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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).
DIARY DATES: The 2020 F1 calendar, pre-season testing details and F1 car launch schedule
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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