***** The Official Mexico Grand Prix thread *****

[Derek Smith]

I hope the cars are this twitchy during the race.

[Mini1275]

Derek Smith said:

As ou say. Let's see how the race goes.

I can't make up my mind what Rosberg was on about. 'I've got three ideas'. What does that mean?

Seeing as all he could come up with for the start of this season was changing his breathing technique through the corners I can't see him coming up with anything that's likely to bother Lewis for next year .

[tonybhr]

Higher top speed than Monza already, I think. 361.2 km/h

Edited by tonybhr on Friday 30th October 17:03

[FourWheelDrift]

Well that's one way to get heat into the rear tyres.

[SeeFive]

Munter said:

Nico's ideas:
1)Quit
2)Let Lewis past
3)Buy Lewis a skiing holiday...

Oof! That is dark... but inspired

[Mini1275]

Mercedes struggling with brake overheating.

They do seem to be marginal on brakes at times.

[Derek Smith]

Mini1275 said:

Mercedes struggling with brake overheating.

They do seem to be marginal on brakes at times.

Hope for the race? Fingers crossed.

[rallycross]

The track looks nice, the last section drives right through a built up Grandstand and the sound echoes off the stands, its unique.

[Drive Blind]

seems like a genius piece of forward thinking to build the stadium section with a gap wide enough for an F1 track through it.

[Drive Blind]

so how will the altitude affect the aero set up?

Will they run a lot of wing but it will have less drag?

[pingu393]

bookmarked

[l354uge]

Drive Blind said:

so how will the altitude affect the aero set up?

Will they run a lot of wing but it will have less drag?

Running close to Monaco levels of aero (and massive brake and cooling ducts!), Hamilton was clocked at 226Mph in the speed trap in FP1, fastest through speed trap at Monza (in the race!) 225Mph.

Could see 230mph+ in the race with abit of DRS/slipstream.

[Adam Ansel]

Bit early to be sure but it is looking like the Renault turbocharger is better adapted to high altitude.
If this pans out it could lead to an interesting race.

[anonymous-user]

Did not see this happening at all. http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/12157...

[FunkyNige]

pingu393 said:

bookmarked

The 'watch' button at the top of the page puts this thread in your 'My Stuff' page.

Reading about Button's penalty, is he taking 2 engine penalties in one go so he doesn't get any in the other two races? That doesn't seem what the rule was written for!

[Drive Blind]

big dark clouds in 2nd practice

[l354uge]

Max

[MattOz]

Verstappen oops! Track is damn slippery.

[Drive Blind]

red flag, Verstappen jnr bins it

[Likes Fast Cars]

It had to happen.....