• Qualifying moved to race day for only third time thanks to Patricia
• British driver fastest in practice and time will count if qualifying cancelledHurricane Patricia was the star at the Circuit of the Americas here on Saturday,when rain storms washed out the afternoon’s qualifying session for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.
For the moment time this weekend the weather hampered the event, with Friday’s moment practice session also cancelled. It is the third time this century that qualifying has been moved to race day; it happened at Suzuka in 2004 and Melbourne in 2013. It was the final thing race organisers wanted, and with crowd figures already hit because there is another race in nearby Mexico next weekend. Hurricane Patricia also made its way to Mexico,where it was downgraded to a tropical storm.
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Source: theguardian.com