F1 start time: What time does the United States GP start? How to watch and live stream

Henry Valantine
F1 start time information for the United States Grand Prix in Austin.

F1 start time information for the United States Grand Prix in Austin.

The United States Grand Prix will be a Sprint weekend, but here is the F1 start time information for the main race itself from around the world.

Austin has grown into a thoroughly popular destination for Formula 1 over the past decade, and it marks the start of Formula 1’s ‘flyaway’ races to end the season – so here is a look at the start times from around the world.

What time does the United States Grand Prix start?

The United States Grand Prix will start at 2pm local time on Sunday 20 October 2024, which equates to these times in the following territories around the world:

United States and Canada*: 12pm Pacific Daylight Time, 2pm Central Daylight Time, 3pm Eastern
Mexico: 1pm [Mexico City]
United Kingdom: 8pm
Central European Time**: 9pm
South Africa: 9pm
Gulf Standard Time: 11pm
India: 1.30am [Monday 21 October]
Indonesia*: 2am [Western Indonesia Time] [Monday 21 October]
China: 3am [Monday 21 October]
Singapore: 3am [Monday 21 October]
Malaysia: 3am [Monday 21 October]
Philippines: 3am [Monday 21 October]
Japan: 4am [Monday 21 October]
Australia*: 6am [Australian Eastern Daylight Time] [Monday 21 October]
New Zealand: 8am [New Zealand Daylight Time] [Monday 21 October]

*Convert to check locally if you do not live in an area of this territory with these time zones.

**Covers 30 nations and territories: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (except the Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City.

How to watch the United States Grand Prix on TV

Viewers in the UK can stream every F1 race live with a Sky Sports subscription or a NOW Sports Month Membership. With NOW TV, There is no contract in place and you can cancel anytime!

Different nations and territories around the world have their own broadcasting rights deals with Formula 1, and here is a selection of where F1 fans will be able to watch the United States Grand Prix from across the globe, be it through pay TV or free-to-air:

Africa: SuperSport
Australia: Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
Brazil: BandSports, TV Bandeirantes
Canada: RDS (French), TSN (English)
Central Asia: Setanta Sports
China: CCTV
France: Canal+
Germany: Sky Sport F1
India: FanCode
Italy: Sky Sport F1, TV8
Japan: DAZN, Fuji TV
Latin America (except Argentina and Mexico): ESPN
Malaysia: beIN Sports
Mexico: Fox Sports
Middle East and North Africa: beIN Sports
Netherlands: Viaplay
New Zealand: Sky Sport, Prime (highlights)
Pakistan: A Sports
Republic of Ireland: Sky Sports F1, Channel 4 UK (highlights)
South Korea: Coupang
Spain: DAZN
United Kingdom: Sky Sports F1, Channel 4 (highlights)
United States: ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, ABC (free-to-air)

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United States Grand Prix live stream: How to watch online

F1 fans will be able to live stream the United States Grand Prix through platforms such as NOW and Sky Go in the UK.

F1 TV Pro is available worldwide in selected territories, which offers exclusive features like onboard cameras from all 20 cars, pre and post-race shows and much more.

F1 TV Pro is also able to be live streamed via Apple TV, Chromecast Generation 2 and above, Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku, without ad breaks and with commentary available in six languages.

Here is a list of all the territories where F1 TV Pro is available.

How long is the United States Grand Prix?

Every race except from the Monaco Grand Prix runs to around the same distance measured to 300km plus one lap, which gets closest to 305km – or is time-limited to a two-hour race within a three-hour window.

For the United States Grand Prix, this distance equates to 56 laps.

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