{"id":16176,"date":"2012-06-12T20:28:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T00:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16176"},"modified":"2012-06-12T20:28:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T00:28:37","slug":"charlie-whiting-visits-circuit-of-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/charlie-whiting-visits-circuit-of-the-americas\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Whiting visits Circuit of The Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Circuit of The Americas today announced that FIA Formula One\u2122 Race Director Charlie Whiting visited its soon-to-be-completed sports and entertainment complex in southeast Travis County and gave the company high marks for progress made on the purpose-built Grand Prix facility and its 3.4-mile racing circuit.<\/p>\n

\"Charlie-Whiting\"Whiting heads the Formula 1\u2122 Technical Department and manages the logistics of each F1\u2122 Grand Prix.\u00a0 His responsibilities include inspecting F1 host sites and race cars to ensure they comply with FIA rules, monitoring and enforcing safety issues important to the sport, and serving as the official starter of each race. Whiting\u2019s visit comes on the heels of the Grand Prix du Canada in Montreal on June 10, the first of two stops the F1 series will make in North America this year, with Austin\u2019s race weekend set for Nov. 16-18.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear that the significant resources Circuit of The Americas has committed to completing this facility on time and to FIA specifications is making a difference,\u201d Whiting said. \u201cThe more than 500 construction workers on site daily are making great progress, and I plan to return to Austin at the end of August for an update.\u00a0 My formal pre-race inspection is set for Sept. 25, which is 60 days before the scheduled start of the FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX\u2122. From the world-class motorsports facilities and fan areas to the racecourse itself, which promises to be one of the most challenging new additions to our season, I believe Circuit of The Americas has the ability to put on a great show and spectacular Grand Prix in its inaugural year. I look forward to my next visit in August.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX marks the return of F1 series to the United States for the first time in five years. Three-day reserved seats and general admission tickets for the race are available online at www.cotausgp.com<\/a> or by calling the Ticketmaster hotline, 800.745.3000.<\/p>\n

About Circuit of The Americas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Circuit of The Americas will be a world-class destination for performance, education and business. It will be the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the United States designed for any and all classes of racing, from motor power to human power, and be the U.S. home to the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX\u2122 Nov. 16-18 and V8 SUPERCARS.<\/p>\n

The Circuit of The Americas\u2019 master plan features a variety of permanent structures designed for business, education, entertainment and race use. Its signature element will be a 3.4-mile circuit track. Other support buildings will include an expansive outdoor live music space, a conference center, a banquet hall as well as a state-of-the-art medical facility. Future proposed amenities include a driving\/riding experience, a motorsports driving club, kart track, grand plaza event center and tower, and a trackside recreational vehicle park. For more information and downloadable video, audio and photos, visit: www.CircuitofTheAmericas.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 RIF | Circuit of The Americas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Circuit of The Americas today announced that FIA Formula One\u2122 Race Director Charlie Whiting visited its soon-to-be-completed sports and entertainment complex in southeast Travis County and gave the company high marks for progress made on the purpose-built Grand Prix facility and its 3.4-mile racing circuit. Whiting heads the Formula 1\u2122 Technical Department and manages the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[19,3],"tags":[3165,3474,810,3011,5262,5300,5340,1505],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16176"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16177,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16176\/revisions\/16177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}