Formula 1 News: 2026 USGP at COTA Race Preview

Formula 1 returns to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, for the second of three U.S. rounds this season and the opening race of the Americas triple-header (Austin, Mexico City, São Paulo). The 2026 United States Grand Prix runs October 23–25 as a traditional weekend with no Sprint, giving teams three free practice sessions to prepare for the 5.513 km, 20-corner layout. COTA has been the permanent home of the USGP since 2012. Its combination of high-speed sweeping corners (Turns 3–6, inspired by Silverstone’s Maggotts-Becketts), elevation changes, long straights, and a technical final sector continues to reward…