{"id":969392,"date":"2026-11-13T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969392\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:24:11","slug":"f1-las-vegas-gp-2026-all-session-times-and-full-weekend-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969392\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Las Vegas GP 2026: All session times and full weekend schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas for the opening round of the season\u2019s final triple-header next week. With both championships secured by Mercedes, attention turns to who can claim victory under the lights of the Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Kimi Antonelli sealed the drivers\u2019 championship in Mexico, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/wolff-hails-mercedes-amazing-comeback-after-constructors-win-in-brazil\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mercedes wrapped up the constructors\u2019 title in Brazil<\/a>. However, there are still three race victories to fight for, starting in Las Vegas before the paddock travels to Qatar and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris arrives following his victory at Interlagos, where he finished ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. The McLaren driver will be looking to carry that momentum into F1\u2019s final visit to the United States this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is a fierce battle for P2 in the championship with Verstappen 17 points ahead of George Russell in the standings. Lewis Hamilton is just one point further back on Russell, with Charles Leclerc 12 behind his Ferrari teammate.<\/p>\n<p>Early starts for UK viewers in Las VegasThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/grandsprix\/las-vegas-grand-prix\" title=\"Las Vegas Grand Prix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Grand Prix<\/a> follows a different timetable from most F1 weekends, with practice beginning on Thursday and the race taking place on Saturday evening locally.<\/p>\n<p>For viewers in the UK, the eight-hour time difference means every session falls on the following day. The weekend begins with FP1 at 00:30 GMT on Friday, 20 November, followed by FP2 at 04:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the final practice session starts at 00:30 GMT, before qualifying gets underway at 04:00 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Prix then begins at 04:00 GMT on Sunday, 22 November \u2014 corresponding to 20:00 on Saturday evening in Las Vegas. The race is scheduled for 50 laps of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Full 2026 Las Vegas GP schedule<\/p>\n<p>The date column below uses UK dates. Local dates are included separately because each session takes place the previous day in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>SessionUK dateUK (GMT)CETLas Vegas local time (PST)Free Practice 1Friday, 20 November00:30\u201301:3001:30\u201302:30Thursday, 19 November: 16:30\u201317:30Free Practice 2Friday, 20 November04:00\u201305:0005:00\u201306:00Thursday, 19 November: 20:00\u201321:00Free Practice 3Saturday, 21 November00:30\u201301:3001:30\u201302:30Friday, 20 November: 16:30\u201317:30QualifyingSaturday, 21 November04:00\u201305:0005:00\u201306:00Friday, 20 November: 20:00\u201321:00RaceSunday, 22 November04:0005:00Saturday, 21 November: 20:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas for the opening round of the season\u2019s final triple-header next week. With&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":969393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,28673,576,577,43565,82],"class_list":["post-969392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-las-vegas-grand-prix","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}