Austin race has official page on F1 website

The United States Grand Prix scheduled near Austin in November has an official page on the Formula1.com website.

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The page includes a diagram of the Circuit of the Americas, information about Austin and more. Some information has yet to be confirmed, including where grandstands will be located and specific times for the race, qualifying and free practice, scheduled for Nov. 16-18.

The number of laps has also not been confirmed. However, the sporting regulations dictate that a Formula One race distance be the smallest number of complete laps to exceed 305 kilometers (about 190 miles). Circuit of the Americas is about 5.5 kilometers long (3.4 miles), so a race of 56 laps is likely.

After weeks of uncertainty, Formula One races at the circuit under construction in southeastern Travis County were confirmed for 10 years on Dec. 7.