{"id":180,"date":"2020-12-20T00:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T00:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/?post_type=circuits&#038;p=180"},"modified":"2020-12-20T00:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T00:34:51","slug":"circuit-of-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"circuits","link":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/circuits\/circuit-of-the-americas","title":{"rendered":"Circuit of the Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Circuit of the Americas<\/strong>&nbsp;(COTA) is the first purpose-built F1 racetrack in the United States and site of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. The circuit is located near Austin, the capital city of Texas. The circuit is only 5 minutes away from Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Austin is set to host Formula 1 racing from 2012 through 2021 and MotoGP from 2013 to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track is designed by well known German architect and circuit designer Hermann Tilke. The circuit length is 5.5 kilometers and the driving direction is counterclockwise. A total of 20 corners with 9 right turns and 11 left turns. The track width is 11.9-15.9 meters and the estimated top speed is 320 km\/h. The elevation change of 40.5 meters makes the course not only scenic, but also extremely challenging and very exciting for the spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grandstands, temporary stands and natural seating areas created by integrating natural grass berms and picnic areas for families enables over 120,000 to attend the Grand Prix race. The $ 250 million multifunctional facility is being designed with year-round functionality and attractions. Attractions within the racetrack development include driving\/riding experience and seminar building, amphitheater, motorsports driving club and a kart track. The paddock building also serves as a 500-person banquet hall for private or corporate events or galas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":181,"template":"","race_statuses":[3],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/circuits\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/circuits"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/circuits"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"race_statuses","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/f1mix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_statuses?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}