Autosport offers this insight/data on the race. I knew it would be warmer as well. We have a bit of unknown for the race overall. --Inevitably, this race will come down to a tyre management contest on what is expected to be an even hotter day compared to Saturday – given a predicted lack of cloud in the skies south-east of Austin. That will likely make things worse for Mercedes, with the W15s continuing to struggle in hotter conditions, but overall it makes a two-stopper pretty much nailed on as this combines with a relatively low pitstop time loss of 20s. Given how much the hards were used in FP1 – to Pirelli’s surprise, nine of the 10 teams put their drivers on it in that session – a medium-hard-medium is predicted by Pirelli to be the most likely strategy for the frontrunners. But Autosport understands that many teams are relying on how in 2023 the best strategy was a medium-medium-hard approach. McLaren even reserved an extra set of hards and ended up deciding not to use them. However, the major track resurfacing means lap times are around 2s faster and so it could be that there’s a tyre sting in the Texas sun for anyone expecting an exact replica to last year.--
The FIA has revealed several Formula 1 teams were forced to make changes to their rear wings for the United States Grand Prix amid efforts to eradicate slot-gap trickery. There has been a renewed focus on the behaviour of rear wings over recent weeks in the wake of the 'mini-DRS' controversy that erupted at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
My Direct TV guide shows Nascar on ABC. Women's college volleyball and boys high school basketball are on ESPN & ESPN 2. I hope they are wrong. Joe
It's not a Texas race without BIG TRUCKS in the drivers parade parading the F1 drivers and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders.