Race Weekend
Formula 1 United States Grand Prix 2024
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Welcome to the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, for our second trip Stateside of the year for the United States Grand Prix.
Despite its relatively recent addition to the calendar, this circuit is a modern classic in Formula 1, celebrated for its unashamed cherry-picking of other tracks’ elements to become greater than the sum of its parts.
Because of this, COTA offers a diverse range of corners and straights set among dramatic elevation changes to test drivers and teams to their limits.
The Circuit of The Americas is 5.513 km (3.426 miles) of Texan asphalt with 20 turns that begin with a steep climb to the tight Turn 1 hairpin, a prime spot for overtaking.
A blast through a copy-paste of Silverstone's famous Maggotts-Becketts-Chapel sequence segues into the quick Sector 2, with a sharp hairpin breaking up full-throttle running and preceding the prime passing spot down the back straight.
Sector 3 echoes the Hockenheimring's arena and Istanbul Park's multi-apex Turn 8 to conclude this lap of F1's greatest hits.
Circuit Name: Circuit of the Americas
First Grand Prix: 2012 (first US GP: 1959, Sebring)
Circuit Length: 5.513 km (3.426 miles)
Race Distance: 308.405 km (191.634 miles)
Lap Record: 1:36.169 (Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 2019)
Fastest Lap: 1:41.371 (Lap 40)
Qualifying: P18 (1:36.315)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Hard-Medium
Williams Racing's US GP History
Best Finish: P1 (Alan Jones, 1980)
Best Qualifying: P1 (Alan Jones, 1979)
Alex's Best Finish: P5 (2019)
Franco's Best Finish: TBC (2024)
Williams Racing Highlight: Alex and Logan enjoyed late celebrations in the 2023 USGP after post-race disqualifications promoted the Williams Racing duo into the top 10 positions to see us leave Austin with a double-points finish.
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Currency: US Dollar (USD)