After a week off, Formula 1 resumes from the American continent, which will host 4 Grands Prix over the course of a month.
The GP data
According to the Brembo Group engineers who work closely with all the Formula 1 drivers, the 5,513-metre-long Circuit of the Americas falls into the category of circuits that are demanding on brakes. On a scale of 1 to 5, it earned a difficulty index of 4, the highest among the 3 US tracks. It achieves this despite having just 6 braking sections per lap for less than 15 seconds of brake use: 4 braking points are in the Hard category, 1 Medium and 1 Light.
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The hardest corner
According to the simulations carried out, the hardest corner of the Circuit of the Americas for the braking system is the first one after the finish line: the single-seaters reach it at 305 km/h and slow down to 93 km/h in 3.11 seconds, during which they cover 144 metres. The effort required of the drivers is 4.3 g and the load they exert on the brake pedal is 123 kg. The braking power, on the other hand, is 1,760 kW.
40 metres more
Compared with the 2025 US GP, due to the characteristics of the 2026 single-seaters, the effort required from drivers and brakes is lower. At Turn 12, a year ago the drivers were subjected to 4.2 g of deceleration and applied a load of 130 kg to the brake pedal, while this year these values are expected to be 4 g and 110 kg respectively. Braking distances also increase, from 126 metres to 166 metres, while braking time rises from 2.72 seconds to 3.42 seconds.
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Twice the wheels, less space
The MotoGP also races at the Circuit of the Americas, but the use of the Brembo braking system, although it also relies on carbon discs, is completely different: motorcycle riders use the brakes 9 times per lap for a total of 31 seconds, more than double that of the single-seaters. Due to the impossibility of transferring all the braking power to the ground with only two wheels, MotoGP bikes need much more space and time: around fifty metres and more than 1.8 seconds more than Formula 1 cars to lose 200 km/h.
That incredible zero
Despite the 56 editions held, the United States GP has never been won by an Italian driver. Riccardo Patrese came close in 1989, finishing 2nd in a race in which only the top three finished on the lead lap, despite having qualified 14th. This year Kimi Antonelli has already won the Miami GP, becoming the first Italian to win an F1 race in the US with Italian brakes, because Michele Alboreto won the 1982 Caesars Palace GP and the 1983 Detroit GP with Tyrrell in an era when Brembo supplied only Ferrari.