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

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Mexican Grand Prix Practice

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

The Mexican GP action gets underway today

Sam Cook Digital Journalist

Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Friday 24 October 2025 07:40

Action at the Mexican Grand Prix gets underway TODAY (Friday, October 24), with the first two of three practice sessions before competitive action begins on Saturday.

Drivers head to the highest-altitude track on the F1 calendar for round 20 of the 2025 season, with the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City sitting 2300m above sea level.

And there are three drivers who are in the midst of a thrilling championship battle, with Max Verstappen now just 40 points behind Oscar Piastri after sprint and main race victory last time out in Austin.

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Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris crashed out of the sprint race last time out, while Piastri could only finish fifth in the main race, allowing Norris to also close to within 14 points of his championship lead.

This weekend is not a sprint race weekend, meaning we have three full hours of practice to look forward to!

And Friday's FP1 will feature NINE rookies on the grid, as teams rush to fulfil their rookie driver quota before the end of the season. The most notable of those comes in the shape of 18-year-old Arvid Lindbald, who is taking to the track in Max Verstappen's RB21.

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

F1 Practice times - Mexican Grand Prix

The first of the three practice sessions takes place today (Friday, October 24, 2025), with FP1 at 12:30pm local time (CST).

FP2 takes place later on at 4pm local time (CST), before attention switches to Saturday. The third and final practice session is on Saturday, October 25 at 11:30am local time (CST).

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

Mexican Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP1 - Friday, October 25, 2025

Location	Time
Local time (CST)	12:30pm Friday
British Summer Time (BST)	7:30pm Friday
Central European Summer Time (CEST)	8:30pm Friday
United States (EDT)	2:30pm Friday
United States (PDT)	11:30am Friday
Australia (AEDT)	5:30am Saturday
Australia (AWST)	2:30am Saturday
Australia (ACDT)	5:00am Saturday
Mexico (CST)	12:30pm Friday
Japan (JST)	3:30am Saturday
South Africa (SAST)	8:30pm Friday
Egypt (EEST)	9:30pm Friday
China (CST)	2:30am Saturday
India (IST)	12:00am Saturday
Brazil (BRT)	3:30pm Friday
Singapore (SGT)	2:30am Saturday
Saudi Arabia (AST)	9:30pm Friday
Turkey (EEST)	9:30pm Friday
United Arab Emirates (GST)	10:30pm Friday

Mexican Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP2 - Friday, October 25, 2025

Location	Time
Local time (CST)	4:00pm Friday
British Summer Time (BST)	11:00pm Friday
Central European Summer Time (CEST)	12:00am Saturday
United States (EDT)	6:00pm Friday
United States (PDT)	3:00pm Friday
Australia (AEDT)	9:00am Saturday
Australia (AWST)	6:00am Saturday
Australia (ACDT)	8:30am Saturday
Mexico (CST)	4:00pm Friday
Japan (JST)	7:00am Saturday
South Africa (SAST)	12:00am Saturday
Egypt (EEST)	1:00am Saturday
China (CST)	6:00am Saturday
India (IST)	3:30am Saturday
Brazil (BRT)	7:00pm Friday
Singapore (SGT)	6:00am Saturday
Saudi Arabia (AST)	1:00am Saturday
Turkey (EEST)	1:00am Saturday
United Arab Emirates (GST)	2:00am Saturday

Mexican Grand Prix 2025 Session Times

FP3 - Saturday, October 26, 2025

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

How to watch the Mexican 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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