Formula 1
Las Vegas Grand Prix track layout 2024: Formula 1 on the strip
Formula One and the city of Las Vegas signed a 10-year race agreement starting in 2023, with plans for the Nevada Grand Prix to continue indefinitely.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is back, baby! Ahead of Thanksgiving, a key factor in its success, it returns as part of the 2024 Formula One World Championship, with the event taking place in Nevada’s famous ‘Sin City’ on a temporary street circuit including the Las Vegas Strip. The first race took place mid-November, 2023, and marked the 1100th Formula One World Championship round, as well as being the first F1 race in Las Vegas since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix.
As per last season, it will be the third GP in the US to take place in the 2024 calendar after Miami and the United States GP in Austin, Texas, again returning to the triple Stars and Stripes venue schedule seen back in 1982.
Las Vegas Grand Prix track layout
The street circuit is 3.853 miles (6.201 km) long, has 17 corners, and has its longest straight of 1.181 miles (1.900 km) down the strip. It runs counterclockwise, starting from a former parking lot that Formula One bought for $240 million and developed for the pits and paddock area, including a permanent track. Drivers race for 50 laps to determine the winner, with last season’s lap record by Oscar Piastri of 1:35.490 another target in sight.
The first corner is a hairpin, followed by a slight left bend, leading to a fast right turn. This transition marks the shift from the permanent circuit to the city streets. The cars then travel down Koval Lane for 0.50 miles (800 m) before entering a slow 90-degree right. The track then leads to a long, sweeping left surrounding the new Sphere arena, followed by a left-right twisty section with slight modifications from the original design. The slightly faster left turn transitions onto Sands Avenue before going through two fast bends.
The track then takes a slow left turn onto Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as the Las Vegas Strip. The near 1.2-mile straight that follows sees drivers hit top speeds, going flat-out as they pass some of the most famous hotels and casinos Las Vegas has to offer.
The circuit then goes through a tight series of slow corners onto Harmon Avenue, down a half-mile straight before going through a high-speed left turn to complete the lap and transition back to the permanent track past the pits.
After practice sessions, the highly anticipated race will get going late on Saturday night in Las Vegas (10 p.m. local PT) which on the east coast is first thing on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 1 a.m. ET. Not one to miss!
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