Formula 1 heads to Texas for the United States Grand Prix, with the championship battle set to heat up at the Circuit of the Americas.
Max Verstappen claimed his second victory this season after winning the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time.
Kimi Antonelli continued to extend his lead in the title championship to 102 points from Mercedes teammate George Russell, and there is a mathematical chance he will be able to clinch the title in Austin.
So you don’t miss a thing, here’s everything you need to know for the 18th round.
United States Grand Prix schedule
Friday, October 23
Practice One: 1:20pm ET/10:20am PT on TSN Premium
Practice Two: 4:45pm ET/1:45pm PT on TSN2 and TSN Premium
Saturday, October 24
Final Practice: 1:20pm ET/10:20am PT on TSN Premium
Qualifying: 4pm ET/1pm PT on TSN5 and TSN Premium
Sunday, October 25
United States Grand Prix: 3:55pm ET/12:55pm PT on TSN5 and TSN Premium
How to watch
Watch coverage throughout the weekend on TSN Premium and TSN.
Circuit of the Americas
The Circuit of the Americas first hosted the United States Grand Prix in 2012, to mark the end of a five year wait since the race at Indianapolis.
Mario Andretti, who won the world championship in 1978, opened the track and it has become a popular race among drivers and fans alike with plenty of overtaking action and drama.
COTA is a varied circuit with straights, esses through to sector two, and a series of hair-pins in sector three. The high-speed corners takes some inspiration from Silverstone and Hockenheim.
It’s a mix of fast corners, long straights and has one of the steepest elevation climbs to Turn 1.
United States Grand Prix
Circuit: Circuit of the Americas; Austin, Texas
Previous winners in United States
2014: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2015: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2016: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2017: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2018: Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
2019: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
2021: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2022: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2023: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2024: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
2025: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Other key stats
First F1 race: 2012
Lap record: 1:36.169, Charles Leclerc (2019)
Laps: 56 laps of 5.5km
Most wins: Lewis Hamilton with six (2007, 2012, 2014-2017) Other winners from the current grid are Verstappen (2021-2023, 2025) and Leclerc (2024).
Most poles: Hamilton (2007, 2016-2018) is tied with Michael Schumacher (2000-2002, 2006) on four. Other pole sitters from the current grid are Verstappen (2021 and 2025), Carlos Sainz (2022), Leclerc (2023) and Lando Norris (2024).
Weather forecast
The weather for the United States Grand Prix is expected to be light rain with a gentle breeze throughout the course of the weekend, with highs of 32°C.
What happened last time out?
Verstappen edged out Norris to take an imperious pole position by 0.291 seconds.
The Red Bull driver dominated the race and posed as a serious threat to McLaren’s Norris and Oscar Piastri in the drivers’ championship.
Norris finished second and cut his lead to 14 points to Piastri in the standings, who finished fifth. Verstappen ended the weekend only 40 points behind Piastri with five races left of the season.
Who will win this year?
Antonelli will be as focused as ever to claim his ninth victory of the season with one hand already on the drivers’ championship trophy.
However, Mercedes are still working on how to best optimise its current upgrade package. Last time out in Singapore, the team ran Russell on the older specification, while Antonelli had the upgraded package.
Red Bull were labelled by rivals as the “team to beat” for the remaining six races of the season. There seems to be no stopping Verstappen, who has won the U.S. Grand Prix four times.
Don’t count out Hamilton who holds the record for six wins around COTA and will be looking to get his seventh podium for Ferrari this season.