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2020 F1 race times confirmed - including Vietnam and Dutch Grands Prix
Practice, qualifying and race times have been announced for the 2020 F1 season – including those for April’s inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix and the returning Dutch Grand Prix in May.
The Vietnam race, to be staged on the all-new Hanoi Circuit, will start at 14:10 local time (07:10 GMT), while the lights will go out at Zandvoort for the Netherlands round at 15:10 local time (13:10 GMT).
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Among other minor schedule changes, the British and United States Grands Prix will both start an hour later than in 2019. Full details below…
2020 F1 SESSION TIMES
GRAND PRIX | FP1/FP2/FP3 | QUALIFYING | RACE |
---|---|---|---|
Australia | 1200/1600/1400 | 1700 | 1610 |
Bahrain | 1400/1800/1500 | 1800 | 1810 |
Vietnam | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
China | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
Netherlands | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Spain | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Monaco* | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Azerbaijan | 1300/1700/1400 | 1700 | 1610 |
Canada | 1100/1500/1100 | 1400 | 1410 |
France | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Austria | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Great Britain | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Hungary | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Belgium | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Italy | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
Singapore | 1630/2030/1800 | 2100 | 2010 |
Russia | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
Japan | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1310 |
United States | 1100/1500/1300 | 1600 | 1410 |
Mexico | 1100/1500/1000 | 1300 | 1310 |
Brazil | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
Abu Dhabi | 1300/1700/1400 | 1700 | 1710 |
*Free Practice 1 and 2 take place on Thursday in Monaco, with FP3 on Saturday. At all other rounds, FP1 and 2 are on Friday. **Times for Japan will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
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