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Austin F1 and the U.S. Grand Prix is still alive:

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Austin F1 - Circuit of the Americas

Austin F1 - Circuit of the Americas

That’s right. All the news we are getting now confirms that the track in Austin and the race will happen.

If you have been following along, construction of the 3.4-mile track was halted when the Texas comptroller’s office refused to put up the $25 million it pledged to pay for the F1 sanctioning fee. It seems now that an agreement between F1 and Texas and the date has been set for the Austin race next year.

So construction continues and we hope to he having a big F1 party next year! Keep up to date with more from Austin and the track right here.

Audi dismisses F1 as “irrelevant” sticks with Le Mans:

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Audi R18 TDI Le Mans Race Car

Audi R18 TDI Le Mans Race Car

There have been many rumors circulating that Audi would be jumping into Formula 1. To set the record straight, Audi has come out to say that it isn’t, and won’t be considering such a move. According to the company’s motorsport boss, F1 bears “no relevance to the road.” The point has been made that in one 24 hour race, one car can cover as many miles as a car doing an entire F1 season. Le Mans, it seems, is the place to be for really developing technology for road cars in Audi’s eyes, and we don’t disagree. Not to mention that Audi is pretty dominant in La Mans racing.

[source: autoblog]

Austin F1 Update:

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Austin F1 Track

Austin F1 Track Layout


Updated info on Austin F1 by our friends at Motor Talk:

Well…it’s officially official now, as they have finally broke ground on the U.S. Grand Prix racetrack.  Some of the news we get from this video, is to expect a race sometime in June of 2012.  Here is the video from the Austin American-Statesman… more…

and even more from our good friends at Austin Grand Prix:

On Friday, November 13, I hopped on yet another friendly Southwest Air flight from Chicago to Austin, but first made a few stops in Kansas City and Dallas.  This time the stops were welcomed because they allowed me to change seats (while waiting on new passengers to board the plane) and grill my Pilot on how we would be flying into Austin… more…