Slippery track conditions caught several drivers out in practice, among them Romain Grosjean, who surprisingly sported a Matt Le Blanc-themed helmet.
Here’s the Twitter story of Friday at the United States Grand Prix.
Nice morning in Texas pic.twitter.com/bim9xmfMMG
— Rob Dob (@robdob20) October 31, 2014
“Why? It’s great as it is.” – @MarioAndretti
— COTA (@circuitamericas) October 31, 2014
happy halloween to everyone from me and my engineer tony! #halloween #USGP #cantwait #StarWars pic.twitter.com/FY9pZub4q5
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) October 31, 2014
Special lid for @RGrosjean this weekend, who is a fan of Matt LeBlanc?! #USGP pic.twitter.com/52X8V9zo9T
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) October 31, 2014
First practice
Test drivers Verstappen and Nasr leave the pits on intermediate tyres due to the slight damp patches on the track. #F1 #UnitedStatesGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Sparks fly from the T-tray at the front of @MaxVerstappen3‘s @ToroRossoSpy. #F1 #UnitedStatesGP pic.twitter.com/M8pxx74ios
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
In case you missed it, Raikkonen was running with an unusual sensor on his @InsideFerrari earlier in #FP1 #USGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/3E7O7eZ03n
— Formula1.com (@F1) October 31, 2014
There goes @JensonButton !! #USGP pic.twitter.com/bCTQs7sZ0v
— Adam Haley (@adamhaley502) October 31, 2014
Fernando Alonso of @InsideFerrari puts too much power down exiting the final corner #USGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/YYMtPCxy7o
— Formula1.com (@F1) October 31, 2014
Grosjean suspected a car problem after running wide at turn 19.
Grosjean: "There is a problem. There is something broken on the rear-right". #F1 #UnitedStatesGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Second practice
The wind picked up in the afternoon.
#F1 #AUSTIN I’m told by UBIMET’S @swandau that it’s blowing a Force 5-6 NE’rly at the circuit now: “windiest it’s been all season”, he says
— Ian Fergusson (@fergieweather) October 31, 2014
Massa pointing the wrong way at turn one after a spin. #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/JkQvslzgrp
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Button says he has too much front end in low speed corners. Earlier he complained about his radio which also didn’t work in FP1. #F1 #USGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
FOM’s combination of two camera images made for an interesting addition to the coverage.
The thermal image camera now layers its tyre graphic over the normal pictures. Here’s Hamilton in turn 16. #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/9iUIWYW7QN
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Perez now has a large-size screen in the Force India (Japan top, USA below). #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/FthiZxbcIK
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) October 31, 2014
Just like in the morning, Grosjean was suspicious of his Lotus, while team mate Pastor Maldonado had his second spin of he day.
Grosjean spins off and asks “are you sure things are working properly?” He’s told they’re checking… #F1 #USGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Romain Grosjean loses his @Lotus_F1Team E22 through the high-speed Turn 5 #USGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/mO9qpkFCuc
— Formula1.com (@F1) October 31, 2014
The stars and stripes are back in the turn 16 run-off. #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/YVrCsNo2Mv
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Problem for Hamilton, he’s told: “Box this lap, we’ve got an issue with the car, just keep the revs up.” #F1 #USGP
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) October 31, 2014
Following Jules Bianchi’s incident in the Japanese Grand Prix, changes to safety car proceedings were tested after both sessions.
Chequered flag and Virtual Safety Car laps bring our track afternoon to an end, but this is not the end of our activities today… #USGP
— Sahara Force India (@ForceIndiaF1) October 31, 2014
VSC: a new acronym for F1 fans. pic.twitter.com/5OirRhDmM8
— F1 Broadcasting (@f1broadcasting) October 31, 2014
Pits and paddock
Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday’s race from the pit lane, but still intends to take part in qualifying.
Horner tells Sky re VET and qual that ‘It’s important he takes part in the event and registers the 107%. We need to abide by the rules.’
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) October 31, 2014
A special design on Adrian Sutil’s helmet, which his girlfriend tried on.
Pretty cool and special this "fighter pilot" #F1 helmet design! Don't you agree? I like it a lot #USGP #AS99 pic.twitter.com/IBjwCSLTo9
— Jennifer Becks (@jennifer_becks) October 31, 2014
was great to meet you Mario! great event #USGP @MarioAndretti pic.twitter.com/1jdBXg6F5e
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) October 31, 2014
Massa: It was very windy in the afternoon which made it difficult to judge car balance & the car was feeling different from the morning
— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) October 31, 2014
It's #Halloween today, so @EstebanGtz brought some treats for the amazing fans here at #COTA @circuitamericas #USGP pic.twitter.com/OojYlzymC6
— Sauber F1 Team (@SauberF1Team) October 31, 2014
The whole team principals debate on costs – just shows difficulty of having teams part of making the rules.
— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) October 31, 2014
@McLarenF1 @eboullier @FIA It's a bigger shame that two teams are going to the wall, hundreds may lose their jobs, and it was all avoidable.
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) October 31, 2014
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Chris (@cgturbo)
1st November 2014, 0:12
The tyre temperature overlay is a lovely addition. I know it doesn’t always show the whole tyre in temp form, but they might still be refining it.
Also, Perez’ new steering wheel looks just like a WiiU Gamepad!
Wesley (@)
1st November 2014, 0:32
Kudos to Keith on that McLaren response!
Sutil’s fighter pilot helmet is awesome!
Grosjean’s Matt Leblanc helmet is the stupidest helmet I’ve ever seen…..and yes,I do remember Hamilton’s Michael Jackson helmet.
Mark McDonald
1st November 2014, 4:56
It certainly is.
JohnBt (@johnbt)
1st November 2014, 5:17
Didn’t realise Mario was that small compared to Rosberg.
BasCB (@bascb)
1st November 2014, 6:21
Makes Rosberg look giant, doesn’t it!