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Formula 1 resumes action this weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix from July 25-27, with Spa-Francorchamps hosting the third sprint of the 2025 season.
Things have now pretty much boiled down to a two-horse title race between McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris after the latter scored two successive wins at Red Bull Ring and Silverstone for the first time in his career.
The Briton positioned himself just eight points behind his teammate in the drivers’ standings, now looking to complete a hat trick of victories this weekend and rack up extra points in the sprint in the hopes of heading into the summer break on top.
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It’s going to be a busy weekend, yet the big talking point at the moment remains the dawn of a new era for Red Bull after the firing of its long-standing team principal, with Belgium marking the team’s first grand prix without Christian Horner at the helm. The Briton has steered the ship since the Milton Keynes outfit joined the F1 grid back in 2005, leading the squad to 14 titles during his tenure.
New team boss Laurent Mekies now has big shoes to fill and it remains to be seen how he manages the pressure and challenges ahead in getting the squad back on track. Right now, the team is sitting in fourth place in the constructors’ standings with 172 points in 12 rounds, which is quite a gap of 288 points behind the leaders McLaren.
Their star driver, Max Verstappen, has been having a tough time getting the problematic RB21 car to catch up with the Woking squad’s formidable pace. He has only managed to score two wins so far in Japan and Emilia Romagna and is currently sitting in third place in the standings, trailing Norris by 61 points and Piastri by 69 points.
The team’s current struggles and internal turmoil have made Verstappen’s future up in the air, and the recent structure change only makes it seem more and more like he could be on his way out. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is undoubtedly keeping a close watch on the Dutchman’s situation, perhaps hoping to lure him over to the Silver Arrows.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stats
- First Grand Prix: 1950
- Circuit Length: 7.004km (4.352 miles)
- Race Distance: 308.052km (191.415 miles)
- Number of Laps: 44
- Number of Turns: 19
- Lap Record: 1:44.701 – Sergio Perez (2024)
- Most Wins (Driver): Michael Schumacher (6)
- Most Wins (Constructor): Ferrari (14)
- Most Pole Positions (Driver): Lewis Hamilton (6)
- Most Pole Positions (Constructor): Ferrari (13)
F1 2025 Belgian Grand Prix Schedule
Spa-Francorchamps, the longest track and one of the fastest on the F1 calendar, plays host to the third sprint of the season this weekend. This means teams will only have one free practice session to test car setups and gather crucial data.
Free Practice 1 (FP1) kicks off at 12:30 p.m. local time (CEST) on Friday, July 25, followed by the sprint qualifying later in the day at 4:30 p.m.
On Saturday, July 26, drivers will battle it out in the 62-mile sprint at 12 p.m. before they fight for grid positions in the grand prix qualifying at 4 p.m.
The main race will kick off at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 27.
Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Free Practice 1 Start Times
All below start times are on Friday unless stated otherwise.
- Local Time (CEST): 12:30 p.m.
- United States and Canada (EDT): 6:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (CDT): 5:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (PDT): 3:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (MDT): 4:30 a.m.
- United Kingdom (BST): 11:30 a.m.
- Australia (AEST): 8:30 p.m.
- Australia (AWST): 6:30 p.m.
- Australia (ACST): 8 p.m.
- Brazil (GMT-3): 7:30 a.m.
- Arabia Standard Time (AST): 1:30 p.m.
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 7:30 p.m.
- Indian Standard Time (IST): 4 p.m.
- China Standard Time (CST): 6:30 p.m.
Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Sprint Qualifying Start Times
All below start times are on Friday unless stated otherwise.
- Local Time (CEST): 4:30 p.m.
- United States and Canada (EDT): 10:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (CDT): 9:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (PDT): 7:30 a.m.
- United States and Canada (MDT): 8:30 a.m.
- United Kingdom (BST): 3:30 p.m.
- Australia (AEST): 12:30 a.m. on Saturday
- Australia (AWST): 10:30 p.m.
- Australia (ACST): 12 a.m. on Saturday
- Brazil (GMT-3): 11:30 a.m.
- Arabia Standard Time (AST): 5:30 p.m.
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 11:30 p.m.
- Indian Standard Time (IST): 8 p.m.
- China Standard Time (CST): 10:30 p.m.
Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Sprint Start Times
All below start times are on Saturday unless stated otherwise.
- Local Time (CEST): 12 p.m.
- United States and Canada (EDT): 6 a.m.
- United States and Canada (CDT): 5 a.m.
- United States and Canada (PDT): 3 a.m.
- United States and Canada (MDT): 4 a.m.
- United Kingdom (BST): 11 a.m.
- Australia (AEST): 8 p.m.
- Australia (AWST): 6 p.m.
- Australia (ACST): 7:30 p.m.
- Brazil (GMT-3): 7 a.m.
- Arabia Standard Time (AST): 1 p.m.
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 7 p.m.
- Indian Standard Time (IST): 3:30 p.m.
- China Standard Time (CST): 6 p.m.
Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Qualifying Start Times
All below start times are on Saturday unless stated otherwise.
- Local Time (CEST): 4 p.m.
- United States and Canada (EDT): 10 a.m.
- United States and Canada (CDT): 9 a.m.
- United States and Canada (PDT): 7 a.m.
- United States and Canada (MDT): 8 a.m.
- United Kingdom (BST): 3 p.m.
- Australia (AEST): 12 a.m. on Sunday
- Australia (AWST): 10 p.m.
- Australia (ACST): 11:30 p.m.
- Brazil (GMT-3): 11 a.m.
- Arabia Standard Time (AST): 5 p.m.
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 11 p.m.
- Indian Standard Time (IST): 7:30 p.m.
- China Standard Time (CST): 10 p.m.
Belgian Grand Prix 2025: Race Start Times
All below start times are on Sunday unless stated otherwise.
- Local Time (CEST): 3 p.m.
- United States and Canada (EDT): 9 a.m.
- United States and Canada (CDT): 8 a.m.
- United States and Canada (PDT): 6 a.m.
- United States and Canada (MDT): 7 a.m.
- United Kingdom (BST): 2 p.m.
- Australia (AEST): 11 p.m.
- Australia (AWST): 9 p.m.
- Australia (ACST): 10:30 p.m.
- Brazil (GMT-3): 10 a.m.
- Arabia Standard Time (AST): 4 p.m.
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 10 p.m.
- Indian Standard Time (IST): 6:30 p.m.
- China Standard Time (CST): 9 p.m.
How To Watch 2025 F1 Belgian Grand Prix
Fans in the United States can catch the live action across ESPN platforms. ESPN2 will air the practice session (FP1) and grand prix qualifying, while sprint qualifying can be watched on ESPNU. Both the sprint and Sunday’s main race will be broadcast on ESPN, with Spanish coverage available throughout the weekend on ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes.
Meanwhile, viewers in the United Kingdom can enjoy extensive coverage of the weekend on Sky Sports. The channel’s hit show, Ted’s Notebook, will return to the screen this weekend following the sprint, qualifying and the race, and it will also be available on ESPN3.
In select regions, F1 TV Pro subscribers can tune in for live coverage on any device, along with the opportunity to catch up on full session replays and highlights afterward.
Below is the broadcast information for some key territories:
- United States: ESPN
- United Kingdom: Sky Sports, Channel 4
- Belgium: RTBF, Play Sports
- Italy: Sky Italia
- Australia: Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
- Japan: Fuji TV, DAZN
- Austria: Servus TV, ORF
- Canada: RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
- China: Tencent
- Netherlands: Viaplay
- New Zealand: Sky NZ
- Spain: DAZN
- Germany: Sky Deutschland, RTL
- France: Canal+
- Portugal: DAZN
- Mexico: Fox Sports Mexico, Televisa
- Singapore: beIN SPORTS
- Brazil: Bandeirantes, Bandsports
- Middle East and Turkey: beIN SPORTS
- Latin America: ESPN
- Africa: SuperSport
Highlights from each day of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix weekend will be available on F1’s YouTube channel.
F1 Drivers’ Standings Ahead Of The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren): 234 points
- Lando Norris (McLaren): 226 points
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing): 165 points
- George Russell (Mercedes): 147 points
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari): 119 points
- Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 103 points
- Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes): 63 points
- Alexander Albon (Williams): 46 points
- Nico Hulkenberg (Kick Sauber): 37 points
- Esteban Ocon (Haas): 23 points
- Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls): 21 points
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin): 20 points
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine): 19 points
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin): 16 points
- Carlos Sainz (Williams): 13 points
- Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls): 12 points
- Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull Racing): 10 points
- Oliver Bearman (Haas): 6 points
- Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber): 4 points
- Franco Colapinto (Alpine): 0 points
F1 Constructors’ Standings Ahead Of The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix
- McLaren: 460 points
- Ferrari: 222 points
- Mercedes: 210 points
- Red Bull Racing: 172 points
- Williams: 59 points
- Kick Sauber: 41 points
- Racing Bulls: 36 points
- Aston Martin: 36 points
- Haas: 29 points
- Alpine: 19 points
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/yaraelshebiny/2025/07/24/what-time-is-the-2025-f1-belgian-grand-prix-heres-how-to-watch/