2018 Brazil Interlagos GP: Practices and Qualifying

[tifosi1993]

Kimi on medium, Vettel on soft

[mwk360]

seb notified the team there seems to be a problem with the car, they are checking with the suspension at the moment to see anything

[mwk360]

Vettel: "There is something loose between my legs. Apart from the obvious. Something bouncing around between my feet. I'd be proud if it's what you thought it was but..."

[mwk360]

seb still feeling something loose rolling around when he drives, pits for another investigation

[tifosi1993]

Sector 2 is looking good so far.

Vettel 34.996, Ricciardo 34.906, Bottas 35.072 and Ham 35.134

[mwk360]

Sector 2 is looking good so far.

Vettel 35.996, Ricciardo 35.906, Bottas 35.072 and Ham 35.134

a second quicker??

[tifosi1993]

a second quicker??

Made mistake.

[tifosi1993]

Long run pace looking good.

[mwk360]

Made mistake.

lol thank goodness

[mwk360]

rain drops on tracks, small

[mwk360]

wait PDR just said sebs long run pace is way off the road compared to mercs, do you have the avg??? why is seb doing so bad??

[mwk360]

unless i miss heard miles up the road

[mwk360]

i think i misheard, i saw avgs of seb 0.2~ quicker than ham on long run on twitter

[tifosi1993]

Seb's pretty impressive race sim (1st stint) (Soft tyres, age: 18 laps)

1:12.247
1:12.471
1:12.608
1:12.623
1:12.840
1:12.835
1:12.877
1:13.089
1:26.456
1:12.995
Pits

[mwk360]

Mercs have the holes open on the rear rims hub things and the heat dissipating ones so lets see if they struggle like last race or they have a huge boost now that they using it again, ferrari has blisters on the right rears, our tyre wear has been an issue for awhile now

[tifosi1993]

i think i misheard, i saw avgs of seb 0.2~ quicker than ham on long run on twitter

More than that. Seb's best lap was 12.2, Ham's 12.9. Bottas's best was 12.8 but he was on SS

[mwk360]

Jock clear refused to tell sky why our upgrades didnt deliver, he says its very frustrating, but they kept positive and learnt a lot eventually rolled back and managed to win a race

[mwk360]

More than that. Seb's best lap was 12.2, Ham's 12.9. Bottas's best was 12.8 but he was on SS

maybe he was pushing harder than them, i saw he had to change the softs because of blisters while guys like gro went further with even softer tyres, very interesting to see how long mercs go on softs

[KimiBot]

Jock clear refused to tell sky why our upgrades didnt deliver, he says its very frustrating, but they kept positive and learnt a lot eventually rolled back and managed to win a race

He was really positive, I think. Maybe next year is good then.

[mwk360]

Ferrari reports an issue on Vettel's left-rear tyre, tells him to pit - long run pace has been looking strong up to now though

[mwk360]

He was really positive, I think. Maybe next year is good then.

hopefully the tests we done today contribute heavily for next year

[mwk360]

IMO we should get wehrlein over Kubica for sim driver, wehrlein has inside knowledge on mercs modes since he has done sim for mercs for the past year and he could give great insight plus he was quite talented and young

[mwk360]

bad blistering on all tyres of sebs car, PDR says more noticeable than any other car, worst on the rears, he says it all around which could be badly balanced or something, but he had had better pace than most

[mwk360]

hamilton complaining to the team about the rears, team asked him to continue as they dont have a solution at the moment, says how can they not have a solution, they should have a solution for everything

[tifosi1993]

Seb's super soft long run (Tyre age: 24 laps)

1:12.252
1:12.678
1:12.664
1:12.721
1:12.846
1:13.226
1:13.064
1:12.956
1:12.953
1:12.647
1:13.106
1:13.110
1:13.231
1:13.656
1:19.872
1:13.306
1:13.163
1:13.005
1:31.868 (Pit)

[mwk360]

mercs have there "trick" rims and hubs this weekend so interesting to see how much it benefits with tyre wear

[mwk360]

Seb's super soft long run (Tyre age: 24 laps)

1:12.252
1:12.678
1:12.664
1:12.721
1:12.846
1:13.226
1:13.064
1:12.956
1:12.953
1:12.647
1:13.106
1:13.110
1:13.231
1:13.656
1:19.872
1:13.306
1:13.163
1:13.005
1:31.868 (Pit)

im not sure if thats quick in comparison with ham & bot and RB but atleast its consistent, so thats good

[jgonzalesm6]

mercs have there "trick" rims and hubs this weekend so interesting to see how much it benefits with tyre wear

They're just testing them for the moment. Whether MB will use them for the race remains to be seen.

[mwk360]

crofty said hams 5 laps on ss was a 1:12, seb did 14 with 1:12:9~ so its hard to compare

[mwk360]

They're just testing them for the moment. Whether MB will use them for the race remains to be seen.

hope not ... unless we can get them DSQ LOL