zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 08:04
AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48
In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
Austin is not high-altitude.
This has been a very strong circuit for Mercedes, and particularly Hamilton, for the entirety of the hybrid era.
Strange perception. Statistically and especially in qualifying COTA is clearly one of the worst tracks for Hamilton in the hybrid era. He lost about 50% of the final Q sessions here against his teammate, some even further back...find this on another track...
The race results were also not good given that the Merc was massively faster than any other car in nearly every year on this track. If you take away the hard turn 1 moves against Rosberg, what else is particularly good? Again...find a similar record on another track.
So I think the big question this weekend is if Redbull is 0.2sec close in Q. Then we have a good chance that Ver can split the Mercs and with one or two Bulls in the middle, turn 1 will be interesting. The big issue is, that COTA is also not particularly good for Perez, so maybe we see rather Gasly in P4 hunting a Merc into turn 1.