With the 2024 season in the rear view mirror, it’s time to get excited about the 2025 season.

And it’s worth looking at the new calendar. We’ve got a new season opener and a different European race taking over a sprint weekend, plus a new launch event to kick off the year and a few other races moving around to unfamiliar slots in the order.

Here are the key dates for your diary:

F1 2025 race and testing and calendar

Collective F1 2025 launch event - February 18

Bahrain pre-season testing - February 26-28

Australian Grand Prix - March 16 

Chinese Grand Prix* - March 23

Japanese Grand Prix - April 6 

Bahrain Grand Prix - April 13

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - April 20

Miami Grand Prix* - May 4 

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - May 18

Monaco Grand Prix - May 25

Spanish Grand Prix - June 1

Canadian Grand Prix - June 15

Austrian Grand Prix - June 29

British Grand Prix - July 6

Belgian Grand Prix* - July 27

Hungarian Grand Prix - August 3

Dutch Grand Prix - August 31

Italian Grand Prix - September 7

Azerbaijan Grand Prix - September 21 

Singapore Grand Prix - October 5 

United States Grand Prix* - October 19

Mexican Grand Prix - October 26

Brazilian Grand Prix* - November 9

Las Vegas Grand Prix - November 22 

Qatar Grand Prix* - December 30

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - December 7

*sprint weekend