Walk if you can. The organizer recommends it, and from 1:00 PM on Thursday, Friday and Saturday it’s usually the fastest way to get anywhere near the track. The monorail is the backup, running nonstop through race week. Rideshare works, but only from four designated zones.
Walking
- The F1 Las Vegas app maps your route. The organizer says it builds walking routes from your hotel to your zone using live road openings and closures, and shows step-free routes too. Your zone’s entrance is on your mobile ticket.
- Footbridges stay open. The Venetian’s 2026 guest guide says pedestrian paths and footbridges are open 24/7 during closures. That doesn’t mean they’re quick: race-week fences and crowds make walks longer than they look on a map.
- Wear proper shoes. You’ll walk to the gate, around your zone, and back after midnight.
We’ll add timed hotel-to-gate walks once we’ve walked them on race week. We aren’t going to guess.
The Las Vegas Monorail
- Hours: nonstop from 7:00 AM Tuesday, Nov 17 to 3:00 AM Monday, Nov 23.
- Stations (south to north): MGM Grand, Horseshoe/Paris, Flamingo/Caesars Palace, Harrah’s/The LINQ, Boingo Station at LVCC, Westgate, SAHARA. It runs behind the east-side resorts.
- Tickets: the organizer says advance tickets are discounted, on sale since Oct 1 at tix.lvmonorail.com/F12026LVGP. There’s also mobile scan-and-go ticketing.
- Locals: $1 single rides with Nevada ID at station customer service booths (not Boingo Station), 11 AM to 11 PM, Nov 19–21.
- The organizer’s own advice: arrive early, “pack patience”, let full trains pass and don’t hold the doors.
Rideshare (Uber, Lyft)
Pickup and drop-off are only at the designated zones:
- Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
- Park MGM
- Hughes Center (Howard Hughes Center)
- Tuscany (Tuscany Suites)
The organizer suggests using whichever is closest to your zone. None of them is at a gate, so you’ll still have a walk at both ends.
Buses
The RTC’s Deuce runs up and down the Strip 24 hours a day, but it’s on a modified route and schedule Nov 17–25 because of the race. Check the rideRTC app or rtcsnv.com before you rely on it. Visitor passes are $4 single, $8 for 24 hours, $20 for 3 days.
Driving and parking
There’s no event parking, and the organizer says parking around and inside the circuit will be limited. If you have a car, leave it at your hotel. More on road closures & traffic.
Paddock Club and Wynn Grid Club shuttles
If your ticket is Paddock Club, Wynn Grid Club or Garage, the organizer runs dedicated shuttles. Boarding points are Aria (Tour Bus Lobby), Fontainebleau (North Rideshare), Caesars Palace (Augustus Tower) and Topgolf (south side of the MGM Conference Center doors). They run 1:30 PM to 12:30 AM Thursday, to midnight Friday and to 1:00 AM Saturday, and the last shuttle to the track leaves at 8 PM each night.
After the session
- Roads reopen around 12:30 AM Friday, about midnight Friday night and 2:00 AM Sunday, so for the first hour or two after the checkered flag it’s still walking, monorail or a rideshare zone.
- Gates close at 10:30 PM Thursday, 9:30 PM Friday and 11 PM Saturday.
- Plan your route home before you go in, and keep some phone battery for the app, because there are no charging stations inside.
New to all this? The first-timer’s guide puts the whole trip in order. Arriving by plane? See getting to Las Vegas.
Sources: the organizer’s A–Z guide (walking, monorail, rideshare zones, parking, shuttles, gate times), Las Vegas Monorail (stations, extended hours), The Venetian Resort (footbridges, reopening times), RTC (fares, Deuce detour). All checked Oct 22, 2026.
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