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Race weekend · 2026

United States Grand Prix

Circuit
Circuit of the Americas
  • Location: Austin, USA
  • Length: 5.513 km
  • Corners: 20
Track guide
Session schedule (UTC)
Free practice

Leclerc Tops COTA FP1 as Verstappen Chases; Herta Returns Home in Rookie Outing

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:35.860
P2Charles LeclercFerrari1:36.052
P3Lando NorrisMcLaren1:36.297
P4George RussellMercedes1:36.378
P5Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:36.490
P6Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:36.513
P7Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:36.555
P8Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:36.786
P9Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:36.995
P10Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:37.048

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Leclerc Tops FP2 at COTA; Ferrari Shows Early Pace Promise

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1Charles LeclercFerrari1:35.291
P2Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:35.333
P3Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:35.480
P4George RussellMercedes1:35.793
P5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:35.906
P6Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:36.029
P7Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:36.079
P8Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:36.331
P9Lando NorrisMcLaren1:36.373
P10Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:36.536

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Hamilton Tops FP3 at COTA as Ferrari Completes Clean Sweep of Practice

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PosDriverTeamBest time
P1Charles LeclercFerrari1:34.810
P2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:34.893
P3Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:35.015
P4Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:35.061
P5Lando NorrisMcLaren1:35.244
P6George RussellMercedes1:35.381
P7Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:35.531
P8Nico HulkenbergAudi1:35.591
P9Pierre GaslyAlpine1:35.904
P10Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:35.930

Unofficial: compiled from session timing reports (these times are not in the official results feed). Session pace is indicative, not predictive.

Practice pace is fluid, not fate: Ferrari dominates COTA track time as Hamilton sets fastest lap

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Charles Leclerc topped both Friday sessions at COTA, with FP1 a 1:36.052 leading Verstappen by 0.084s and FP2 a 1:35.291 clear of Antonelli. Saturday's FP3 saw Lewis Hamilton fastest at 1:34.893, ahead of Verstappen and...
Race result
PosDriverTeamPtsStatus
P1Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes25Finished
P2Charles LeclercFerrari18Finished
P3Max VerstappenRed Bull15Finished
P4Lewis HamiltonFerrari12Finished
P5Lando NorrisMcLaren10Finished
P6Isack HadjarRed Bull8Finished
P7Oscar PiastriMcLaren6Finished
P8George RussellMercedes4Finished
P9Liam LawsonRB2Finished
P10Pierre GaslyAlpine1Finished
P11Nico HülkenbergAudi0Finished
P12Arvid LindbladRB0Lapped
P13Gabriel BortoletoAudi0Lapped
P14Esteban OconHaas0Lapped
P15Lance StrollAston Martin0Lapped
P16Fernando AlonsoAston Martin0Lapped
P17Alexander AlbonWilliams0Lapped
P18Carlos SainzWilliams0Lapped
P19Sergio PérezCadillac0Lapped
NCValtteri BottasCadillac0Retired
NCFranco ColapintoAlpine0Retired
NCOliver BearmanHaas0Retired

Official race classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. NC = not classified (retired before the finish).

Pit stops
DriverStopsFastest stop
Oscar Piastri123.413s (fastest)
Andrea Kimi Antonelli123.594s
Alexander Albon223.698s
Arvid Lindblad223.793s
Lance Stroll223.824s
Nico Hülkenberg123.929s
Lewis Hamilton223.955s
Max Verstappen223.960s
Gabriel Bortoleto223.974s
Isack Hadjar124.066s
Charles Leclerc224.072s
Fernando Alonso224.202s
Oliver Bearman224.217s
Liam Lawson124.226s
Valtteri Bottas124.241s
Carlos Sainz224.380s
Esteban Ocon124.937s
Sergio Pérez125.184s
Franco Colapinto125.366s
Lando Norris125.760s
Pierre Gasly126.982s
George Russell129.761s

Pit-stop timings via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API. "Fastest stop" is each driver's quickest stationary time.

Qualifying result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGap
P1Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:34.035pole
P2Max VerstappenRed Bull1:34.214+0.179
P3Isack HadjarRed Bull1:34.250+0.215
P4Charles LeclercFerrari1:34.267+0.232
P5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:34.311+0.276
P6George RussellMercedes1:34.476+0.441
P7Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:34.803+0.768
P8Lando NorrisMcLaren1:35.049+1.014
P9Arvid LindbladRB F1 Team1:36.049+2.014
P10Liam LawsonRB F1 Team1:35.058+1.023
P11Pierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team1:35.080+1.045
P12Nico HülkenbergAudi1:35.158+1.123
P13Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:35.691+1.656
P14Franco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team1:35.722+1.687
P15Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:35.818+1.783
P16Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:36.031+1.996
P17Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:36.531+2.496
P18Lance StrollAston Martin1:36.677+2.642
P19Carlos SainzWilliams1:36.770+2.735
P20Alexander AlbonWilliams1:36.967+2.932
P21Sergio PérezCadillac F1 Team1:37.433+3.398
P22Valtteri BottasCadillac F1 Team1:37.523+3.488

Gap is to pole. Times are each driver's session best (Q3 for the top 10, then Q2, then Q1), so a Q2 lap can read quicker than a red-flag-compromised Q3 lap. Official classification via the Jolpica-F1 (Ergast) API.

Strategy & analysis
Circuit of the Americas circuit guide
Layout, lap record, corners, pit lane characteristics.
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22 Oct
McLaren brings modest floor and brake upgrades to Austin
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22 Oct
Scorching track temperatures and rain risk forecast for COTA
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