United States Grand Prix 2013 live on Sky Sports F1, Highlights on BBC One

Formula 1 makes its second visit to Austin’s impressive Circuit of the Americas in Texas for the 2013 United States Grand Prix and all the action is exclusively live on Sky Sports F1.

Immediately popular with most drivers, teams and fans on its inauguration last year, the counter-clockwise 5.5km circuit is an intriguing blend of corner types, with sections modelled on famous stretches of some of the world’s most celebrated grand prix tracks.

In last year’s race, an excellent opportunistic overtaking move won Lewis Hamilton the first race at the new circuit.

The Briton will be pushing his Mercedes as hard as he can in Texas as he bids to stop Sebastian Vettel taking his 12th win of the year and a remarkable eighth in a row.

The first sector in particular was singled out for praise by many drivers due to the challenge presented by its first corner, approached up a steep hill and featuring a blind apex, and because of the rapid changes of direction through turns four to six, said to resemble the Maggots-Becketts complex at Silverstone.

Sector two contains a long straight ending in a good overtaking opportunity at Turn 12, while the final sector is a more technical stretch similar in style to Hockenheim’s stadium section and the tricky Turn 19, a downhill medium-speed left-hander which many branded the toughest corner on the track to get right.

Last year’s race was notable for high track evolution over the weekend and cold weather that made getting tyres up to optimum working temperature difficult.

With Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull Racing team untouchable in the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships attention turns to the runners-up spots, particularly in the teams’ competition.

There, Mercedes, on 334 points, have an 11-point lead over Ferrari. However, the momentum is marginally with the Silvers Arrows, who have scored 67 points over the last four races compared with the Prancing Horse’s 49.

In the driver’s battle, with third-placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus set to miss the final two rounds of the season, second-placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari looks certain to claim the runners-up spot.

If Vettel wins this weekend, he will take the outright record for most consecutive wins in a single season. He currently has seven wins in a row to his credit.

Follow all the action from the penultimate race of the 2013 season on Sky Sports F1. Extended highlights of qualifying and the race will be shown on BBC TV. Full details below.

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FORMULA 1 2013 ON SKY SPORTS F1 HD

Sky Sports F1 HD has exclusive live coverage all the on-track action from this year’s United States Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.

Every practice session, Saturday’s qualifying and the race itself will be shown live in high-definition.

Simon Lazenby will present full coverage of the Friday practice sessions, qualifying and the race itself, where he will be joined throughout the weekend by Martin Brundle, Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert.

Ted Kravitz and Natalie Pinkham will provide the latest news and reports and from the pit lane, while commentary on all sessions comes from David Croft.

Martin Brundle joins Croft in the commentary box for both qualifying and the race, while Anthony Davidson will call the practice sessions as well as offer his insights from the Sky Pad during the weekend.

During the race, a host of interactive additions, including on-board cameras, pit-lane feeds, the latest race stats and much more available via the red button and the Sky Sports for iPad app.

For those who won’t be at home, every second of the action can be seen via computers, laptops, mobiles and tablet devices on Sky Go.

Further information, news and video content can be found at skysports.com/f1, and viewers are encouraged to interact with the live programmes via Twitter – @SkySportsF1, #SkyF1.

FORMULA 1 2013 ON BBC SPORT

The BBC will broadcast free-to-air highlights of the 2013 United States Grand Prix from Austin on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Suzi Perry introduces all the action from the impressive Circuit of the Americas in Texas alongside David Coulthard, who will be on hand to provide analysis and discussion in the pits and paddock.

Extended highlights of the qualifying session will be shown on BBC Two on Saturday night at 10.30pm (11.10pm in Wales), with comprehensive race highlights the following day over on BBC One at 10.25pm.

Commentary on qualifying and the race comes from Ben Edwards and David Coulthard, with updates from the pit-lane by Tom Clarkson, Lee McKenzie will conduct interviews with the drivers and team personnel and Gary Anderson will be on hand with the latest views on strategy.

The BBC Sport website will have live streaming of BBC One’s broadcasts, as well as additional video content including highlights of practice sessions, qualifying and the race, plus interviews and analysis.

All of the BBC’s TV coverage will be available to view shortly after transmission on BBC iPlayer.

BBC Radio 5 Live will also have live audio commentary of every on-track session from Austin.

Saturday 16th November