Austrian Grand Prix 2025: Start time, schedule, how to watch F1 and weather forecast
A thrilling 2025 Formula One season continues this weekend with the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.
McLaren will be hoping for a smoother time of it in Spielberg for round 11 after the drama that unfolded in Canada a fortnight ago, when team-mates and title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided with four laps to go, knocking Norris out of the race and leaving the apologetic Briton with some tough questions to answer.
Championship leader Piastri managed to continue and finish fourth, with George Russell turning his impressive pole position into a wire-to-wire win - his first of the season - on a terrific day for Mercedes at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in which rookie Kimi Antonelli also grabbed his first podium behind Max Verstappen.
The chaos in Montreal left Norris 22 points behind Piastri in the drivers' standings, with Verstappen a further 21 adrift ahead of Russell.
Norris has admitted his need to stop making so many mistakes and heads to Austria with little margin for error, though he made a good start at the home of Red Bull by topping practice ahead of Piastri on Friday.
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, June 29 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, where Russell took a surprise win last year following a collision between Norris and Verstappen.
The race is due to start at 2pm BST, which is 3pm local time in Austria.
The first two practice sessions were both held on Friday afternoon, with a third to follow at 11:30am BST on Saturday morning.
Qualifying is at 3pm BST on Saturday, followed by the race at 2pm on Sunday.
Grid positions for the Austrian Grand Prix will be decided during qualifying on Saturday afternoon. Check back in then to see the results.
TV channel: Every session from the Austrian Grand Prix is being shown live in the UK on Sky Sports' dedicated F1 channel.
Coverage of Grand Prix Sunday begins from 1pm BST on Sunday. Free-to-air highlights of the race will be broadcast on Channel 4 at 6:30pm.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also view everything live online via the Sky Go app.
A hot and dry weekend is forecast in Spielberg, with sunny intervals on both Saturday and Sunday, plus a gentle breeze and temperatures reaching approximately 30 degrees during the race.
There looks to be no chance of any rain at the picturesque Red Bull Ring as things stand.
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