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"American F1 fans may be all atwitter about November&amp;#039;s U.S. Grand Prix near Austin, Texas, but there&amp;#039;s another reason to be excited: The Grand Prix of America\u2014to be staged on a New Jersey street circuit just across the Hudson River from Manhattan at Port Imperial\u2014is seeking to be added to the F1 calendar.   Most significant, the 3.2-mile Hermann Tilke-designed track looks like a great course, far longer and more flowing than one might expect of a street circuit. What&amp;#039;s more, the 19-turn track sees 157 ft. of elevation change as it wends its way from river&amp;#039;s edge up to JFK Boulevard on the palisades. Downhill Turn 12 is reminiscent of Long Beach&amp;#039;s famous Linden Leap, but I suspect that modern F1 cars won&amp;#039;t catch any air there.           World Champion Sebastian Vettel, who sampled the circuit in an Infiniti G37 Coupe (with police escort), said the course reminds him of Spa, with its fast and flowing corners. Ex F1 driver David Coulthard, in another G37, likened it more to Montreal, with high-speed areas separated by tight technical sections. Both said there are good passing areas, and that F1 cars would be traveling in excess of 200 mph at the braking point for Turn 18.   Imagine that: F1 cars screaming around the streets of Weehawken, with Manhattan as a spectacular backdrop\u2014that&amp;#039;s a race we&amp;#039;d all like to see. Although the privately financed race, the brainchild of racer/businessman Leo Hindery, looks doubtful for 2013, let&amp;#039;s hope F1 puts it on the calendar, perhaps for 2014.   Video window may take a few moments to load...         "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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