{"id":4628,"date":"2026-10-30T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:06:31","slug":"what-time-is-f1-practice-today-in-the-us-and-canada-mexico-fp1-and-fp2-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/what-time-is-f1-practice-today-in-the-us-and-canada-mexico-fp1-and-fp2-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"What time is F1 practice today in the US and Canada? Mexico FP1 and FP2 schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Mexican Grand Prix begins today, Friday, October 30<\/strong>, with FP1 and FP2 at Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FP1 starts at 2:30pm Eastern and 11:30am Pacific<\/strong>, while FP2 begins at 6:00pm Eastern and 3:00pm Pacific.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday practice includes several rookie drivers, while Mercedes&#8217; Andrea Kimi Antonelli arrives with an opportunity to secure the 2026 World Championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Formula 1 returns to North American television screens today, Friday, October 30, with the opening practice sessions for the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix.<\/strong> FP1 starts at 2:30pm Eastern Time in the United States and eastern Canada, followed by FP2 at 6:00pm Eastern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The championship has moved from Austin to Mexico City for the next round, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli leading the Drivers&#8217; Championship following his victory at the United States Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time are FP1 and FP2 today in the United States?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Time zone<\/th><th>FP1 \u2014 Friday<\/th><th>FP2 \u2014 Friday<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Eastern (EDT)<\/td><td><strong>2:30pm<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6:00pm<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Central (CDT)<\/td><td>1:30pm<\/td><td>5:00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mountain (MDT)<\/td><td>12:30pm<\/td><td>4:00pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pacific (PDT)<\/td><td><strong>11:30am<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3:00pm<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each session lasts one hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday&#8217;s schedule also applies to Canadian locations using the same offsets, including Toronto and Montreal on Eastern Time and Winnipeg on Central Time. Viewers should use their local time-zone rules, particularly in regions with different daylight-saving arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is driving during Friday practice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first session features several changes to the usual race line-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colton Herta returns to the Cadillac cockpit in place of Valtteri Bottas, with the American seeking additional Formula 1 experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frederik Vesti will drive George Russell&#8217;s Mercedes, Freddie Slater replaces Gabriel Bortoleto at Audi, and Jak Crawford takes Lance Stroll&#8217;s Aston Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alpine will run Gabriele Min\u00ec, Williams has selected Luke Browning, and Racing Bulls has announced Nikola Tsolov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The substitutions are part of teams&#8217; rookie-driver programmes. The regular race drivers are expected to return for FP2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/mexico-gp-grid-reshuffled-for-friday-practice-as-colapinto-albon-and-russell-step-aside\/\">full explanation of Mexico&#8217;s FP1 driver changes<\/a> includes the affected teams and the reasons for the substitutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should fans watch during Mexico practice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The circuit&#8217;s 2,240-metre altitude creates challenges for cooling and aerodynamic efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday will also be important for Antonelli, who missed Thursday&#8217;s media commitments because of a viral illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes said it expected him to return on Friday. His participation remains subject to any subsequent team announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian leads Russell by 123 points and Hamilton by 124. The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/can-ill-antonelli-win-f1-title-in-mexico-without-racing-or-scoring-points\/\">title scenarios if Antonelli does not score in Mexico<\/a> explain why he could still become champion on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When are qualifying and the Mexican GP race in North America?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Session<\/th><th>Eastern Time<\/th><th>Pacific Time<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday FP3<\/td><td>1:30pm EDT<\/td><td>10:30am PDT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday qualifying<\/td><td>5:00pm EDT<\/td><td>2:00pm PDT<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sunday race<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3:00pm EST<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>12:00pm PST<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and most Canadian regions observing daylight saving time change their clocks early on Sunday, November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why Sunday&#8217;s race uses standard time rather than Friday and Saturday&#8217;s daylight-saving times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/is-there-f1-this-weekend-mexico-city-gp-2026-us-race-times-and-how-to-watch\/\">complete United States weekend schedule and viewing information<\/a>, <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> has a separate guide covering the entire event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> is following every session of the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, with breaking news, full coverage and real-time updates in its <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1 section<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find the 2026 Mexican Grand Prix FP1 and FP2 times for US and Canadian viewers on Friday, October 30, including Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020319384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"George Russell","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Mercedes","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_ai_content_disclaimer":"","42wp_is_ai_content":false,"42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":14,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_hide_from_automatic":false,"42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,324,963],"42wp_author":[14],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-colton-herta","tag-formula-1","tag-mexican-grand-prix","42wp_author-daniel-balsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4629,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4628\/revisions\/4629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020319384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4628"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=4628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}