F1 Qualifying Today: Japanese Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

Pérez during FP3 at Suzuka — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 Qualifying Today: Japanese Grand Prix 2025 start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

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Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Friday 4 April 2025 17:00

Formula 1 returns this weekend after a week's absence, with drivers taking to the track for the Japanese Grand Prix.

This weekend's action will be the last for some time to be held in such an awful time zone for the American audience, which may have seen people miss an FP1 session in which very little happened.

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However, in FP2 Jack Doohan made it four laps before losing control at 185mph into the first corner, demolishing his car and pausing the session for about 20 minutes as his car was retrieved and the barrier fixed.

Fernando Alonso then beached his car in the gravel in the second Degner, bringing out a second red flag and wrecking several teams' run plans, before the final 15 minutes were broken up by two more red flags for fires around the track.

F1 2025: Japanese Grand Prix start times

Qualifying action at the Japanese Grand Prix starts Saturday, April 5, with FP3 taking place before that at 11:30 am local time.

Find all of the session start times converted to your local time zone below.

Japanese Grand Prix qualifying start times - Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location	Start Time
Local Time (JST)	3 PM
New York, United States (ET)	2 AM
Chicago, United States (CT)	1 AM
Denver, United States (MT)	12 AM
Los Angeles, United States (PT)	11 PM (Friday)
London, United Kingdom (GMT)	7 AM
Sydney, Australia (AEDT)	5 PM
Adelaide, Australia (ACDT)	4:30 PM
Perth, Australia (AWST)	2 PM
Mexico City, Mexico (CST)	1 AM
Berlin, Germany (CET)	8 AM
Tokyo, Japan (JST)	3 PM
Cape Town, South Africa (SAST)	8 AM
Cairo, Egypt (EET)	8 AM
Beijing, China (CST)	2 PM
New Delhi, India (IST)	11:30 AM
São Paulo, Brazil (BRT)	3 AM
Singapore, Singapore (SGT)	2 PM

How to watch F1 live on TV

Qualifying from the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix is set to be shown live on ESPN in the United States. However, different sessions are set to be shown in different places.

FP1 will be shown on ESPN+, for example, whilst FP2 will be shown live on ESPN2. On Saturday, F1 action returns to ESPN+ for FP3.

With that said, broadcast details do vary depending on your location. Please check the information below to see how to watch F1 in your respective country this season.

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