The Argentine driver Franco Colapinto will compete in his fourth race in Formula 1 this weekend, when the United States Grand Prix takes place at the Circuit of the Americas.
The Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto will compete this weekend in his fourth race in the Formula 1when the United States Grand Prixin it Circuit of the Americas.
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This layout consists of 5,513 kilometers and has 20 curves11 on the left and 9 on the right. Its construction ended in 2012in the Texas city of austin and from there it became a key piece for the Formula 1which also represented the return of USA to the calendar of the premier category of motorsports since 2007.
The winner of the first edition of the United States GP in it Circuit of the Americas it was the british Lewis Hamiltonwhich won five of its first six editions between 2012 and 2017 representing the team mercedes.
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This allowed him to be the top winner in the circuit located in austinalthough there is a seven-year drought there. The last three editions were in the hands of the Dutchman and current three-time champion of the category, Max Verstappenaboard a Red Bull.
The other winners in austin were the german Sebastian Vettel (in 2013 with Red Bull) and the Finns Kimi Raikkonen (in 2018 with Ferrari) and Valtteri Bottas (in 2019 with mercedes).
Since its construction was completed, the only year that the United States GP in this circuit it was in 2020due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He United States GP It will be the fourth race in the Formula 1 for Colapintowhich debuted with a twelfth place in the Italian GP. In addition, it achieved a historic eighth position in the Azerbaijan GP (first Argentine to score points in the F1 in more than 40 years) and in Singapore finished eleventh.
Franco Colapinto
Below is the list of winners in the Circuit of the Americas:
- 2012: Lewis Hamilton
- 2013: Sebastian Vettel
- 2014: Lewis Hamilton
- 2015: Lewis Hamilton
- 2016: Lewis Hamilton
- 2017: Lewis Hamilton
- 2018: Kimi Raikkonen
- 2019: Valtteri Bottas
- 2021: Max Verstappen
- 2022: Max Verstappen
- 2023: Max Verstappen
Source: Ambito
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