Mexican Grand Prix 2015, Mexico City - Race 17/19

Glaucus · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:47

Should just drop Road and sign Vestrappen for 2017 before someone else gets him.
And Ferrari should drop Kim and get Ric or Kyv

this_is_gav · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:49

rubberduck said:
Why do people keep saying Rosberg gifted the US GP to Hamilton? Hamilton had the fresher tyres and seemed faster in the dry conditions so would likely have got past, mistake or otherwise.

Hamilton probably would have overtaken him later, but he wasn't showing any signs of it at the time.

Skeeter · 30 Oct 2015 at 19:54

Glaucus said:
Should just drop Road and sign Vestrappen for 2017 before someone else gets him.
And Ferrari should drop Kim and get Ric or Kyv

Indeed, road is useless.

Flibster · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:06

What is it with The Toro Rosso drivers crashing early in sessions?

Verstappen this time and only after 5 minutes.

SPARC · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:16

Amazing amount if support at this GP already. It's great to see full stands so early in the weekend of a GP.

Skeeter · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:26

As Micky Mouse as those corners are, that stadium looks like an epic place to spend a weekend with a few thousand other F1 nuts

SPARC · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:30

Skeeter said:
As Micky Mouse as those corners are, that stadium looks like an epic place to spend a weekend with a few thousand other F1 nuts

Absolutely !! The atmosphere must be epic.

Glaucus · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:32

Yep, 2016 ocuk f1 meet at that stadium.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:37

Mercedes not looking quick at the moment in P2?

steve45 · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:40

Looked plenty fast enough on the hards6tenths ahead at time of setting it, and pumping in purples on his first soft lap...

EDIT** lol no not looking fast at all...

SPARC · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:41

CaptainRAVE said:
Mercedes not looking quick at the moment in P2?

they are now

CaptainRAVE · 30 Oct 2015 at 20:52

SPARC said:
they are now

Yep, Vettel is right there with Rosberg at the moment though.

Track looks really greasy, even the dry parts.

Flibster · 30 Oct 2015 at 21:20

Sorry?

Force India may become Aston Martin Racing?
If it gets rid of Vijay, then it sounds fantastic to me.

Plus Aston are going to have Mercedes AMG engines in future models, so double levels of advertising.

Skeeter · 30 Oct 2015 at 21:42

Mercedes own part of AM don't they?

It won't get rid of Vijay, it sounds more like a title sponsorship deal that goes to the extent of branding the whole team. Like Lotus (although that money never arrived).

JRS · 30 Oct 2015 at 23:24

Skeeter said:
Mercedes own part of AM don't they?

I think they own 5%. The idea being that Aston Martin get advanced electronics from Mercedes and Mercedes get.....well, near enough **** all.

Steeps · 31 Oct 2015 at 02:38

Supposedly want to paint the car blue+gold... like a Sauber then?

tummelv · 31 Oct 2015 at 07:38

Crazy top speeds so far this weekend. Hamilton hit 365.5 km/h in P2. Wonder what they will hit in qualifying.

Skeeter · 31 Oct 2015 at 10:52

Steeps said:
Supposedly want to paint the car blue+gold... like a Sauber then?

No, like a Gulf.

this_is_gav · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:03

tummelv said:
Crazy top speeds so far this weekend. Hamilton hit 365.5 km/h in P2. Wonder what they will hit in qualifying.

We're not going to be too far away from the fastest ever recorded speed in an official session this weekend. Not bad for cars in their Monaco spec.

There's differing claims on who holds the title and what speed it is - Pizzonia at 369.9kph in 2004 or Montoya at 372.6kph in 2005, both at Monza. The most common claim is 371.7kph, but I can't find who it was or what year it was (expect it's 2004).

It was all much easier when Coulthard held the title from 1999 at 361.8kph (225mph).

Skeeter · 31 Oct 2015 at 11:04

Is it like lap records in that it needs to be in a race to count?