Circuit of The Americas performs house to a Dash weekend and a large crowd as System 1 returns to Austin. A drivers’ favourite monitor, it is a 20-turn, undulating problem that options high-speed modifications of course, technical sections and a few massive stops.
Whereas Oliver Bearman has but to race on the house of the US Grand Prix, it was a bit too good a possibility to go up the possibility for this week’s monitor information to truly function a scorching lap of COTA with a present driver for the Haas workforce.
AT A GLANCE
Race distance: 56 laps/191.4 miles
2024 pole time: 1m32.330s (Lando Norris, McLaren-Mercedes)
2024 winner: Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Pirelli tire allotment: America Grand Prix would be the second race of the season for which Pirelli is bringing three non-consecutive compounds, the final time being Spa-Francorchamps and the out there tires will as soon as once more be the C1 as Onerous, the C3 as Medium and the C4 as Delicate. In Belgium, dangerous climate meant it was not potential to learn how this selection may need affected technique and so the occasion at COTA might be the primary actual check of this selection, which sees using a more durable Onerous than final 12 months on the American monitor, whereas the Medium and Delicate are the identical.
The elevated efficiency distinction between the toughest compound and the center one ought to, theoretically, give rise to 2 situations. If drivers desire the C1, the slowest but in addition probably the most constant of the three, then they might run a one-stop race combining it with the C3. Alternatively, utilizing the latter together with the C4, with its improved resistance to degradation, would produce faster lap occasions however would nearly definitely require two stops.
One other similarity with the Belgian spherical is that the Austin weekend can be working to the Dash format, which suggests groups solely have one hour to attempt the varied choices over lengthy and brief runs, including to the uncertainty as to how the grand prix would possibly pan out.
MSC CRUISES UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX WEEKEND SCHEDULE (all occasions ET):
Friday, October 17
1:25pm – 2:30pm – Apply, ESPN2
5:25pm – 6:30pm – Dash qualifying, ESPN2
Saturday, October 18
12:55pm – 2:00pm – Dash, ESPNews
4:55pm – 6:00pm – GP qualifying, ESPNews
Sunday, October 19
3:00pm – 5:00pm – United States Grand Prix (56 laps or 120 minutes), ABC
