Formula 1 returns this weekend after a week's absence, with drivers taking to the track for the Japanese Grand Prix.
This weekend's action will be the last for some time to be held in such an awful time zone for the American audience, which may have seen people miss an FP1 session in which very little happened.
However, in FP2 Jack Doohan made it four laps before losing control at 185mph into the first corner, demolishing his car and pausing the session for about 20 minutes as his car was retrieved and the barrier fixed.
Fernando Alonso then beached his car in the gravel in the second Degner, bringing out a second red flag and wrecking several teams' run plans, before the final 15 minutes were broken up by two more red flags for fires around the track.
Teams will be hoping that the fire issues are resolved by qualifying, or else risk being caught out by inconveniently timed stoppages.
Qualifying action at the Japanese Grand Prix starts Saturday, April 5, with FP3 taking place before that at 11:30 am local time.
Find all of the session start times converted to your local time zone below.
Japanese Grand Prix qualifying start times - Saturday, April 5, 2025
Location
Start Time
Local Time (JST)
3 PM
New York, United States (ET)
2 AM
Chicago, United States (CT)
1 AM
Denver, United States (MT)
12 AM
Los Angeles, United States (PT)
11 PM (Friday)
London, United Kingdom (GMT)
7 AM
Sydney, Australia (AEDT)
5 PM
Adelaide, Australia (ACDT)
4:30 PM
Perth, Australia (AWST)
2 PM
Mexico City, Mexico (CST)
1 AM
Berlin, Germany (CET)
8 AM
Tokyo, Japan (JST)
3 PM
Cape Town, South Africa (SAST)
8 AM
Cairo, Egypt (EET)
8 AM
Beijing, China (CST)
2 PM
New Delhi, India (IST)
11:30 AM
São Paulo, Brazil (BRT)
3 AM
Singapore, Singapore (SGT)
2 PM
How to watch F1 live on TV
Qualifying from the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix is set to be shown live on ESPN in the United States. However, different sessions are set to be shown in different places.
FP1 will be shown on ESPN+, for example, whilst FP2 will be shown live on ESPN2. On Saturday, F1 action returns to ESPN+ for FP3.
With that said, broadcast details do vary depending on your location. Please check the information below to see how to watch F1 in your respective country this season.
Country
Broadcaster(s)
United States
ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Mexico
Fox Sports Mexico, Televisa
Australia
Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
United Kingdom
Sky Sports
Italy
Sky Italia
Belgium
RTBF, Play Sports
Netherlands
Viaplay, Viaplay Xtra
Spain
DAZN F1
Canada
RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
Germany
Sky Deutschland, RTL
France
Canal+
Singapore
beIN SPORTS
China
CCTV, Shanghai TV, Guangdong Television Channel, Tencent
Japan
Fuji TV, DAZN
Hungary
M4 (MTVA Sports Channel)
Brazil
Bandeirantes, Bandsports
Austria
Servus TV, ORF
Middle East & Turkey
beIN SPORTS
Africa
SuperSport
India
FanCode
Latin America
ESPN
F1 action in 2025 is also available to watch via F1TV Pro in selected countries.
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14 - 14 Mar
GP CHINA
21 - 21 Mar
GP JAPAN
4 - 4 Apr
GP BAHRAIN
11 - 11 Apr
GP SAUDI ARABIA
18 - 18 Apr
GP USA
2 - 2 May
GP ITALY
16 - 16 May
GP MONACO
23 - 23 May
GP SPAIN
30 - 30 May
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