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Other folks on Twitter captured the madness as well:And that was only the inside of the track. People were sharing videos of the lines at the gates as early as 5:30 in the morning.As someone who’s been coming to the track for years, the sheer amount of hype for this race was mind blowing. The only time I ever felt like I needed to get to the track early was back when COTA used to host first-come-first-serve autograph sessions. You’d arrive about 30 minutes before gates opened, run to the amphitheater to collect wristbands, and then go about the rest of your day. We’d show up about 45 minutes early on race day to get a great spot at Turn 1, but in 2017, I wandered the track for a few hours and hopped up to T1 just before the race started. There was plenty of space to set up camp.A lot of people are making wild conjectures about why the race was such a hit. There’s no doubt that the fact that the US hasn’t hosted a race since 2019, and that COTA’s contract for next year still hasn’t been renewed, has something to do with it. But I couldn’t believe how many people were there because of Drive to Survive.Alanis and I wandered the track on Friday and Saturday, asking fans how they got interested in F1 and why they were at the race, and there was about an equal split between folks who had been a fan of F1 for ages and never missed the US GP and people who were attending their first race after watching DTS. This was also the first F1 race I’ve been to where the number of groups of women in the crowd was obvious. I’d normally be one of a few women who showed up with a group of female friends; this year, there were tons. And most of the women I talked to had gotten invested in F1 through DTS.
The true test of popularity, of course, will come next year, when there are (likely) two F1 races in the United States. If both are well-attended, then we’re seeing an F1 breakthrough in America. If not, then there’s still work to do. But I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that F1 in America is growing, and it’s time to capitalize on it.

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