2018 Mexican GP: Practices & Qualifying

[mwk360]

not much grip on track

[mwk360]

i hate sector 3 here

[tifosi1993]

Kimi already used his SS tyres?



(he has 2 sets of SS for this race)

[PURE PASSION]

Again ,like Sochi, we are WAY off in twisted sector 3 !!!! What happend to our mechanical grip/traction ??!!

[tifosi1993]

Vettel: 1:17.954 (hyper softs)

S1: 27.270
S2: 29.788
S3: 20.896 (not personal best)

[tifosi1993]

Kimi's 2nd attemp: 1:18.133 (hypers)

S1: 27.427
S2: 30.400
S3: 20.306

[mwk360]

Again ,like Sochi, we are WAY off in twisted sector 3 !!!! What happend to our mechanical grip/traction ??!!

we have bad DF and aero this year think back to tracks similar like australia almost 0.7s off, engine advantage should be lower here so it looks bad at the moment, but im sure it will improve a little dont think first row is capable but maybe

[DelMar]

We are quite bad in S3. It reminds how we did in S2 in Singapore. We know how that ended up...

[mwk360]

sainz quicker than seb and kimi at the moment lol , dont worry everyones engines turned down including renault and ferrari

[mwk360]

We are quite bad in S3. It reminds how we did in S2 in Singapore. We know how that ended up...

spain s3 if i remember was bad too

[mwk360]

LOL RB car is so smooth and easy to drive sky thought it was a backed off lap, max goes 1.2s quicker than the rest

[tifosi1993]

What is going on???

[PURE PASSION]

????!!!!
Mercs as bad as we are !!!!!

[Ferrarichamp]

not sure why Mercs have their engines turned down quite so much, it's not like they're gonna lose the titles now.

[tifosi1993]

Sector 3:

Max: 19.7
Ric: 19.8
Vet: 20.4
Kimi: 20.3

Vettel fastest in sector 1: 27.2, lost 3 tenths to Red Bull in sector 2: 29.4 vs 29.7

[mwk360]

Seems our engines are turned up, we are quickest in speedtrap 350 for seb , ham is only 343

[mwk360]

not sure why Mercs have their engines turned down quite so much, it's not like they're gonna lose the titles now.

ham cries about loss of power anytime he does a bad lap so maybe they turned down for precaution

[DelMar]

If we had given RBR our engine, at least it would have been a Ferrari engined team winning the championships :)

[KimiBot]

If we had given RBR our engine, at least it would have been a Ferrari engined team winning the championships :)

Reason for this today must be Renault PU, Sainz and Hulk are there too.

[DelMar]

Reason for this today must be Renault PU, Sainz and Hulk are there too.

RBR to Renault difference is 1.2 seconds!

[mwk360]

seb & kimi supposed to be doing race sim now, lets hope those numbers are closer to rb better than the hot lap ones

[tifosi1993]

Vettel on 7 laps old hypers, Kimi on 8 laps old super softs.

[KimiBot]

RBR to Renault difference is 1.2 seconds!

Sainz is ahead Vettel, when was that last time...maybe never.

[DelMar]

Sainz is ahead Vettel, when was that last time...maybe never.

Yes but only with a 20.8 S3 from Vettel.
Vettel's proper laptime would have been at least half a second better if he hadn't done a mistake in S3. He did 20.4 in his second try on hypersofts well past its time.

[tifosi1993]

Vettel's hyper soft run (15 laps old)

1:21.838
1:22.370
1:22.823
1:25.647
1:27.668
1:47.487
pits for super softs

[mwk360]

Vettel's hyper soft run (15 laps old)

1:21.838
1:22.370
1:22.823
1:25.647
1:27.668
1:47.487
pits for super softs

[tifosi1993]

Kimi on 20 laps old SS faster than both Merc (Ham on SS 11 laps, Bot on US)

[mwk360]

temps very high

[mwk360]

mercs told ted referring to why they are so much weaker, they have their engines fairly tuned down and they dont know but that renault engines seem to work better here


where on earth is mclaren then

[mwk360]

max lol