the culture around it.

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