Round 17 · 2026 · ← board

United States Grand Prix

Circuit of the Americas, Austin · 23–25 Oct 2026
42 Race heat
79 Logistics ease
20–30°C Typ. temp · history
Wide Tickets (proxy)

Raceplz features

Derived signals — each blends several inputs. Confidence reflects coverage, never invented precision.

8 Demand heat · low
raceplz demand · 2026-05-20 · conf
53 Weekend comfort · med
raceplz comfort · 2026-05-20 · conf
21 Logistics difficulty
raceplz logistics · 2026-05-20 · conf

What changed

Planning alerts when a signal moved between recomputes.

onsite cost increased since the last update. raceplz alerts · conf
ticket scarcity eased since the last update. raceplz alerts · conf
weather drama increased since the last update. raceplz alerts · conf

Heat breakdown

Race heat = sum of weighted signals. Coverage 65% — missing data lowers confidence, never invents precision.

42
Proximity / access ×0.15 79
raceplz logistics (great-circle + curated transit) · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned

Ticket scarcity ×0.15 10
raceplz demand proxy · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned · owned demand proxy; no historical attendance data; no capacity/attendance ratio (not in Wikipedia infobox); no official availability feed (F1 ToS prohibits scraping)

On-site cost pressure ×0.1 69
raceplz on-site cost (world bank price level + owned premium) · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned

Social / news signal ×0.15 5
gdelt doc 2.0 · 2026-05-20 · conf

open data · no recent volume

Weather drama ×0.1 63
open-meteo era5 archive · 2026-05-20 · conf

open data

Top transport modes

Each mode is a data object — score, best use, risk, confidence. Fly-in is airport-derived; ground modes are owned-curated.

Fly-in + transfer

100
best use: arrivalrisk: major hub <120km; 3 airports <150km
raceplz curated transit · 2026-05-20 · conf

open data

Event shuttle

68
best use: race dayrisk: post-race queues
raceplz curated transit · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned · owned transit model, routing pipeline pending

Car + parking

72
best use: flexibilityrisk: traffic + parking
raceplz curated transit · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned · owned transit model, routing pipeline pending

Regional rail

62
best use: avoid trafficrisk: nearest airport 8km
raceplz curated transit · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned · owned transit model, routing pipeline pending

Weather profile
20–30°C rain · high
history 5-yr ERA5 history — not a live forecast drama 63
inter likelywet likely
open-meteo era5 archive · 2026-05-20 · conf

outside forecast horizon; 5-year ERA5 history, live forecast within race week

Tickets · Raceplz demand proxy
Wide on sale

Tickets widely available; lower demand historically. This is a Raceplz demand proxy, not official live availability.

Official channels
raceplz · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned demand proxy; no historical attendance data; no capacity/attendance ratio (not in Wikipedia infobox); no official availability feed (F1 ToS prohibits scraping)

On-site cost

Weekend cost on the ground — lodging, local transport, food, camping/value, ticket pressure. Not flights.

€€€
Cost index 69 · Higher pressure
Lodging pressure 90
Local transport pressure 62
Food drink pressure 82
Camping value score 65
Ticket pressure 55

Permanent circuit; world bank price-level ratio 1.0 (2024); peak-month premium 8.

raceplz on-site cost · 2026-05-20 · conf

owned model; price level from World Bank, premium derived