Formula 1
# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
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# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
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# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
www.bbc.com
>Formula 1 is to adjust its budget cap from 2026 to offset the costs of teams that operate in countries with higher salary levels, BBC Sport has learned. >The move will help Audi’s attempts to become competitive when it enters F1 officially in just over a year’s time. >Audi has bought the Sauber team, who are based in Switzerland where salaries are in the range of 35-45% higher than in the UK or Italy - where the other nine teams have headquarters.
# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
www.formula1.com
Changes for the 2025 season include the removal of the bonus point awarded for setting the fastest lap in a Grand Prix, along with an increase in the requirement of fielding a ‘young driver’ during free practice from once per season to twice.
# ROUND 18: 🇺🇸 United States --- FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2024 --- ## Circuit stats --- - **Circuit name:** Circuit of The Americas - **First Grand Prix:** 2012 - **Number of laps:** 56 - **Circuit Length:** 5.513 km - **Race Distance:** 308.405 km - **Lap record:** 1:36.169 Charles Leclerc (2019) - **2023 winner:** Max Verstappen --- ## Track Map --- 
Link to press release: https://press.pirelli.com/theres-a-new-heroo-in-formula-1/
