Austin, Texas hosted one of the best races I have seen in a while. The overtaking through turn 1 and throughout the circuit was amazing. The conservative tyre choice by Pirelli, was the start of the grand prix. The tyres made the drivers have less grip and thus the drivers who could be more aggressive on the tyres, and yes I said more aggressive did better than those who conserved tyres.
This is because instead of tyres coming straight out fairly fast from a pitstop the tyres that were used took a while before they where at optimum temperature. around 5 - 7 laps it took for the drivers to get the tyres to start being at a consistantly quick pace.
One spectacular thing that I hadn't seen for a while was both Hamilton and Vettel finished 30+ seconds from Alonso. This year the top 5 usually where within 20 seconds of the leader. This race proved to be a spectacular return to America for Formula 1. The crowd turnout was quite high and the stadiums looked quite full on raceday.
Points After Round 19:
Sebastian Vettel is on 273
Fernando Alonso is on 260
For Sebastian Vettel in Brazil he only needs to finish 3rd if Alonso wins.
I would like to hear your thoughts about Race 19
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