F1 car by car event guide – United States Grand Prix

For the second time this year Formula 1 is racing in America at the familiarly twisty Circuit of the Americas.

With Red Bull back in winning form, Max Verstappen will be confident of taking a hat-trick of United States Grand Prix wins having already wrapped up a three-peat of titles.

Download the full Formula 1 United States Grand Prix event guide HERE with track stats and facts and a full event schedule, plus our extensive driver profiles.

Despite Verstappen’s strong form it is McLaren with all the momentum heading to Texas.

The papaya squad has scored 104 points over the last three race weekends, more than Red Bull (74) Ferrari (70) and Mercedes (63).

Importantly Aston Martin has only scored 13 in this period, meaning the fight for fourth in the constructors championship is down to just 11 points.

Leading the charge has not been Lando Norris, but Aussie rookie sensation Oscar Piastri.

Fresh from a first podium, Piastri showed greater speed in Qatar, converting a Sprint Shootout pole into a Sprint win.

The Brighton boy also followed up the stunning Saturday with a strong second

place in the race, just 4.8s behind Verstappen.

McLaren may receive a sterner test at COTA with Ferrari and Mercedes the only teams other than Red Bull to win there in the last decade.

Mercedes will also be armed with a significant new upgrade to the W14 which could also offer a glimpse into the team’s plans for 2024.

No driver has dominated the United States Grand Prix like Lewis Hamilton, who won on first go at Indianapolis in 2007 and has only missed the podium once since the race moved to COTA in 2012.

Further back in the grid AlphaTauri will be alive with Daniel Ricciardo’s trademark smile back in the garage.

Ricciardo will be racing again for the first time in five races having recovered from the broken metacarpal in his left hand sustained from a Dutch Grand Prix practice crash.

It arrives at one of his favourite places Austin, which was not one of his favourite races last year when he finished 10 positions and almost 40s behind Norris.

But he is at a new team in AlphaTuari and making a second fresh start of the year.

For the second weekend in a row the Sprint format will be utilised which has never been seen at the snaky COTA circuit.

Download the full Formula 1 United States Grand Prix event guide HERE with track stats and facts and a full event schedule, plus our extensive driver profiles.

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