Lewis Hamilton is set to seal his sixth World Divers’ Championship in Texas this weekend at the United States Grand Prix.
Hamilton needs just four points to finalise his next title with only team-mate Valterri Bottas able to stop him, following his win in Mexico last week.
Hamilton arrives at a track he loves having won five of the seven races that have taken place in Austin.
“It’s been a good hunting ground for me, so very excited to go there and who knows whether we can get the job done?,” Hamilton said. “We’ll hopefully have a good race there.”
Hamilton admits he loves the Circuit of the Americas.
“It’s its own unique, amazing Grand Prix,” he added.
“The track is fantastic and it’s been a good hunting ground for me so very excited to go there and who knows whether we can get the job done, who knows? We’ll hopefully have a good race there.”
USA GRAND PRIX – ROUND 18
Location: Circuit of The Americas
Track size: 3.4 miles with 20 turns
Number of laps: 56
2018 winner: Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari
Lap record holder: 1:37.392 Lewis Hamilton (2018)
Race winner driver odds from Unibet:
2019 Results
Australian Grand Prix – Valterri Bottas (Mercedes)
Bahrain Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
China Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Valterri Bottas (Mercedes)
Spain Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Monaco Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Canada Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
France Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Austria Grand Prix – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
British Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
German Grand Prix – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Hungary Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Belgium Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Italy Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Singapore Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
Russia Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Japan Grand Prix – Valterri Bottas (Mercedes)
Mexico Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
USA Grand Prix –
Brazil Grand Prix –
Abu Dhabu Grand Prix –
2019 Driver and Constructor Standings
1 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 363
2 Valtteri Bottas FIN MERCEDES 289
3 Charles Leclerc MON FERRARI 236
4 Sebastian Vettel GER FERRARI 230
5 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING HONDA 220
6 Pierre Gasly FRA SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 77
7 Carlos Sainz ESP MCLAREN RENAULT 76
8 Alexander Albon THA RED BULL RACING HONDA 74
9 Sergio Perez MEX RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 43
10 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RENAULT 38
11 Nico Hulkenberg GER RENAULT 35
12 Lando Norris GBR MCLAREN RENAULT 35
13 Daniil Kvyat RUS SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 34
14 Kimi Räikkönen FIN ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 31
15 Lance Stroll CAN RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 21
16 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 20
17 Romain Grosjean FRA HAAS FERRARI 8
18 Antonio Giovinazzi ITA ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 4
19 Robert Kubica POL WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1
20 George Russell GBR WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
1 MERCEDES 652
2 FERRARI 466
3 RED BULL RACING HONDA 341
4 MCLAREN RENAULT 111
5 RENAULT 73
6 SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 64
7 RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES 64
8 ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 35
9 HAAS FERRARI 28
10 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1
We also spoke with Alistair Gill of Unibet to get their views on the Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton needs only an 8th place finish to clinch his 6th F1 title in the US GP on Sunday, and sits atop the table in terms of odds.
A 7/4 shot, Hamilton loves the Austin circuit, having won there 5 times, including 4 times in a row prior to last year. Charles Leclerc follows him as a 9/4 shot. The Ferrari driver can class him self unlucky in Mexico as both strategy and mechanic errors saw him drop from pole to P4 at the checkered flag, the driver who has marginally outperformed teammate Vettel this year will look to finish strong. Vettel himself is a 14/5 shot, and although he does have an Austin win to his name in 2013, wouldn’t make as much appeal to me as the top 2.
Hamilton’s team mate Valteri Bottas is mathematically still in the title race, but finds him self a 7/1 shot here behind Max Verstappen (5/1) and you wouldn’t rate his chances too highly of prolonging the title battle beyond Sunday.