The 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix will begin two hours sooner than it did final 12 months, it has been revealed because the FIA confirmed all session instances for the upcoming Formulation 1 season.
The 2025 calendar was confirmed in April final 12 months, however with little greater than a month to go till the season opener in Australia from March 14-16, the game’s governing physique has launched a extra detailed schedule.
Probably the most vital change is in Las Vegas, the gorgeous occasion that returned to the calendar in 2023, the place all classes on the night time race will begin two hours sooner than they did in 2024.
The Vegas race will now start at 8pm native time on Saturday 22 November, which implies lights out for UK viewers will likely be at 4am on Sunday morning.
The identical timing applies for qualifying 24 hours earlier, whereas the primary and third observe classes will start at 12.30am UK within the early hours of Friday and Saturday morning, respectively.
The change is partly motivated by a need to make the race extra accessible for viewers in different components of the USA, with a brand new 11pm Jap Time begin prone to entice extra viewers.
A press release from the race’s organisers stated: “This adjustment relies on suggestions, insights and expertise from the primary two races, increasing alternatives for followers to discover the vacation spot and persevering with to have interaction with extra followers throughout the US.
“Details on the event and road closure schedules will be shared in the coming months.”
Each monitor session from the vastly anticipated 2025 season is reside on Sky Sports activities F1, whereas pre-season testing in Bahrain can also be reside from February 26-28.
The mixture of a new-look grid – headlined by Lewis Hamilton’s transfer from Mercedes to Ferrari – and hope that the vastly aggressive racing seen throughout most of final season will proceed, are set to provide an exhilarating contest.
Watch all 24 race weekends from the 2025 Formulation 1 season reside on Sky Sports activities F1, beginning with the Australian GP on March 14-16. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – No contract, cancel anytime
