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Circuit

Las Vegas Strip Circuit

Las Vegas, USA

The Las Vegas Strip circuit sends cars flat out down the famous boulevard, linking long straights with heavy braking zones under the neon of the city. Run late at night, it brings cold conditions that make warming the tyres and brakes a real challenge, so getting temperature into the car at the right moment becomes central to a quick lap. The cold tarmac can leave the tyres graining and the cars sliding.

It is a high-profile night race through the heart of Las Vegas, as much a show as a sporting event. The low grip and long flat-out sections put the emphasis firmly on straight-line speed, slipstreaming and confident braking into the slow corners.

The gap, in metres

2025 Qualifying here. Each driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed.

#DriverGapDistance
1Lando Norrisreference
2Max Verstappen+0.32323.0 m
3Carlos Sainz+0.36225.7 m
4George Russell+0.86961.8 m
5Oscar Piastri+1.02773.0 m
6Liam Lawson+1.12880.2 m
7Fernando Alonso+1.532108.9 m
8Isack Hadjar+1.620115.2 m
9Charles Leclerc+1.938137.8 m
10Pierre Gasly+3.606256.4 m

Across the full field, Lando Norris to Lewis Hamilton covers 652.9 m.

See the full 2025 Qualifying drawn to scale

On the radio here

887 messages recorded at this circuit, 2023 to 2025.

Every session drawn to scale

The radio archive, season by season