Can’t wait to see the F1 cars tearing down The Strip. Keen to see many puns about luck and gambling? Or maybe we’re about to see the last race of the 2026 season? Covering that and more is our Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Preview Prix-View answer some of those big questions and more that you didn’t ask for.
The Gurgler’s Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Prix-View brings some thoughts on what the race weekend ahead might bring, rate the chances of a great Grand Prix with our Race Potential Rating, and we throw in more than a few barely interesting stats to sort wheat/chaff.
Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.
F1 2026 Season Catch Up
Here’s the standings and the key stats ahead of this weekend’s race.
READ MORE – WHAT HAPPENED LAST RACE: SAO PAULO GP REVIEW
READ MORE – LATEST DRIVER RATINGS: SAO PAULO GP RATINGS
Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – Race Potential Rating
The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.
So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.
CIRCUIT MAP
Courtesy of Formula 1 website.
FAST 4/10
A couple of fast sections including the one down the strip which looks cool from certain angles, but it isn’t a classic fast track. Too many rubbish tight corners. What more can you hope for from a track that looks like a dog with no legs.
ACTION 7/10
The layout, the walls, the weather, manhole covers do tend to throw up a bit of action, and here’s hoping the MarioKart rules for 2026 makes this race even better.
BIG HISTORY 1/10
This is the fourth race in this version of Las Vegas, and one of many US street tracks, including another in Las Vegas in the carpark of a Casino, which was one of the worst of all time – check it out here. But this track has no soul, maybe in time these races will feel more historic.
INCLEMENT WEATHER 4/10
Weather Channel says not much chance of rain, but the temperature is a concern. Especially for a night race. High temperature of only 15 degrees is countered by a minimum of just 5 degrees. This might affect the F1 cars for getting heat in their tyres.
RACE POTENTIAL RATING 40% – It’s a hot GP for famous people and hype merchants, but the low temperatures could affect the race and/or qualifying more.
2026 Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – Ratings Summary
We’ve taken a pile of race and qualifying stats from this season, previous seasons, and various other F1 related stats and combined up all of our calculations of various points for racing well, qualifying high up the grid, and beating your team mate. The driver with the highest total gets our tick of approval, and subsequent drivers are rated against the top score.
Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – Stats Summary
Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats and visuals to back them up. This history section covers 2001 onwards cover the careers of all active drivers.
- Only Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc and Verstappen have made Q3 in all attempts for those who have done more than one race in Las Vegas.
- Second on the grid has won this race more than first.
Driver Stats – Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix
Team Stats – Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix
History Stats – Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix
History of all F1 races held at the Las Vegas Strip circuit.
History Stats – US Races on Street Circuits
History of all F1 races held at races in the USA on a street track.
Other Stats – Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix
Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix – Comparisons
A look at average qualifying and race positions across the 2026 by a season split into four sections, and also going back to 2021 and analysing the performance on differing track types.
Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – AI Greg Norman
Our friend AI Greg Norman pops by to give his pictorial preview of the Las Vegas GP ahead as only he can.
And it’s Viva Rock Vegas for Greg and friends.
