What time is F1 qualifying today? Canadian Grand Prix qualifying start time and how to watch

The 2024 Canadian Grand Prix sees F1 arrive at one of the most well-known tracks on the Formula One calendar, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

Before raceday on Sunday, though, there’s the small matter of qualifying to get out of the way, which will decide the final grid placings for the 20 drivers to start tomorrow’s race.

Three-time defending world champion Max Verstappen’s qualifying record had been perfect this season up until Monaco last time out, starting atop the grid for the first seven races of the season in a row before a Q3 to forget saw him line up in sixth in the principality — the same position in which he finished the race itself on the narrow Monte Carlo street circuit.

F1’s current qualifying system operates in a knockout format. Following the first session, Q1, the slowest five drivers are eliminated and aloted places 16-20 on the final grid. Q2 sees the same happen with positions 11-15 decided and then eliminated, and the top half of the starting lineup is determined by the times achieved by the 10 remaining drivers in Q3.

While Verstappen, Leclerc and several of this season’s other big-hitters battle it out for the top placings across the three qualifying sessions, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon already knows he cannot start on pole. He is facing a five-place grid penalty for his wild first-lap collision with teammate Pierre Gasly in Monaco last time out. Ocon came off worse, retiring from the track, but the penalty means that even if he defies the odds to finish first after Q3, he’d still be pushed back to sixth place on the grid come raceday.

One of the biggest weekends on the Canadian sporting calendar is upon us, and to keep track of the TV coverage, timings and placings from all three qualifying sessions, The Sporting News has you covered.

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Canada F1 schedule: What time is 2024 Canadian GP qualifying?

Qualifying for the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix takes place on Saturday, June 8, before the raceday itself gets underway on Sunday, June 9.

The lap-by-lap speed tests and all the other action begins at 4:00 p.m. local time (ET) from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

	Canada	USA	UK	Australia	India
Date	Saturday, June 8	Saturday, June 8	Saturday, June 8	Sunday, June 9	Sunday, June 9
Time	4:00 p.m. ET	4:00 p.m. ET	9:00 p.m. BST	6:00 a.m. AEST	1:30 a.m. IST

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How to watch the 2024 F1 season in Canada

TV channel: TSN (English); RDS / Noovo (French)
Live stream: TSN Direct

For F1 fans in Canada, TSN are providing the English-language broadcast of each practice, qualifying session and race, while RDS and Noovo are doing likewise for French-speaking viewers.

Races can also be streamed through TSN’s own streaming service, TSN Direct.

How to watch the 2024 F1 season in the USA

TV channel: ABC / ESPN
Live stream: Fubo / ESPN+ / Hulu / Sling TV / YouTube TV

ESPN’s wide-reaching sporting network is showing every F1 practice, qualifying session and race for US audiences in 2024, utilizing Sky Sports’ live broadcasts, and also showing some free-to-air circuits on ABC.

US-based F1 fans can also stream each session live using Fubo, which is offering a FREE trial right now, or use ESPN+ among other streaming options. Meanwhile, ESPN Deportes is the exclusive Spanish-language home for all F1 races in the United States.

STREAM: F1 races on ESPN+ in the US

How to watch the 2024 F1 season in the UK

TV channel: Sky Sports F1
Live stream: NOW TV / Sky Go app

As ever, Sky Sports’ dedicated Formula One channel, Sky Sports F1, are showing all the action from every single session in 2024.

For fans planning to live stream their fill of F1 this season, you can also watch by using the Sky Go app if you’re an existing subscriber, or by purchasing a Sky Sports Pass on NOW TV.