The Canadian Grand Prix starts Sunday in Montreal two hours later than fans are used to, with the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve set for 4pm local time instead of the traditional 2pm slot. That means 9pm in the UK and 10pm CET for viewers following the race from Europe.
The question many fans are asking — what time is f1 today — has a simple answer this weekend: the race begins at 4pm local time on Sunday May 24. In previous years, Montreal’s Grand Prix usually started at 2pm, but Formula 1 shifted the schedule to avoid clashing with the Indianapolis 500.
The timing change is part of a wider calendar shift that also moved the Canadian Grand Prix weekend from June to late May. Formula 1 made the change so teams and the championship could move home to Montreal directly from the Miami Grand Prix, a move framed as part of a sustainability push.
That reshuffle also forced Monaco to give up its traditional late-May place on the calendar. The Monaco Grand Prix moved back two weeks and is now scheduled from Friday June 5 to Sunday June 7, creating a different flow to the early summer run of races.
For Montreal, the later start creates a different kind of Sunday. A race that often ran in the afternoon will now unfold in the evening for British fans and late night for much of central Europe, turning a familiar fixture into a noticeably different viewing window. For F1, the shift keeps two of motorsport’s biggest events from going head to head on the same day.
The result is a cleaner schedule for the sport, but one that asks fans to adjust their clocks. Montreal goes late on Sunday, Monaco waits its turn, and this year’s answer to what time is f1 today is not the usual one.
