Turkish Grand Prix qualifying – Start time, how to watch, channel & more

What time does qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix start?

The Turkish qualifying session will get underway at 3pm local time in Istanbul. The three-part session will last approximately one hour.

• Date: Saturday, November 14, 2020 
• Start time: 3pm local time / 1pm CET / 12pm GMT / 7am ET / 4am PT / 9pm JST / 10pm AEST / 5:30pm IST

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

How can I watch qualifying?

Formula 1 is broadcast live in nearly every country around the world. 

Europe: Sky Sports F1 will broadcast the Turkish GP qualifying in both the UK and Italy. RTL will show qualifying in Germany, Movistar will telecast it in Spain and Canal+ will carry the coverage in France.

North America: Qualifying will be broadcast in the US on ESPN, in Mexico on Tudn and in Canada on TSN/RDS.

Asia: Most of Asia is covered by Fox Sports, including India where qualifying will be broadcast on sister channel Star Sports Select 2. Fuji TV Next will carry live qualifying coverage in Japan. 

Oceanica: Fox Sports 506 will bring live coverage of qualifying to viewers in Australia. Spark Sport will show qualifying in New Zealand.

Can I stream qualifying?

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream qualifying on a device of their choice. Some local broadcasters such as Sky TV (UK) and Movistar (Spain) also offer their own on-demand service. 

Live commentary

Motorsport.com will bring the latest updates from Istanbul throughout the weekend, including live commentary during qualifying on Saturday.

FP1 results:

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	29	1'35.077
2	Alex Albon		Red Bull	27	1'35.318	0.241
3	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	26	1'35.507	0.430
4	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	26	1'35.543	0.466
5	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	29	1'35.620	0.543
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	27	1'36.738	1.661
7	Lando Norris		McLaren	21	1'37.216	2.139
8	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	21	1'37.503	2.426
9	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	23	1'37.629	2.552
10	Esteban Ocon		Renault	23	1'38.428	3.351
11	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	18	1'38.508	3.431
12	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	22	1'38.612	3.535
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	21	1'39.484	4.407
14	Romain Grosjean		Haas	25	1'40.025	4.948
15	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	12	1'40.225	5.148
16	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	23	1'41.035	5.958
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	21	1'41.854	6.777
18	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	20	1'45.156	10.079
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	12	1'46.462	11.385
20	George Russell		Williams	17	1'49.256	14.179
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FP2 results:

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	37	1'28.330
2	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	45	1'28.731	0.401
3	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	43	1'28.905	0.575
4	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	39	1'29.180	0.850
5	Alex Albon		Red Bull	42	1'29.363	1.033
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	43	1'29.689	1.359
7	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	43	1'29.944	1.614
8	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	41	1'30.022	1.692
9	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	38	1'30.297	1.967
10	Lando Norris		McLaren	39	1'30.907	2.577
11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	38	1'31.104	2.774
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	36	1'31.380	3.050
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	39	1'31.493	3.163
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	40	1'31.498	3.168
15	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	35	1'31.660	3.330
16	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	43	1'31.932	3.602
17	George Russell		Williams	39	1'32.302	3.972
18	Romain Grosjean		Haas	33	1'32.570	4.240
19	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	37	1'32.807	4.477
20	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	40	1'33.488	5.158
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