2023 Mexican Grand Prix - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Oct 27 - 29

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[chrisc90]

The merc looks a bit cumbersome

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Ya.

Max completely --- up the first sector. Still fastest.

Yeah RB is fast here it seems. Max also had a wobble in final sector. They have a setup that works at least very well over 1 lap

Merc locking up all over the place

Why is Ricciardo this fast? And Bottas?

Some glory runs?

Maybe copying Williams' run plan with Albon?

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Merc locking up all over the place

This has been a characteristic of Mercedes cars in Mexico for almost a decade.

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Merc locking up all over the place

This has been a characteristic of Mercedes cars in Mexico for almost a decade.

Yeah.. why

[chrisc90]

Perez is pretty sharp on the hard tyres. Low 1:23s

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Ferrari now significantly faster than RB/Macca on straights. Engine mode turned up a little like they often do for FP2?

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Perez is pretty sharp on the hard tyres. Low 1:23s

Probably a simulation of second stint. Norris did a hard run averaging ~1.23.00 in Fp1 so I think that's what they're doing. Expecting everyone to do Medium-Hard in the race

[mwillems]

Ferrari now significantly faster than RB/Macca on straights. Engine mode turned up a little like they often do for FP2?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9euXGJXAAA ... =4096x4096

They were significantly faster at Austin in the race and Q, suggestions were that they were running a lightly softer rear, could be the case here, but the car is also very slippy.

[chrisc90]

Perez is pretty sharp on the hard tyres. Low 1:23s

Probably a simulation of second stint. Norris did a hard run averaging ~1.23.00 in Fp1 so I think that's what they're doing. Expecting everyone to do Medium-Hard in the race

He’s beating/matching Max on the harder compound. I expect Perez to be on slightly lighter fuel for the second stint simulation compared to max on heavy fuel for the 1st stint

[Xyz22]

Dirty air here is borderline awful. They need to remove this track from the calendar. It's terrible.
Long run data will be impacted by the rain which is heavier in the last sector.

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Maybe Perez is on the pace without caveats.

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Ferrari now significantly faster than RB/Macca on straights. Engine mode turned up a little like they often do for FP2?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9euXGJXAAA ... =4096x4096

That Mclaren is unfair in S2

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Ferrari now significantly faster than RB/Macca on straights. Engine mode turned up a little like they often do for FP2?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9euXGJXAAA ... =4096x4096

RB has slowed down a bit. They will touch 350-351 in qualifying using the RB18 as reference.

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Telemetry indicates RB running detuned modes as usual and Verstappen brought tyres in gently. But it looks like, from the running in fp2, McLaren will be 2nd force here.

Data and chart from Federico Albano on twitter

https://twitter.com/Fred__18/status/171 ... 4EkkQ&s=19