The first and only practice session was held on Friday, February 27, at 4:00 PM CST, and lasted for 50 minutes.[9]
Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:38.706 seconds, and a speed of 87.533 miles per hour (140.871km/h).[10]
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 27, at 5:05 PM CST.[9] Since Circuit of the Americas is a road course, the qualifying procedure used was a two-group system with one round. Drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Each driver had multiple laps to set a time. Whoever set the fastest time between both groups won the pole.[11]
Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying was set at the exit of Istanbul 8. Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, qualified on pole position with a lap of 1:37.740 seconds, and a speed of 88.398 miles per hour (142.263km/h).[12]
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