A purpose-built circuit in the hills outside Austin, with a first corner that climbs so steeply you cannot see the apex from the grid. The best American race weekend on the calendar, and the city has an unusually good time with it.
What we can put you in
Paddock Club above the pits, with pit-lane access and team garage visits
Grandstands at Turn 1 and the esses, which is where the racing happens
The concert programme, which draws acts that would headline festivals
Helicopter transfers, which on Sunday saves several hours
Around it
Eat
Franklin Barbecue
Genuinely worth the reputation, and genuinely worth not queueing for at six in the morning. This is a place to have someone arrange, not to attempt.
Eat
Uchi
On South Lamar. Japanese cooking that has no business being this precise in central Texas, and the best dinner in the city on a race weekend.
Explore
The Hill Country
West of the city — vineyards, spring-fed swimming holes and empty roads. Take the Thursday before the circuit opens.
Dates, tiers and price come back together, and only once the route is confirmed. Nothing here is held until you ask for it.
