2020 F1 race times confirmed - including Vietnam and Dutch Grands Prix

Practice, qualifying and race times have been announced for the 2020 F1 season – including those for April’s inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix and the returning Dutch Grand Prix in May.
The Vietnam race, to be staged on the all-new Hanoi Circuit, will start at 14:10 local time (07:10 GMT), while the lights will go out at Zandvoort for the Netherlands round at 15:10 local time (13:10 GMT).
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Among other minor schedule changes, the British and United States Grands Prix will both start an hour later than in 2019. Full details below…
2020 F1 SESSION TIMES
| GRAND PRIX | FP1/FP2/FP3 | QUALIFYING | RACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1200/1600/1400 | 1700 | 1610 |
| Bahrain | 1400/1800/1500 | 1800 | 1810 |
| Vietnam | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
| China | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
| Netherlands | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Spain | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Monaco* | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Azerbaijan | 1300/1700/1400 | 1700 | 1610 |
| Canada | 1100/1500/1100 | 1400 | 1410 |
| France | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Austria | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Great Britain | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Hungary | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Belgium | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Italy | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1510 |
| Singapore | 1630/2030/1800 | 2100 | 2010 |
| Russia | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
| Japan | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1310 |
| United States | 1100/1500/1300 | 1600 | 1410 |
| Mexico | 1100/1500/1000 | 1300 | 1310 |
| Brazil | 1100/1500/1200 | 1500 | 1410 |
| Abu Dhabi | 1300/1700/1400 | 1700 | 1710 |
*Free Practice 1 and 2 take place on Thursday in Monaco, with FP3 on Saturday. At all other rounds, FP1 and 2 are on Friday. **Times for Japan will be confirmed in the next few weeks.
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