Race weekend schedule for the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. The timetable below includes different time zones for the practice, qualifying and race start times for people tuning in from other countries.
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Austrian Grand Prix race weekend format
The 2025 Austrian GP takes place at the Red Bull Ring and will have three practice sessions, a qualifying session and the full grand prix. There’s no sprint race this weekend.
Below is the format and duration of the different F1 sessions during the race weekend:
Friday 27th June:
- Practice 1 (60 mins)
- Practice 2 (60 mins)
Saturday 28th June:
- Practice 3 (60 mins)
- Qualifying – Q1 / Q2 / Q3 (60 mins)
Sunday 29th June:
- Grand Prix (120 mins / 71 laps)
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2025 Austrian GP start time
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 race starts at 3pm local time. The race will last for either 71 laps or 120 minutes (whichever is shorter).
Austrian F1 schedule 2025
Below is the Austria F1 schedule for the 2025 Red Bull Ring Grand Prix weekend.
| 2025 Austrian GP Schedule | ||
|---|---|---|
| Friday 27th June | Local Time | UK Time |
| Practice 1 | 13:30 - 14:30 | 12:30 - 13:30 |
| Practice 2 | 17:00 - 18:00 | 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday 28th June | ||
| Practice 3 | 12:30 - 13:30 | 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Qualifying | 16:00 - 17:00 | 15:00 - 16:00 |
| Sunday 29th June | ||
| Grand Prix | 15:00 | 14:00 |
What time is the Austrian F1 race in my country?
The Austria F1 race will start at 15:00 local time (CEST) and will last for either 71 laps or 2 hours.
Below are the times for all the Austrian Grand Prix practice, qualifying, sprint and race sessions in a number of different time zones.
| Session | Austria Time CEST |
Pacific Time PT |
Central Time CT |
Eastern Time ET |
UK Time GMT |
Australia AET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice 1 | 13:30 | 04:30 | 06:30 | 07:30 | 12:30 | 21:30 |
| Practice 2 | 17:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 +1 |
| Practice 3 | 12:30 | 03:30 | 05:30 | 06:30 | 11:30 | 20:30 |
| Qualifying | 16:00 | 07:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 +1 |
| Race | 15:00 | 06:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 14:00 | 23:00 |
What channel is the Austrian GP on?
UK viewers will be able to watch live coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend on Sky Sports F1 if they have a paid subscription to that channel.
USA viewers can tune in on ESPN if they have a subscription.
Coverage and pre-race build up usually begins around 60 to 90 minutes before the Austrian F1 race start time.
Highlights of the race will be available to view for free to UK viewers on Channel 4 at around 11:00pm on Sunday of the race weekend.
International broadcast information can be found on the official Formula 1 website.
Gate opening times
If you’re lucky enough to be attending the Austrian Grand Prix in person it’s important to know what time to arrive if you want to try and get one of the best general admission viewing spots.
The Red Bull Ring usually confirms the exact spectator gate opening times a few days before the event via their social feeds and email. But for reference, below are the 2024 times.
Austria Grand Prix spectator gate opening times:
- Friday – 7:00am
- Saturday – 7:00am
- Sunday – 7:00am
Austrian F1 weekend detailed motorsport schedule
In addition to the F1 there will be some support series taking to the track during the GP weekend.
The support races for the last two years Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring were:
- FIA Formula 3
- FIA Formula 2
- Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup
