Circuit of the Americas

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2026 United States Grand Prix

Sunday, October 25, 2026 · Round 17

Recent winners

Newest first. Each year links to the full race weekend page.

Circuit of the Americas race winners, recent era
Year	Winner	Team	Notes
2024	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	—
2023	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	—
2022	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	—
2021	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	—
2019	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Race at which Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth drivers’ title.
2018	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Räikkönen's first F1 win since the 2013 Australian GP — and his last in F1.
2017	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	—
2016	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	—
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Wet race at which Hamilton clinched his third drivers’ title.

All-time leaders

Most Circuit of the Americas wins, across all eras.

1
Lewis Hamilton
5 wins · 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2
Max Verstappen
3 wins · 2021, 2022, 2023

Circuit facts

Circuit length: 5.513 km
Turns: 20
First F1 race: 2012
Direction: Anti-clockwise

Traditions & lore

What makes Circuit of the Americas feel like more than another race weekend.

Turn 1

The uphill blind-crest left-hander at the end of the long start-finish straight is the most famous corner on the lap. From the grid, drivers see only sky on the run up; the apex reveals itself at the crest. Heavy braking and a 40-metre elevation change in 600 metres make it a regular site of lap-one incidents.

A circuit of borrowed corners

Tilke designed COTA with deliberate nods to the great corners of world motorsport: the Esses sequence echoes Silverstone’s Maggotts–Becketts; the long final hairpin recalls Hockenheim; the long left-handed loop is inspired by Istanbul’s Turn 8.

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