2019 USA GP - Circuit of the Americas Texas

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F1 rolls into the state of Texas USA, the trully magnifcent Circuit of the Americas for what has turned out to be a historic weekend. The F1 Group finally released the rules and regulations for the 2021 season. And the final architecture of the car of the new era of F1 was out on display at the press conference.

Lewis Hamilton comes into this weekend with four points standing between him and his sixth driver's world championship title. Bottas is faced with the task of trying to keep the championship battle going a little bit longer beyond this COTA race. If Hamilton finishes ahead of Bottas in the first four positions, he would be the 2019 world champion. Hence, Bottas must finish ahead of Hamilton to keep his hopes and chances alive.

COTA has a long run from the starting line, up one of the steepest upwards slope on the calendar to the first corner. And then down a steep descent through a number of zigzags. The awesome engine of the Ferrari may have both Red cars arriving at this corner ahead of the competition. This track has all the hallmarks of what would suite the Ferrari. Hence, it is fair to say Ferrari are going to mighty here and are most likely the car to beat this weekend.



However, tempertures appear to be very low this year, hence it is unclear how the tyres would be affected. The grid may well be shaken up to produce an unlikely lineup after the qualifier. Hence, there is no certainty that Ferrari would take pole on saturday.



COTA has typically been a Hamilton track. The Mercedes has alway gone well here, hence, Ferrari are likely not going to have things entirely their own way. I think the fight for pole shall be between Hamilton and Leclerc mostly but l would not rule out Bottas and Vettel. Verstapenn is an outside chance with the potential to disrupt the order of the outcome of the Ferrari-Mercedes battle.

The fight for third in the driver's championship is closely fought with 16 points spanning the three drivers in contention. Leclerc leads the way with 6 points ahead of Vettel and 16 points ahead of Verstapenn.

Now feast your eyes on these American beauties to set you up for this awesome weekend of racing.