As F1 prepares to head back to America for the second time this season, we look at all the junior driver taking part in FP1, including a couple of exciting additions from Indycar, as well as the candidates for the remaining seats on the grid, more on the budget cap breaches and our predictions for weekend ahead.

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Back of the Grid is a Formula 1 podcast hosted by 3 passionate F1 fans. Tom King, Chris Evans & Stu Greenwood discuss the weekly goings on of the sport, review and preview races and offer their thoughts up on all the talking points. New episodes released each Tuesday during the season!

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