Circuit of The Americas Layout & Records

Description

Circuit of the Americas: Three corners in detail

Turn one

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

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.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Circuit of the Americas

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2024	2024 USA F1 GP	October 22	Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz Max Verstappen	Ferrari Ferrari Red Bull	56
2023	2023 USA F1 GP	October 22	Max Verstappen Lando Norris Carlos Sainz	Red Bull McLaren Ferrari	56
2022	2022 USA F1 GP	October 23	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Charles Leclerc	Red Bull Mercedes Ferrari	56
2021	2021 USA F1 GP	October 24	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Mercedes Red Bull	56
2019	2019 USA F1 GP	November 3	Valtteri Bottas Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	56
2018	2018 USA F1 GP	October 21	Kimi Räikkönen Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari Red Bull Mercedes	56
2017	2017 USA F1 GP	October 22	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari	56
2016	2016 USA F1 GP	October 23	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	56
2015	2015 USA F1 GP	October 25	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	56
2014	2014 USA F1 GP	November 2	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	56
2013	2013 USA F1 GP	November 17	Sebastian Vettel Romain Grosjean Mark Webber	Red Bull Lotus F1 Red Bull	56
2012	2012 USA F1 GP	November 18	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso	McLaren Red Bull Ferrari	56

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Circuit of the Americas

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	12	5	3	1	9	3	2	3.7	4.8	217
2	Max Verstappen	9	3	1	2	6	1	0	8.6	4.3	163
3	Sebastian Vettel	10	1	2	1	4	2	5	7.6	6.1	111
4	Charles Leclerc	6	1	0	1	2	1	1	5.7	7.8	76
5	Kimi Räikkönen	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	9.3	10.3	48
6	Valtteri Bottas	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	8.0	10.3	67
7	Nico Rosberg	5	0	3	0	3	2	1	6.6	5.6	56
8	Carlos Sainz	9	0	1	1	2	1	0	7.6	7.4	79
9	Lando Norris	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	4.8	5.4	59
10	Romain Grosjean	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.1	11.8	25
11	Daniel Ricciardo	11	0	0	2	2	0	0	8.4	10.5	49
12	Sergio Pérez	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.8	7.7	78
13	Fernando Alonso	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.7	10.8	49
14	Mark Webber	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.5	13.0	15
15	George Russell	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.4	9.4	34
16	Felipe Massa	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	8.8	32
17	Nico Hülkenberg	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	12.0	27
18	Jenson Button	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	8.4	21
19	Alex Albon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	10.8	12
20	Oscar Piastri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	11.0	10
21	Pierre Gasly	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	13.3	10
22	Yuki Tsunoda	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.5	10.3	8
23	Esteban Ocon	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.1	15.6	8
24	Kevin Magnussen	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.6	13.5	8
25	Pastor Maldonado	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	10.8	7
26	Lance Stroll	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.4	12.9	6
27	Liam Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	9.0	2
28	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	12.0	2
29	Brendon Hartley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	11.0	2
30	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	16.7	2
31	Franco Colapinto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	10.0	1
32	Bruno Senna	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	10.0	1
33	Logan Sargeant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	10.0	1
34	Marcus Ericsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	13.5	1
35	Daniil Kvyat	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	12.2	1
36	Jules Bianchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	18.0	0
37	Will Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	20.0	0
38	Nikita Mazepin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	17.0	0
39	Alexander Rossi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	12.0	0
40	Narain Karthikeyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	22.0	0
41	Max Chilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	21.0	0
42	Michael Schumacher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	16.0	0
43	Timo Glock	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0	0
44	Giedo van der Garde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	19.0	0
45	Kamui Kobayashi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.0	0
46	Robert Kubica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0	0
47	Pedro de la Rosa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	21.0	0
48	Jolyon Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.0	0
49	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.0	0
50	Vitaly Petrov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	17.0	0
51	Adrian Sutil	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	20.0	0
52	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	11.5	0
53	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	12.5	0
54	Charles Pic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	20.0	0
55	Paul di Resta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	15.0	0
56	Pascal Wehrlein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	18.0	0
57	Heikki Kovalainen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	16.0	0
58	Nicholas Latifi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	16.0	0
59	Mick Schumacher	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	15.5	0
60	Zhou Guanyu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.7	0
61	Esteban Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	16.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Circuit of the Americas

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Mercedes	12	5	6	1	12	6	4	5.2	5.5	335
2	Red Bull	12	4	2	6	12	3	3	6.4	6.5	305
3	Ferrari	12	2	2	5	9	2	3	6.1	7.5	267
4	McLaren	12	1	1	0	2	1	0	9.6	8.8	149
5	Lotus F1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.9	9.4	37
6	Williams	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.9	12.5	41
7	Toro Rosso	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	11.8	31
8	Renault	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	10.0	30
9	Force India	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.5	13.0	30
10	Alpine	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.1	13.6	16
11	Aston Martin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.8	12.4	11
12	Sauber	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	14.0	11
13	Haas	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	14.5	10
14	AlphaTauri	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.3	12.7	8
15	Racing Point	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12.5	5
16	Racing Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	11.5	2
17	HRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.5	21.5	0
18	Caterham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	18.5	0
19	Alfa Romeo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	13.1	0
20	Manor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.6	18.1	0