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United States GP: Preview - Pirelli

The anti-clockwise track has a unique design, borrowing elements of other famous F1 corners. Turn 1 is a tricky left-hand hairpin approached uphill, where it's hard to judge the braking point. Turn 11 is another key hairpin, where the cars are braking and turning in at the same time. The asphalt is still quite new (from 2012) but has offered more grip recently as it matures. Cars tend to run medium downforce in Austin: overtaking is very possible – particularly in the sequence of corners after Turn 2 – which opens up a number of strategy options. There are three long and fast straights: these cool the tyres, making the braking areas tricky. The 3 nominated compounds White...
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