F1 Qatar GP live updates: Follow latest from FP1 and sprint qualifying in Lusail today – The Athletic

The penultimate weekend of the season is the final sprint round, which is going to make for a dramatic slate of sessions across the coming three days.

It means one solitary hour of free practice today, with FP1 starting at 4:30 p.m. in Lusail. That translates to 8:30 a.m. ET, 5:30 a.m. PT and 1:30 p.m. in the UK.

It tees us up for sprint qualifying, scheduled to run for 44 minutes with a local start time of 8:30 p.m. That is 12:30 p.m. ET, 9:30 p.m. PT and 5:30 p.m. GMT.

Come Saturday we get to enjoy the final sprint race of 2025 with championship points on the line. Lights out is 9 a.m. ET or 2 p.m. in the UK.

Then attention switches to the grand prix, with qualifying starting at 1 p.m. ET (6 p.m. UK) ahead of Sunday’s race, when lights out is 11 a.m. ET (4 p.m. GMT).