Sirotkin: COTA one of the best tracks

Sergey Sirotkin will be more than hopeful of a positive weekend in America this weekend as he battles to keep his seat in Formula One past his debut season.

Sirotkin has had a poor first year in the sport, albeit in a dog of a Williams car, scoring just one point, back at the Italian grand Prix in May.

F2 championship leader George Russell was announced recently as the first of Williams’ drivers for the 2019 season and Sirotkin will be desperate to earn a contract extension to grab one of the two open seats on the grid, with the other being at Toro Rosso.

The Russian has never raced at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas but believes it is one of the best tracks on the F1 calendar.

F1 seems to have finally found a home in America after years of disappointing venues and the 23 year-old will be concentrated on putting in a solid showing.

He said: "I think that COTA is currently one of the greatest modern jobs in Formula 1.

“For a modern circuit, the first sector with its high-speed bends is very exciting, while in the second sector there is a slow curve that is followed by a long DRS part, a good catch-up opportunity, and in the third sector you have a lot of long corners."