WATCHROBERT:THE FORMULA ONE
RACES IN AUSTIN SOLD OUT FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2012. BUT
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER
THE WEATHER WILL AFFECT ACTUAL
ATTENDANCE.KXAN'S LAUREN
LANMON IS TRACK SIDE THIS
EVENING TO SEE IF THE RAIN IS
PUSHING ANYONE AWAY. LAUREN
GENERALLY A STEADY RAIN AND 60
DEGREE WEATHER WILL FORCE MOST
PEOPLE TO STAY INDOORS, BUT
NOT OUT HERE. TENS OF
THOUSANDS TRAVELED TO AUSTIN
JUST TO BE HERE. FANS THREW ON
A PONCHO AND TOLD ME THIS JUST
ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF
EXCITEMENT. "IT KIND OF THROWS
EVERYTHING OFF," PEOPLE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO
EXPERIENCE THE RUSH OF FORMULA
ONE. THEY KNOW THEY'LL SEE
FAST CARS... AND BEING IN
TEXAS, THEY EXPECTED THERE
WOULD BE SOME HEAT. "I'VE BEEN
TO AUSTIN ONCE BEFORE AND IT
WAS A BIT HOTTER THAN THIS,
BUT IT'S GREAT, THE PEOPLE
HERE ARE FANTASTIC AND THEY
ARE MAKING THE MOST OF IT,"
THERE COULDN'T BE A TRUER
STATEMENT. PEOPLE ARE BUNDLING
UP, SOME ARE HUDDLING UNDER
UMBRELLAS AND OTHERS SAY, AHH
WHO CARES, I DON'T NEED A
JACKET. "THE WEATHER IS
PERFECT, IT'S A GREAT RACE
DAY," "THIS YEAR HAPPENED TO
BE IT AND IT HAPPENED TO BE
RAINING." "STILL DOESN'T
MATTER TO YOU?" "THAT'S THE
WAY IT GOES," FANS WATCHED AS
DRIVERS MADE LAPS FOR A FEW
PRACTICE ROUNDS, MANY THINKING
THIS WEATHER COULD BE THEIR
SECRET WEAPON. "GREAT BRITISH
DRIVING WEATHER BECAUSE LEWIS
IS GOING TO NAIL IT IN THIS
RACE. IT SEPARATES THE DRIVERS
FROM THE NON-DRIVERS THAT'S
FOR SURE,"RAIN OR SHINE, EVENT
ORGANIZERS SAY THE CARS WILL
RACE. AND EVEN THOUGH FANS
DON'T SEEM TO MIND THE RAIN,
THEY'RE HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR
CLEAR SKIES. "ON SUNDAY IT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO
RAIN SO MUCH OR AT ALL, SO
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT,"
LAURENTHE QUALIFYING ROUNDS
WRAPPED UP A LITTLE EARLIER
THIS EVENING.ROGER'S GOT MORE
ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.OF
COURSE THE BIG RACE DAY IS ON
SUNDAY. FOR OTHER
ENTERTAINMENT, BRUNO MARS WILL
BE PERFORMING TOMORROW NIGHT
AND BRITNEY SPEARS ON SUNDAY.
LIVE AT COTA, LAUREN LANMON,
KXAN NEWS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO
A RACING FAN TO APPRECIATE THE
VISUAL DISPLAY THIS WEEK AT
THE FAN FESTIVAL IN MIAMI.CPU
CHECK OUT THIS RED BULL
HIGH-RISE CHALLENGE. THAT'S
FORMER DRIVER DAVID
COULTHARD.. SMOKING DONUTS AT
THE TOP OF MIAMI'S 700-FOOT
HIGH "ONE THOUSAND MUSEUM"
BUILDING. EARLIER THIS YEAR
THERE WAS TALK OF F1 HOSTING A
SECOND U-S RACE IN MIAMI NEXT
YEAR. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN - AT LEAST NOT NEXT
