The Circuit of the America's, or COTA as it is some times known as, has been given the green light to host the United States Grand Prix by F1 race director Charlie Whiting.
The race director of Formula 1 visited the circuit in June to see the tracks construction progress.
Everything that I've seen so far has been absolutely first class, and the progress that's been made since the last time that I was here is amazing," Whiting said.
"The guys have done an awesome job - it really is quite fantastic! It's built to the highest quality, exactly as we expected, and I've got absolutely no complaints whatsoever."
Whiting also commented on the overtaking possibilities at the track, saying "There are 3-4 corners that are very likely to see overtaking," Whiting added. "If you look at Turn 1, you'll see that the turns have been designed so that they're extremely wide and the apex is very short.
"It's a very modern approach to slow corners where we hope overtaking will take place. So I'm very confident it will work well.
"Turn 1 is awesome. It's the only word I can think of to describe it, and I think drivers and teams coming here for the first time will say the same thing."
The final inspection will take place on the 12th of November.
F1 fans will have the first chance to see the "finished" circuit, or though it will not be exactly the same, on the F1 2012 game for Xbox, Playstation 3 and PC.
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Whiting visited the Texan circuit as a scheduled pre-race inspection, ahead of the circuit's debut race in November.
The race director of Formula 1 visited the circuit in June to see the tracks construction progress.
Everything that I've seen so far has been absolutely first class, and the progress that's been made since the last time that I was here is amazing," Whiting said.
"The guys have done an awesome job - it really is quite fantastic! It's built to the highest quality, exactly as we expected, and I've got absolutely no complaints whatsoever."
Whiting also commented on the overtaking possibilities at the track, saying "There are 3-4 corners that are very likely to see overtaking," Whiting added. "If you look at Turn 1, you'll see that the turns have been designed so that they're extremely wide and the apex is very short.
"Turn 1 is awesome. It's the only word I can think of to describe it, and I think drivers and teams coming here for the first time will say the same thing."
The final inspection will take place on the 12th of November.
F1 fans will have the first chance to see the "finished" circuit, or though it will not be exactly the same, on the F1 2012 game for Xbox, Playstation 3 and PC.
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