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Formula One's formula for success is to book Justin Timberlake
He's bringing sexy racing fans back.
Analysis: How COTA used Taylor Swift to save the US GP
On October 22nd, Taylor Swift, one of the biggest names in the music world, will perform at the Circuit of the Americas. Hopefully, she will bring the US GP to the attention of her 72.6 million Twitter followers.
US Grand Prix at COTA confirmed for 2016 F1 calendar
Officials at the Circuit of the Americas have reportedly made a deal to host the US Grand Prix in 2016. Financial problems at the track previously threatened to cancel the race.
The real reason Audi races
Autoblog gets the scoop on Audi's real reason for racing while checking out the races during the 2015 Lone Star Le Mans at the Circuit of the Americas, and works through some rumors about the brand's rumored move to Formula One.
Nissan's front-engined Le Mans car caught testing at COTA
Jalopnik got photos and video of the Nissan GT-R LM testing at the Circuit of the Americas, and it's wilder than we imagined: it does have its engine in the front, it apparently uses that combustion engine to power the front wheels while its KERS unit powers the rear wheels, and total system horsepower for the racer "is a conservative 2,000 [hp]."
Take a POV hot lap in the Porsche 918 Spyder
That title about says it all. This is a hot lap of the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX, with Porsche Works Driver Patrick Long at the wheel of a Porsche 918 Spyder. The camera is basically showing us everything that Long sees, making this not just one of the coolest 918 videos we've seen, but also one of the neatest laps of CoT
TRANSLOGIC 146: Best of 2013
It's that time of year where we take a look back at the future of transportation in 2013. We drove electric vehicles on four, Adam Morath
Leno steps out of his garage and onto COTA for a day with McLaren
For the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage, Jay Leno abandons the comfortable confines of his California warehouse to visit the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX for the 2013 US Grand Prix. Leno gets a full tour of the track before heading to the M
Race Recap: 2013 US Grand Prix, a record falls but the race fails to excite [spoilers]
An estimated 113,162 racing fans joined 20 drivers as the only ones perspiring at Austin's Circuit of the Americas on Sunday, as the recently untouchable Sebastian Vettel seemed to hardly break a sweat as he raced to win the 2013 US Grand Prix. In doing so, the 26-year-old German secured his place in motorsports
Audi scores 100th LMP win
Loïc Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish took the No. 2 Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro to victory at this weekend's Six Hours of Austin at the Circuit of the Americas, marking the 12th victory for the R18 body and the 100th LMP overall victory for Audi since 2000. The milestone vi
Infiniti offers chance to design Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the USGP
The Circuit of the Americas will host its second United States Grand Prix in November, and based on what's happening with New Jersey it might be the only US torch left alight in the Formula One firmament. The story even before the inaugural event was about getting American fans involved, and Infiniti app
Formula Sun hits the track at COTA with Translogic
The Circuit Of The Americas racetrack in Austin, Texas plays host to all manner of racing machinery, from Formula 1 to MotoGP. That said, the Formula Sun Grand Prix isn't like most other series that run at COTA – these cars are powered by nothing but the sun. Which team can go furthest and fastest using solar energy is
TRANSLOGIC 134: Formula Sun Grand Prix
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V8 Supercars rumble Circuit of the Americas at the Austin 400
In case you missed it, Australia's V8 Supercars racing series - think of it as a cross between ALMS GT and NASCAR - roared through Texas this past weekend providing entertainment for more than 68,000 fans who were in attendance at the Austin 400 held at the impressive Circuit of
In Detail: Circuit Of The Americas Formula One Racetrack, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Some would argue that the most technologically advanced cars in the world exist in Formula One racing. We have Formula One to thank in part for "trickle-down" technologies like disc brakes, semi-automatic transmissions and flywheel-based kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS). So when they build an all-new Formula One track in America, it's a big deal. So big, in fact, they named it Circuit of the Americas.
Michael Schumacher has driven around the Earth twice in an F1 car
In Texas, during what will go down as one of the absolute best inaugural Grand Prix weekends in series history, there was yet another Formula One record set by his lordship, the soon to retire Michael Schumacher of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 squad. And, no, it wasn't his finishing
2012 US Grand Prix, remember the Alamo Circuit of the Americas [spoilers]
There were 56 laps run in Austin's Travis County prairie to complete the inaugural United States Grand Prix at the newly minted Circuit of the Americas. Coming into the race, there were nothing but questions and calculations: Would the track be any good for Formula One? Could Red Bull Racing
Circuit of the Americas officially opens, Mario Andretti takes inaugural lap
Mario Andretti and Patrick Dempsey were among many other racers on hand over the weekend for the grand opening of the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas. With the Formula One Jeffrey N. Ross