2014 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - Second practice session

1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:39.085		18
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.088	0.003	34
3	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:40.189	1.104	29
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:40.390	1.305	30
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:40.457	1.372	36
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.543	1.458	32
7	26	Daniil Kvyat	STR-Renault	1:40.631	1.546	34
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.641	1.556	38
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.698	1.613	36
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:40.800	1.715	25
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:40.828	1.743	37
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:41.054	1.969	31
13	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Renault	1:41.110	2.025	36
14	11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.123	2.038	35
15	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:41.158	2.073	37
16	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.332	2.247	33
17	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.420	2.335	34
18	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:43.980	4.895

2014 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - First practice session

1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:39.941		28
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:40.233	0.292	32
3	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.319	0.378	27
4	26	Daniil Kvyat	STR-Renault	1:40.887	0.946	33
5	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.987	1.046	29
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.065	1.124	27
7	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:41.463	1.522	20
8	40	Felipe Nasr	Williams-Mercedes	1:41.545	1.604	19
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.722	1.781	24
10	38	Max Verstappen	STR-Renault	1:41.785	1.844
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:41.907	1.966
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:41.965	2.024
13	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:42.329	2.388
14	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.333	2.392
15	11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.359	2.418
16	21	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.516	2.575
17	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:42.598	2.657
18	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:43.229	3.288

2014 United States Grand Prix preview

I posted some vital statistics earlier about the Grand Prix and the track is very new so there is not that much to talk about. We have seen only two Grand Prix's here so far in 2012 and 2013.

This year I am almost 100 percent positive that the Mercedes drivers will be in the front and at least one of the Red Bulls will be behind them.

Statistically Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton have had the best luck in Austin but if we talk about the United States then it's Lewis Hamilton.

Like I have said earlier I believe that Vettel will have better results than Daniel Ricciardo for the rest of the season. It seems that he has found his spark again and is happy with the car. The only thing that might give him troubles is that he is leaving Red Bull after this season and the mechanics know that. They might work a bit harder on Ricciardo's car. Just a theory... Of course I hope that this is not the case because I want to see a fair fight between the two Red Bulls.

I have also said in the beginning of the season that Nico Rosberg will be champion this year. It looked like it first but now it seems that Hamilton is very comfortable with the car and haven't had any problems for a while. Rosberg on the other hand has had a lot of technical problems.

Anything can still happen though. The last race in Abu Dhabi gives the winner 50 points! If Rosberg wins the last race and Hamilton retires then it doesn't really matter how big the difference is because 50 points is a lot!

In 1982 Keke Rosberg won the championship having less than 50 points so you understand the madness. I really hope they will forget about the double points and never talk about it again. The stupidest rule ever in the history of Formula One.

Now let's see my predictions:

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Surprise: Keep an eye on Nico Hulkenberg. He has been pretty good in Austin with Sauber and Force India.

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