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Check out the F1 schedule and start times for the 2025 Belgian GP at Spa on Sunday, July 27th
The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix from Spa, which is a sprint event, marks the start of the second half of the F1 season.
This weekend, the fearsome circuit in the Ardennes Forest will host the sprint race for the second time, following Max Verstappen’s victories in 2023.
McLaren, the current leaders, are expected to shine, with Oscar Piastri aiming to challenge Lando Norris’s recent success and expand his eight-point championship lead.
Could this weekend bring a change in the championship standings for the first time since Bahrain, with 33 points up for grabs?
Red Bull and Verstappen face their first F1 race without Christian Horner, who was replaced by Laurent Mekies after being dismissed post-British GP.
The schedule includes sprint qualifying and the sprint on Friday, July 25th, followed by grand prix qualifying and the main race on Saturday, July 26th, and Sunday, July 27th, respectively, all in BST time.
The race will consist of 44 laps, starting at 14:00 BST on Sunday, July 27th, with the schedule automatically adjusting to local time zones for the F1 Belgian GP at Spa.
