United States Grand Prix 2012: My Thoughts.

Some thoughts from the race:

• Yes folks, Rick Perry and David Dewhurst presented the trophies to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, the top two finishers at the USGP.
• Kudos to the management at Circuit of the Americas.  Without no flaws (as opposed to Indy), the facility was top notch and ready for racing.
• It's great that such a race was clean, no hard crashes, and no safety car periods (all 56 laps were green, maybe a local caution or two).
• Vettel will have to wait until Sunday at Rio to clinch his second driver's title, now only 20 ahead of Fernando Alonso.
• 120,000+ in attendance, but not one mention on ESPN on either its website or on Sportscenter. Sad, considering that ESPN used to do F1 races.
• Only two retirees including Mark Webber's late problems. Great for such a race. I wished all 24 would have ran at the finish (including both HRT cars).
• The celebrity factor seemed to be at Austin than at Homestead for the Sprint Cup finale and race weekend there. Patrick Dempsey (who is also a racer) was there, so was a bunch of others. Mario Andretti, former F1 champ, spoke to the top three finishers on the podium!
• SPEED TV's coverage was great.
• If you missed out on this race by watching NFL early action, shame on you. You suck.

Finally, all above is why I hope F1 returns to COTA in the years to come. Welcome back to America, F1.