A quick turnaround at the start and a tense battle for the lead earned Lewis Hamilton victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was aggressive and eventually finished second, ahead of Mercedes' Bottas.
Having witnessed how Monza went this year and also Mexico this past weekend, it's probably a distant dream for anyone to do that again. Mid field cars are very slippery on a straight line and it's a nightmare to do something like that, unless the tyre delta is over 2 seconds. Heck, even Latifi's Williams would be difficult to pass when he is ahead.
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I was wondering what happend to RB's pace in 2017 when I was reviewing the last few seasonsSirBastianVettel wrote: ↑09 Nov 2021, 22:42In 2017 all the Renault powered teams had their engines turned down massively because of the catastrophic weekend that they had the race before in Mexico.
Hard to say, the Ferrari is better in low and medium speed corners than the McLaren. Interlagos is full of them. But, I don't think there's a big enough difference over a lap to make a big difference.
Ferrari were clear number 3 in Mexico. Did you expect them to challenge Mercedes or RedBull?
Hope so but not so sure. They are hardly curved...SirBastianVettel wrote: ↑08 Nov 2021, 21:05I have a feeling that Mercedes won’t really be able to use their squatting rear suspension because turn 13, 14 and 15. Since it’s not really a straight a stalling diffuser would probably be bad.
Yes I (naively) felt the improved PU, and high downforce requirement at altitude may have replicated a Monaco-esque scenario but of course it didn’t quite play out that way.
From what I can see Mercedes actually holds a slight edge in traction.Ryar wrote: ↑09 Nov 2021, 09:39Did you consider RB switching back to spoon rear wing for Interlagos? If Mercedes goes with the same rear wing that they used in Mexico, then they would stay as is while RB gains straightline speed. If Mercedes chooses a lower downforce wing, then they have a bigger downforce reduction than RB due to the relative lack of inherent downforce levels through the chassis. Downforce would still be a factor at Interlagos. Second sector is where a lot of time can gained/lost on the basis of downforce levels. A car with better downforce exits turn 12 with good traction, which is critical to get on full throttle quicker for that long straight. No point in gaining 10kph extra speed at the speed trap, if it wasn't optimum start to the straight.
