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[ToffeeTyres]

Such a shame Hamilton messed up Q3 as he would have surely won this race. Really enjoyed this race wasn’t expecting it to be as good and not talking Mercedes just race in general. A safety car would have made thing more exciting. And to add at the end of this comment. People saying Hamilton is past it is just wrong this race proved that

[Luscion]

Such a shame Hamilton messed up Q3 as he would have surely won this race. Really enjoyed this race wasn’t expecting it to be as good and not talking Mercedes just race in general. A safety car would have made thing more exciting. And to add at the end of this comment. People saying Hamilton is past it is just wrong this race proved that

Yea even his fastest in Q2 lap would have been enough to start P3 but he didnt get a clean run in. According to Shovlin, Lewis outperformed all their simulations

https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/reports/g ... ng-one-two

[Matt2725]

Impossible to say he would have won it.

This is based on the assumption that George drives the same race in that scenario, which he obviously would not.

His managing of his rubber towards the end made the pace differential look bigger than reality.

[GrizzleBoy]

Impossible to say he would have won it.

This is based on the assumption that George drives the same race in that scenario, which he obviously would not.

His managing of his rubber towards the end made the pace differential look bigger than reality.

Yes, but if Lewis is behind him the whole race, his ability to manage his rubber goes away, and he has not yet shown that his tyre management is on Lewis' level while on the same tyre strategy.

[Luscion]

https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/for ... las-vegas/

Overheating the tires would be a feat
The Grand Prix in Las Vegas offered a unique mixture that played into Mercedes' hands. The asphalt temperatures never rose above 17 degrees. The track surface is smooth and constantly offers little grip. Pirelli brought its three softest compounds to the gambling city. And the Mercedes is one of the cars that puts more strain on the rear tires than the front soles. The dreaded overheating of the tires would be a feat with these parameters. And that is precisely why the Las Vegas Strip Circuit offers the ideal conditions for the four-time winner of the season.

Only in the second half of the race did the grip improve with more tire rubber on the track. But only by so much that it did Mercedes no harm. McLaren and Ferrari were promptly able to set similar lap times to the leaders. Wolff breathed a sigh of relief: “Now we know the configuration where everything fits. We just have to find out how to get there safely and not fly out of the window.”

The double victory changed all travel plans. None of the team fled Las Vegas. Russell canceled his flight home: “We're celebrating with the team tonight. They deserve it. But on Monday we all have to sit down together and analyze exactly what made us so fast in Las Vegas. Perhaps these findings can also help us in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.”

The engineers are more optimistic. Despite the completely different track characteristics, they believe that Qatar also offers good opportunities. “It's another night race with constant temperatures. There are many fast corners that our car likes and few traction sections that our car doesn't like. The asphalt has little grip, the tire compounds are the same.”