1967 USGP at Watkins Glen
Jim Clark leading Graham Hill on his way to winning the 1967 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Read More …
Tag: USGP
F1A&G posts tagged USGP
Austin GP In Court, Again
The inaugural USGP at Austin, scheduled for November 2012, is imperiled again by litigation, on top of track construction delays. The race may not be dead, but appears to be on life support. Read More …
The Race That Was…Phoenix 1990
In 1990, after Alain Prost had moved on from McLaren to Ferrari, Aryton Senna won the U.S. Grand Prix at Phoenix. But the star of the race, in a Tyrrell, was young Frenchman and F1 newcomer Jean Alesi, who battled the defending World Champion wheel-to-wheel and did what nobody else could. Read More …
Circuit of The Americas PSLs
Home to the new USGP at Austin, the Circuit of The Americas — fighting the calendar to finish track construction and highway improvements by November — says it will start accepting personal set licenses (PSLs) this month. Is there any other F1 venue that has adopted a PSL model for seating? Read More …
Driving the Formula 1 Circuit In New Jersey
These videos offers a very different view of the layout for the street circuit (still unnamed) in New Jersey — informally dubbed the Grand Prix of America — overlooking the Hudson River and New York City skyline, where the F1 circus will descend in 2013. Read More …
Austin (Finally) Pays For the USGP
So Texas billionaire businessman Red McCombs, a founding partner of Circuit of the Americas, paid Bernie Ecclestone his US$25M licensing fee — saying “Mr. Ecclestone received his check today.” And the U.S. Grand Prix at Austin is now set for November 2012. Who would’a thunk it? Read More …
Oh Behave, Austin!
The possible demise of the U.S. Grand Prix at Austin reflects the reality of Formula One in the 21st century. Have money and the F1 circus will fall all over you. Wherever you are. But without the bucks, don’t even think about asking Ecclestone for a favor. Read More …
F1 Is Coming to New Jersey
Citing anonymous sources, the Wall Street Journal reports today that after years of speculation, F1 will schedule a race in the New York City metropolitan area next season. Read More …
Has Work Stopped on USGP Circuit?
The Austin American-Statesman has received anonymous calls asserting that work has ceased at the new F1 track being constructed in Texas. Read More …
Don’t Believe New York GP Rumors
They said last year that New York had a term sheet executed with Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One Management for a similar race one hour from Manhattan. That was a week before Austin emerged, out of the blue, with a definitive agreement for the U.S.. Grand Prix. Read More …