I’ve visited the Red Bull Museum which lets you get almost as close as sitting in the cockpit of one of these asphalt jets, but I still haven’t been to an F1 race. And this weekend- F1 returned to the US at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Today’s race highlighted a technical track and some good dicing but Vettel and Hamilton ran away with it, finishing about 38 seconds ahead of 3rd place Alonso. Vettel basically gave up the lead with a bad line into turn 1 but it also exhibited how competitive the DRS (Drag Reduction System) can make a race. DRS allows a following car (within 1 second) to open up its rear wing to limit downforce on the (3/4 mile in Austin) straightaway to help overcome a lead car. Looks like a fun track and it’s definitely on my bucket list, though I’d probably prefer Monaco, Catalunya (Spain), or Spa (Belgium) if I win the lotto. Gotta try for some media passes next year!