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2023 F1 Mexican Grand Prix session timings and preview

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has won four of the last seven races in Mexico since Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez returned to the F1 calendar in 2015.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who put on a challenge against Verstappen for victory in Austin before ultimately being disqualified, is the only other past winner on the grid, having won in 2016 and '19.

2023 Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix session timings in different timezones

Session

GMT

BST

CEST/CET

ET

PT

AEDT

JST

IST

FP1

18:30

19:30

20:30

14:30

11:30

05:30¹

03:30¹

00:00¹

FP2

22:00

23:00

00:00¹

18:00

15:00

09:00¹

07:00¹

03:30¹

FP3

17:30

18:30

19:30

13:30

10:30

04:30¹

02:30¹

23:00

Quali

21:00

22:00

23:00

17:00

14:00

08:00¹

06:00¹

02:30¹

Race 

20:00

-

21:00

16:00

13:00

07:00¹

05:00¹

01:30¹

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in Mexico City

Friday 27th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 12:30 - 13:30 local time
  • Free Practice 2: 16:00 - 17:00 local time

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 11:30 - 12:30 local time
  • Qualifying: 15:00 - 16:00 local time

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Race: 14:00 local time

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in the UK/Portugal 

Friday 27th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 19:30 - 20:30 BST
  • Free Practice 2: 23:00 - 00:00 BST

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 18:30 - 19:30 BST
  • Qualifying: 22:00 - 23:00 BST

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Race: 20:00 GMT

Please note that daylight saving ends in UK at 2:00am on Sunday, with clocks moving back an hour.

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in Europe

Friday 27th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 20:30 - 21:30 CEST

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 2: 00:00 - 01:00 CEST
  • Free Practice 3: 19:30 - 20:30 CEST
  • Qualifying: 23:00 - 01:00 CEST

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Race: 21:00 CET

Please note that daylight saving ends in central Europe at 3:00am on Sunday, with clocks moving back an hour.

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in the US 

Friday 27th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 14:30 - 15:30 ET / 11:30 - 12:30 PT
  • Free Practice 2: 18:00 -19:00 ET / 15:00 - 16:00 PT

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 13:30 - 14:30 ET / 10:30 - 11:30 PT
  • Qualifying: 17:00 - 18:00 ET / 14:00 - 15:00 PT 

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Race: 16:00 ET / 13:00 PT

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in Australia

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice: 05:30 - 06:30 AEDT
  • Free Practice 2: 09:00 - 10:00 AEDT

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 04:30 - 05:30 AEDT
  • Qualifying: 08:00 - 09:00 AEDT

Monday 30th October 2023

  • Race: 07:00 AEDT

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in Japan

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 03:30 - 04:30 JST
  • Free Practice 2: 07:00 - 08:00 JST 

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Free Practice 3: 02:30 - 03:30 JST
  • Qualifying: 06:00 - 07:00 JST

Monday 30th October 2023

  • Race: 05:00 JST

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in Africa

Friday 27th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 20:30 - 21:30 SAT / 21:30 - 22:30 EAT

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 2: 00:00 - 01:00 SAT / 01:00 - 02:00 EAT 
  • Free Practice 3: 19:30 - 20:30 SAT / 20:30 - 21:30 EAT
  • Qualifying: 23:00 - 00:00 SAT / 00:00 - 01:00 EAT(Sunday)

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Race: 22:00 SAT / 23:00 EAT

2023 Formula 1 Mexican GP session timings in India

Saturday 28th October 2023

  • Free Practice 1: 00:00 - 01:00 IST
  • Free Practice 2: 03:30 - 04:30 IST 
  • Free Practice 3: 23:00 - 00:00 IST

Sunday 29th October 2023

  • Qualifying: 02:30 - 03:30

Monday 30th October 2023

  • Race: 01:30 IST

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the Formula 1 schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

Pirelli tyre allocation for the Mexican Grand Prix

Pirelli has nominated C3 (hard), C4 (medium) and C5 (soft) tyres from its range to Mexico City.

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