Race week! And again, Sprint weekend! Formula 1 travels this week to Austin to compete in the United States Grand Prix, the 18th round of the season and the fifth with a Sprint format. What time is the Formula 1 United States GP? How can I watch it on television? We tell you how to follow this event.
The first free practice session will be held on Friday, it will be at 7:30 pm CEST, and will last 60 minutes. This is the only time drivers will ride before qualifying, which takes place on Friday at 23:00 CEST and sets the starting grid for Sunday’s race.
On Saturday the drivers will have a second classification, the Sprint shootout, which will start at 19:30 CEST and will define the sprint grid. And then the first points of the weekend will be distributed in the sprint race, which starts at 00:00 CEST on Sunday.
As for the United States Grand Prix race, it will take place on Sunday at 21:00 CEST. It is planned to have a total of 71 laps or a maximum of two hours, if it is impossible to complete the race distance in the scheduled time. That means it ends at 23:00 CEST at the latest.
| day | Local time | CEST time | |
| Free 1 | 20/10 | 16:30-17:30 | 19:30-20:30 |
| classifications | 20/10 | 20:00-21:00 | 23:00-00:00 |
| Sprint shootout | 21/10 | 16:00-16:44 | 19:30-20:14 |
| Sprint | 21/10 | 20:30-21:30 | 00:00-00:00 *22/10 |
| Qatar GP | 22/10 | 20:00-22:00 | 21:00-23:00 |
* CEST time corresponds to Spanish peninsular time.
In Spain, all weekend sessions can be followed live and directly on Movistar Plus and DAZN F1.
SoyMotor.com will monitor every minute of all the action on the track through a written live stream, leading a free audio narration of the free practice, qualifying and the race through our Twitch channel.
This portal will also offer a record of all the sessions, as well as the reactions of the main protagonists.
