AUSTIN, Texas – Owing to a couple of other off-track commitments – a bit of the Taylor Swift concert and a further walk of the grounds Saturday afternoon following Formula 1 qualifying, with the crowd looking significantly better than it did on Friday – this won’t be a standard “post-day notebook” as you were, like Thursday’s and Friday’s.
Instead, here’s a roundup of today’s posts, features and analysis from Saturday at Circuit of The Americas:
SESSION REPORTS
- Hamilton captures first COTA pole in USGP qualifying
- Verstappen heads up Red Bull 1-2 in USGP FP3
- WATCH LIVE: FP3 into USGP qualifying, 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN
QUALIFYING BREAKOUTS
- Hamilton left feeling ‘amazing’ after ending COTA pole drought
- Rosberg ‘annoyed’ to see Hamilton on USGP pole after ‘good lap’
- Ricciardo: Red Bull ‘not really that close’ to Mercedes in Austin
- Vettel, Raikkonen disappointed as Ferrari struggles in USGP qualifying
- Haas F1 drivers downbeat after rough home qualifying in Austin
- Hulkenberg not surprised by charge to seventh in USGP qualifying
PADDOCK NEWS AND FEATURES
- Kvyat retained alongside Sainz at Toro Rosso in 2017
- FIA clamps down on moving under braking in F1 ahead of USGP
- F1 in the U.S.: Constant change remains the norm for now
- Ecclestone: ‘Difficult’ to get more F1 races in the United States
- Mercedes’ Suzuka protest over Verstappen down to ‘miscommunication’
- Ferrari F1 chief Arrivabene ‘honored’ to be working with Haas
- Toto Wolff: ‘Early days’ in deciding 2017 F1 plans for Wehrlein, Ocon
- Sauber decision to keep 2016 power units for ’17 ‘not financially driven’
- McLaren marks 40 years since Hunt title win with “Tooned” special (VIDEO)
- Circuit of The Americas to honor late Lon Bromley on Saturday
- Taylor Swift ready to get into a F1 frame of mind Saturday at COTA
- Q&A: Haas’ Santino Ferrucci chats with Will Buxton (late Friday)
- Made it: Haas F1 at ‘home’ at US Grand Prix (AP; late Friday)
