Spherical 19 of the 2023 Components 1 World Championship, the United States Grand Prix, takes place this weekend on the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The race is the second of three U.S. races this season, and the primary of a North American triple header that features races in Las Vegas and Mexico Metropolis within the coming weeks.

The Circuit of the Americas, which boasts a 3.4-mile observe comprised of 20 corners, is among the greatest circuits on the calendar, because it was designed primarily with F1 racing in thoughts. A few of its corners are harking back to corners from previous and current F1 circuits.

There are additionally extra quick corners than Spa-Francorchamps and extra gradual corners than the Hungaroring—a mixture that makes the observe an enormous problem for each groups and drivers.

Pirelli has nominated its mid-range tire compounds for the weekend: the C2 because the white onerous, the C3 because the yellow medium, and the C4 because the purple comfortable.

Circuit of the Americas, house of the Components 1 United States Grand Prix

The U.S. Grand Prix is all the time a enjoyable race to observe and this yr there’s additional motion due to the inclusion of the Dash race on Saturday, adopted by the principle race on Sunday. This season, the Dash race has been made a standalone occasion slightly than the qualifier for the principle race, as was beforehand the case. It nonetheless has championship factors on the desk for each drivers and groups, one thing that enabled Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen to win the 2023 Drivers’ title previous to the principle race on the earlier spherical in Qatar.

Whereas the 2023 title might have been determined already, the battle for second place remains to be very a lot alive and there are nonetheless potential information to be damaged.

Verstappen additionally received the Qatar spherical, which was his 14th win of the season. It means he is on tempo to surpass his personal file of 15 wins in a single season, which he claimed final yr, since there are nonetheless 5 races on the calendar. Within the battle for second place, there at the moment are simply 30 factors separating fellow Crimson Bull driver Sergio Perez in second place and Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton in third.

Going into the weekend, Verstappen’s factors tally within the 2023 Drivers’ Championship is an unbeatable 433 factors. Perez has 224 factors and Hamilton 194 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Crimson Bull was named the title winner on the Japanese Grand Prix. The crew at present enjoys 623 factors. Mercedes is second with 305 factors and Ferrari is third with 285 factors. Final yr’s winner in Texas was Verstappen, driving for Crimson Bull.