2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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Mr.S
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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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Can there be a 3 stopper? Used Mediums or Softs & Fastest laps maybe. There is no way Verstappen is going to hold of Hamilton. Mercedes is a clearly quicker car except on full fuel when they were sort of equal. And RB pitted way too early. Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton. He will get past Max by Lap 49-50 & then pull 1.5s+ on 8 lap newer tyres !

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west52keep64
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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:22
Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton.
Are we watching the same race?

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El Scorchio
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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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I wonder if RBR will sacrifice Perez’s third place to take the fastest lap point away?

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El Scorchio
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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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west52keep64 wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:23
Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:22
Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton.
Are we watching the same race?
He always says stuff like this. I very much doubt he believes a word of it. Best ignored.

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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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Is there anything damaged on the car of Sainz?

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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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A 3 stopper felt like an option but it is too late now. And the traffic would have made it very hard, even if done on time.

Mr.S
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west52keep64 wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:23
Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:22
Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton.
Are we watching the same race?
Not unless someone is wearing fanboy tinted glasses. Max's tyres fell off after 14-15 laps in the 2nd stint & he had to forced to pit by 20. Hamilton has a whopping 8 lap fresh tyres. Almost everyone except Hamilton pitted early - May way too early.

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El Scorchio
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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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TBH I am expecting contact if Hamilton gets close enough.

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Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:22
Can there be a 3 stopper? Used Mediums or Softs & Fastest laps maybe. There is no way Verstappen is going to hold of Hamilton. Mercedes is a clearly quicker car except on full fuel when they were sort of equal. And RB pitted way too early. Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton. He will get past Max by Lap 49-50 & then pull 1.5s+ on 8 lap newer tyres !
Hamilton has driven up to the 2second buffer. This is where he'll struggle to get close enough to try a pass, let alone taking it easily as you suggest.
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El Scorchio wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:26
TBH I am expecting contact if Hamilton gets close enough.
Agreed. Even if Hamilton can get close, Verstappen is not going to just let him by, and there are only 6 or so laps left.

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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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Yh seeing how Bottas struggles in the twisty stuff behind Sainz, I don’t think Ham’s delta is enough to reach DRS
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Just_a_fan wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:26
Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:22
Can there be a 3 stopper? Used Mediums or Softs & Fastest laps maybe. There is no way Verstappen is going to hold of Hamilton. Mercedes is a clearly quicker car except on full fuel when they were sort of equal. And RB pitted way too early. Should be a comfortable 8-10s margin victory for Hamilton. He will get past Max by Lap 49-50 & then pull 1.5s+ on 8 lap newer tyres !
Hamilton has driven up to the 2second buffer. This is where he'll struggle to get close enough to try a pass, let alone taking it easily as you suggest.
The tyres fall off, Degradation is crazy high & overtaking is very easy & DRS is quite potent here.

And 8 Lap fresher tyres - Massive Massive. Unless Hamilton screws up really badly, this should be a fairly easy 5-6s win atleast ! If this was the other way around, I would easily bet on Max, Leclerc or Perez !

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El Scorchio wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:23
I wonder if RBR will sacrifice Perez’s third place to take the fastest lap point away?
Of course they will.
If you are more fortunate than others, build a larger table not a taller fence.

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Mr.S wrote:
24 Oct 2021, 22:29
The tyres fall off, Degradation is crazy high & overtaking is very easy & DRS is quite potent here.

And 8 Lap fresher tyres - Massive Massive. Unless Hamilton screws up really badly, this should be a fairly easy 5-6s win atleast ! If this was the other way around, I would easily bet on Max, Leclerc or Perez !
There are only 5 laps left, and Hamilton is only 2-3 tenths faster. How on earth is he going to pull a 5-6 second gap?

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Re: 2021 United States Grand Prix - Austin, Oct 22 - 24

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I don’t see it getting much closer than this.