F1 Chinese Grand Prix 2025 start times and how to watch live

The formula goes to the Chinese Grand Prix for the second round of the 2025 season from March 21 to 23. The Shanghai International Circuit is organizing the first sprint of the year.

After a chaotic start to the season in the Australian Grand Prix, McLaren's Lando Norris with a perfect score of 25 points has so far been at the top of the drivers.

He converted his pole position Brillant into a career fifth victory and his first win of the season and took Red Bull's Max Verstappen in a moist dry race with several accidents and security auto periods 14 of the 20 drivers crossed the finish line.

George Russell from Mercedes rounded off the podium in third place, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli made the impression in his debut race and took fourth place for the silver arrows.

Alexander Albon was also strong and took fifth place in his Williams, while Lance by Aston Martin and Nico Hulkenberg followed from Sauber and Seventh.

As far as the other big names are concerned, Charles Leclerc from Ferrari had to go to the eighth shortly before the hero, Oscar Piatri.

It is still early with 23 other races, which means a lot of time to find out who the upper hand has and who may be used for a rocky season.

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Chinese Grand Prix 2025 Start times

Shanghai International Circuit is the first sprint of the season this weekend, which means that teams only have a free training session to test auto setups and collect important data.

FP1 begins on Friday, March 21st, at 11:30 a.m. local time, followed by the sprint qualifying later at 3:30 p.m.

On Saturday, March 22nd

The main race begins on Sunday, March 23, at 3 p.m.

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Chinese Grand Prix: Free Practice 1

All following early times are on Friday, unless otherwise stated.

• Local time (CST): 11:30 a.m.
• USA and Canada (EDT): 11:30 p.m. on Thursday
• USA and Canada (CDT): 10:30 p.m. on Thursday
• USA and Canada (PDT): 8:30 p.m. on Thursday
• USA and Canada (MDT): 9:30 p.m. on Thursday
• United Kingdom (GMT): 3:30 a.m.
• Central European time: 4:30 a.m.
• Australia (AEDT): 2:30 p.m.
• Australia (AWST): 11:30 a.m.
• Australia (ACDT): 2 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia (GMT+3): 6:30 a.m.
• Brazil (GMT-3): 12:30 p.m.
• Japan (JST): 12:30 p.m.
• India (is): 9 a.m.

Chinese Grand Prix – Sprint Qualifying

All following early times are on Friday, unless otherwise stated.

• Local time (CST): 3:30 p.m.
• USA and Canada (EDT): 3:30 a.m.
• USA and Canada (CDT): 2:30 a.m.
• USA and Canada (PDT): 12:30 p.m.
• USA and Canada (MDT): 1:30 a.m.
• United Kingdom (GMT): 7:30 a.m.
• Central European time: 8:30 a.m.
• Australia (AEDT): 6:30 p.m.
• Australia (AWST): 3:30 p.m.
• Australia (ACDT): 6 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia (GMT+3): 10:30 a.m.
• Brazil (GMT-3): 4:30 a.m.
• Japan (JST): 4:30 p.m.
• India (is): 1 p.m.

Chinese Grand Prix – Sprint

All following early days are on Saturday, unless otherwise stated.

• Local time (CST): 11 a.m.
• USA and Canada (EDT): 11 p.m. on Friday
• USA and Canada (CDT): 10 p.m. on Friday
• USA and Canada (PDT): 8 p.m. on Friday
• USA and Canada (MDT): 9 p.m. on Friday
• United Kingdom (GMT): 3 a.m.
• Central European time: 4 a.m.
• Australia (AEDT): 2 p.m.
• Australia (AWST): 11 a.m.
• Australia (ACDT): 1:30 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia (GMT+3): 6 a.m.
• Brazil (GMT-3): 12 p.m.
• Japan (JST): 12 p.m.
• India (is): 8:30 a.m.

Chinese Grand Prix – Qualifying

All following early days are on Saturday, unless otherwise stated.

• Local time (CST): 3 p.m.
• USA and Canada (EDT): 3 a.m.
• USA and Canada (CDT): 2 a.m.
• USA and Canada (PDT): 12 p.m.
• USA and Canada (MDT): 1 a.m.
• United Kingdom (GMT): 7 a.m.
• Central European time: 8 a.m.
• Australia (AEDT): 6 p.m.
• Australia (AWST): 3 p.m.
• Australia (ACDT): 5:30 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia (GMT+3): 10 a.m.
• Brazil (GMT-3): 4 a.m.
• Japan (JST): 4 p.m.
• India (is): 12:30 p.m.

Chinese Grand Prix – race

All following early days are on Sunday, unless otherwise stated.

• Local time (CST): 3 p.m.
• USA and Canada (EDT): 3 a.m.
• USA and Canada (CDT): 2 a.m.
• USA and Canada (PDT): 12 p.m.
• USA and Canada (MDT): 1 a.m.
• United Kingdom (GMT): 7 a.m.
• Central European time: 8 a.m.
• Australia (AEDT): 6 p.m.
• Australia (AWST): 3 p.m.
• Australia (ACDT): 5:30 p.m.
• Saudi Arabia (GMT+3): 10 a.m.
• Brazil (GMT-3): 4 a.m.
• Japan (JST): 4 p.m.
• India (is): 12:30 p.m.

How to watch the Chinese Grand Prix

In the United Kingdom, fans can report the Chinese Grand Prix at Sky Sports in detail. For spectators in the USA, live action will be available on ESPN and ESPN+as well as selected Sky sports programs such as the notebook show of the popular TED.

In selected regions, F1 TV Pro subscribers can adjust to the live reporting on each device, together with the possibility to find out with complete sessions and emphasis.

Below you will find the shipment information for some important areas:

• United States: ESPN, ESPN+
• United Kingdom: Sky Sports
• Australia: Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
• Canada: RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
• Italy: Sky Italia
• Netherlands: Viaplay
• New Zealand: Sky NZ
• Spain: DAZN
• Germany: Sky Germany, RTL
• France: Canal+
• Portugal: DAZN
• Belgium: RTBF, do sports
• Mexico: Fox Sports Mexico, Televisa
• Singapure: Leg Sport
• Japan: fuji tv, dazn
• Brazil: Bandirantes, Bandsport
• Mena and Türkiye: Leg Sport
• Latin America: ESPN
• Africa: Supersport

Highlights from every day of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend can be found in the YouTube channel of F1.