Circuit of The Americas Layout & Records

Circuit of the Americas Details

Location:Austin, Texas, Circuit of the Americas wiki info & track details USA
Event:US Grand Prix
Used Since:2012
Type:Closed Circuit
 Lap Distance:5.513 km

Lap Record

Lap Record:1:36.169 min
Date:3 November 2019
F1 Driver:Charles Leclerc
F1 Car:Ferrari SF90
Speed:206.374 km/h

Pole Record

Record Pole:1:32.029 min
Date:2 November 2019
F1 Driver:Valtteri Bottas
F1 Car:Mercedes W10
Speed:215.658 km/h

Onboard Lap COTA

Circuit of the Americas onboard videoCOTA, Austin, USA

Circuit of The Americas Layout

circuit of the americas 2018 map layoutF1 circuit layout legenda

 

Description

Circuit of the Americas: Three corners in detail


Turn one

Start 2012 GP of USA

Start 2012 US F1 GP

Turn one in Austin is one of the greatest first corners of the season. The run from pole is 500m but the track goes steeply uphill, with the turn-in point for the corner at the crest.

Gear ratios will be spaced out here to give the driver strong acceleration up the hill without losing any speed at maximum velocity. At the top of the hill the Circuit of the Americas very wide and drivers can choose different lines for the SS.

Just when the driver brakes for the hairpin, the load running through the car is suddenly released, which can cause massive instability if the engine is not completely in phase with the mechanical set-up of the car.

Turns 2 to 4

The SS of Circuit of the Americas

The SS of Circuit of the Americas

After the first corner the driver goes back up through the gears to reach seventh for turns 2, 3 and 4, which are taken flat out with an average speed of 280km/h. Similar to Maggots and Becketts at Silverstone and the Esses at Suzuka, the driver needs to be precise on the throttle and carry the speed all the way through rather than brake and accelerate.

The engine needs to be correspondingly smooth throughout the turns, delivering constant levels of torque. If the engine is too aggressive the car will be unstable and ‘bitey’ on turn in, which will only lose time and wear the tyres quicker.

Turns 11 to 12
Similar to Abu Dhabi and Korea, the longest straight is not the pit straight. In Austin it is the burst between turns 11 and 12. The straight here is 1,016m, meaning the engines will spend a touch over 13secs at wide open throttle with a top speed of around 315km/h, which will be held for 2.5secs.

Since this straight runs in a different direction to the pit straight, selecting seventh gear will depend on wind direction on the day. Selection for the one may compromise end of straight speed for the other, so ambient conditions will be carefully monitored throughout Friday practice to find the optimum ratio.

Driver Ranking

 

Driver Ranking Circuit of the Americas

DriverGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton125319323.74.8217
2Netherlands Max Verstappen93126108.64.3163
3Germany Sebastian Vettel101214257.66.1111
4Monaco Charles Leclerc61012115.77.876
5Finland Kimi Räikkönen81012009.310.348
6Finland Valtteri Bottas111001108.010.367
7Germany Nico Rosberg50303216.65.656
8Spain Carlos Sainz90112107.67.479
9United Kingdom Lando Norris50101104.85.459
10France Romain Grosjean801010011.111.825
11Australia Daniel Ricciardo110022008.410.549
12Mexico Sergio Pérez120011009.87.778
13Spain Fernando Alonso1100110010.710.849
14Australia Mark Webber20011002.513.015
15United Kingdom George Russell500000113.49.434
16Brazil Felipe Massa60000009.08.832
17Germany Nico Hülkenberg100000009.912.027
18United Kingdom Jenson Button500000013.88.421
19Thailand Alex Albon400000011.510.812
20Australia Oscar Piastri20000007.511.010
21France Pierre Gasly600000010.213.310
22Japan Yuki Tsunoda400000112.510.38
23France Esteban Ocon700000112.115.68
24Denmark Kevin Magnussen800000012.613.58
25Venezuela Pastor Maldonado400000012.010.87
26Canada Lance Stroll700000013.412.96
27New Zealand Liam Lawson100000019.09.02
28Brazil Felipe Nasr200000015.012.02
29New Zealand Brendon Hartley200000019.511.02
30France Jean-Eric Vergne300000014.016.72
31Brazil Bruno Senna100000010.010.01
32Argentina Franco Colapinto100000015.010.01
33United States Logan Sargeant100000020.010.01
34Sweden Marcus Ericsson400000014.813.51
35Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat500000011.612.21
36United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer100000015.013.00
37Russian Federation Sergey Sirotkin100000014.013.00
38Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov100000021.017.00
39United Kingdom Will Stevens100000019.020.00
40France Jules Bianchi100000019.018.00
41Russian Federation Nikita Mazepin100000017.017.00
42United States Alexander Rossi100000017.012.00
43India Narain Karthikeyan100000024.022.00
44Germany Michael Schumacher10000005.016.00
45United Kingdom Max Chilton100000021.021.00
46Germany Timo Glock100000019.019.00
47Japan Kamui Kobayashi100000016.014.00
48Poland Robert Kubica100000019.019.00
49Spain Pedro de la Rosa100000023.021.00
50Netherlands Giedo van der Garde100000018.019.00
51Germany Mick Schumacher200000016.015.50
52Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne200000018.511.50
53Italy Antonio Giovinazzi200000014.012.50
54France Charles Pic200000021.020.00
55Germany Adrian Sutil200000012.520.00
56United Kingdom Paul di Resta200000012.015.00
57Germany Pascal Wehrlein200000017.018.00
58Finland Heikki Kovalainen200000015.016.00
59Canada Nicholas Latifi200000015.516.00
60China Zhou Guanyu300000016.014.70
61Mexico Esteban Gutierrez300000016.316.00

Team Ranking

 

Team Ranking Circuit of the Americas

TeamGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Germany Mercedes1256112645.25.5335
2Austria Red Bull1242612336.46.5305
3Italy Ferrari122259236.17.5267
4United Kingdom McLaren121102109.68.8149
5United Kingdom Lotus F140101008.99.437
6United Kingdom Williams1200000012.912.541
7Italy Toro Rosso800000014.411.831
8France Renault400000012.010.030
9India Force India60000009.513.030
10France Alpine400000112.113.616
11United Kingdom Aston Martin400000012.812.411
12Switzerland Sauber800000014.114.011
13United States Haas800000013.614.510
14Italy AlphaTauri300000112.312.78
15United Kingdom Racing Point200000012.512.55
16Italy Racing Bulls100000014.511.52
17Spain HRT100000023.521.50
18United Kingdom Caterham200000020.818.50
19United Kingdom Manor400000019.618.10
20Switzerland Alfa Romeo400000013.813.10


Official circuit website: https://circuitoftheamericas.com

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