How to watch the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025: Weekend schedule, TV channels, streaming links & more

F1 is truly a global sport. We may still be in the opening third of the season, but the F1 bandwagon has already rolled in and out of Australia, the Far East, the Middle East and the United States. It’s now reached European shores for a short three-race stop-off that includes the epic Monaco Grand Prix. However, before we hit the land of razzmatazz and riches, we head to Italy (the first of two visits this year) and the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for round 7 of the 2025 F1 World Championship on May 18.

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Oscar Piastri is the man in sparkling form behind the wheel. Despite an inauspicious start to the season in his homeland when finishing 9th at the Australian Grand Prix, he didn’t let it adversely affect him. He won the subsequent race in China, came third in Japan and has been unbeatable ever since. The McLaren man arrives in Imola on the back of three successive victories in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Miami. Piastri’s teammate, Lando Norris, remains in touch, just 16 points behind, having not finished worse than 4th all season and having made it onto the podium in all bar one of the six races to date.

Italian Ferrari fanatics will be praying for a return to form from the red machines, especially this weekend. It was a tough start to the season for Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Low-point finishes by both in Australia were followed by a double disqualification for the pair in China. There looked to be a slight resurgence with Leclerc securing Ferrari’s first podium finish (3rd) in Saudi Arabia, but team relations looked further strained in Miami.

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Although it’s been a sluggish start to the campaign for Max Verstappen by his high standards, the dynamic Dutchman remains in touch with the pacesetting McLaren pair and he will take heart from his previous performances at the Imola Circuit. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix may be a very recent addition to the F1 schedule, with only four previous editions, but Verstappen has dominated at the event, winning on his last three starts there.

Let GOAL show you all the important information you need ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola, including the full weekend schedule of events and how you can watch and stream all the action live.

How to watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025

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The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will be available to watch live and exclusively on Sky Sports F1 (and Main Event) in the UK, like all F1 race weekends will be this year. Sky Sports coverage includes not only the main race itself, which gets underway from 2 pm (BST) on Sunday, May 18, but also additional coverage of practice and qualifying sessions across the entire weekend, offering round-the-clock coverage from Friday through to Sunday.

If you're an existing Sky customer you can add Sky Sports online, or through the My Sky app at any time. Package starts from £20 per month with Sky Stream. Sky Sports+ is included at no extra cost, which allows the viewer the opportunity to watch many more live events across a range of sports. The Sky Sports app allows subscribers to download and watch live sport on the go and is available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.

NOW TV offers a variety of sign-ups for the avid sports watcher, including the ‘Sports Day Membership, which allows access to all 12 Sky Sports channels for 24 hours for £14.99. NOW’s ‘Fully Flexible Sports Month Membership’ again gives unlimited Sky Sports access, but over 30 days instead. That costs £29.99 a month and auto-renews, unless cancelled before the end of the month.

There’s also a ‘6-month Saver’ package, where you are charged £25% less and only pay £26 a month, but you need to sign-up for a 6-month minimum term. After the 6-month minimum term, it auto-renews at £34.99 a month, unless cancelled.

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Where is the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 held?

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The Imola Circuit, officially called the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, is a 4.9km (3 mi) motor racing circuit, which was opened in 1953. It is located in the town of Imola, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, 40km (25 mi) east of Bologna. It is one of the few major international circuits to run in an anti-clockwise direction. The circuit is named after the founder of the Ferrari car company, Enzo Ferrari and his son Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari.

Imola was used for official F1 championship races in 1980 (Italian Grand Prix) and from 1981-2006 (San Marino Grand Prix). Safety concerns with the circuit were raised throughout the 1980s and 1990s, particularly with the high-speed Tamburello corner, where numerous accidents occurred. This resulted in fatalities, including the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994. Formula One stopped racing at Imola in 2007, leading the circuit owners to undertake major reconstruction work. After the work was completed, a contract was signed for Formula One to return to Imola, and it eventually did in 2020. The circuit has hosted the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ever since, apart from in 2023 when it was called off due to the floods in Emilia-Romagna.

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 Weekend Schedule

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 runs over the weekend, from Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18. Practice, qualifying and the race itself are spread out over those three days.

Below, you can find the timings for each practice session, qualifying, and the Grand Prix, as well as which channel to watch them on:

Can I watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 on F1 TV?

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F1 TV is the over-the-top streaming package operated by Formula One Management (FOM), the provider of the world feed for F1 broadcasts throughout each season. The service offers commercial-free coverage of all races as part of a single package. Due to rights deals, F1 TV is limited to the countries it is allowed to operate in. The service is not available in the United Kingdom, meaning fans hoping to use it would need a VPN to access it and watch the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

However, you can still purchase F1 TV in the UK to access bonus content, such as live timing, map and leaderboard features, as well as access to team radios and other statistics. You can also view pre and post-race shows with in-depth analysis and behind-the-scenes facts.

Can I watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 on demand?

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If you have a Sky Sports F1 subscription, you can watch a re-run of the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on demand after the race has finished through the channel’s digital and online options. The Sky Go app, for mobile devices and personal tablets, will allow viewers to watch the race in full, while those with a Sky+ subscription will also be able to record the race and catch it retroactively. Additionally, those with NOW TV will be able to effectively draw upon the Sky Sports F1 coverage, too, though their ability to access on-demand replay broadcasts will be limited due to the nature of the package.

How to watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 from anywhere with a VPN

You may need a different way to watch the race if you cannot view the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix locally. That's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on race day by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're travelling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network. You want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins. With a VPN, you can virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to Grand Prix.

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