Track/Side: Race Day at the 2018 F1 United States Grand Prix

Sunday's dramatic contest provided plenty of eye candy, and we've compiled the créme de la créme for our race day gallery.
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The 2018 United States Grand Prix was genuinely an entertaining event, a treasured commodity in the Formula 1 scene given Mercedes’ long-standing dominance of the sport. After rain early in the weekend, the skies cleared and left near-perfect racing conditions for drivers and fans alike. The Drive was trackside on race day and, after spending hours walking the grounds of America’s lone GP circuit with cameras in hand, we came away with these shots to highlight the drama and pantomime of motorsport’s top-level cars and personalities.

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Valtteri Bottas – Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Pierre Gasly – Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Sergey Sirotkin – Williams Martini Racing, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Sergey Sirotkin – Williams Martini Racing, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved
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Kimi Raikkonen – Scuderia Ferrari, © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved