Lewis Claims Third World Championship At Austin
With unmatched perseverance and an indominatable spirit, Lewis Hamilton won an incident-packed U.S. Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas to capture his third World Championship. Read More …
Tag: USGP
F1A&G posts tagged USGP
F1 Teetering On the Brink of Crisis
Mario Andretti lays it on the line to F1, a sport with two teams in bankruptcy and at least three others hemorrhaging millions. Read More …
Jackie Ickx—U.S. Grand Prix 1972
Jackie Ickx in the Ferrari 312B2 driving to a 5th place finish in the 1972 U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Read More …
“We Must Remember These Days”
The enthusiastic and emotional tribute by Sebastian Vettel to his Red Bull Racing team after winning the U.S. Grand Prix, including radio messages. Read More …
Vettel In Austin
A beautiful picture of Sebastian Vettel out on track during qualifying for the U.S. Grand Prix at Austin, where he took pole and scored a flag-to-flag win for his 8th consecutive GP victory. Read More …
1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
Many a Formula One season had come down to a dramatic climax at the final race of the season. In 1981, the names of the three title contenders were familiar — Nelson Piquet, Carlos Reutemann and Jacques Laffite — but the location wasn’t: Caesars Palace car park. Read More …
Cevert Triumphs
Surely there was never a more handsome GP driver than Francois Cevert? The tall Frenchman joined the Tyrrell March team in 1970 but, in Jackie Stewart’s shadow, scored but a single Grand Prix victory before a tragic death at the 1973 USGP. Read More …
How Not To Promote F1 In the US
NBC Sports Network outbid Speed for the broadcast rights to air Formula 1 in the United States, but precious little has happened since then. Read More …
F1’s Spiritual Home In the U.S.
Watkins Glen, home of the U.S. Grand Prix for two decades — a rustic small town in the pretty Finger Lakes region of New York state — truly is the spiritual home of Grand Prix racing in America. But staying in motels is hardly F1 style these days. Read More …
USGP Finish
Closing laps of the inaugural USGP at Austin, Texas. A fabulous performance by Lewis Hamilton in his penultimate GP for McLaren. Read More …