Formula One: McLaren racers optimistic over Austin

Design has been built to celebrate the elements of other famous tracks from around the globe into one single circuit.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are confident that United States Grand Prix will be triumphant for them. They have both driven the track in Austin, Texas, in a McLaren simulator, and the pair was excited at racing there on November 18. “I think it’s going to be a track that drivers enjoy, which produces some great, close racing and which fans will quickly love,” said Hamilton, who is set to join Mercedes next season. The design of Austin’s Circuit of the Americas has been built to celebrate the elements of other famous tracks from around the globe into one single circuit, according to Setanta Sports.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2012.