Sauber heads to the US and Mexico for the final back-to-back races of the 2017 FIA Formula One season, starting with this weekend's USGP then followed 7 days later with the Mexican GP.
After his debut in the Sauber C36-Ferrari in FP1 during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, Charles Leclerc will again be driving the Sauber C36-Ferrari in FP1 at both the Circuit of The Americas (in place of Pascal Wehrlein), and the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (in place of Marcus Ericsson).
The Circuit of The Americas has more fast corners than Spa-Francorchamps and more slow corners than the Hungaroring, the combination of which makes the track a very complex engineering challenge.
The highest point on the lap is T1, which has a steep uphill approach and a blind entry. Sector one is characterised by five fast sweeping corners. Sector two contains a one kilometre straight. Sector three has a mix of slow corners and a multi-apex right-hander through which the drivers are exposed to forces of 4G for a period of five seconds.
โGoing to Austin is always lots of fun,โ said Marcus Ericsson. โIt's a great race on an interesting track. In my opinion, it is one of the best of the newer tracks on the calendar. The city of Austin has a lot to offer, which makes it even more enjoyable to be there."
"Straight afterwards, we are heading to Mexico City โ another great race weekend. We usually have lots of support from the fans there which makes the atmosphere very special. I look forward to being back in the car and getting the maximum out of the car in both races.โ
