{"id":578118,"date":"2010-05-25T16:11:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T20:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=24658"},"modified":"2010-05-25T16:11:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T20:11:58","slug":"formula-1-to-race-on-all-new-track-in-austin-texas-from-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/578118","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 to Race on All-New Track in Austin, Texas From 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24670\" title=\"Formula One\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Formula-One.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Formula 1 racing is returning to the U.S. with Austin, Texas, set to host races from 2012 to 2021. The last U.S. Grand Prix was held in Indianapolis in 2007. Austin isn\u2019t currently home to any racetracks, so a brand-new F1 track will be built over the next couple of years. Local officials say Austin is a large enough city to play host to a major international event like an F1 race, and claim the track will be located \u201cin close proximity\u201d to the city\u2019s downtown area and airport.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d been hearing rumors about F1 returning to the U.S. for some time now, although most of the speculation said that the race would be a street course in Manhattan or New Jersey. While Austin was a bit of a surprise, we&#8217;re just glad to know F1 is returning to the States. Just one question remains: Will the locals understand an auto race where cars turn left <em>and<\/em> right?<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/how-to-go-to-a-track-day-feature\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How To: Go to a Track Day &#8211; Feature'>How To: Go to a Track Day &#8211; Feature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/bmw-quits-formula-one\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: BMW Quits Formula 1'>BMW Quits Formula 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/toyota-pulls-out-of-formula-1\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Toyota Pulls Out of Formula 1'>Toyota Pulls Out of Formula 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula 1 racing is returning to the U.S. with Austin, Texas, set to host races from 2012 to 2021. The last U.S. Grand Prix was held in Indianapolis in 2007. Austin isn\u2019t currently home to any racetracks, so a brand-new F1 track will be built over the next couple of years. Local officials say Austin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}