F1 - 2018 discussion

Circuit of the Americas have a sense of humour :D

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Ferrari bring a new floor - lots of edges - or is this a roman charriot approach to Max v Seb? :D

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The other thing I noticed was Merc have started running aero on the halo. Thats a first?

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scottishguy said:
Hope he gets a wee nudge at the first corner
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So you've Raikkonen in second, a fast starter on the much quicker tyres. Bottas, Ricardo, Vettel, Ocon.

If I was thinking dirty
For Ferrari and vettel, raikkonen needs to challenge Hamilton on the first corner, either run him wide or hit him and damage Hamiltons car.
For Mercedes, Bottas needs to jump start, block Raikkonen, backing up the traffic into the first corner and letting Hamilton get away. Chaos in the background may well impact Vettel.
Ricardo will get caught on the long straights by the Ferrari, Ocon could be the surprise if Vettel isn't watching behind
 
First corner could be interesting. Whoever has the inside will push whoever is on the outside wide, just like Hamilton and Rosberg. Can see Vettel getting very frustrated on the first lap if he doesn't get a good start. Just hope Hamilton gets through the first corner undamaged. If Ocon gets a good start and passes Vettel at the start, I'd say its game over for Vettel.
 
The Ferrari is very quick off the line, unless either of them cock it up I'd expect Kimi to be challenging on the first corner with Bottas keeping the others behind.
A sensible Lewis would let Kimi have the lead if that happens, pick him off later in the lap with a little slip streaming down the back straight, or wait for Kimi's tyres to go off.
 
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The best prt of the race was the last few laps or, the red bull overalls, genius, I think Danny ric will miss the fun in Renault
 
Glad that Kimi got the win rather than the other Mar*8oro red car.

I reckon that LH could have got past MV if he had had to but why take the risk when he has 3 more races to get the points he needs.
 
jonoooo125 said:
I think if it was a make or break Lewis would’ve driven a bit harder but as it stands, he had very little to gain and a lot to lose by clashing with max, he did the sensible thing by dropping back
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He did try a bit harder and went off the track in the last couple of laps, as did Valteri when he was defending against Seb.
 
andy700 said:
He did try a bit harder and went off the track in the last couple of laps, as did Valteri when he was defending against Seb.
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He went onto the run-off area to avoid contact and a possible DNF. The few points he would have gained by taking 2nd rather than 3rd still wouldn't have been enough to seal the deal once SV had passed VB. Had the WDC been in the bag already, I reckon he'd have gone for it and damn the consequences!
 
And that's IF SV wins all 3.
 
2018 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE MÉXICO

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Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Lap data
Lap length 4.304km (2.674 miles)
Race laps 71
Race distance 305.354km (189.738 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’20.521 (Nico Rosberg, 2015)
Fastest lap 1’19.480 (Nico Rosberg, 2015, qualifying three)
Maximum speed 349kph (216.858 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and longest straight
Distance from grid to turn one 890m
Full throttle 45%
Longest flat-out section 1200m
Downforce level
Gear changes per lap 52
Fuel use per lap 1.41kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.054s

UK Times
Friday 26th October 2018
Mexican Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 16:00-17:30)
Mexican Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 14:00-15:30 (UK time: 20:00-21:30)
Saturday 27th October 2018
Mexican Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 10:00-11:00 (UK time: 16:00-17:00)
Mexican Grand Prix Qualifying: 13:00 (UK time: 19:00)
Sunday 28th October 2018
Mexican Grand Prix: 13:10 (UK time: 19:10)

Previous Winners
2017 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Hermanos Rodríguez
2016 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2014 – 1993 Not held
1992 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
1991 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
1990 France Alain Prost Ferrari
1989 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
1988 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
1987 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
1986 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW

Videos

Hamilton 2016 on board
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urTlbHpkRkU


Berger 1991 onboard rear view of the start
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAsZ2S1beQ



Championship Permutations
Hamilton needs 5 points from the last 3 races to win the title. 7th place (6pts) or better will be enough to secure his 5th Drivers Championship. If it ends in a tie for points Hamilton would still win as he has more race victories than Vettel could achieve.


Facts from the last race

As you’d expect, most of the key statistics from the United States Grand Prix concern Kimi Raikkonen ending his five-and-a-half-year wait for his 21st grand prix victory.

Or, to be precise, 2,044 days. This isn’t the longest wait between consecutive wins in terms of duration. After winning the 1983 season-finale at Kyalami, Riccardo Patrese had to wait 2,402 days for his next win at Imola.

But it is the longest wait in terms of the number of races which were held. There were 99 races between Patrese’s two wins, 114 between Raikkonen’s. Of those, Raikkonen only entered 112 (he missed the final two races of 2013) and started 111 (he qualified for last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix but did not start it).

October 21st was also the anniversary of Kimi’s and Ferrari’s last Driver’s Championship.

Raikkonen has also established a new record for the longest gap between a driver’s first and last wins. Michael Schumacher first and 91st wins were spread over 14 years (5,145 days), but Raikkonen’s victory on Sunday came over 15 years (5.691 days) since his maiden win.

With his victory Raikkonen finally moved ahead of Mika Hakkinen to become Finland’s most successful driver in terms of race wins. Hakkinen still has one more world championship, however.

Raikkonen is the only driver to have won races in each of F1’s three most recent engine ‘eras’: V6 hybrid turbos, V8s and V10s (other drivers have won races using three or more different engine formats when multiple types were permitted).

He also ended his streak of 30 consecutive podium finishes without a victory. This is more than double the previous record of 16 set by Jean Alesi.

Raikkonen got on course to win by passing Lewis Hamilton at the start. This was the first time Raikkonen had gained a place on lap one since he got ahead of Daniel Ricciardo on the first lap of the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Mercedes are poised to become the fifth team to score 100 pole positions. Hamilton took their 99th last weekend, which was also his 81st. However for the fourth time in his career he ended a winning streak of four consecutive races – he’s only made it further once, when he won five in a row in 2014.

Hamilton was beaten to third place by Max Verstappen, who made the biggest improvement over his qualifying position of any driver so far this year by climbing 16 places from 18th to second. He and Ricciardo now have the same number of wins (four) and podiums (19) during their time together as Red Bull team mates.

Finally, the disqualifications of Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen promoted Brendon Hartley to a career-best ninth.

Drivers’ Chosen Tyres
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Championship Standings
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Stu Meech said:
@Ricardodaforce could have been a lot worse eh! But that's him out for the rest of the season.
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Not just the season.

“Did my first slide transfer as a paraplegic today. My upper body is getting stronger and stronger and hopefully I’ll be able to do it unassisted soon. I’ve only been posting videos of the small movement in my legs, but the reality is I am far away from walking on my own. Some people are a bit confused with the severity of my injury, so I wanted (to) let you know the reality of it. I’ve never worked harder for anything in my life, and I am giving it all I’ve got to spark those nerves in my legs.”
 
Ricardodaforce said:
Not just the season.

“Did my first slide transfer as a paraplegic today. My upper body is getting stronger and stronger and hopefully I’ll be able to do it unassisted soon. I’ve only been posting videos of the small movement in my legs, but the reality is I am far away from walking on my own. Some people are a bit confused with the severity of my injury, so I wanted (to) let you know the reality of it. I’ve never worked harder for anything in my life, and I am giving it all I’ve got to spark those nerves in my legs.”
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Yes I read that today, very sad news. However, as with all motor racing drivers who find themselves in difficult situations, he seems to have great mental strength in terms of having some sort of recovery so I applaud his desires and hope he can get something back in his legs.
 
Got to say congrats to Lewis for his 5th championship, nice to see Seb break off his interview to congratulate him too, classy.
 
Now the WDC is wrapped up, will Mercedes run their new wheels in Brazil and if so, will Ferrari lodge an official protest or just keep whinging?
 
Nod said:
Now the WDC is wrapped up, will Mercedes run their new wheels in Brazil and if so, will Ferrari lodge an official protest or just keep whinging?
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I think I heard Ted say on the grid that the holes in the wheels were open again in Mexico.
 
Nod said:
Now the WDC is wrapped up, will Mercedes run their new wheels in Brazil and if so, will Ferrari lodge an official protest or just keep whinging?
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Interesting video of the ferrari front wing at Mexico with elements moving again. This of course after they lost performance when the FIA investigated their double battery system and the allegation they were pumping power back into the hybrid for additional bhp over the allowed limit...
 
Marcus Ericsson has secured himself a full time IndyCar drive for next year.
 
The poster on Twitter didn't specify Formula 1 - he/she should have to avoid confusion.

Another oft forgotten fact is that Ferrari weren't at the first F1 race (Silverstone, '50) so their claim to have been involved in F1 since the start is bogus.
 
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