2025 FIA Prize Giving: When and How to Watch Live

The 2025 FIA Prize Giving ceremony, where newly crowned Formula 1 World Champion Lando Norris will officially receive his trophy, will be held on Friday, December 12th in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event celebrates champions from all FIA-sanctioned series and will be streamed live for free.

Why it matters:

The ceremony is the formal, global recognition of a season's worth of achievement across motorsport. For Norris, it marks the official capstone to his championship-winning campaign, receiving the trophy in front of the wider F1 and motorsport community after securing the title in Abu Dhabi.

The details:

• Date & Time: The event takes place on Friday, December 12, 2025. Key broadcast times are:
  • GMT: 6:00 PM
  • CET: 7:00 PM
  • EST: 1:00 PM
  • PST: 10:00 AM
  • Local (Tashkent): 11:00 PM
• How to Watch: The ceremony will be streamed live for free on the official FIA YouTube channel.
• Location: This year's event moves to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, continuing the FIA's tradition of rotating the ceremony's global host city.

The big picture:

The FIA Prize Giving is an annual gathering that honors champions from every major FIA series, including Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship (WEC), World Rally Championship (WRC), Formula E, and karting. Alongside the championship trophies, special awards like "Action of the Year," "Rookie of the Year," and the "FIA President's Awards" are presented. For 2025, the President's Awards introduced two new categories: "Excellence in Communication" and "National Motorsport Achievement," won by SEMA and the Swedish Motorsport Federation (SBF), respectively, highlighting advocacy and environmental projects within the sport.

What's next:

Following the conclusion of the racing season, the ceremony serves as the final official event on the motorsport calendar. All attention will then turn to winter testing and the development cycles for the 2026 season, where Norris will begin his title defense.