Las Vegas Strip Circuit in profile

One of the calendar's most spectacular events - and certainly its most ambitious - sees Formula 1 take over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip each November for what has quickly become one of the sport's blue-riband events.

Staged on the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Las Vegas Grand Prix joined the calendar in 2023 to become F1's third yearly race in the USA after Miami and Austin.

The track - officially called the Las Vegas Strip Circuit - features 17 corners and runs to 3.85 miles, with the barrier-lined layout wrapping around the heart of the most iconic area of Sin City.

All but four corners of the lap are on existing roads, with F1 laying down a permanent footprint in the city by buying a previously-unused piece of land to the east of the Strip for $240m which houses the opening turns and a vast permanent pit building.

Track length - 6.201km

Number of laps - 50

But it's the sight of cars racing down the Strip past Vegas' neon lights and landmarks that is the circuit's signature.

Turning left on Sands Avenue at the junction of Las Vegas Boulevard at what is the F1 circuit's Turn 12, cars reach speeds of over 212mph as they race past the Venetian on the left, Caesars Palace and then the Bellagio on the right, before a big braking zone and left-hander just past Planet Hollywood onto Harmen Avenue for a chicane before the lap speeds back on to its finish.

Despite not being a fan of the razzmatazz that accompanied the inaugural race, Max Verstappen won in that first year of 2023 and then clinched his fourth world championship at the track via a fifth-place finish a year later.

The Red Bull driver won again in 2025 with the McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, disqualified in dramatic developments for that year's title fight post-race.