When is the next F1 sprint race? 2025 calendar and schedule
The next sprint race on the 2025 Formula 1 calendar is due to take place at Spa-Francorchamps, ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in July. See the full sprint schedule for 2025, as well as circuit guides and details on the format
Verstappen, hurried by a McLaren, during the 2024 Austrian GP sprint
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The next Formula 1 sprint race will take place at Spa-Francorchamps ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in July. It will be the sprint of the year, after rounds in China and Miami.
Though the shorter Saturday event has had its detractors, the format has once again shows that it can provide entertainment and uncertainty in 2025, after Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese sprint and Lando Norris beat Oscar Piastri to victory in Miami after Kimi Antonelli started on pole. Hamilton ended that race on the podium for a second time.
Six sprint races are scheduled for this season — as in previous years — and there’s a familiar feel to the calendar. China and Miami were also the first two rounds in 2024 but this year Belgium replaces the Austrian sprint where, in 2024, Max Verstappen, Norris and Piastri fought for the lead in an intense battle.
The calendar then returns to the same pattern as last year, with sprints at Circuit of the Americas in November, and then a double helping in November with Brazil and Qatar. Given how close the championship battle is at the moment, the eight points for victory could prove decisive in the title race.
Read more on how the event works in out F1 sprint race guide.
2025 Formula 1 sprint race schedule
| Date | Race | Circuit | 2025 Winner |
| 22 March | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai | Lewis Hamilton |
| 3 May | Miami Grand Prix | Miami International Autodrome | Lando Norris |
| 26 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | TBC |
| 20 October | United States Grand Prix | COTA | TBC |
| 8 November | Sao Paulo Grand Prix | Interlagos | TBC |
| 29 November | Qatar Grand Prix | Losail | TBC |
Next F1 sprint race of 2025: Belgian Grand Prix
🇧🇪 Spa-Francorchamps
| Date — 25-27 July, 2025 Sprint race laps — TBC Lap record — Sergio Perez, 1min 44.701sec (2024) |
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2025 Belgian GP sprint race session times
Session |
Date |
Time (BST) |
| FP1 | Friday 25 July | 11.30am |
| Sprint qualifying | Friday 25 July | 3.30pm |
| Sprint race | Saturday 26 July | 11am |
| Grand Prix qualifying | Saturday 26 July | 3pm |
| Belgian Grand Prix | Sunday 27 July | 2pm |
Full 2025 F1 sprint race results and schedule
1. Chinese Grand Prix
🇨🇳 Shanghai International Circuit
| Date | 22 March, 2025 |
| Sprint qualifying result | 1 Hamilton, 2 Verstappen, 3 Piastri |
| Sprint race result | 1 Hamilton, 2 Piastri, 3 Verstappen |
Full sprint results 2025 GP analysis
2. Miami Grand Prix
🇺🇸 Miami International Autodrome
| Date | May 3, 2025 |
| Sprint qualifying result | 1 Antonelli, 2 Piastri, 3 Norris |
| Sprint race result | 1 Norris, 2 Piastri, 3 Hamilton |
Full sprint results 2025 GP analysis
3. Belgian Grand Prix
🇧🇪 Spa-Francorchamps
| Date | July 26, 2025 |
| Laps | TBC |
| 2024 (Austrian GP) sprint result | 1 Verstappen, 2 Piastri, 3 Norris |
4. United States Grand Prix
🇺🇸 Circuit of the Americas (COTA)
| Date | October 20, 2025 |
| Laps | 19 |
| 2024 sprint result | 1 Verstappen, 2 Sainz, 3 Norris |
5. Sao Paulo Grand Prix
🇧🇷 Autódromo José Carlos Pace
| Date | November 8, 2025 |
| Laps | 24 |
| 2024 sprint result | 1 Norris, 2 Piastri, 3 Leclerc |
6. Qatar Grand Prix
🇶🇦 Losail
| Date | November 29, 2025 |
| Laps | 19 |
| 2023 sprint result | 1 Piastri, 2 Norris, 3 Russell |
Can sprint races deliver in 2025?
F1 was hoping for a greater variety of winners with sprint races this year. Until the second-to-last sprint of 2024, Verstappen was dominant, winning the first four in a row before Norris triumphed in Brazil and then handed the Qatar race to Piastri.
So far this year, the sprints have given us more diverse results, with Lewis Hamilton taking his first-ever sprint win in China. Miami might have brought a familiar Mclaren victory, but the winner was Norris, during a spell of three consecutive wins for his team-mate Piastri.
Since sprints were first introduced in 2021, Verstappen has far more sprint wins than any other driver, with his tally standing at 11. Next are Piastri, Norris and Valtteri Bottas, who both have two.
2025 F1 sprint race format
The sprint race format was introduced with the aim of adding more excitement to a grand prix weekend and, at least in terms of anticipation building through the event, it does do that.
On a conventional GP weekend two Friday practice sessions are followed by a third preceding qualifying on Saturday – with no racing happening till Sunday.
However on a sprint weekend the competitive action revs up on a Friday afternoon with sprint qualifying after just a single practice session, giving drivers little time to prepare or get their car set up.
The sprint race then happens on Saturday prior to grand prix qualifying for the main race.