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williamp said:
can it rain in texas??
love the track, however. one id like to see live someday. maybe the WEC race
Check out the map at about 40 seconds.love the track, however. one id like to see live someday. maybe the WEC race
http://www.weather.com/news/weather/news/texas-new...
I really hope that we get plenty of rain. Otherwise I'm predicting a fairly uneventful race with the Mercedes sprinting off into the distance and Lewis leading every lap of the race.
It's a shame about the Ferrari penalties. For some reason, I don't have much confidence in Williams being able to challenge Mercedes this weekend, even though they're usually more competitive on the faster circuits. I hope I'm wrong though.
Would have never expected rain in Austin to be honest but that's what all the forecasts say. Bring it on!
A good haul of points for McLaren would be nice to see but you'd have to say that there would need to be plenty of rain and/or incidents for this to happen. It would be good to see them have an encouraging end to the season with some decent points finishes and no car failures.
I would be VERY surprised if we don't see Lewis wrap up his 3rd title. Fair play to him!
It's a shame about the Ferrari penalties. For some reason, I don't have much confidence in Williams being able to challenge Mercedes this weekend, even though they're usually more competitive on the faster circuits. I hope I'm wrong though.
Would have never expected rain in Austin to be honest but that's what all the forecasts say. Bring it on!
A good haul of points for McLaren would be nice to see but you'd have to say that there would need to be plenty of rain and/or incidents for this to happen. It would be good to see them have an encouraging end to the season with some decent points finishes and no car failures.
I would be VERY surprised if we don't see Lewis wrap up his 3rd title. Fair play to him!
jpf said:
If it rains, Alonso and Button will be top 10.
Hope it rains! Why f1 races are the most entertaining.
Alonso's car has the new spec engine for Austin, Button will have it for Mexico. Button hopes that Alonso annihilates him this weekend, ie. hopes the engine upgrade is a good one. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121453Hope it rains! Why f1 races are the most entertaining.
Edited by ajprice on Friday 23 October 12:42
I'm at the circuit this weekend, had a run round it yesterday, it's a fantastic track layout, very technical.
Major thunderstorms with up to 12 inches of rain are forecast over the weekend starting to get bad from Friday night.
If they get normal rain the circuit will dry quickly. Plenty of grip in the wet apart from the downhill sections which can have some rivers running across where it could be very tricky.
Major thunderstorms with up to 12 inches of rain are forecast over the weekend starting to get bad from Friday night.
If they get normal rain the circuit will dry quickly. Plenty of grip in the wet apart from the downhill sections which can have some rivers running across where it could be very tricky.
jsf said:
I'm at the circuit this weekend, had a run round it yesterday, it's a fantastic track layout, very technical.
Major thunderstorms with up to 12 inches of rain are forecast over the weekend starting to get bad from Friday night.
If they get normal rain the circuit will dry quickly. Plenty of grip in the wet apart from the downhill sections which can have some rivers running across where it could be very tricky.
.Major thunderstorms with up to 12 inches of rain are forecast over the weekend starting to get bad from Friday night.
If they get normal rain the circuit will dry quickly. Plenty of grip in the wet apart from the downhill sections which can have some rivers running across where it could be very tricky.
Today is supposed to be the worst, race day wet but not too bad. We're up at turn 1 and 2 so give us a wave if you go past again
williamp said:
can it rain in texas??
love the track, however. one id like to see live someday. maybe the WEC race
If you did follow the WEC, instead of this feeder series, you'd know it can rain in Texas, last years race in the WEC was bloody trecherous. It hosed it down on the top corner at the end of the start/finish, but just so it could create a river through the curves downhill. At one point there were four cars pirouetting downhill into the run off lake.love the track, however. one id like to see live someday. maybe the WEC race
I wouldn't be so sure about race day being OK.
Hurricane Patricia, the strongest ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific or Atlantic Basin, is forecast to go ashore between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo on Friday with winds as high as 205 miles (330 kilometers) per hour, or Category 5 major storm strength, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The “extremely dangerous” Patricia may reach into Texas with flooding rain and hit Mexico with life-threatening mudslides and flash floods as a record-setting year for tropical systems continues, according to the National Weather Service.
“With this type of wind the damage is catastrophic; there are very few structures that withstand this” strength of hurricane, Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist and spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, said Friday by phone from Miami. “The trees are long gone, we’re talking building ripped off foundations.”
Hurricane Patricia, the strongest ever recorded in the Eastern Pacific or Atlantic Basin, is forecast to go ashore between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo on Friday with winds as high as 205 miles (330 kilometers) per hour, or Category 5 major storm strength, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The “extremely dangerous” Patricia may reach into Texas with flooding rain and hit Mexico with life-threatening mudslides and flash floods as a record-setting year for tropical systems continues, according to the National Weather Service.
“With this type of wind the damage is catastrophic; there are very few structures that withstand this” strength of hurricane, Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist and spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, said Friday by phone from Miami. “The trees are long gone, we’re talking building ripped off foundations.”
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