F1 2025 Calendar: Race Dates, Where To Watch, IST Timings And More

The wait is over. The new season of Formula 1 is here. Serious action is underway from February 26 with a three-day testing at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sekhir. And then in two weeks, the ten teams with the world’s best twenty drivers will assemble in Melbourne for the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix, from March 14-16. 

Like recent years, the F1 2025 season will conclude with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from December 5-7. Due to Ramadan in March 2025, the Bahrain and the Saudi Arabian Grands Prix will take place in April. The championship will be held across 21 countries on five continents.

The F1 2025 season saw its first piece of action with the launch of the tream liveries at the London O2 arena. However, that was looks. Now, comes the real track time.

The pre-season testing is the first time that the manufactuers will have an opportunity to test their new designs and configerations in race conditions over a long run.

The testing, in Bahrain, is divided in three days, starting February 26. Each ofthe three days will be divided in two broad sessions and it is up to the teams to utilise this time to finetune their cars before the season opener in Australia.

On each day, Feb. 26, 27 and 28, the first testing session will start at 12:30 pm IST and the second will start at 5:25 pm IST.

Given below is a table which shows the full 2025 F1 calendar along with race timings in Indian Standard Time.

If you are new to the world of Formula One, here is a quick recap of the last season. The 2024 season was arguably one of the more thrilling ones in recent times.

While Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his fourth consecutive title, Mclaren ended their 26-year wait for the Constructors Championship, their first since 1998. British driver Lando Norris finished second in the driver’s championship in what was arguably the most competitive Mclaren car in over a decade-and-a-half. His teammate Oscar Piastri also registered multiple race wins, contributing to the team’s Constructor’s triumph.

The season was also seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton’s last with Mercedes-AMG Petronas. He will join hands with Charles Leclerc in 2025 at Ferrari. 

Apart from all the excitement surrounding Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, the focus is also on Verstappen’s title defence and whether Norris can challenge the Dutch driver in the last year of current regulations. 

The season is also special for another reason. As many as six rookies – Kimi Antonelli with Mercedes, Ollie Bearman with Haas, Gabriel Bortoleto with Sauber, Jack Doohan with Alpine, Isack Hadjar with Racing Bulls and Liam Lawson Red Bull – will take to the track in Melbourne when the new season gets underway.  

Viewers in India can catch the Formula 1 action on two platforms. For the diehards, an F1 TV pro subscription will do the trick as it has loads of features like multi-cam viewing, driver audio channels etc.   

For the calmer race watchers, the testing, qualifying, sprints and races will be telecast also on the FanCode streaming platform.