F1 2025: When does the new season start? Full schedule and testing schedule

Australia will host the opening race of the Formula 1 season next year after the 2025 calendar was confirmed – with no new races on the calendar.

It means Lewis Hamilton will make his debut for Ferrari at Melbourne’s Albert Park, which last hosted the first race in 2019 after Covid shut down the 2020 opener.

Australia will host the first race of the season on Sunday March 16, two weeks later than this year’s start date.

Bahrain hosted the first race of the season since 2021, following pre-season testing at the same track in Sakhir, but was postponed until April due to Ramadan.

Saudi Arabia also moved to April, with China and Japan moved up a month in races two and three respectively.

The 24-race season concludes in Abu Dhabi on December 7. The 2025 British Grand Prix will take place from July 4-6 at Silverstone.

Pre-season testing will take place in Bahrain, two weeks before the first race, with three days of testing from February 26 to 28.

For the second year in a row, no new races will be scheduled. 2026 is shaping up to be different, however, as Madrid is already confirmed as the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix, meaning 2025 could be the last year Barcelona hosts an F1 race.

Other changes to the schedule include an April tripleheader between Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, while Spain has moved forward three weeks to late May/early June.

Belgium and Hungary have also swapped weekends, with Budapest now hosting the last race before the usual summer break.

This year there is a four-week gap in autumn, but there will be no such gap in the calendar next year, with only a week off between Singapore and Austin in October.

FULL F1 2025 CALENDAR:

PRE-SEASON TESTING – BAHRAIN

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir – February 26-28

ROUND 1 – AUSTRALIA

Albert Park, Melbourne – March 14-16

ROUND 2 – CHINA

Shanghai International Circuit – March 21-23

ROUND 3 – JAPAN

Suzuka International Racing Course – April 4-6

TOUR 4 — BAHRAIN

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir – April 11-13

ROUND 5 – SAUDI ARABIA

Jeddah Corniche Tour – April 18-20

ROUND 6 – MIAMI

Miami International Autodrome, Hard Rock Stadium – May 2-4

TOUR 7 – EMILIA ROMAGNA

Imola Circuit – May 16-18

ROUND 8 – MONACO

Monaco Circuit – May 23-25

ROUND 9 – SPAIN

Barcelona-Catalonia Circuit – May 30-June 1

ROUND 10 – CANADA

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal – June 13-15

ROUND 11 – AUSTRIA

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg – June 27-29

ROUND 12 – GREAT BRITAIN

Silverstone Circuit – July 4-6

ROUND 13 – BELGIUM

Spa-Francorchamps circuit – July 25-27

ROUND 14 – HUNGARY

Hungaroring, Budapest – August 1-3

TOUR 15 – NETHERLANDS

Circuit Zandvoort – August 29-31

ROUND 16 – ITALY

Monza Circuit – September 5-7

TOUR 17 – AZERBAIJAN

Baku Urban Circuit – September 19-21

TOUR 18 – SINGAPORE

Marina Bay Street Circuit – October 3-5

ROUND 19 – UNITED STATES

Circuit of the Americas, Austin – October 17-19

ROUND 20 – MEXICO

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City – October 24-26

ROUND 21 – BRAZIL

Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo – November 7-9

TOUR 22 – LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas Street Circuit – November 20-22

TOUR 23 – QATAR

Lusail International Circuit, Lusail – November 28-30

TOUR 24 – ABU DHABI

Yas Marina Tour – December 5-7