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F1 2026 start times revealed: Baku, Canada and Las Vegas face changes

12:20, 16 Sep

Updated: 14:35, 16 Sep

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byNorberto Mujica

The Las Vegas Grand Prix will change its session times ahead of the 2025 edition of the fan favorite race.

Max Verstappen during fp2 of the Canadian Grand Prix

These are the session times for the 2026 F1 season

The races set to be the most affected by time changes are the Canadian Grand Prix, which will start two hours later, to potentially circumnavigate the Indy500 taking place on the same day.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is facing more dramatic changes with the entire race weekend being moved forward a whole day due to a national day of mourning on the Sunday, meaning FP1 and FP2 will take place on Thursday, FP3 and Qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday.

Europen F1 fans face brutal Las Vegas GP times

Las Vegas will also move the session times by a whole four hours with the race having started at midnight local time the first two times F1 raced down the popular Strip.

This means that European fans will have to set their alarm clocks very early as a 4AM CET time, 3AM UK time lies ahead if they want to watch both the qualifying session as well as the race live.

Max Verstappen conquered his fourth title at the Las Vegas Grand Prix

2026 F1 start times – All times local

08 March – AUSTRALIA – Melbourne

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

15 March – CHINA – Shanghai

Sprint – 11:00 - Quali – 15:00 - Race – 15:00

29 March – JAPAN – Suzuka

Quali – 15:00 - Race – 14:00

12 April – BAHRAIN – Sakhir

Quali – 19:00 - Race – 18:00

19 April – SAUDI ARABIA – Jeddah

Quali – 20:00 - Race – 20:00

03 May – MIAMI – Miami

Sprint – 12:00 - Quali – 16:00 Race – 16:00

24 May – CANADA – Montreal

Sprint - 12:00 - Quali – 16:00 - Race – 16:00

07 June – MONACO – Monaco

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

14 June BARCELONA-CATALUNYA – Barcelona

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

28 June – AUSTRIA – Spielberg

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

05 July – GREAT BRITAIN – Silverstone

Sprint - 12:00 - Quali – 16:00- Race – 15:00

19 July – BELGIUM – Spa-Francorchamps

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

26 July – HUNGARY – Budapest

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

31 August – NETHERLANDS – Zandvoort

Sprint – 12:00- Quali – 16:00- Race – 15:00

06 September – ITALY – Monza

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

13 September – SPAIN – Madrid

Quali – 16:00 Race – 15:00

26 September – AZERBAIJAN – Baku

Quali – 16:00- Race – 15:00

11 October – SINGAPORE – Singapore

Sprint – 17:00 - Quali – 21:00 - Race – 20:00

25 October – UNITED STATES – Austin

Quali – 16:00 - Race – 15:00

01 November – MEXICO CITY – Mexico City

Quali – 15:00 - Race – 14:00

08 November – SÃO PAULO – São Paulo

Quali – 15:00 - Race – 14:00

21 November – LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas

Quali – 20:00- Race – 20:00

29 November – QATAR – Lusail

Quali – 21:00 - Race – 19:00

06 December – ABU DHABI – Yas Island

Quali – 18:00 - Race – 17:00

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