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Change marks start of 2013 Formula 1™ season as teams set their sights on return to Texas

The 2013 FIA Formula 1™ World Championship kicks off with the FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX in Melbourne on Sunday, March 17, and drivers, teams and fans are already eagerly anticipating returning to Austin, Texas, for the second annual FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX Nov. 15-17 at the Circuit of The Americas. Circuit correspondent Dan Knutson caught up drivers prepping for the 2013 competition during preseason testing in Barcelona, Spain. “I am massively excited to go back there!” exclaimed Lewis Hamilton who won last year’s inaugural event. “The race we had last year is one that I will always remember. I will make sure I go back there this year and put the (U.S.) flag back on my helmet, and hope that the car is developed to the point that we can challenge some of the guys at the front.”

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Circuit of The Americas™ celebrates F1USGP with enthusiastic crowd of 117,429

Circuit of The Americas today entered the record books as the first purpose-built Formula 1™ racetrack in the country to host its own Grand Prix. An exuberant crowd of 117,429 packed the new 330-acre facility to watch Vodafone McLaren Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton claim his fourth Grand Prix of the season and his second United States Grand Prix victory in five years having won the 2007 Formula 1™ race last hosted in Indianapolis. Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel, current points leader in the drivers’ standings, was second with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso third. McLaren was awarded the constructor’s trophy for Austin’s inaugural event. Hamilton’s victory means the driver’s title won’t be decided until the season’s final race in Saὀ Paulo, Brazil, next weekend, while Red Bull sealed the deal by winning the 2012 constructors' title based on the overall standings at the end of the Austin race.

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2012 Formula 1™ USGP

FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX Drivers’ Parade

Circuit of The Americas will host the traditional Formula 1 Drivers' Parade with a truly American twist. Each of the 24 drivers will take a parade lap in a classic American car from the 1960s or 1970s. Download the attachment to check out the iconic cars in which your favorite driver will be riding!

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Qualifying rounds draw 82,710 fans to Circuit of The Americas™ as Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel claims

Formula 1™ fans from around the world gathered at Circuit of The Americas today to watch two-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing claim pole position for the inaugural FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX. Sunny, cool weather greeted the crowd of 82,710, which arrived steadily through the morning hours and peaked as qualifying for Sunday’s Grand Prix was underway.

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Formula 1’s High Noon at Circuit of The Americas™

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 17, 2012) – Sebastian Vettel’s third world title came just a little nearer when the 25-year-old German claimed pole position for Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix™.

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F1 drivers hail “spectacular” Circuit of The Americas™

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 15, 2012) – Superlatives were the order of the day when six Formula 1 drivers faced the first official press conference of the first FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas Thursday.

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