Formula 1 US Grand Prix Preview: Tyres, DRS, Weather, Lap Guide, Session Times

The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix sees the sport return to Texas for only the second time in recent years. After successfully hosting the race last year, the Circuit of the Americas near Austin is again the venue. There have been 52 Grands Prix held in the USA, but the sport has never quite got a foothold in the world's most lucrative market. After the loss of Watkins Glen, F1 spent the '80s, '90s and '00s dragging itself around a variety of uninspiring, characterless venues. Fans with sufficient age and memory will recall the likes of Detroit, Phoenix, Indianapolis Road Course and the appalling circuit around the car park of Caesar's Palace. But COTA is different. Designed and constructed purely for F1, it's the best new circuit for a...

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