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FORMULA 1/VENUES/CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS
FORMULA 1 · UNITED STATES GP

COTA

Circuit of the Americas

AUSTIN · US · EST. 2012

"An American circuit designed to challenge every discipline of the driver. Turn 1 is a blind uphill apex taken at full commitment, and the Maggotts-like esses are relentless."

Circuit of the Americas

TURN 1START/FINISH
CLICK CORNERS FOR THE MOMENT
AUSTIN · US
MOMENT

LENGTH

5.513km

CORNERS

20

LAP RECORD

1:36.169

HAMILTON · '19

ELEVATION

41m

F1 SINCE

2012

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

High downforce and tyre load — the fast Turn 3–6 esses, then heavy stops into T1 and T12.

Engine PowerMODERATE

57.9% FLAT · 324 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyHIGH

DOWNFORCE 4/5 · ESSES

Mechanical GripHIGH

TRACTION 4/5 · STADIUM

Braking StabilityMODERATE

BREMBO 3/5 · T12 312 TO 92

Tyre DegradationHIGH

STRESS 4/5 · C1/C3/C4

High-speed commitmentHIGH

T3–T6 ESSES

WEATHER · CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS

2012–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 13 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 92%
MIXED 8%

OF 13 F1 RACES SINCE 2012

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2015 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Circuit of the Americas — 12 dry / 1 mixed / 0 wet of 13 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Lewis Hamilton

985W 9PD 3P

Max Verstappen

964W 7PD 2P

Charles Leclerc

721W 3PD 1P

Sebastian Vettel

711W 4PD 2P

Nico Rosberg

710W 3PD 2P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Circuit of the Americas. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

2012
WIN

Inaugural US GP — Hamilton wins

McLAREN · FIRST RACE

2013
RECORD

Vettel's 8th straight win — season record

RED BULL · 8 IN A ROW

2021
WIN

Verstappen holds off Hamilton to win thriller

RED BULL · CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED