Formula 1: How to watch the Spanish Grand Prix on TV and what to know

MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Here's a guide that tells you what you need to know about Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. It's the ninth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

— In the U.S., on ESPN.

— Other countries are listed here.

— Saturday: Third practice and qualifying.

— Sunday: Spanish Grand Prix, 66 laps of the 4.66-kilometer (2.89-mile) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It starts at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET / 1300 GMT).

After the slow and twisty Monaco circuit, F1 is back to full speed at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The first corner at the end of long start-finish straight is the best of relatively few opportunities to overtake. The circuit is under contract with F1 for another year but its long-term future is uncertain because a new track in Madrid joins the calendar next year. Max Verstappen has won the Spanish Grand Prix for Red Bull the last three seasons.

Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix for his first victory since the season-opening race in Australia in March and closed in on his teammate and standings leader Oscar Piastri. Norris won from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, with Piastri third and defending champion Max Verstappen fourth. Piastri's lead is three points ahead of Norris and 25 ahead of Verstappen.

Get caught up:

— McLaren’s Piastri and Norris out to break Verstappen’s hold on Spanish Grand Prix

— Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin’s big bet on 2026 season weighs heavily on his future

— A mundane Monaco? Drivers debate attempt to spice up F1's classic race

— Lando Norris takes a ‘dream’ Monaco win to reduce Oscar Piastri’s F1 standings lead

— Female drivers from F1 Academy are hoping to reach a new audience with Netflix series

— Meet the Madring: New Formula 1 circuit in Madrid gets a name

170 — If Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri qualify on pole position Saturday, it would be McLaren's 170th pole. Only Ferrari has more, with 253.

28 — Mercedes' 28-race streak of scoring points in each Grand Prix ended with George Russell placing 11th and Kimi Antonelli 18th in Monaco.

9 — For only the third time in his career, two-time champion Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin heads into the ninth race of a season without a point. It also happened in 2015 and in his 2001 rookie season.

“Every year has its own mood and feeling, how competitive and motivated you are to keep your fitness at a high level. Your personal and family situations, all these things play a role. I know that very important decisions will come when I stop racing.” — Fernando Alonso.

“If you think it’s just out of me and Oscar, then I think you’re a bit silly. We’re racing Max every weekend. He’s been on the podium several times. He’s won races.” — Lando Norris.

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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car into the pits during the second free practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix Formula One race at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia prepares for the second free practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix Formula One race at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia steers his car out of garage during the second free practice ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix Formula One race at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Fernando Alonso, of Spain, and George Russell, of United Kingdom, speak during a press conference at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Thursday May 29, 2025. The Spanish Grand Prix Formula One race will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain, left, celebrates on the podium with Zak Brown, McLaren chief, centre, and McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia after winning the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack in Monaco, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Southern separatists in Yemen said Saudi warplanes carried out new airstrikes Saturday on a military camp in the port city of Mukalla and other areas where their forces are stationed, as Saudi-backed forces moved to retake the city.

There was no immediate Saudi comment. It was the latest direct intervention by Saudi Arabia, which in recent weeks has bombed the separatist Southern Transitional Council, or STC, and struck what is said was a shipment of Emirati weapons destined for it.

The Saudi strikes hit Barshid Brigade camp west of Mukalla in Hadramout, one of two governorates seized last month by the STC, according to the group’s AIC satellite news channel.

Yemen has been engulfed in civil war for more than a decade, with Iran-backed Houthi rebels controlling much of the north and a Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized government in the south. But coalition member the United Arab Emirates also supports the separatists, who call for South Yemen to secede again from Yemen.

The latest Saudi strikes came a day after the separatist movement announced a constitution for an independent nation in the south.

Last month, the STC moved into Hadramout and Mahra and seized an oil-rich region. That pushed out allies of the Saudi-supported National Shield forces, a group in the anti-Houthi coalition.

After Saudi pressure and an ultimatum from anti-Houthi forces to withdraw from Yemen, the UAE said early Saturday it had pulled out all its forces.

The tensions in Yemen have further strained ties between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula that have competed over economic issues and regional politics, particularly in the Red Sea area. Ostensibly, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have shared the coalition's professed goal of restoring Yemen's internationally recognized government.

An official with the STC told The Associated Press on Saturday that more than 100 Saudi airstrikes struck multiple locations across Hadramout over the past 24 hours, resulting in deaths and injuries. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to brief the media.

Mukalla residents Ahmed al-Faradi and Salem Maadan told the AP the city was now controlled by the Hadramout Tribes Confederacy and the National Shield forces.

Col. Ahmed Baqatyan, a military commander in the Hadramout Tribes Confederacy, said that striking the Barshid Brigade camp was necessary because it sits on the route to the southern port city of Aden. He said clearing the camp of STC forces was aimed at preventing them from regrouping and launching a return to Mukalla.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Transportation Ministry, aligned with the STC, condemned Saudi airstrikes late Friday it said targeted the international airport in Seiyun, “exposing the airport to serious risks that could damage its infrastructure, hindering its operation and the resumption of flights.”

Earlier on Saturday, Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said it plans to hold a conference in its capital, Riyadh, to bring together all southern factions in Yemen "to discuss just solutions to the southern cause."

Saudi Arabia was responding to a request for dialogue from Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, the ruling organ of the internationally recognized government.

There were no immediate details about the proposed conference.

The anti-Houthi coalition was showing other signs of strain. Clashes erupted on Friday between National Shield forces and the southern forces in Hadramout and their allies, killing at least eight people, paramedic Ahmed al-Ketheri told the AP.

Hilal Khashan, political science professor at the American University of Beirut, said that when Saudi Arabia and the UAE began a military operation against the Houthis a decade ago, the Saudis were interested in controlling the mountains of Saada, while the UAE wanted to capture Aden because of its importance as a gateway to the Red Sea.

Khashan said the situation got out of control in recent weeks when the UAE-backed STC started capturing areas in Hadramout that border the kingdom.

“For the Saudis that was a red line,” Khashan said, adding that the Saudis felt that they were being “held captive between the Houthis in the north and the UAE in the south.” They ”decided to stop the UAE from its regional expansionism," he said.

Khaled reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.

Supporters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a coalition of separatist groups seeking to restore the state of South Yemen, hold South Yemen flags during a rally, in Aden, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo)