2026 · ROUND 18 · GRAND PRIX

Grand Prix United States

🇺🇸 United StatesCircuit of The Americas25 October 2026 · local dateUPCOMING

COTA combines a steep climb into the first corner with fast sequences and a technical sector. The circuit demands a car that is effective in several types of corner.

UP NEXT · Practice 115 days · 08:41:00Romania time: 23 October at 20:30

CIRCUIT SNAPSHOT

Circuit of The Americas

Austin · United States

Race date · local25 October 2026

FormatGrand Prix

Circuit length5.513 km

Scheduled laps56

Scheduled distance308.405 km

What to watch

Braking uphill into Turn 1
Changes of direction in the first part of the lap

First F1 race at this circuit: 2012. Lap record: 1:36.169 · Charles Leclerc (2019).

Formula 1 · race information ↗

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Weekend schedule

FP1

Practice 1

23 Oct, 20:30UP NEXT · Europe/Bucharest

FP2

Practice 2

24 Oct, 00:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

FP3

Practice 3

24 Oct, 20:30SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

QUALIFYING

Qualifying

25 Oct, 00:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

RACE

Race

25 Oct, 22:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

These are the officially scheduled times. Live status and session completion require confirmation from the sports data source.

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEXT

2026 championship

The current standings below were verified after the latest completed race, Sepang, on 7 October 2026.

2026 · VERIFIED 07 OCT

Drivers Championship

1Kimi AntonelliMercedes320 PTS 2George RussellMercedes236 PTS 3Lewis HamiltonFerrari214 PTS 4Charles LeclercFerrari191 PTS 5Lando NorrisMcLaren188 PTS

Official Formula 1 snapshot. Not a live feed. Photo credits

Full standings ↗

Drivers and constructors · 2026 season ↗

F1 EXPLAINED · STRATEGY

Understand the weekend

Undercut or overcut? Races can be won in the pits. ↗How does Formula 1 qualifying work? ↗F1 tyres: soft, medium, hard and everything that matters between them ↗

Driver profiles ↗Formula 1 teams ↗

VERIFIED · 7 October 2026Official source ↗