There will be some 80,000 fans at the Circuit of the Americas Saturday morning, and it's a big day for the Formula 1 drivers as well as the U.S. Grand Prix qualifying session starts at noon. Hundreds of people were in line for the shuttles at 15th and Trinity streets by 6:30 a.m., and the first five shuttles had already taken off with the early birds by 6:55 a.m. That meant hundreds of people were already ready and in line hoping to get to the Circuit of the Americas as soon as the action started Saturday morning.

The drivers had one last practice session at 9 a.m., and then they will start playing for keeps. The qualifying session at noon will decide the start grid for the race on Sunday. Everyone will be chasing F1 points leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton of McLaren had high hopes in the early practice session Friday with the second-fastest lap time. 

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