Nico Rosberg has won the first Mexican Grand Prix in its current shape, leading the race from start to finish. He led his team mate Lewis Hamilton throughout while Valtteri Bottas completed the podium in third place.
It's just shades of Singapore all over again. The same feeling... I need to do some betting this week.Jonnycraig wrote:No. Even at nearly Monaco spec, they're only getting Monza effect DF.fenix4life wrote:Would someone dare to go low DF?
They wouldn't keep it on the track with a low DF setup.
He was joking....I hope.J0rd4n wrote:Far too little running to make that conclusion...PlatinumZealot wrote:Mercedes are in trouble. The tarmac is too oily.
look at the lap times, no way Renault (Kvyat) finishes in front of both Merc & Ferrari at a power track! It's a brand new track, testing programs are all over the place, and multiple teams are having brake cooling issues.PlatinumZealot wrote: It's just shades of Singapore all over again. The same feeling... I need to do some betting this week.
I disagree on it being a power track in it's current state. Teams are grip limited, thus run as much downforce as they can, and Red Bull got plenty. Horsepower isn't useful if you can't put it down on the road.dans79 wrote:look at the lap times, no way Renault (Kvyat) finishes in front of both Merc & Ferrari at a power track! It's a brand new track, testing programs are all over the place, and multiple teams are having brake cooling issues.
Can you paste it here? I can't view it since I'm not a member.gray41 wrote:Autosport reporting Aston Martin to take over Force India.
http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.p ... artin-deal
It's a very strange track with its own rules. It will feel like a power track since top speeds are high and grip levels low, but indeed the set up is maximum downforce (and cooling).ME4ME wrote:I disagree on it being a power track in it's current state. Teams are grip limited, thus run as much downforce as they can, and Red Bull got plenty. Horsepower isn't useful if you can't put it down on the road.dans79 wrote:look at the lap times, no way Renault (Kvyat) finishes in front of both Merc & Ferrari at a power track! It's a brand new track, testing programs are all over the place, and multiple teams are having brake cooling issues.
I think both Red Bull and Toro Rosso have again a chance to be near the front.
Nathanael F1 wrote:Can you paste it here? I can't view it since I'm not a member.gray41 wrote:Autosport reporting Aston Martin to take over Force India.
http://beta.autosport.com/news/report.p ... artin-deal
The Force India Formula 1 team is closing on a deal to be rebranded as Aston Martin Racing next season, Autosport understands.
The move will bring the British sportscar manufacturer back to F1, over half a century after its previous brief foray in 1959 and 1960.
Aston Martin wants to have a presence in F1 to take on sportscar rivals McLaren and Ferrari on track as well as off.
It previously discussed a return to F1 in a tie-up with Red Bull as well as holding talks with Williams and Force India, before ultimately deciding to focus on the latter.
Alongside the team name change, it is understood the livery will become blue and gold as part of a link-up with sponsor Johnnie Walker.
Aston Martin will receive branding on the car while there be synergy on R&D to allow for significant technology transfer from F1 to its road car business.
Force India's engine supplier Mercedes, which owns five per cent of Aston Martin, is said to have given its blessing to such an arrangement.
Speaking to Autosport, Force India team principal Vijay Mallya said: "If tomorrow someone comes and offers me a good sum of money for title sponsorship, I'll seek the team name.
"If the marque comes along and I have to change the team name, I have to look at what it does for the team in terms of profile.
"It's premature to talk about it now, but we're talking.
"Nothing is done until it's done. I don't like to count my chickens until they are hatched."
A Force India spokesman said: "We continue to have a number of discussions about 2016 and beyond with both our current and new partners who see a commercial value in a relationship with Force India.
"When the time is right we will make suitable announcements in conjunction with our commercial partners. The future remains very bright for the team."
Force India will need to apply to F1's commercial rights holder to get approval for a name change, but such permission is believed to be a formality.
EDIT:power is 22% less, so the turbo spins faster to input more oxygen to ICE. It will spin 8% more here than Abu Dhabi
Merc were 0.6 faster just on the home straight when they actually had a go....ME4ME wrote:I disagree on it being a power track in it's current state. Teams are grip limited, thus run as much downforce as they can, and Red Bull got plenty. Horsepower isn't useful if you can't put it down on the road.dans79 wrote:look at the lap times, no way Renault (Kvyat) finishes in front of both Merc & Ferrari at a power track! It's a brand new track, testing programs are all over the place, and multiple teams are having brake cooling issues.
I think both Red Bull and Toro Rosso have again a chance to be near the front.
Yep, Lewis was up 1.1 seconds after sector 2 on his medium run, and then he dove into the pits.J0rd4n wrote:Rosberg set a very fast S1 time before his brakes failed and Hamilton was on a great lap until he pitted before completing it.
We haven't seen anything representative from them yet.
He had another lap which was clean. That one was kept. The even faster one was deleted.F1NAC wrote:dunno if anyone posted. This is from Renault
EDIT:power is 22% less, so the turbo spins faster to input more oxygen to ICE. It will spin 8% more here than Abu Dhabi
Question: Why FIA didn't delete VES time if he cut the corner? (didn't watch FP1 but reading online that he cut the corner)
