ROUND

18

United States Grand Prix

2026-10-25·56 laps

Kimi Antonelli converted pole into victory at the Circuit of the Americas, winning by 13.078 seconds on a one-stop medium-to-hard strategy with his only stop on lap 24. Max Verstappen, who started second, was the first front-runner to pit, swapping softs for softs on lap 13, and led while Antonelli made his stop until his own second stop on lap 31; he finished third. Charles Leclerc passed Isack Hadjar for third at the start and took second on a soft-medium-hard two-stop, setting the fastest lap (1:37.976) on lap 42. Lewis Hamilton ran the same two-stop and passed Lando Norris for fourth on lap 51. Norris gained three places from eighth on a one-stop, while Hadjar fell from third to sixth after a 25-lap opening stint on softs. George Russell finished eighth after a five-second penalty for leaving the track at Turn 13. Two Virtual Safety Cars (lap 2 and laps 51–53) did not change the order at the front. Oliver Bearman, Franco Colapinto and Valtteri Bottas retired.

Race Winner

Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

Fastest Lap

1:37.976

Charles Leclerc

Conditions

☀ Dry

Circuit Profile

Circuit of the Americas

Lap length

5.513 km

Race distance

56 laps · 308.7 km

Tyre allocation

H C2 · M C3 · S C4

Pit-lane loss (model)

≈ 22 s

Tyre degradation

High

Overtaking

Easier

Pit-lane loss, degradation and overtaking are PITWALL simulator inputs for this circuit, not official figures.

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Qualifying

POS	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	Kimi Antonelli	1:35.390	1:34.278	1:34.035	1
2	Max Verstappen	1:35.215	1:34.471	1:34.214	2
3	Isack Hadjar	1:35.286	1:34.887	1:34.250	3
4	Charles Leclerc	1:35.200	1:34.198	1:34.267	4
5	Lewis Hamilton	1:35.355	1:34.833	1:34.311	5
6	George Russell	1:35.730	1:34.305	1:34.476	6
7	Oscar Piastri	1:35.842	1:34.818	1:34.803	7
8	Lando Norris	1:35.029	1:34.539	1:35.049	8
9	Arvid Lindblad	1:35.755	1:34.950	1:36.049	14(+5 Penalty)
10	Liam Lawson	1:35.662	1:35.058	—	9
11	Pierre Gasly	1:35.969	1:35.080	—	10
12	Nico Hulkenberg	1:35.704	1:35.158	—	11
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:35.632	1:35.691	—	21(+80 Penalty)
14	Franco Colapinto	1:35.898	1:35.722	—	20(+10 Penalty)
15	Fernando Alonso	1:36.240	1:35.818	—	12
16	Oliver Bearman	1:36.175	1:36.031	—	13
17	Esteban Ocon	1:36.531	—	—	15
18	Lance Stroll	1:36.677	—	—	22
19	Carlos Sainz	1:36.770	—	—	16
20	Alexander Albon	1:36.967	—	—	17
21	Sergio Perez	1:37.433	—	—	18
22	Valtteri Bottas	1:37.523	—	—	19

Grid to Finish

Places gained or lost between the starting grid (after penalties) and the flag, for 19 of 19 classified drivers.

Biggest gains

Gabriel BortoletoP21 → P13+8

Lance StrollP22 → P15+7

Lando NorrisP8 → P5+3

Biggest losses

Fernando AlonsoP12 → P16-4

Isack HadjarP3 → P6-3

George RussellP6 → P8-2

Race Timeline

🚦LAP 1Lights out — 56 laps scheduled

🏎LAP 1Charles Leclerc passed Isack Hadjar at the start to run third behind Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen.

🟡LAP 2A brief Virtual Safety Car while marshals worked at Turn 11.

LAP 9George Russell received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 13; he served it at his lap-22 stop.

⚡LAP 13Max Verstappen was the first front-runner to stop, taking another set of softs and committing to two stops.

🔧LAP 13First pit stop of the race: Max Verstappen switches to Soft

LAP 19Oliver Bearman received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Pierre Gasly at Turn 13 on lap 8.

⚡LAP 24Kimi Antonelli made his only stop, medium to hard. Verstappen led until his second stop on lap 31, then Antonelli led to the flag.

🏆LAP 24Race winner Kimi Antonelli makes stop 1, fitting Hard

🔧LAP 50Last pit stop of the race: Gabriel Bortoleto switches to Soft

🏎LAP 51Lewis Hamilton passed Lando Norris for fourth; Norris was on hards fitted on lap 16.

🟡LAP 51Virtual Safety Car from lap 51 to lap 53 while marshals worked at Turn 10.

🏁LAP 56Chequered flag — Kimi Antonelli wins

Tyre Strategy

Every stint for the 18 classified drivers with recorded pit data (19 classified in total). Bar lengths are to scale with the 56-lap race distance.

P1Kimi Antonelli

M 24

H 32

P2Charles Leclerc

S 15

M 24

H 17

P3Max Verstappen

S 13

S 18

M 25

P4Lewis Hamilton

S 14

M 24

H 18

P5Lando Norris

M 16

H 40

P6Isack Hadjar

S 25

H 31

P7Oscar Piastri

M 15

H 41

P8George Russell

M 22

H 34

P9Liam Lawson

S 25

H 31

P10Pierre Gasly

S 24

H 32

P11Nico Hulkenberg

S 29

H 27

P12Arvid Lindblad

S 18

M 22

S 16

P13Gabriel Bortoleto

S 26

H 24

S

P14Esteban Ocon

S 21

H 35

P16Fernando Alonso

S 28

M 14

S 14

P17Alexander Albon

S 16

S 15

H 25

P18Carlos Sainz

S 17

H 21

S 18

P19Sergio Perez

S 23

H 33

LAP 1LAP 28LAP 56

One-stop

10

Two-stop

8

Winner's strategy: Medium → Hard

Longest stint: Oscar Piastri, 41 laps on Hard

Compound sequences used

Soft → Hard

6 driver(s) · best result P6

Medium → Hard

4 driver(s) · best result P1

Soft → Medium → Hard

2 driver(s) · best result P2

Soft → Medium → Soft

2 driver(s) · best result P12

Soft → Hard → Soft

2 driver(s) · best result P13

Soft → Soft → Medium

1 driver(s) · best result P3

Soft → Soft → Hard

1 driver(s) · best result P17

Pit Stops & Neutralisations

First stops came between lap 13 and lap 29, with a median of lap 22.

Stops made within 2 laps of a Safety Car or VSC being called. The race data records when a neutralisation started, not when it ended.

🟡 VSC · lap 2

No recorded stops in that window.

🟡 VSC · lap 51

No recorded stops in that window.

Why They Lost

Strategy and race factors that shaped the result for drivers who finished behind Kimi Antonelli.

P2Charles LeclercFerrari

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 9 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 15 vs 24), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P3Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 11 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 13 vs 24), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P4Lewis HamiltonFerrari

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 10 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 14 vs 24), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P12Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.
▸Pitted 6 laps earlier than Kimi Antonelli (lap 18 vs 24), exposing the next stint to more wear.

P13Gabriel BortoletoAudi

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.

P16Fernando AlonsoAston Martin

▸Made 2 stops to the winner's 1, conceding track position on the extra in-lap and out-lap.

Strategy Breakdown

Simulator replay is unavailable for this race: some finishers have no recorded pit stops, so the replay would run them without stopping.

POS	Driver	Strategy	Time	Gap
1	Kimi Antonelli Mercedes	M→HL24	1:35:16.650	Leader	—
2	Charles Leclerc Ferrari	S→ML15→HL39	1:35:29.728	+13.078	—
3	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing	S→SL13→ML31	1:35:34.135	+17.485	—
4	Lewis Hamilton Ferrari	S→ML14→HL38	1:35:35.165	+18.515	—
5	Lando Norris McLaren	M→HL16	1:35:47.171	+30.521	—
6	Isack Hadjar Red Bull Racing	S→HL25	1:35:51.023	+34.373	—
7	Oscar Piastri McLaren	M→HL15	1:36:09.324	+52.674	—
8	George Russell Mercedes	M→HL22	1:36:10.953	+54.303	—
9	Liam Lawson Racing Bulls	S→HL25	1:36:35.833	+79.183	—
10	Pierre Gasly Alpine	S→HL24	1:36:44.166	+87.516	—
11	Nico Hulkenberg Audi	S→HL29	1:36:51.595	+94.945	—
12	Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls	S→ML18→SL40	—	+1 lap	—
13	Gabriel Bortoleto Audi	S→HL26→SL50	—	+1 lap	—
14	Esteban Ocon Haas	S→HL21	—	+1 lap	—
15	Lance Stroll Aston Martin	?	—	+1 lap	—
16	Fernando Alonso Aston Martin	S→ML28→SL42	—	+1 lap	—
17	Alexander Albon Williams	S→SL16→HL31	—	+1 lap	—
18	Carlos Sainz Williams	S→HL17→SL38	—	+1 lap	—
19	Sergio Perez Cadillac	S→HL23	—	+1 lap	—
20	Valtteri Bottas Cadillac	H→SL29	—	DNF	—
21	Franco Colapinto Alpine	H→SL30	—	DNF	—
22	Oliver Bearman Haas	S→HL13→ML22	—	DNF	—