- United States Grand Prix is first of American triple-header
- United States Prix consists of Dash race
- Liam Lawson replaces Daniel Ricciardo at RB
This weekend marks the beginning of an intense run to the tip of the 2024 Method 1 season.
There are six rounds over the subsequent eight weeks, beginning with an American triple-header whose first spherical is the United States Grand Prix. It takes place at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, and can embody a Dash race.
The Dash race is a standalone factors race that takes place on Saturday, previous to the qualifying session for Sunday’s principal race. It has its personal qualifying session that takes place on Friday, after a single follow session.
The Circuit of the Americas, which boasts a 3.4-mile monitor comprised of 20 corners and a steep elevation change of 134 toes, is without doubt one of the finest circuits on the calendar, because it was designed primarily with F1 racing in thoughts. A few of its corners are paying homage to corners from previous and current F1 circuits.
Circuit of the Americas, house of the Method 1 United States Grand Prix
There are additionally extra quick corners than Spa-Francorchamps and extra gradual corners than the Hungaroring—a mixture that makes the monitor an enormous problem for each groups and drivers.
One other actual problem is an unpredictable floor as a result of subsidence. Unpredictable climate may also be a problem right here, although this weekend’s forecast for Austin, we needs to be in for superb climate all through the weekend. Pirelli has nominated its mid-range C2, C3, and C4 tires for the spherical.
Going into the weekend, Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen leads the 2024 Drivers’ Championship with 331 factors. McLaren’s Lando Norris is second with 279 factors and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is third with 245 factors. Within the Constructors’ Championship, McLaren leads with 516 factors. Purple Bull is second with 475 factors and Ferrari is third with 441 factors. Final 12 months’s winner at Austin was Verstappen, driving for Purple Bull.
One driver to look out for this weekend is Liam Lawson at Purple Bull feeder crew RB. Lawson has changed Daniel Ricciardo, and if he manages to outshine RB’s different driver, Yuki Tsunoda, for the rest of this season, there’s an opportunity he’ll ultimately be promoted to Purple Bull as a alternative for Sergio Perez.
