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It looked like yet another easy win for Max Verstappen as the Dutchman easily controlled the Mexican Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton had a good race but lost out on the hard tyre in second stint. Home hero Sergio Perez finished third after failing to find a way past the Mercedes.
I wouldn't say the RB18 is dominant either, but it's a chassis with no glaring weakness, unlike some of the Mercs we saw in the late 2010s. The car is fast across all types of tracks, all types of weather conditions. It helps having a driver like Max, but even the most dominant Mercs had issues handling very hot weather, altitude or tracks like Monaco/Singapore.Mchamilton wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:23The car hasn't been particularly dominant, it's best quality is it's consistency, couple that with a driver like Max and get results like this year.jz11 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:18you think that will stop the "that car is dominant" crowd from saying that that car is dominant?Mchamilton wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:15
Chances are lewis left a little margin as he had 1st lap deleted. And george was like 0.025 down at end of sector 2 before be fluffed t12. So I think max advantage was slightly exaggerated.
Yup. I think it would have been within a tenth. Saying this as a Merc fan Verstappen outdrove the Mercedes drivers today imo. Both of his laps were super clean and fast. Gotta give credit when its due. Im not even sure if the rbr is faster than the merc here. We will find out tomorrow probably. Max made the difference today.BlueCheetah66 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:29For those of you that want to know, Russell was matching Verstappen to the hundredth before his mistake. Would have been incredibly close if he had kept it clean
Mexico has always been a balance of preserving tyres for the final sector. Russell simply chose to consume all of his early out and had crap grip after that.BlueCheetah66 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:29For those of you that want to know, Russell was matching Verstappen to the hundredth before his mistake. Would have been incredibly close if he had kept it clean
Might be the case but from the onboards and the telemetry it does just look like he tried to carry too much speed into the corner, more than normal. There was no signs of any large understeer or oversteerPlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 Oct 2022, 00:22Mexico has always been a balance of preserving tyres for the final sector. Russell simply chose to consume all of his early out and had crap grip after that.BlueCheetah66 wrote: ↑29 Oct 2022, 23:29For those of you that want to know, Russell was matching Verstappen to the hundredth before his mistake. Would have been incredibly close if he had kept it clean
Is it? I always remember the crappy Renault engine performing there well in the RB. It seems like thin air makes under performing PUs look better.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 Oct 2022, 01:23The thin Mexico city air puts to bed the weak engine argument at least.
What does that have to do with anything? For years, Mexico was an equalizer for the awful Renault and Honda engines.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 Oct 2022, 01:23The thin Mexico city air puts to bed the weak engine argument at least.