Poll: United States Grand Prix 2018, Austin - Race 18/21

[ThestigGT999]

Here and here :



You are insistent the penalty was wrong and inconsistent. It was applied exactly the same as the two other times it's been handed out this season. It's that simple.

oh the question I asked, not a statement

 

[GravyMonster]

Saw this and couldn't resist:

 

[Kanpai]

Saw this and couldn't resist:

Lol brilliant!!

So. the second battery sensor did not make Ferrari slower at all. They lost some of their straight line speed because of the Singapore spec rear wing (as well as some other upgrades), which they removed at COTA.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Even the official site has posted the ‘engine noises’ clip now

Still makes me chuckle.

 

[Irish_Tom]

So it turns out it was the modified rims that caused the blisters and Mercs slow pace.

Interesting… I wonder if that will affect them in Mexico?

Hamilton also said there was an issue with how they put the cars back together after replacing the water pumps:

Hamilton revealed that his struggles in the race last weekend in Austin, Texas, were partly caused by the team making an error in the set-up of both Mercedes cars when they put them back together after changing their water pumps before the race.

"They took the car apart and when they put it back together, it was imbalanced, with a massive cross-weight, in the order of 50kg," he said. "So the right front and left rear take all the weight and the car would not turn through the left-hand corners.

"It felt very strange out there. I thought I had a massive tail wind or something when I was going through places like Turn 19.

"But the right-handers it was better, but there are not a lot of right-handers at that track. If we had not had that problem, it would have been a much different race."

 

[Yaayuh!]

^ Interesting. Bit of a **** up by the team there then!

 

[GravyMonster]

Interesting… I wonder if that will affect them in Mexico?

The FIA have cleared the modified wheels for use in Mexico.

Interesting that Merc messed up the car setup that badly. I assumed the tyre issues were because they hadn't amended the setup to work with their previous spec wheels after such little dry running on Friday.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

The FIA have cleared the modified wheels for use in Mexico.

Interesting that Merc messed up the car setup that badly. I assumed the tyre issues were because they hadn't amended the setup to work with their previous spec wheels after such little dry running on Friday.

Didn’t help that there was little dry running, along with pressure changes and the sealed wheel design.

 

[this_is_gav]

Neowww

https://twitter.com/x/status/1057834937263497216

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Best moment of the year.

 

[The_Abyss]

Fantastic! A multi-billion pound sport and media corporation effortlessly trolled.