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Formula 1 heads to the United States this weekend for the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, which has become a firm favourite on the calendar since its inaugural race in 2012. Austin is one of three F1 events to be staged in the US, with Miami hosting a grand prix in May and Las Vegas holding a night race in November. The sport has grown in popularity in the US in recent years, helped by Netflix's Drive to Survive series. However, it's fair to say F1 and the US has had a mixed relationship over the years. Some races were very successful and fondly remembered; others less so. From Indianapolis, Watkins Glen and Long Beach, to the streets of Dallas and the Caesars Palace car park, we take a look back at some of the best images from the 11 US cities and towns to stage an F1 race. Getty Images / The first F1 United States Grand Prix took place in Sebring, Florida, in 1959. Australian Jack Brabham won the first of his three drivers' championships by pushing his Cooper over the line after it ran out of fuel on the last lap. His fourth place was enough to beat Britons Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss to the title. Getty Images / Briton John Surtees drives his Lotus through the streets of California on his way to Riverside race track, which staged the 1960 US Grand Prix. The event didn't go well for Surtees - he was the first driver to retire by spinning off on the third lap. Another fourth place ensured Brabham won his second title, ahead of Bruce McLaren. Getty Images / The Lotus of Innes Ireland is retrieved from bushes after going off the circuit in 1961 at Watkins Glen. Despite his excursion, the Briton recovered to win the race - the first to be held at the circuit in upstate New York which staged the US Grand Prix until 1980. Getty Images / Briton Jim Clark on the grid before the Watkins Glen race in 1965, the year he won the second of his drivers' championships. Getty Images / With fans outside desperately trying to get a glimpse of him, Scotsman Clark celebrates victory in 1967. Six months later he was killed in a Formula 2 race. Getty Images / An early morning Sunday church service conducted in the Watkins Glen pits in 1973 had added poignancy following the death of Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert the day before during qualifying. Getty Images / Alfa Romeo's Bruno Giacomelli leads the final US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen in 1980 as Williams' Alan Jones goes off line and throws up dust behind him. Australian Jones recovered to win the race and with it the world title. Getty Images / The inaugural United States Grand Prix West took place on the streets of Long Beach, California, in 1976. Here, the field heads down Linden Avenue with Ferrari's Niki Lauda at the head of the pack. It appears as if some people are going about their daily business while a F1 race happens around them. Getty Images / Two-time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi shocked F1 by moving from McLaren to his brother's Fittipaldi team in 1976. A crash in Long Beach practice damaged his car but he was able to claim the final point for sixth place in the race. Getty Images / The McLaren of James Hunt is tipped into the air as it collides with the Brabham of John Watson at the start of the 1977 race at Long Beach. It was a popular venue for F1 but the promoter decided to switch to IndyCars from 1984. Getty Images / F1's first venture into Las Vegas was not successful. The 1981 and 1982 Caesars Palace Grands Prix staged the climax of both world championships but did not find favour with the drivers. Races were held around a car park in the heat of the day, and the drivers were pushed to the limit by the conditions and the featureless anti-clockwise circuit which put tremendous strain on their necks. Here, Williams' Alan Jones leads the field into the first corner in 1981. Getty Images / The Dallas Grand Prix had a shorter lifespan than Caesars Palace, happening once in July 1984. Extreme heat was an issue here too, leading to the track breaking up. Eighteen of the 26 drivers retired, 14 of them after hitting the wall. Heading the survivors were winner Keke Rosberg, Ferrari's Rene Arnoux in second and Lotus' Elio de Angelis in third. They were joined on the podium by actress Linda Gray - Sue Ellen in the Dallas TV series. Getty Images / It seems appropriate that F1 has been to the Motor City. The Detroit Grand Prix took place on a street circuit from 1982-88. Ayrton Senna is pictured on the grid speaking to members of his Lotus team before the 1986 race, which he won from pole position. Getty Images / F1 swapped the streets of Detroit for Phoenix from 1989-91. The most memorable of those three races was in 1990 when McLaren's Ayrton Senna had to twice pass the Tyrrell of Jean Alesi to get the win. The race dropped off the calendar because of poor attendances. Getty Images / After an eight-year absence, F1 returned to the US in 2000 and did so in style at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. About 225,000 fans attended the first race, which took place on a 2.6-mile circuit that combined a new road course and the banked oval used for the Indy 500. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the first event to take control of that year's drivers' championship. Getty Images / F1's relationship with the United States effectively broke down because of the farcical nature of the 2005 US Grand Prix. Only six cars started because of a row over safety focused on the teams running Michelin tyres. When those 14 drivers pulled into the pit lane before the start, boos broke out and bottles were thrown on to the track as thousands made for the exits. The final Indianapolis US Grand Prix was in 2007. Getty Images / Nick Heidfeld covers his helmet with his arms and braces for impact as his BMW Sauber barrel-rolls in 2006 in Indianapolis, following a collision involving the McLaren of Juan Pablo Montoya and the Honda of Jenson Button. Heidfeld was unhurt. Getty Images / The US Grand Prix finally put down proper roots in Austin, Texas, with the first race staged at

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