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Formula 1 in Austin: Saturday

racing photos Charles Coates, via flickr.com/caterhamf1/; ticket photo by Mark dewey for KUT News

After a day of practice yesterday, it's qualifying races at the Circuit of the Americas today. That mean more Formula 1 crowds, as folks on Twitter are attesting. One issue at the COTA track is the lack of credit card acceptance. (If you're going, bring cash.) But it also means mounting excitement, both at the track, at the Austin Fan Fest downtown, and elsewhere.

KUT News is compiling a Storify timeline of news, photos and reactions this Saturday. Keep refreshing this page for updates.

[View the story "Formula 1 in Austin: Saturday" on Storify]

Wells has been a part of KUT News since 2012, when he was hired as the station's first online reporter. He's currently the social media host and producer for Texas Standard, KUT's flagship news program. In between those gigs, he served as online editor for KUT, covering news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond.