After nearly 70 years of trying, Formula 1 has finally cracked the American market.
The championship is enjoying an unprecedented surge in popularity across the 50 states of the Union, with Netflix’s Drive to Survive a key reason behind the surge.
Almost 400,000 turned out 12 months ago when F1 returned after skipping the US in 2020, with Max Verstappen putting in one of the best performances of his career to fend off a late charge from then-title rival Lewis Hamilton.
This year, Verstappen will head to the Circuit of the Americas having already been confirmed as champion thanks to a rules quirk that awarded full points at the wet Japanese GP.
His Red Bull team can also secure the Constructors’ Championship for the first time since 2013 – they need to overtake Ferrari by 17 points to be confident of their fifth title.
The full schedule for the 2022 F1 United States Grand Prix is below – the 56-lap race will start at 20:00 BST, 21:00 CET. It starts at 14:00 local time in Texas.
