F1 2025: When does the new season start? Full calendar and testing schedule
F1 2025: When does the new season start? Full calendar and testing schedule
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The 2025 F1 season is scheduled to stage 24 races once again, from March to December. Australia will host the opening race of the Formula 1 season next year after confirmation of the 2025 schedule – with no new races once again on the calendar. It means Lewis Hamilton will debut for Ferrari at Albert Park in Melbourne, which last hosted the first race in 2019 after Covid put paid to the 2020 opener.
Australia will stage the first race of the season on Sunday 16 March - two weeks later than this year’s start date. Bahrain has hosted the first race of the season since 2021, following on from pre-season testing at the same track in Sakhir, but has moved to April due to Ramadan. Saudi has also moved to April, with China and Japan being shifted forward a month to races two and three respectively. The 24-race season will finish in Abu Dhabi on 7 December. The 2025 British Grand Prix takes place on 4-6 July at Silverstone.
Pre-season testing will remain in Bahrain, two weeks prior to the first race, with three days of running on 26-28 February. For the second year running, there will be no new races on the schedule. 2026 is set to be different, though, with Madrid already confirmed as the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix, meaning 2025 could be the last year Barcelona hosts an F1 race. Other calendar alterations include a triple-header in April between Japan-Bahrain-Saudi, while Spain has moved forward three weeks to the end of May/start of June.
Belgium and Hungary have swapped weekends too, with Budapest now hosting the final race before the customary summer break. This year sees a four-week gap in autumn but there will be no such space in the calendar next year, with just one week’s rest in-between Singapore and Austin in October. PRE-SEASON TESTING - BAHRAIN. Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir - 26-28 February. ROUND 1 - AUSTRALIA. Albert Park, Melbourne - 14-16 March.
ROUND 2 - CHINA. Shanghai International Circuit - 21-23 March. ROUND 3 - JAPAN. Suzuka International Racing Course - 4-6 April. ROUND 4 —BAHRAIN. Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir - 11-13 April. ROUND 5 - SAUDI ARABIA. Jeddah Corniche Circuit - 18-20 April. ROUND 6 - MIAMI. Miami International Autodrome, Hard Rock Stadium - 2-4 May. ROUND 7 - EMILIA ROMAGNA. Imola Circuit - 16-18 May. ROUND 8 - MONACO. Circuit de Monaco - 23-25 May.
ROUND 9 - SPAIN. Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya - 30 May-1 June. ROUND 10 - CANADA. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal - 13-15 June. ROUND 11 - AUSTRIA. Red Bull Ring, Spielberg - 27-29 June. ROUND 12 - GREAT BRITAIN. Silverstone Circuit - 4-6 July. ROUND 13 - BELGIUM. Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps - 25-27 July. ROUND 14 - HUNGARY. Hungaroring, Budapest - 1-3 August. ROUND 15 - NETHERLANDS. Circuit Zandvoort - 29-31 August. ROUND 16 - ITALY.
Monza Circuit - 5-7 September. ROUND 17 - AZERBAIJAN. Baku City Circuit - 19-21 September. ROUND 18 - SINGAPORE. Marina Bay Street Circuit - 3-5 October. ROUND 19 - UNITED STATES. Circuit of the Americas, Austin - 17-19 October. ROUND 20 - MEXICO. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City - 24-26 October. ROUND 21 - BRAZIL. Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo - 7-9 November. ROUND 22 - LAS VEGAS. Las Vegas Street Circuit - 20-22 November.
