2024 United States Grand Prix

2024 United States Grand Prix
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Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Race details
Date	October 20, 2024
Official name	Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix 2024
Location	Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.513 km (3.426 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:32.330

The 2024 United States Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix 2024) is a Formula One motor race scheduled to be held on October 20, 2024, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States. It will be the nineteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the fourth Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing took pole position for the sprint event, which he proceeded to win ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari and Lando Norris of McLaren.

Background

The event is currently being held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, for the twelfth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of October 18–20. The Grand Prix will be the nineteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 45th running of the United States Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It will also be the fourth of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the United States Grand Prix has featured it.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 331 points, 52 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 86 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. McLaren, holding 516 points, enters this round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship from Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, who are second and third with 475 and 441 points, respectively.

Entrants

See also: 2024 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with two exceptions: Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from the Italian Grand Prix onwards, and Liam Lawson, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB for the remainder of the season.

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Sole tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (the middle three in their range), designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.

Track changes

The DRS zone leading in to turn 12 was shortened by 95 metres (312 ft).

Practice

The only free practice session was held on October 18, 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC–5), and was topped by Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing.

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying was held on October 18, 2024, at 16:30 local time (UTC–5), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:33.908	1:33.290	1:32.833	1
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.125	1:33.544	1:32.845	2
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.647	1:33.392	1:33.059	3
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.919	1:33.566	1:33.083	4
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:34.109	1:33.274	1:33.089	5
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.825	1:33.994	1:33.183	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.840	1:33.370	1:33.378	7
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.403	1:33.788	1:33.398	8
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	1:34.646	1:34.052	1:33.802	9
10	43	Franco Colapinto	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.606	1:33.952	1:34.406	10
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:34.333	1:34.244	N/A	11
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:34.865	1:34.363	N/A	12
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:34.324	No time	N/A	13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:34.436	No time	N/A	14
15	30	Liam Lawson	RB-Honda RBPT	1:34.617	No time	N/A	15
16	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.881	N/A	N/A	16
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:34.917	N/A	N/A	17
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:35.054	N/A	N/A	PL1
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.148	N/A	N/A	18
20	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.472	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 1:40.202
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Notes

• ^1 – Alexander Albon qualified 18th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.

Sprint

The sprint was held on October 19, 2024, at 13:00 local time (UTC–5), and was run 19 laps.

Sprint classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	31:06.146	1	8
2	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	19	+3.882	5	7
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+6.240	4	6
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	+6.956	3	5
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	19	+15.766	2	4
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	19	+18.724	7	3
7	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	19	+25.161	8	2
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	19	+26.588	6	1
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	+29.950	11
10	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+37.0591	16
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	19	+38.363	9
12	43	Franco Colapinto	Williams-Mercedes	19	+39.460	10
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	19	+41.236	13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	19	+41.995	12
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	19	+42.804	17
16	30	Liam Lawson	RB-Honda RBPT	19	+44.008	15
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	19	+44.564	PL
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	19	+46.807	14
19	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+52.842	19
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+54.476	18
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:37.463 (lap 19)
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Oscar Piastri received a five-second time penalty for forcing Pierre Gasly off track. His final position was not affected by the penalty.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on October 19, 2024, at 17:00 local time (UTC–5), and determined the starting order for the main race.

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.616	1:32.851	1:32.330	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:33.046	1:32.584	1:32.361	2
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:33.556	1:32.836	1:32.652	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.241	1:32.962	1:32.740	4
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.864	1:33.057	1:32.950	5
6	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.536	1:33.142	1:32.974	6
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:33.550	1:33.162	1:33.018	7
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:33.973	1:33.429	1:33.309	8
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.564	1:33.474	1:33.481	9
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:33.611	1:33.020	No time	10
11	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	1:33.795	1:33.506	N/A	11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.601	1:33.544	N/A	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:33.986	1:33.597	N/A	13
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:34.033	1:33.759	N/A	14
15	30	Liam Lawson	RB-Honda RBPT	1:33.339	No time	N/A	201
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.051	N/A	N/A	15
17	43	Franco Colapinto	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.062	N/A	N/A	16
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.152	N/A	N/A	17
19	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.154	N/A	N/A	18
20	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.228	N/A	N/A	192
107% time: 1:39.559
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Liam Lawson was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
• ^2 – Zhou Guanyu received a five-place grid penalty for a fourth energy store.

Race

The race will be held on October 20, 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC–5), and is scheduled to be contested over 56 laps.