2021 Mexican Grand Prix - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Nov 05 - 07

[zubster]

Isnt this more the red bulls not performing as expected, vs the mercs being better? The rear of the bulls looked very loose

[TNTHead]

Bottas running with higher engine modes with his stock pile of fresh engines? In that case it will be tough for RB in the race to finish higher than 3rd, bar incidents.

[Michelangelo]

Max kept jumping over those kerbs. His laps looked far from perfect.

[zibby43]

I knew Merc would have a shot at pole the moment HAM had the radio message in FP3.

Almost identical to Silverstone. Merc hiding pace.

So much for the high-altitude tracks being bogey circuits for Merc.

[Juzh]

Yeah when it mattered in qualifying mercedes wasn't any worse than red bull, was better actually. In Q1 bottas sets fastest lap on his 3th fyling lap on same tyres. In Q2 hamilton had fastest lap on mediums, then in Q3 it was not even close. Clearly balance has gone away from red bull trough quali, and probably even already in FP3 towards the end when track temps went up and verstappen started to slide and shed car parts.

[ringo]

RedBull threw away pole!!
This was theirs. The car has the time in it.
Bottas engine mode paying dividends and putting on the pressure.

The cracks are showing.
All Bottas has to do is give Lewis a slip stream then block off the hondas.
Perez and Gasly will race Max for P-3. Perez needs to podium at home!! Vamos!

[Mansell89]

Super sandbag, just like the rest of the season...

And more proof the Merc is the better car.

Nonsense- it’s super close, was super close throughout Q1 and Q2 and no doubt max would have been incredibly close without the issue on final run.

We just need to stop this ridiculous polarised discussion depending on who is a max or Lewis fan- it’s so close and flips from track to track.

Bottas did an almost perfect lap- massive kudos to him.

[Marty_Y]

Great job from Mercedes, Bottas is the man!

[Mansell89]

Super sandbag, just like the rest of the season...

And more proof the Merc is the better car.

Nonsense- it’s super close, was super close throughout Q1 and Q2 and no doubt max would have been incredibly close without the issue on final run.

We just need to stop this ridiculous polarised discussion depending on who is a max or Lewis fan- it’s so close and flips from track to track.

Bottas did an almost perfect lap- massive kudos to him.

[grubschumi13]

This is Mercs race to lose

[Just_a_fan]

Super sandbag, just like the rest of the season...

And more proof the Merc is the better car.

Or RedBull drivers not delivering.

There are several options for why performances were as they were.

[darkpino]

First time since Silverstone that Mercedes is showing their true pace

[LM10]

What was Tsunoda even doing there at the end?

[Shrieker]

...as per my previous post, NEVER believe anything coming out of Ham's mouth. He and Toto are consummate mind gamers.

Super sandbag, just like the rest of the season...

And more proof the Merc is the better car.

Gasly was only a tenth off the bulls, come on Bulls underperformed, end off. Max made a mistake on his first run, and then his second was ruined by Tsu and Perez going off. Maybe it is your word that shouldn't be taken as gospel.

[Juzh]

RedBull threw away pole!!
This was theirs. The car has the time in it.
Bottas engine mode paying dividends and putting on the pressure.

The cracks are showing.
All Bottas has to do is give Lewis a slip stream then block off the hondas.

Hamilton got beat by Bottas, Verstappen didn't get beat by Perez. I wonder what cracks are you on about, unless you mean literal cracks on rear wing.

Perez and Gasly will race Max for P-3. Perez needs to podium at home!! Vamos!

Not in a million years will they race him and they will surely let him trough if he somehow ends up behind them.