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

[DGP123]

a superb race, would have been a bit better without the safety cars though IMHO.

You rarely get an exciting race these days without the SC intervention. Not in this case, but I’m also convinced they throw it out, just for entertainment purposes, when a VSC would suffice.

This race was a stinker before Bottas beached it

[codetower]

Interesting that Gasly got a 5 second penalty so quickly for that 10 car gap to safety car on his first offense. I thought the first offense was only a reprimand?

[nick p]

What great races. What great wins. Dietrich Mateschitz is in the heart of everyone who loves racing

[AR3-GP]

I don't like the grid spacings and the way it seems like the track favors the P2 starting car. Many circuits favor P2 off the line. Pythagorean theorem says the polesitter has to travel a longer distance in order to move over and defend the inside line. The net is an automatic loss of ground relative to P2.

What's the point of pole (on circuits other than Monaco), if you basically have to have the start of your life in order to keep the lead.

[AR3-GP]

Danica Patrick and Jenson Button should get contracted to do a few races each year. Very good insight during the races.

[BlueCheetah66]

On the Alonso crash, I was kind of worried by how long he stayed nose up. I wonder how close his car was to flipping due to its own aero

[RZS10]

Interesting that Gasly got a 5 second penalty so quickly for that 10 car gap to safety car on his first offense. I thought the first offense was only a reprimand?

You got that wrong, the first one gets ignored, the second one is a verbal warning and the third one is the reprimand.

[chrisc90]

Apparently for damaged front wing end plates

[AR3-GP]

It's the FIA's responsibility to call them in. If anything, it's a procedural error of the FIA. Nothing to do with the teams involved who won't pit unless they are shown a flag requiring them to do so, therefore I fail to see how it makes sense to protest teams who weren't told they needed to pit.

I feel that Haas are deflecting from their poor race strat that damaged Mick's race.

[RZS10]

KMAG was forced to pit twice this season, Perez had the broken wing and was allowed to continue until the endplate fell off, Alonso had the broken mirror and drove until it fell off.

Understandable from their standpoint to at least bring attention to it.
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Stroll got a +3 grid drop for the next race for the incident with Alonso:

It was clear to us that the driver of Car 18 made a late move in reacting to the overtaking attempt by the driver of Car 14 by moving to the left. The stewards determine that the driver of Car 18 was predominantly to blame.

[PlatinumZealot]

I have never felt so vulnerable as a HAM supporter before.... The RedBull top speed was a given, but I knew it was over once Max's medium tyres were holding on. It's just flashbacks of the days when Vettel was at RedBull, the car was perfectly in tune with the driver and the chance of Vettel making a mistake was close to zero. Same with Max. When you have that, it's a forgone conclusion in the races.

[Rodak]

I don't like the grid spacings and the way it seems like the track favors the P2 starting car. Many circuits favor P2 off the line. Pythagorean theorem says the polesitter has to travel a longer distance in order to move over and defend the inside line. The net is an automatic loss of ground relative to P2.

What's the point of pole (on circuits other than Monaco), if you basically have to have the start of your life in order to keep the lead.

Maybe a bit more travel, but you get a way better line through the first turn and are able to make the apex.....

[AR3-GP]

I don't like the grid spacings and the way it seems like the track favors the P2 starting car. Many circuits favor P2 off the line. Pythagorean theorem says the polesitter has to travel a longer distance in order to move over and defend the inside line. The net is an automatic loss of ground relative to P2.

What's the point of pole (on circuits other than Monaco), if you basically have to have the start of your life in order to keep the lead.

Maybe a bit more travel, but you get a way better line through the first turn and are able to make the apex.....

Inside line wins on most circuits.

[Sieper]

I have never felt so vulnerable as a HAM supporter before.... The RedBull top speed was a given, but knew it was over once we saw the medium tyres were holding on. It's just flashbacks of the days when Vettel was at RedBull, the car was perfectly in tune with the driver and the chance of Vettel making a mistake was close to zero. When you have that, it's a forgone conclusion in the races.

Was that your feeling during the race? I really thought Hamilton had it, the longer lasting tire. Max who needed to get Leclerc first, then close the gap, and then have enough tire left to make an attempt somewhere. Really glad it happened though. Class racing by Max.

[chrisc90]

Wasn’t Russell’s end plate lodged over too? Although not flapping