DESTINATION GUIDE: What fans can eat, see and do when they visit Austin for the US Grand Prix

What do you get if you mix big city energy with country vibes, add in a whole lot of cool and a dash of weird? Austin, that’s what. Since F1 first raced at the Circuit of The Americas on the outskirts of the Texan state capital in 2012, it’s been a firm favourite with the F1 fraternity and one of the more eagerly anticipated Grands Prix of the season.

Back in the cockpit this weekend for the first time since sustaining a hand injury in Zandvoort, AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo explains the unique energy of the city.