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"Austin is really vibrant, a lot like places in Montreal, the fans make a huge effort and so does America for the race. It's definately one I would recommend going to; my family come every year.
I went there last year and was not expecting to be as competitive as we were and it was really cool to hunt down Sebastian and take the first win.
It's a really cool track, very smooth so you can have a really stiff set up. It's also a tough track follow another car on".
— Lewis Hamilton
| Year | Finish | Grid | Tyre Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4th | 5 |
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| 2012 | 1st | 2 |
Medium Laps 20
Hard Laps 36
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| Driver | Country | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Great Britain | 291 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Germany | 274 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | 199 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | 145 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | 143 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | 141 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | Great Britain | 94 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | 76 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Brazil | 71 |
| 10 | Kevin Magnusson | Danish | 49 |
| 11 | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | 47 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | 47 |
| 13 | Jean-Eric Vergne | France | 21 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | France | 8 |
| 15 | Daniil Kvyat | Russian | 8 |
| 16 | Jules Bianchi | France | 2 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Japan | 0 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuela | 0 |
| 19 | Esteban Gutierrez | Mexico | 0 |
| 20 | Adrian Sutil | Germany | 0 |
| 21 | Max Chilton | Great Britain | 0 |
| 22 | Marcus Ericsson | Sweden | 0 |
| Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 | Caterham-Renault | 0 |
| 11 | Sauber-Ferrari | 0 |
I like the new circuit; it's got really good grip and great corners, with a lot at medium speed. It's good fun.The car has been feeling really good today. McLaren look close which is great for everyone as it should make for a decent race. We've got quite a good balance with the car so there are a lot of boxes ticked but we still have work to do to see if we can improve for tomorrow. |