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Norm Smith Medallist
The seventeenth GP of the year takes us to Austin in Texas for the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas
Here's Vettel's pole position lap from last year:
The vision give you an idea of the undulations of the cicruit over the lap.
Circuit Name: Circuit of The Americas
First Grand Prix: 2012
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.513 km
Race Distance: 308.405 km
Lap Record: 1:39.347 - S Vettel (2012)
Drivers Championship
Hamilton made it four in a row in the Campionship with his win at the uninspiring Russian Grand Prix and has extended his lead over Rosberg to 17 points. Rosberg emphasised the dominace of the Mercedes car with an effortless drive from last to 2nd in the race. Ricciardo is increasingly looking like taking third positon with Bottas, Vettel, and Alonso duking it out for 4th place.
1 Lewis Hamilton 291
2 Nico Rosberg 274
3 Daniel Ricciardo 199
4 Valtteri Bottas 145
5 Sebastian Vettel 143
6 Fernando Alonso 141
7 Jenson Button 94
8 Nico Hulkenberg 76
9 Felipe Massa 71
10 Kevin Magnussen 49
11 Sergio Perez 47
12 Kimi Räikkönen 47
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 21
14 Romain Grosjean 8
15 Daniil Kvyat 8
16 Jules Bianchi 2
Constructors Championship
Mercedes wrapped up the Constructors title at Russia and its looking increasingly likely that Red Bull, Williams, and Ferrari will take the next three spots in that order. An improved McLaren looks to have shaken off Force India for 5th.
1 Mercedes 565
2 Red Bull Racing-Renault 342
3 Williams-Mercedes 216
4 Ferrari 188
5 McLaren-Mercedes 143
6 Force India-Mercedes 123
7 STR-Renault 29
8 Lotus-Renault 8
9 Marussia-Ferrari 2
The tyre choice for the US GP features the soft and medium compounds.
The big news for the US Grand Prix is that both Caterham and Marussia will not be there (or at Brazil for that matter) due to the financial state of each team, both teams are now in administration.
In other news Vettel will take an engine penalty (for using a 6th "power unit") and start the race from the pit lane.
Here's Vettel's pole position lap from last year:
The vision give you an idea of the undulations of the cicruit over the lap.
Circuit Name: Circuit of The Americas
First Grand Prix: 2012
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.513 km
Race Distance: 308.405 km
Lap Record: 1:39.347 - S Vettel (2012)
Drivers Championship
Hamilton made it four in a row in the Campionship with his win at the uninspiring Russian Grand Prix and has extended his lead over Rosberg to 17 points. Rosberg emphasised the dominace of the Mercedes car with an effortless drive from last to 2nd in the race. Ricciardo is increasingly looking like taking third positon with Bottas, Vettel, and Alonso duking it out for 4th place.
1 Lewis Hamilton 291
2 Nico Rosberg 274
3 Daniel Ricciardo 199
4 Valtteri Bottas 145
5 Sebastian Vettel 143
6 Fernando Alonso 141
7 Jenson Button 94
8 Nico Hulkenberg 76
9 Felipe Massa 71
10 Kevin Magnussen 49
11 Sergio Perez 47
12 Kimi Räikkönen 47
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 21
14 Romain Grosjean 8
15 Daniil Kvyat 8
16 Jules Bianchi 2
Constructors Championship
Mercedes wrapped up the Constructors title at Russia and its looking increasingly likely that Red Bull, Williams, and Ferrari will take the next three spots in that order. An improved McLaren looks to have shaken off Force India for 5th.
1 Mercedes 565
2 Red Bull Racing-Renault 342
3 Williams-Mercedes 216
4 Ferrari 188
5 McLaren-Mercedes 143
6 Force India-Mercedes 123
7 STR-Renault 29
8 Lotus-Renault 8
9 Marussia-Ferrari 2
The tyre choice for the US GP features the soft and medium compounds.
The big news for the US Grand Prix is that both Caterham and Marussia will not be there (or at Brazil for that matter) due to the financial state of each team, both teams are now in administration.
In other news Vettel will take an engine penalty (for using a 6th "power unit") and start the race from the pit lane.
Also, Lotus Formula 1 team will trial a 2014 Ferrari/Mercedes-style low nose, as it pushes on with developments for its 2015 car. Lotus will be forced to abandon its twin-tusk design next season, following a push by F1's governing body the FIA to eliminate the aesthetically controversial nose designs that have appeared on cars this year. The team has yet to decide which of its drivers will trial the prototype nose, which will be replaced with the conventional twin-tusk design for the race.The FIA rulebook states that each driver may use no more than five power units during the championship season.
The power unit consists of six separate elements, of which five of each element are available to each driver per season before a penalty is incurred.
The six elements are: the engine, the motor generator unit-kinetic (MGU-K), the motor generator unit-heat (MGU-H), the energy store (ES), turbocharger (TC) and control electronics (CE). The penalty for using more than five of any one range from a five-place grid drop, a 10-place grid drop, or (if the entire power unit has to be changed) starting the race from the pit lane.
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