AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The $400 million Circuit of the Americas stepped into the spotlight on Thursday as Formula One’s best surveyed the track that could crown a driver’s champion and breathe life into a sport largely ignored in the United States.

The eyes of the motor racing world will be focussed on Texas this weekend as Formula One returns to the U.S. after a five-year hiatus with the Circuit of the America’s providing a spectacular stage for what could be a dramatic finish to the season and the start of a new era for the glamour series in a market it is determined to conquer.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The $400 million Circuit of the Americas stepped into the spotlight on Thursday as Formula One’s best surveyed the track that could crown a driver’s champion and breathe life into a sport largely ignored in the United States.

The eyes of the motor racing world will be focussed on Texas this weekend as Formula One returns to the U.S. after a five-year hiatus with the Circuit of the America’s providing a spectacular stage for what could be a dramatic finish to the season and the start of a new era for the glamour series in a market it is determined to conquer.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has no regrets over his jump to Mercedes next season, again dismissing comments from McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh that the Englishman was having second thoughts about his move.

In an interview with the official Formula One website (www.formula1.com), Whitmarsh said he believed Hamilton had at times regretted his decision.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has no regrets over his jump to Mercedes next season, again dismissing comments from McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh that the Englishman was having second thoughts about his move.

In an interview with the official Formula One website (www.formula1.com), Whitmarsh said he believed Hamilton had at times regretted his decision.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Pedro De la Rosa denied reports on Thursday that his cash-strapped Formula One team HRT was putting him in danger by sending the Spanish driver out in an unsafe car for this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix.

The Spanish-based Formula One backmarkers are up for sale and talks are ongoing with a number of groups interested in buying the team, owners Thesan Capital said earlier this week.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Pedro De la Rosa denied reports on Thursday that his cash-strapped Formula One team HRT was putting him in danger by sending the Spanish driver out in an unsafe car for this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix.

The Spanish-based Formula One backmarkers are up for sale and talks are ongoing with a number of groups interested in buying the team, owners Thesan Capital said earlier this week.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Americans have had a long-standing love affair with the car but the romance of Formula One, that sets hearts of motor sports fans around the world a flutter, has never managed to get pulses racing in the United States.

After a five-year hiatus, F1 returns to the United States this weekend for the U.S. Grand Prix at the $400 million Circuit of the Americas, where Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel can clinch a third successive driver’s title.

AUSTIN, Texas Nov 14 (Reuters) – Americans have had a long-standing love affair with the car but the romance of Formula One, that sets hearts of motor sports fans around the world a flutter, has never managed to get pulses racing in the United States.

After a five-year hiatus, F1 returns to the United States this weekend for the U.S. Grand Prix at the $400 million Circuit of the Americas, where Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel can clinch a third successive driver’s title.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The eyes of the motor racing world will be riveted on Texas this weekend as Formula One makes its return to the United States but it is unclear if Americans will be watching, even with a driver’s championship on the line.

The stage has been set for a Sunday of high-drama worthy of a Hollywood Western as clinical German Sebastian Vettel and fiery Spaniard Fernando Alonso engage in their own version of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas.

AUSTIN, Texas Nov 14 (Reuters) – The eyes of the motor racing world will be riveted on Texas this weekend as Formula One makes its return to the United States but it is unclear if Americans will be watching, even with a driver’s championship on the line.

The stage has been set for a Sunday of high-drama worthy of a Hollywood Western as clinical German Sebastian Vettel and fiery Spaniard Fernando Alonso engage in their own version of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at the new $400 million Circuit of the Americas.