2022 United States Grand Prix - COTA, Oct 21 - 23

[Mogster]

Same as Spa.

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Same as Spa.

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[DGP123]

Same as Spa.

What is the same as spa?

Hot tub?

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Same as Spa.

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Hot tub?

I suppose RB are in hot water

[chrisc90]

Principles press conference time. Should get spicy.

[GrizzleBoy]

Christian Horner being diplomatic with the truth in my opinion.

He just confirmed however that the used parts clarification cost them "seven figures" in terms of costs.

Capito and Brown however saying that they had no issues with the clarification or anything else.

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Principles press conference time. Should get spicy.

"Matia Binotto is feeling unwell this morning and is not at the track today, and he will be replaced by Jost Capito", Fabrega said on Twitter.

Took me a moment to get that he was talking about the press conference

[wogx]

[Mogster]

Same as Spa.

What is the same as spa?

At Spa RBR were on the radio to Perez asking if he wanted less rear wing as he was down on straightline speed to Max. Max was already running less and was happy. Perez mumbled something then said no. Same in COTA it seems.

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Same as Spa.

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At Spa RBR were on the radio to Perez asking if he wanted less rear wing as he was down on straightline speed to Max. Max was already running less and was happy. Perez mumbled something then said no. Same in COTA it seems.

Both are fitted with the wing max was running in fp1/2 (medium df) for fp3

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Leclerc 10 place penalty. Seems max Vs Mercedes on Sunday

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Red Bull and Leclerc will go into Quali with three sets of Softs only. Must be really worried about tyre wear tomorrow

[chrisc90]

Red Bull and Leclerc will go into Quali with three sets of Softs only. Must be really worried about tyre wear tomorrow

Interesting. We havent really seen any medium runs of any significance.

[SparkyAMG]

Red Bull and Leclerc will go into Quali with three sets of Softs only. Must be really worried about tyre wear tomorrow

In the case of Max (who isn't taking a penalty as far as I know) they're probably quite confident he can get through Q1 and Q2 on the same set of softs, or at the very least they're confident he'll only need one new set in Q3 to get the job done against the Mercs. And I'd agree.

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Red Bull and Leclerc will go into Quali with three sets of Softs only. Must be really worried about tyre wear tomorrow

In the case of Max (who isn't taking a penalty as far as I know) they're probably quite confident he can get through Q1 and Q2 on the same set of softs, or at the very least they're confident he'll only need one new set in Q3 to get the job done against the Mercs. And I'd agree.

yeah, but nonetheless very unusual - don't think I have seen this before. It'll probably be doable, but so far track improvement was huge, so it comes with a bit of a risk.

Going by FP3, I'd think it's still very open, by the way. Sainz may be no real contender in the race anyway, but could very well take pole. Usually Ferrari has more in hand in qualifying, and it was very close in practice.