Coverage of the Qualifying Session for this weekend's race in Austin will
air on TEN at 04:30am AEDT on Sunday morning.
If you miss it, it is repeated at 11:30am AEDT Sunday morning on ONE.
Coverage of the race itself on Monday morning is on ONE starting at 06:30am AEDT.
It is repeated on TEN at 23:30 AEDT on Monday night.
Conditions are expected to be fine over the weekend.
In F1 news, both Caterham and Marussia have gone into administration
and both will miss the US and Brazilian races, leaving only 18 starters.
Vettel will take a grid penalty because he has used up his full allocation of
engines. That means he is not likely to take part in practice and qualifying
and instead start in the pit lane on race day, much to the dismay of US
race organizers.
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Originally Posted by Paul Weaver, The Guardian
Bobby Epstein, the co-founder of the Circuit of the Americas, said: “I’m sorry to hear that he might not run in qualifying. It’s just too bad. I would like to see him start on the grid on Sunday. It won’t affect our ticket sales because most of the people come here for the overall experience but it’s nevertheless unfortunate.”
Vettel expects to pay the engine penalty this weekend. “It looks like it will happen in Austin,” he said. “The rule is completely stupid. So the people turn on the television and see a driver who just stands around and has nothing to do.”
At least Epstein is pleased with Vettel’s team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo. “Daniel has said some phenomenally nice things about our track and said it was one of his favourites,” he said. “He’s picked up a lot of fans here.”
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Story here :-
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...x-grid-penalty