Tag: Circuit of the Americas

A Full-Throttle Formula 1 Adventure

Behind the wheel at Pirelli GP Experience for an exhilarating, once in a lifetime lap around the racetrack

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“OK, we are changing things a little,” says Jean-Paul Libert, owner and founder of the Pirelli GP Experience. Fog has settled over the track and the rain is pouring down at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas and the Formula X cars are not taking to the precipitation. Instead, Libert is rushing us off in the Mercedes AMG sports cars, shouting “more …

Alpinestars Racing Services

On-track with the team behind the intelligent motorcycle suit airbag system

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by Katharine Erwin The smell of race gas fills the cool dry air at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. As the first MotoGP held by the track, the paddock is filled with fit European mechanics wrenching on bikes with cigarettes hanging from their lips. Racers zip back and forth on scooters weaving through and waving to friends and adoring fans. In the …