Lewis Hamilton evidently enjoyed the US Grand Prix's lively pre-race build-up and thinks the showmanship was exactly what F1 has been missing. Austin's promoters pulled out all the stops on Sunday, with a lavish and sparkling pre-race show that featured cheerleaders, boxing announcer Michael Buffer presenting all twenty drivers with his familiar and complimentary thundering shout-out and Usain Bolt waving the cars off for the formation lap, all under the watchful eye of former US President, Bill Clinton. "I think it’s great. The Americans are way better than us Europeans in putting shows on," said Lewis Hamilton. "You look at the Super Bowl, the NFL games, the NBA games....
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