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The Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 — which is the final grand prix of the 2025 season — features some of the world’s best race car drivers coming to “The Land of the Gazelle,” including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Pérez, Lando Norris and others.
The race takes place at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with practice and qualifying sessions happening throughout the weekend. The race itself starts on Sunday, Dec. 7 beginning at 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT.
The race broadcasts live on ESPN. Cord-cutters can watch the race with any live TV streaming service that carries ESPN, like DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and FuboTV. The F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 also livestreams on ESPN Unlimited.
How To Watch F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Online Free
DirecTV offers ESPN in all of their packages with prices starting at $84.99/month for the first month of service ($94.99/month) for the “Chioce” tier. It includes more than 125 channels, such as NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS, ESPN2, FOX Sports, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel, FX, HGTV, Nickelodeon, TBS, truTV and much more.
The streamer has a free 5-day trial available, which is more than enough time to watch the entire F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on ESNP2 online for free. You can either cancel or keep the service after the free trial is over.
In addition, F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is available to livestream, in its entirety, on F1 TV, a streaming service that has all races and events, as well as everything F1 fans could ever want — such as live leaderboards, real-time telemetry, live maps, pre- and post-race live shows, analysis and other features. F1 TV starts as low as $3.49/month.
Meanwhile, nearly all of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is available to stream on ESPN Unlimited, which starts at $29.99/month.
ESPN Unlimited is home to all things ESPN with access to all of its networks and streaming services, like ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, ESPN on ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+, SECN, ACCN, SECN+, and ACCNX.
In addition, you can go with a subscription to the Disney Streaming Bundle — which includes ESPN Unlimited, Hulu and Disney+ — starts at $29.99/month for 12 months, an almost 40% savings on all three services. This mean you’re basically getting Hulu and Disney+ for free for a whole year.
Ahead of race day on Sunday, Dec. 7 on ESPN, the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix event includes practice and qualifying sessions throughout the weekend on ESPN Unlimited. Check out a complete F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix schedule here.
The F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix broadcasts on ESPN, while it livestreams via ESPN Unlimited and DirecTV on Sunday, Dec. 7 with race time at 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT.
