This weekend Formula 1 returns to North America for the United States Grand Prix to be held in Austin, Texas. But for the moment, here is the weekly Twitter update.

Drivers – The Top 10
01 – 1,245,171 – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
02 – 1,233,729 – Jenson Button (McLaren)
03 – 1,205,496 – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
04 – 517,940 – Bruno Senna (Williams)
05 – 481,473 – Mark Webber (Red Bull)
06 – 336,550 – Sergio Perez (Sauber)
07 – 296,732 – Pastor Maldonaldo (Williams)
08 – 216,984 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
09 – 205,715 – Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
10 – 194,531 – Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)

Drivers – Biggest Increases
01 – 17,104 – Fernando Alonso
02 – 15,706 – Lewis Hamilton
03 – 10,511 – Jenson Button
04 – 4,668 – Mark Webber
05 – 4,463 – Sergio Perez

Drivers – Smallest Increases
01 – 439 – Charles Pic
02 – 498 – Timo Glock
03 – 575 – Jean-Eric Vergne
04 – 728 – Daniel Ricciardo
05 – 965 – Vitaly Petrov

All fairly status quo in the drivers’ table as Alonso, Hamilton and Button continue to pull away from the other drivers’ at a significant rate.

Teams – The Top 10
01 – 371,084 – Ferrari
02 – 257,501 – McLaren
03 – 185,459 – Red Bull
04 – 162,705 – Mercedes
05 – 154,826 – Lotus
06 – 91,857 – Caterham
07 – 89,458 – Marussia
08 – 89,058 – Force India
09 – 88,669 – Sauber
10 – 79,477 – Williams

Teams – Biggest Increases
01 – 3,460 – Ferrari
02 – 3,391 – Red Bull
03 – 2,772 – Lotus

Teams – Smallest Increases
01 – 301 – Williams
02 – 490 – Caterham
03 – 650 – Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen’s win for Lotus at Abu Dhabi keeps them in the top three, whilst Williams record the lowest increase of the week.

Driver and Team statistics as of Monday 12th November 2012.