The 4th sprint race of the Formula 1 schedule hits Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Saturday afternoon.
After two straight years of Max Verstappen running away with the Formula 1 world championship, the 2024 race for the title is still wide open, with six drivers owning mathematical chances to win the championship. On Saturday, drivers get a chance for some bonus points during the Sprint race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The top eight finishers earn points in an 8-1 breakdown. It is the fourth of six Sprint events on this year’s calendar, with two more still to come at Brazil and Qatar.
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Race Date: Oct. 19, 2024
Race Time: 1:55 p.m. ET
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Verstappen, the Red Bull star, comes to Austin with a 52-point lead over Lando Norris of McLaren. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc trails by 86 points, with Oscar Piastri of McLaren 94 points back, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari trailing by 141 points and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton facing a 155-point gap.
Verstappen hasn’t won a Grand Prix since topping the podium in Spain on June 23 and placed second in Singapore behind Norris on Sept. 22. The Sprint on Saturday is 19 laps around the 3.426-mile circuit with 20 turns. Verstappen won each of the first three sprints, most recently in Austria on June 29.
Qualifying for the Sprint was set for Friday evening. The United States Grand Prix has been run intermittently as part of the F1 calendar since 1959 at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Phoenix and Indianapolis before coming back at COTA in 2012. Hamilton has five wins on the track while Verstappen has won each of the last three years.
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