The 2025 Formula 1 season begins it’s Americas leg with the United States Grand Prix this weekend.

At the Singapore GP earlier this month, Mercedes‘ George Russell fought off a strong challenge from Red Bull‘s Max Verstappen and McLaren‘s Lando Norris to claim his second win of the campaign.

Norris comes into this year’s United States GP as the defending champion. Currently second in the driver standings, he trails McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by 25 points.

McLaren, with 12 wins in 18 races so far this season, is at 650 points in team standings and has opened up a 325-point lead over second-placed Ferrari.

The 2025 United States Grand Prix weekend is just around the corner, and for all the scheduling, TV and streaming details you’ll need to follow the action, look no further than The Sporting News for a full guide.

United States Grand Prix 2025 schedule

The Circuit of the Americas will host the F1 United States Grand Prix from Friday, October 17, to Sunday, October 19.

United States will host the fourth sprint race of the season. It will have just one practice session on Friday, before a sprint qualifying session. Saturday will see the sprint race followed by qualifying for Sunday’s GP.

(All times in ET)

SessionDateStart timeApprox. finishPractice 1Fri, Oct. 171:30 p.m.2:30 p.m.Sprint QualifyingFri, Oct. 175:30 p.m.6:14 p.m.SprintSat, Oct. 1812:30 p.m.1:00 p.m.QualifyingSat, Oct. 185:00 p.m.6:00 p.m.RaceSun, Oct. 193:00 p.m.-United States Grand Prix TV channel, live stream 

Here’s how to watch the 2025 United States Grand Prix across U.S.:

In the United States, ESPN will provide live television coverage of the race. Streaming options are available on ESPN+, Fubo and F1 TV.

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When is the United States Grand Prix?

The 2025 United States Grand Prix will take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, on Sunday, October 19 and will begin at 2:00 p.m. CT which translates to 3:00 p.m. ET in US. 

What is an F1 sprint race?

Gone is the standard three-practice, qualifying, and race setup. Instead, teams dive straight into action with just one practice session early Friday, giving engineers barely enough time to blink, let alone fine-tune setups. Right after that, it’s lights out for a shortened version of qualifying — a rapid-fire, three-round, 44-minute knockout that’s a slimmed-down cousin of the usual hour-long session.

That quickfire quali locks in the starting grid for Saturday’s Sprint — a roughly 100-kilometer dash that’s all gas and no brakes. No mandatory pit stops, no tire compound changes, just flat-out racing from start to finish. With championship points on the line for the top eight finishers (eight for the winner, seven for second, and so on), the Sprint packs serious punch for such a short burst.

But that’s just the warm-up. Later Saturday, teams regroup for a full-length qualifying session to decide the starting order for Sunday’s main event — the Grand Prix itself.

F1 race schedule 2025DateGrand Prix TrackMarch 14-16AustraliaAlbert ParkMarch 21-23China*Shanghai International CircuitApril 4-6JapanSuzukaApril 11-13BahrainBahrain International CircuitApril 18-20Saudi ArabiaJeddah Corniche CircuitMay 2-4Miami*Miami International AutodromeMay 16-18Emilia RomagnaImolaMay 23-25MonacoCircuit de MonacoMay 30- June 1SpainCircuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaJune 13-15CanadaCircuit Gilles-VilleneuveJune 27-29AustriaRed Bull RingJuly 4-6Great Britain SilverstoneJuly 25-27Belgium*Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsAug. 1-3HungaryHungarian RingAug. 29-31NetherlandsCircuit ZandvoortSept. 5-7ItalyNational Monza RacetrackSept. 19-21AzerbaijanBaku City CircuitOct. 3-5SingaporeMarina Bay Street CircuitOct. 17-19USA*Circuit of the AmericasOct. 24-26MexicoRodriguez Brothers RacetrackNov. 7-9Brazil*Jose Carlos Pace RacetrackNov. 20-22Las VegasLas Vegas Strip CircuitNov. 28-30Qatar*Lusail International CircuitDec. 5-7Abu DhabiYas Marina Circuit

*Sprint format