[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by M5_1of400

Why not put Colapinto in the mix? that dude is doing wonders with that Williams car, very impressive.

You are free to make your own top10 prediction
You can put Colapinto on 2nd right there after Lando

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

VEGAS

Gotta love that casual non scripted conversation between Hammy and Charles......
in front of those 10 cameramen

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

RB have some set up work with the poor FP1 placings, seems there's a narrow plus window in this rainless cold race weekend.
The Ferrari badge on Charlies jacket is getting bigger with every race.

Yeah . At this moment , it looks bad . MAX is P17 and Checo P19..
According to Helmut Marko , the RB20 ran with the wrong wings .
Too much downforce and cold tires (!)

As you can see in FP2...

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Gotta love that casual non scripted conversation between Hammy and Charles......
in front of those 10 cameramen

Yeah . The situation looked interesting . They look like good friends ...

IMHO . For as long as it lasts (!)

[fs1977]

Hamilton P1 in FP2, but not that much topspeed difference with Verstappen.

Verstappen didn't mention the "wrong wing", he says it's all in the tires why they didn't perform on one lap. Also said that long runs look a bit more competitive.

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by fs1977

Hamilton P1 in FP2, but not that much topspeed difference with Verstappen.

Verstappen didn't mention the "wrong wing", he says it's all in the tires why they didn't perform on one lap. Also said that long runs look a bit more competitive.

RBR runs the lowest engine modes in FP due to Honda requirement, and this usually just corroborates that.
They were doing a much different FP program here than everyone else...doing their homework if you will, and it should have them well prepared for the race. Also mind you last year's pole time was still ~1 second faster than the fastest time we have seen thus far and pole will likely be in the 1:30/1:31 range so we are nowhere near anyone running their outright pace yet.

[M5Rick]

FP3 at 2.30 AM over here.

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Gotta love that casual non scripted conversation between Hammy and Charles......
in front of those 10 cameramen

Wow, hammy showed up in MB Team kit?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Wow, hammy showed up in MB Team kit?

Must be a first..

[__AD__]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah . At this moment , it looks bad . MAX is P17 and Checo P19..
According to Helmut Marko , the RB20 ran with the wrong wings .
Too much downforce and cold tires (!)

As you can see in FP2...

I believe it's more that their lowest drag wing is the Monza wing which they have on the car and they didn't develop a wing with lower downforce specific to Vegas whereas other teams may have lower downforce wings that are specifically well suited to this track. I heard something about a grinding wheel in play

[dfox]

Buddy who's at the race said it looked like the RB had flow-vis around mid-wings or whatever they're called, the lower rear wings, so they're probably trying to play with that to see what they can do without a new wing. That top speed is bad... Maybe they can keep up if they stay in DRS, but without that, oof. Going to be a bad weekend for RB.

[G30M]

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

RBR runs the lowest engine modes in FP due to Honda requirement, and this usually just corroborates that.
yet.

That explains why they're always faster in qualifying and then even faster in race

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by G30M

That explains why they're always faster in qualifying and then even faster in race

Just good old sandbagging.

[G30M]

Some Jeremy Clarkson commentary after Brazil, while we wait for some Vegas action ...

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-...pen-comparison

“We learned two important things during last weekend’s Grand Prix in Brazil.

“Well, three, if you count Lance Stroll, who crashed his freshly repaired car on the formation lap.

“And then drove it into a gravel trap.

“First of all, Max Verstappen is one of the all-time greats.

“He may even be the greatest driver we’ve ever seen.

“And second, Lewis Hamilton is past his prime.

“He blamed his car for his tail-end qualifying session but his team mate, George Russell, was on the front row.

“Of course it’s possible that because Lewis is moving to Ferrari next year, the team are filling his fuel tank with lemon barley water instead of petrol.

“But that seems unlikely.

“It’s far more probable that he’s now too old.”

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by G30M

Some Jeremy Clarkson commentary after Brazil, while we wait for some Vegas action ...

https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-...pen-comparison

“We learned two important things during last weekend’s Grand Prix in Brazil.

“Well, three, if you count Lance Stroll, who crashed his freshly repaired car on the formation lap.

“And then drove it into a gravel trap.

“First of all, Max Verstappen is one of the all-time greats.

“He may even be the greatest driver we’ve ever seen.

“And second, Lewis Hamilton is past his prime.

“He blamed his car for his tail-end qualifying session but his team mate, George Russell, was on the front row.

“Of course it’s possible that because Lewis is moving to Ferrari next year, the team are filling his fuel tank with lemon barley water instead of petrol.

“But that seems unlikely.

“It’s far more probable that he’s now too old.”

Well...J.Clarkson is spot on