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Sebastian Vettel: "It should be a good circuit for Ferrari"
Sebastian Vettel will be hoping for a race victory this weekend at the United States Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver has struggled this season but with only a few races left this year, he will be looking to get things back on track.
"The US GP in Austin is a very different proposition to the high-altitude of Mexico," Vettel said in his race preview. "The Circuit of the Americas is an exciting track, with a wide range of cornering speeds and lots of changes of direction. It's quite bumpy, particularly in the big braking zones so it's easy to lock wheels there. The strategy choice is quite open, with both one and two-stop plans looking possible.
"It's a tricky circuit to get the tyres into the right performance window, so Friday running is important to understand the tyres and get prepared for the race.
"Last year's event was difficult because none of us got much useful running due to the poor weather on Friday. The forecast for this year is dry but quite cool. It should be a good circuit for us but, as we saw last year, we can take nothing for granted and the competition is also strong."
Ferrari should perform well at this Grand Prix and challenge the Mercedes and Red Bulls for the race win.