Formula One statistics for Las Vegas Grand Prix

Formula One statistics for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the 22-round championship:

Lap distance: 6.201km. Total distance: 310.050km (50 laps)

No previous race on this circuit

Start time: 0600GMT Sunday/2200 local Saturday

LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas has previously held two championship races, in 1981 and 1982 as the Caesars Palace Grand Prix. Both were season-enders and title-deciders.

Australian Alan Jones won in 1981 with Williams and Italian Michele Alboreto in 1982 with Tyrrell.

The new 6.2km track is the second longest on the current calendar and includes the famed Strip and central landmarks. Mercedes say their simulations suggest top speeds will be second only to Monza.

The race is the third this year in the United States, but the first night race there.

It will be the first time since South Africa in 1985 that a grand prix has been held on a Saturday.

Qualifying starts at midnight on Friday, making it the first grand prix since Japan 2019 where pole is decided on the same day as the race. The start will be the latest in F1 history.

The new Las Vegas circuit will be the 12th to host a U.S. round of the championship.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Red Bull and Verstappen have won both championships already, Verstappen his third and Red Bull their sixth.

WINS

Verstappen has won 17 of 20 races and has 52 wins from 182 starts, putting him fourth on the all-time list. One more win will put him joint third with Sebastian Vettel.

Red Bull have won 19 races, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz winning in Singapore. Red Bull have also had a team record six one-two finishes in 2023.

Hamilton has a record 103 victories from 330 starts but has not won since Saudi Arabia in December 2021. Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has 32 wins, most recently in