Toto Wolff: This weekend marks the beginning of an intense run to the top of the 12 months.
Now we have six races over the following eight weeks, ending with the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Though we aren’t in competition for the championships, there may be nonetheless a lot to combat for and the chance to create just a few highlights alongside the way in which. We need to finish this 12 months as strongly as attainable, construct momentum for 2025, and bid farewell to Lewis in the easiest way attainable.
Now we have due to this fact been onerous at work since Singapore analysing our efficiency and the way we will enhance. We deliver our closing replace package deal of the season to Texas and our purpose is to shut the hole to the entrance. It should additionally present helpful info that can assist information our improvement course for 2025.
The Dash format returns this weekend, and we should be at our greatest to introduce the replace package deal successfully. The Circuit of the Americas is a unbelievable observe however one which caught us out final 12 months. Its high-speed format, mixed with its bumpy floor, make it a problem for each the automotive and driver. It’s one we’re wanting ahead to.
Reality File – United States Grand Prix
• The 2024 US Grand Prix would be the three hundredth for Mercedes in F1 for the reason that marque returned as a works staff firstly of the 2010 season.
• It should additionally due to this fact mark the three hundredth Grand Prix for PETRONAS as our Crew Title and Technical Accomplice.
• COTA is certainly one of 9 tracks on the 2024 F1 calendar that’s totally anti-clockwise, alongside Jeddah, Miami, Imola, Baku, Singapore, Interlagos, Las Vegas and Yas Marina.
• It’s tied with Baku for the second-most corners on any F1 2024 observe, with 20, behind Jeddah (27).
• The incline from the beginning grid to the apex at Flip One is 134 toes, one of many highest elevation modifications on the entire F1 calendar.
• Drivers generate over 5G beneath braking for Flip 12, one of many largest of the season – a driver weighing 70kg will expertise round 350kg of centrifugal power after they brake.
• Nobody has extra wins at COTA than Lewis Hamilton (5). Lewis additionally clinched his third (2015) and sixth (2019) F1 titles on the observe.
• Mercedes has 5 wins at COTA – greater than some other Constructor. Lewis has 4 of these, whereas Valtteri Bottas additionally has one US GP win, coming in 2019.
• In 2024, COTA will host the fourth of six F1 Dash races through the 2024 season.
