The Las Vegas F1 Grand Prix is 50 laps and is scheduled for a maximum of 120 minutes of race time, though a clean race typically runs around 1 hour 30 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes.

Basic race length

  • The Las Vegas Strip Circuit is 6.201 km (3.853 miles) per lap.
  • The Grand Prix distance is 50 laps, for a total of about 309.958 km (192.6 miles).
  • Officially, it is run as “50 laps or 120 minutes,” whichever comes first.

How long it actually lasts

  • Recent Las Vegas Grands Prix have taken a bit over 1 hour 20 minutes of green-flag running when there are no major stoppages.
  • With safety cars or incidents, the race time can stretch closer to the 2-hour limit, but it cannot exceed 2 hours of active racing (excluding red-flag suspensions).

Weekend schedule context

  • The main race is held on Saturday night local time, with the start at 8:00 pm in the 2025 timetable.
  • Practice sessions are usually 1 hour each, and qualifying runs about 1 hour the night before, so the full “F1 in Vegas” experience spans three evenings.

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