F1 Championship - Round 18 - U.S.A Grand Prix

[happy_eagle]

Don't expect much excitement around this one in Australia, given the time difference. Shame because the Circuit of the America's is a great circuit.

Vettel has a 3 place grid penalty for not slowing down for Red Flags, which means that Hamilton will surely claim a 5th world title in Austin this weekend. Vettel needs to place in the Top 2 if Hamilton wins to be mathematically in the championship, but in reality this was decided weeks ago when Ferrari stuffed up a front row lockout at Monza.

Race details for those that don't sleep

Qualifying: 8am EST (5AM WST) - Late qualifying in Austin (4PM local time).
Race - 5am EST (2AM WST)


There will be plenty of rain which could make things interesting, but could also make overtaking more difficult and less likely.
Qualifying Results

 

[Acinath]

Max runs wide in Q1 and looks to have broken his car

Edit: Yep, broken rear suspension

 

[TheMase]

Max runs wide in Q1 and looks to have broken his car

Edit: Yep, broken rear suspension

What a shame!

 

[Acinath]

What a shame!

I do feel for blokes when their car fails due to something mechanical and out of their control (even Max), but he stuffed that one up.

 

[TheMase]

I do feel for blokes when their car fails due to something mechanical and out of their control (even Max), but he stuffed that one up.

Can’t blame Renault for that one!

 

[happy_eagle]

Max was unlucky given the number of cars that were going wide around that part of the circuit.
Lewis had all 4 wheels off the track in his pole lap. Wish they were stricter on that

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Checking in. Let's see what the start brings.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Nice by Kimi. Good start by ADR for a change too.

Oops, tangles with Vettel.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Max up 9 places in just over a lap. 18 to 9.

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

yeah after cutting corners like he always does

 

[Acinath]

Stroll a bit stiff I think?

 

[Acinath]

Oh get ****ed

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Was about to post that Max is taking a sec a lap out of Dan.

s**t.

 

[TheMase]

Oh ffs

Car is a piece of s**t

 

[Acinath]

CotA never treats Dan well

 

[TheMase]

Max up 9 places in just over a lap. 18 to 9.

yeah after cutting corners like he always does

Would have liked to have seen it on replay. Don’t know how you can go from 18th to 9th in a lap (unless it’s a video game!).

 

[Acinath]

Would have liked to have seen it on replay. Don’t know how you can go from 18th to 9th in a lap (unless it’s a video game!).

Remember 4 seperate cars had collisions on the first lap, and Vettel spun. That’s 5 without even doing anything.

 

[Acinath]

Red Bull pit strategist on the money again

 

[darth_timon]

Rare occasion for me to watch a live race!


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[Boxhead_31]

MERC strategist might have stuffed this up unless they are going to switch HAM to Ultra's

 

[Acinath]

MERC strategist might have stuffed this up unless they are going to switch HAM to Ultra's

Nope, he stuffed up

 

[Acinath]

Superb drive from Kimi

Max was awesome today too

 

[darth_timon]

Did I hear a Freudian slip? ‘113 year... 113 races’.


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[juice t]

It has been a while

 

[Boxhead_31]

It has been a while