F1MATHS - Key numbers and stats ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix
Championship runaway leader Lando Norris will start Satuday's Las Vegas Grand Prix from pole position. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers some key stats, trivia and facts ahead of the race at the Las Vegas Strip.
Distance - The Las Vegas race is run over 50 laps of the Las Vegas circuit. At 6.201 kilometres, it is the second longest on the calendar after Spa and one of the fastest in terms of average lap speed.
Top speed - The Las Vegas track has 17 corners and is unique because of the speeds attained and its technical layout. In 2024, Alex Albon in his Williams hit the highest top speed of the season (368 km/h) on the straight between turns 12 and 14. At the latter corner, drivers experience very strong deceleration when braking and it is one of the best overtaking opportunities.
Full throttle - Almost 80% of the 6.2-km lap is spent at full throttle, the cars passing famous landmarks such as the Venetian and Caesars Palace.
History - Today's race will be the fifth held in Las Vegas. However, the first two races ran under the banner of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. For those races in 1981 and 1982, the track was laid out in a parking lot, whereas today it runs through the main streets of the city so that street furniture and oil residue from normal traffic reduces grip levels.
Russell and Verstappen - This will be the third edition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix to take place on the Strip and the fifth time in total that a round of the Formula 1 world championship has been held in the gambling capital. In 1981 and 1982 a race was run in the Caesars Palace parking lot.
The inaugural race at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, held in 2023, was won by Max Verstappen, while George Russell won last year, starting from pole position.
