United States Grand Prix 2026: Race Times, F1 Fantasy Picks & Results

The United States Grand Prix is round 18 of the 2026 Formula 1 season at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, United States of America, with the race on Sun 25 Oct. PPFL teams locked at the start of FP1 (Fri 23 Oct, 18:30 UK time).

United States Grand Prix 2026 session times

Session	UK	US Eastern	US Pacific	Australia (Sydney)	Local (Austin)
Practice 1	Fri 23 Oct, 18:30	Fri 23 Oct, 13:30	Fri 23 Oct, 10:30	Sat 24 Oct, 04:30	Fri 23 Oct, 12:30
Practice 2	Fri 23 Oct, 22:00	Fri 23 Oct, 17:00	Fri 23 Oct, 14:00	Sat 24 Oct, 08:00	Fri 23 Oct, 16:00
Practice 3	Sat 24 Oct, 18:30	Sat 24 Oct, 13:30	Sat 24 Oct, 10:30	Sun 25 Oct, 04:30	Sat 24 Oct, 12:30
Qualifying	Sat 24 Oct, 22:00	Sat 24 Oct, 17:00	Sat 24 Oct, 14:00	Sun 25 Oct, 08:00	Sat 24 Oct, 16:00
Race	Sun 25 Oct, 20:00	Sun 25 Oct, 16:00	Sun 25 Oct, 13:00	Mon 26 Oct, 07:00	Sun 25 Oct, 15:00

Times for UK, US Eastern, US Pacific, Sydney and the circuit's local time. See the full 2026 F1 race calendar.

What PPFL managers picked

For the United States Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was the most-picked driver (31.7% of teams), Kimi Antonelli the most popular captain (26 teams, 21.7%), Mercedes the favourite constructor (40%). 120 teams · 10 changed their team for this race.

Driver	Team	Picked by	Captain
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	31.7%	12.5% (15)
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	26.7%	21.7% (26)
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	23.3%	14.2% (17)
George Russell	Mercedes	17.5%	14.2% (17)
Lando Norris	McLaren	16.7%	11.7% (14)
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	12.5%	7.5% (9)
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10.8%	7.5% (9)
Oliver Bearman	Haas	9.2%	–
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	7.5%	2.5% (3)
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6.7%	3.3% (4)

Constructor	Picked by
Mercedes	40%
Ferrari	20%
McLaren	11.7%
Red Bull	5.8%
Aston Martin	5%

Most popular full team: George Russell + Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes (7 teams, 5.8%).

Biggest risers since last race (share of teams): Max Verstappen 20.8% → 23.3%, Pierre Gasly 3.3% → 5%, Arvid Lindblad 2.5% → 3.3%.

Biggest fallers (share of teams): Oscar Piastri 15% → 12.5%, Kimi Antonelli 28.3% → 26.7%, Carlos Sainz Jr. 5.8% → 5%.

Guess the Podium: community picks

20 players made Guess the Podium picks. 55% picked Max Verstappen to win. The most popular podium was Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc (6 picks).

P1: Max Verstappen 55%, Kimi Antonelli 40%, Charles Leclerc 5%
P2: Kimi Antonelli 55%, Charles Leclerc 10%, George Russell 10%
P3: Charles Leclerc 35%, Max Verstappen 25%, Lando Norris 15%

How the most-picked drivers scored

Lewis Hamilton (owned by 31.7%): 19 pts
Kimi Antonelli (owned by 26.7%): 39 pts
Max Verstappen (owned by 23.3%): 26 pts
George Russell (owned by 17.5%): 6 pts
Lando Norris (owned by 16.7%): 18 pts

Best differential: Charles Leclerc, owned by only 10.8% of teams, scored 36 PPFL points.

United States Grand Prix 2026 results and F1 fantasy points

Top PPFL team this race: Bwoah F1 with 145 points (tied with 2 other teams).

For the United States Grand Prix, 116 PPFL teams averaged 85.7 points; the top-scoring driver was Kimi Antonelli with 39 PPFL points; the best value was Kimi Antonelli, 0.9 points per $M at $45.0M; Gabriel Bortoleto gained the most places: 8, from P21 to P13.

The race data below comes from F1DB, the open-source Formula 1 database (release v2026.20.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0. PPFL points are our own.

Kimi Antonelli took pole in 1:34.035; Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap, 1:37.976 on lap 42; Charles Leclerc was Driver of the Day with 25.7% of the fan vote.

Qualifying

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

Drivers' championship after round 18

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	365
2	George Russell	242
3	Lewis Hamilton	241
4	Max Verstappen	236
5	Charles Leclerc	233
6	Lando Norris	211
7	Oscar Piastri	144
8	Isack Hadjar	105
9	Liam Lawson	77
10	Pierre Gasly	42

Constructors' championship after round 18

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	607
2	Ferrari	474
3	Red Bull	355
4	McLaren	355
5	Racing Bulls	102
6	Alpine	69
7	Haas	30
8	Audi	23
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	7
11	Cadillac	0

Full race result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time / gap	F1 pts	PPFL pts	Notes
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	56	1:35:16.650	25	39
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+13.078	18	36	Fastest lap; Driver of the Day
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	56	+17.485	15	26
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	56	+18.515	12	19
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	56	+30.521	10	18
6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	56	+34.373	8	12
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	56	+52.674	6	9
8	George Russell	Mercedes	56	+54.303	4	6
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	56	+1:19.183	2	6
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	56	+1:27.516	1	4
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	56	+1:34.945		2
12	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	55	+1 lap		-2
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	55	+1 lap		0
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas	55	+1 lap		6
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	55	+1 lap		6	Started from the pit lane
16	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	55	+1 lap		-1
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	55	+1 lap		6
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	55	+1 lap		2
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	55	+1 lap		4
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	48	Engine		-5
DNF	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	35	Engine		-5
DNF	Oliver Bearman	Haas	24	Collision damage		-5

PPFL fantasy points by driver

Points before the captain bonus (a captain's race finish points are doubled).

Driver	Team	Grid	Finish	PPFL pts
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	P1	1	39
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	P4	2	36
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	P2	3	26
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	P5	4	19
Lando Norris	McLaren	P8	5	18
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	P3	6	12
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	P7	7	9
George Russell	Mercedes	P6	8	6
Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	P10	9	6
Esteban Ocon	Haas	P17	14	6
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	P18	15	6
Alexander Albon	Williams	P20	17	6
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	P11	10	4
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	P21	19	4
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	P12	11	2
Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	P19	18	2
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	P13	13	0
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	P15	16	-1
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	P9	12	-2
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	P22	DNF	-5
Franco Colapinto	Alpine	P14	DNF	-5
Oliver Bearman	Haas	P16	DNF	-5

Price changes after the United States Grand Prix

PPFL prices move after every Grand Prix based on recent form. Changes since round 17 (16 unchanged):

Driver / constructor	Before	After	Change
Haas	$22.0M	$28.0M	+$6.0M
Oscar Piastri	$35.0M	$41.0M	+$6.0M
Arvid Lindblad	$23.0M	$26.0M	+$3.0M
Red Bull	$47.0M	$50.0M	+$3.0M
Charles Leclerc	$42.0M	$43.0M	+$1.0M
Gabriel Bortoleto	$9.0M	$10.0M	+$1.0M
Max Verstappen	$44.0M	$45.0M	+$1.0M
Oliver Bearman	$11.0M	$12.0M	+$1.0M
Carlos Sainz Jr.	$10.0M	$9.5M	-$0.5M
Fernando Alonso	$9.5M	$9.0M	-$0.5M
Franco Colapinto	$12.0M	$11.0M	-$1.0M
Isack Hadjar	$43.0M	$42.0M	-$1.0M
Kimi Antonelli	$45.0M	$44.0M	-$1.0M
George Russell	$41.0M	$38.0M	-$3.0M
Lando Norris	$38.0M	$35.0M	-$3.0M
Mercedes	$50.0M	$47.0M	-$3.0M
Nico Hülkenberg	$26.0M	$23.0M	-$3.0M
Alpine	$28.0M	$22.0M	-$6.0M

See every price and the season trend on the F1 fantasy Price Form.

Read the United States Grand Prix 2026 race report: the story of the race and what it meant for PPFL teams.

Driver of the Day history at Americas

The fan-voted Driver of the Day at every race held here since the vote began.

2026: Charles Leclerc (25.7% of the vote)
2025: Charles Leclerc (35.0% of the vote)
2024: Charles Leclerc (27.4% of the vote)
2023: Lando Norris (26.0% of the vote)
2022: Sebastian Vettel (18.4% of the vote)
2021: Max Verstappen (22.6% of the vote)
2019: Alexander Albon (17.1% of the vote)
2018: Max Verstappen
2017: Max Verstappen
2016: Max Verstappen

Recent United States Grand Prix winners

Planning your team? Check driver and constructor values on the F1 fantasy Price Form and the Americas circuit guide.

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