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Race details[1]
Race 18 of 19 in the 2013 Formula One season
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Date 18 (18-11), 2013
Official name 2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix[1]
Location Circuit of the Americas
Travis County, Austin, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
5.516 km (3.427 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 308.896 km (191.912 mi)

The 2013 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)[1] will be a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit of the Americas in Travis County], near Austin, Texas on November 17, 2013. The race, run over fifty-six laps, will be the penultimate round of the 2012 championship.[2]

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Background[]

After a troubled construction period that saw a stop-work order issued in November 2011,[3] and the threat of the race being removed from the Formula One calendar altogether,[4] construction laid the final layer of tarmac on September 21.[5] The circuit passed its final pre-race inspection on September 25, allowing the race to go ahead as planned.[6][7] By comparison, the most-recent additions to the Formula One calendar – the Korea International Circuit in South Korea and the Buddh International Circuit in India – were only completed in the days leading up to their inaugural races.[8][9] The event was not the first Formula One Grand Prix in the state of Texas- the one-off Dallas Grand Prix was held in July 1984 and the event was exasperated by the extremely high temperatures of a Texas summer.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/united_states_882//. Retrieved April 6, 2012. 
  2. Collantine, Keith (December 7, 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/12/07/united-states-grand-prix-remains-unchanged-2012-f1-calendar/. Retrieved April 7, 2012. 
  3. Collantine, Keith (November 15, 2011). "Circuit of the Americas halts construction in contract dispute". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/11/15/circuit-americas-halts-construction-contract-dispute/. Retrieved August 23, 2012. 
  4. Parkes, Ian (November 16, 2011). "US Grand Prix on verge of being axed claims Bernie Ecclestone". The Independent (UK: Independent Print Ltd.). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/us-grand-prix-on-verge-of-being-axed-claims-bernie-ecclestone-6262988.html. Retrieved September 26, 2012. 
  5. "COTA Completes Track Pavement With Success". CircuitOfTheAmericas.com (Circuit of the Americas). September 21, 2012. http://circuitoftheamericas.com/articles/cota-completes-track-pavement-with-success. Retrieved September 26, 2012. 
  6. "Charlie Whiting happy with Circuit de the Americas' progress". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). June 13, 2012. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100332. Retrieved August 23, 2012. 
  7. "Texas circuit gets FIA's green light". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). September 26, 2012. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102859/. Retrieved September 26, 2012. 
  8. Noble, Jonathan (October 20, 2010). "Q & A: Hermann Tilke on Korean GP". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on October 23, 2010. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87545. Retrieved September 26, 2012. 
  9. Noble, Jonathan (October 27, 2011). "Formula 1 did the right thing in coming to India, says Ross Brawn". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95698. Retrieved September 16, 2012. 


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