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

Rate the 2018 United States Grand Prix out of ten

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Malt_Vinegar said:
I dont know why, but this race feels like it's going to throw us a curveball today.
Something odd will happen and make it interesting.
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Can't help but feel the same. Ferrari look more on it. Think Kimi and Hamilton could have an interesting few laps at the start. Hamilton has 2 more laps on his tyres then vettel If remember correctly but if temps are higher for the race could even out as merc easier on tyres? Will be good if Ricciardo can get himself in mix too.

Midfield was close too so could be some good battles further back.
 
Shame the season is done. But I agree I feel this race could be best at the front in ages.
Vettel is a right idiot. Getting a penalty under red flags in FP is terrible. Its not like a Overtake mess up. I guess he's lucky as he won't get spun trying to Overtake Hamilton lol,

Hopefully Renault can actually add difference to the gap to haas for once!
 
poosemon said:
Hamilton has 2 more laps on his tyres then vettel If remember correctly but if temps are higher for the race could even out as merc easier on tyres?
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I honestly can't see that making any difference at all, despite Brundle always talking it up. One of those laps Hamilton was driving incredibly slowly, as that's what the Mercs do. Secondly, the drop off on the tyres is so small that an extra lap is almost meaningless.

What will make a difference is Kimi on the softs in to T1. He'll have the inside and will probably be ahead. Then it'll be interesting to see how much Ferrari make him ruin his own race and hold up both the Mercs.
 
Spunkey said:
I honestly can't see that making any difference at all, despite Brundle always talking it up. One of those laps Hamilton was driving incredibly slowly, as that's what the Mercs do. Secondly, the drop off on the tyres is so small that an extra lap is almost meaningless.

What will make a difference is Kimi on the softs in to T1. He'll have the inside and will probably be ahead. Then it'll be interesting to see how much Ferrari make him ruin his own race and hold up both the Mercs.
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Doubt he will hold Hamilton up for long with DRS enabled. I don’t see many ways in which Kimi can come into play.
 
I can just see Hamilton driving away into the distance to be honest. Kimi and Bottas will never keep up and unless Vettle can get past the Red Bull early he will be stuck there. Max will come into pay later in the race if he can get through T1 cleanly which is also a problem for him...

Qualifying was pretty close, neither had a 100% clean lap but Hamilton is normally better in the race anyway.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
I can just see Hamilton driving away into the distance to be honest. Kimi and Bottas will never keep up and unless Vettle can get past the Red Bull early he will be stuck there. Max will come into pay later in the race if he can get through T1 cleanly which is also a problem for him...

Qualifying was pretty close, neither had a 100% clean lap but Hamilton is normally better in the race anyway.
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Ferrari have the edge on one lap pace. Vettel was ahead for the entire lap minus the last corner. Great comparison video posted by F1. Who knows in the race.
 
After breaking his suspension and pulling the driveshaft out of it, Verstappen has a gearbox change. So 5 place grid penalty for him. Ends up P18 on the grid.

If he doesn't throw it away, by smearing the car into someone or something, he's pretty much nailed on to be driver of the day.
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
Ferrari have the edge on one lap pace. Vettel was ahead for the entire lap minus the last corner. Great comparison video posted by F1. Who knows in the race.
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Vettel seems to be running lower downforce. Hamilton is faster through all the corners, Vettel is faster down the straights. Through the esses (turns 4-9) Hamilton gained about 0.3s
 
Should be a good race today, though if Kimi wants to come through at the start Ham should just let him really (he probably won't without a fight though!). 2 standard finishes here and in Mexico would do the job regardless of what Vettel does.
 
Pirelli have raised the minimum tyre pressure on the rears by 1.5psi on all tyres. Slicks are now running at 21.5psi.

Nice of them to do it after all the sessions. Going to be a step into the unknown this afternoon.
 
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