F1: Work Racing Ahead At COTA

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F1: Work Racing Ahead At COTA

Construction at Circuit of the Americas is scheduled to be essentially completed two months before the Nov. 18 US GP...

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted February 10, 2012 GMM Newswire

Construction is in full swing at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas. (Photo: COTA)

Four hundred fifty workers are pushing to enable Austin's new Circuit of the Americas to be ready for the US Grand Prix later this year.

After the Texas project's earlier hiccups, the rooves and walls of the paddock and medical buildings, media center and main grandstand are now taking shape.

Another recent setback, however, was two inches of rain in the last 10 days.

"We've got a lot of dry weather we know is going to be coming, and are hoping to be gaining some time," said a contractor spokesman.

He revealed that the first layer of track asphalt will be poured around April "so we can get other elements, the tire barriers (and) the FIA fence going on," he told the local Austin American Statesman.

The report said construction is scheduled to be essentially completed two months before the Nov. 18 race.