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Feel The Fourth

Have to wonder what Renault (Sainz, Hulkenberg) and Sauber (Ericsson, Leclerc) are thinking with their tire choices. Ten sets of Hypers???

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

For US viewers ESPN is shuffling everything but the race off to their minor channels again.

Mexican Grand Prix
Practice 1 - Friday, Oct. 26, 10:55 AM - ESPNU
Practice 2 - Friday, Oct. 26, 2:55 PM - ESPNEWS
Practice 3 - Saturday, Oct. 27, 10:55 AM - ESPNEWS
Qualifying - Saturday, Oct. 27, 1:55 PM -ESPNEWS
Race - Sunday, Oct. 28 2:30 PM - ABC
Encore - Sunday, Oct. 28, 9:00 PM - ESPNEWS
Encore - Monday, Oct. 29, 12:30 AM - ESPN2

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Mission WinLater

Rain forecast with a 70% chance for qualifying. 23% chance of rain at the start of the race on Sunday but a 70% chance of rain by the time the race finishes. Source: Weather Underground. Of course this is weather forecasting and things can and will change.

Still, could make it a very interesting weekend!!

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Mission WinLater

Whether they plan a one-stop or 4-stop strategy, the difference is whether they will be lapped once or twice. So it doesn't matter.

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Life-Long F1 Fan from 1965 -- More than 575 Grand Prix recorded since 1982 (all but 3), and counting...

Rain would be a good thing in the case of Hamilton crossing all the t's and dotting all the i's, if it rains I don't see Vettel winning the race.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

Vettel on the contrary has had a bad record here. He finished just once on the podium here in the last 3 years!

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Feel The Fourth

Well I'm sure it matters where they finish in the championships?

In scrutinising today the two Ferrari's had different floors fitted suggesting they are going to give the latest one another shot in free practice.



Oh look, Red Bull have a new floor which is the same concept as Ferrari's new floor

Wanna bet RBR gets it to work, but Ferrari ditches it again?

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
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[b]AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion

Not even once actually.

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Thank you Nico - You´re the champ!

PF1 Pick 10 Competition 2016: CHAMPION (2 wins, 8 podiums)

Vettel has a 100% record of making some sort of boneheaded mistake in Mexico so far. Considering the season he's been having lately, I think it's a safe bet he'll extend that streak to 4 out of 4.

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017 & 2019
[b]AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion

Lol. This is just silly - if you’re implying Vettel isn’t a good driver in the wet. Just because of Germany this year?

Vettel is a good driver in the wet, just not a superb one. Over his career he has won a smaller percentage of wet races than dry ones, and there's no question that this year Hamilton has outperformed him in the wet - not just at Germany, but wet qualifying in Hungary, Belgium, Japan... in fact, every single time it's rained this year Hamilton has badly outperformed Vettel. I agree that he has very little chance to win if it rains.

Mind you, I don't think he'll win anyway. I think the Bulls will prove too quick. But we'll see!

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PICK 10 COMPETITION (4 wins, 15 podiums): 3rd in 2016
TOP THREE CHAMPIONSHIP (No Limit Excedrin Racing): Champions in 2015 & 2018 | 2nd in 2017 & 2019
[b]AUTOSPORT GP PREDICTOR: 2017 USA & P-F1 Champion

He's done nothing in the wet for the last 2/3 years, Kimi has been quicker a few times.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

Drivers Press Conference:

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Feel The Fourth

After what has happened recently I would think his number one goal this weekend would be not to get in any clashes with anyone. I mean, the guy is due a good race. I think he'll have one here.

So what are the chances of parallel development then, this is surely too much of a coincidence, do we have the possibility of a McLarengate here?

Mercedes cleared by stewards to run their "controversial wheels" for the Mexican GP.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/139646/mercedes-cleared-to-run-controversial-wheels

Haven't they been using these since SPA?

And banned for last race, just to be cleared again.

Weird.

Don't think it was banned. Merc blocked the holes as they were concerned Ferrari would appeal to the stewards and they would lose any Austin points won; given the Austin stewards may have taken a different stance on the matter than the FIA.

Last I checked, if one finishes lower than 10th place, no points are gained. So it really doesn't matter to a team in the championship.

My comments were not based on team perspectives, but from a fan perspective. Fans don't waste time cheering for cars lapped by the leaders. Sad, but true.

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Yeah, you are absolutely right, I retract that statement, wrong wording. They did it to prevent protests.

I find it so weird though and the phrasing they used in that article is a bit silly in my view: "and considers the primary function"...

Really? Should Ferrari then say that the mirror's primary function is to ensure the rear view, so all the aerodynamic winglets on them are ok to have? (very stupid example, but you get the gist).

It also still does not explain why did they ban the similar system from RB as mentioned before.

Just weird.

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Mission WinLater

I think Martin Brundle said that Lewis has won the last 6 or 7 races that have been affected by rain, so I think it would bode well..

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They were not banned Mercedes chose not to run them in view of a protest being put forward by Ferrari, it wasn't worth the risk to run them.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

Similar but not the same, was that not on the front axle with the sole function of being an aerodynamic aid, the affect is not the same on the rear axle?

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

The RBR system was primarily an aero device to blow the rear, and was deemed a moveable aero device (or something like that). The Merc system as currently implemented is primarily for cooling the rear wheels.

Discussion between Scarbs and Peter Windsor here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVlbL5lGPg8

In the last 2/3yrs only Merc has won in the Wet, i think it's no coincidence Hamilton has won the races.

In what wet race has Kimi been quicker than Vettel genuinely I'll like to know?

As far as I know the gap widens further between Seb and Kimi in the wet.

I said quicker in the wet you've narrowed it down to just the races.

In the wet races, Silverstone 2016, Kimi finished 5th, Vettel 9th 22 seconds behind Kimi.

Brazil 2016, Kimi was running well ahead of Vettel just behind the Mercs and Verstappen whilst I believe Vettel was down in 9th?

Kimi crashed whllst Vettel finished 5th behind Perez.

Monza 2017, Kimi out qualified Vettel, then Hungary 2018 again Kimi out qualified Vettel.

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition

2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
2016: 4th Place
2017: 9th Place
2018: 7th place

Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)

FP1 done:


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Feel The Fourth

Hamilton will be struggling to finish 7th at this pace. Unfortunately for Seb The renaults look mega fast. What a pleasant surprise!

those redbulls are super fast even on the slower compound tyre

Not even remotely close to being true. As if Renaults,McLaren's,Williams and Alonso fans for example have suddenly disappeared for the past few years. You might not care what happens outside the top 6, that's your choice, but there are thousands that still cheer for those and other teams/drivers outside the top 3 teams who routinely get lapped because of their car.

And the tyre choice for Renault is obviously worth talking about as they are in the fight for 4th with Haas so will be trying to score points.

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"Clark came through at the end of the first lap so far ahead that we in the pits were convinced that the rest of the field must have been wiped out in an accident."
-Eddie Dennis, describing the dominance of Jim Clark in the Lotus 49 at Spa 1967

Cheered Minardi harder than probably any other team since i've started watching F1 for what it's worth in that argument. God loves a tryer.

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Current positon: 14th | 4 Podiums | 5 Wins
2018 Pick 10 Champion

problem for max car

Exactly, the underdog thing always brings in fans as well. For me the old Red Bull clad Saubers always got cheered on.

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"Clark came through at the end of the first lap so far ahead that we in the pits were convinced that the rest of the field must have been wiped out in an accident."
-Eddie Dennis, describing the dominance of Jim Clark in the Lotus 49 at Spa 1967

FP2 done:


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