Las Vegas

The track at a glance

The Las Vegas Strip Circuit is a temporary street circuit on and around Las Vegas Boulevard, better known as the Strip. It is 6.201 km long with 17 turns, runs anticlockwise, and a Grand Prix there is 50 laps. The first race was held in November 2023.

The lap is built around long straights. The run down the Strip is a 1.9 km flat-out section past some of the city's best-known hotels, and cars have reached more than 350 km/h at the end of it. The pits and paddock are on land bought for the event, next to the start of the lap.

The race runs late on a Saturday night in November, when the desert air is cold. That makes it hard to keep the tyres and brakes warm, and it has a big effect on grip.

A lap of Las Vegas, corner by corner

None of the corners has an official name, so this guide follows the key turns by their official numbers. Turns 1, 5, 12, 14 and 17 are marked on the map.

• T1The first complex. A left-hander at the end of the pit straight starts a slow, twisty sequence through Turns 1 to 4. It is a good place to pass at the start.
• T5End of Koval Lane. After 0.8 km down Koval Lane comes a slow 90° right. The track then sweeps left around the Sphere arena.
• T10–11Sands Avenue. A pair of high-speed bends along Sands Avenue.
• T12Onto the Strip. A slow left onto Las Vegas Boulevard. A clean exit is crucial for the long run that follows.
• T13The Strip. A long, flat-out left-hand curve down the Strip, part of a 1.9 km full-throttle section.
• T14–16Harmon Avenue. Three slow corners at the end of the Strip, onto Harmon Avenue. The braking zone into Turn 14 is one of the best places to overtake.
• T17The final corner. After 0.8 km down Harmon Avenue, a fast left leads back onto the pit straight.

Grand Prix racing in Las Vegas

Las Vegas has hosted Grand Prix racing before, but never on the Strip itself until 2023.

• 1981The first Caesars Palace Grand Prix is held on a temporary circuit in a hotel car park.
• 1982The second and last Caesars Palace Grand Prix is held.
• 2023Grand Prix racing returns on the new Strip circuit. The first practice session is cut short when a loose water valve cover damages a car.
• 2025The race lap record is set at 1:33.365.

Designed around the straights

Most of the Las Vegas lap is straight. The corners mostly join one long road to the next, often with slow 90° junction turns. That makes top speed and traction out of slow corners far more important than cornering grip, and it creates long braking zones where cars can pass.

It is the opposite of a flowing circuit like Suzuka. For more on how straights and braking zones shape a race, read our guide to overtaking zones or our history of Grand Prix racing in the United States.

Ideas for your remaster

The Remaster button opens the traced layout in the designer. You can move any point and the lap time, speed trace and corner analysis update as you go. A few places to start:

Add more corners. The lap is mostly straights joined by junctions. Can you add a fast, flowing section without losing the long runs?

Rework the first complex. Turns 1 to 4 are tight and slow. Try a layout that gives the cars more room on the first lap.

Name the corners. None of the turns has an official name. Group and name them in the designer, and they'll show on your exports and share link.

Finish it properly. Add track width, kerbs, run-off and a pit lane so it reads like a real venue.

When you're happy with it, share your version with its own link. The original stays here for the next person to remaster.

Frequently asked questions

Layout traced from the open circuit data in bacinger/f1-circuits (MIT licence). Circuit facts: Wikipedia. RaceTrackDesigner is not affiliated with the circuit, its owners or any racing series.