2018 United States Grand Prix - Austin, 19-21 October

[Sierra117]

As the car gets lighter, the tyres will live longer.

[Just_a_fan]

Blistering on Hamilton's rears...Kimi for the win.

[NathanOlder]

How much wider did Sainz go than Vettel and where did he supposedly gain the advantage?

Yeah very harsh. No one deserved a penalty there. If 1 gets a penalty then they all should.

[NathanOlder]

Blistering on Hamilton's rears...Kimi for the win.

I'd pit on lap 40 and let Lewis eat Max and Kimi with his new softs.

[Phil]

My thinking is, assuming Mercedes stop again, they’ll do that soon enough which will give Kimi track position. Then try to win the race with him, while hoping that the battle will bunch up for Vettel to get closer.

Also; if Hamilton stops again, he might even fall behind Verstappen. Mercedes IMO in a tricky position. Conserve and try to get to the end or commit to the 2 stop and give up track position?

Highly unlikely they will stop again. It's like Vettel in Bahrain. Track position is usually king. Too risky to give up position and try and overtake a faster-on-straights Ferrari which could end in tears.

Yes, you were saying? Gap to Kimi and Max coming down, blistering showing up on the rears and 23 laps to go.

[yener]

He won't win with those tyres. Kimi will start to close the gap and take him over. After that he will slow down hamilton i guess to make sure vettel will catch up. Offcourse only if vettel survives crazy max

[Sierra117]

My thinking is, assuming Mercedes stop again, they’ll do that soon enough which will give Kimi track position. Then try to win the race with him, while hoping that the battle will bunch up for Vettel to get closer.

Also; if Hamilton stops again, he might even fall behind Verstappen. Mercedes IMO in a tricky position. Conserve and try to get to the end or commit to the 2 stop and give up track position?

Highly unlikely they will stop again. It's like Vettel in Bahrain. Track position is usually king. Too risky to give up position and try and overtake a faster-on-straights Ferrari which could end in tears.

Yes, you were saying? Gap to Kimi and Max coming down, blistering showing up on the rears and 23 laps to go.

As you may have noticed, Lewis isn't pushing at all. So whatever it is looks to be a usual case of the others pushing and Lewis not. Either way I expressed a possibility imo, not a fact. Let's see what happens.

[oT v1]

Merc need to limit the loses and just pit him.

[DiogoBrand]

Hamilton asking for blue flags? What's next? A "Honestly, what are we doing here?!" from him?

[seventhsin]

Hamilton really losing time now, he'll have to box this lap
Can Max tyres make it to the end? Another 20 laps... Surely not

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[Phil]

Mercedes compromized their race by stopping very early under the VSC. Considering his pace now, it seems they are trying to get to the end.

This is of course risky, given the state of his tires might be very bad towards the end. I also dont want to think back to China 2007....

[NathanOlder]

Surely if Merc chew the softs up in 20 laps, Ferrari can't get 35 laps out of them ??

[JonoNic]

Hamilton asking for blue flags? What's next? A "Honestly, what are we doing here?!" from him?

That would be funny if he said that.

[Just_a_fan]

Title race is going to Mexico. No way Hamilton will keep first with Vettel fifth, more likely second or even third with Vettel fourth...

[DiogoBrand]

Mercedes compromized their race by stopping very early under the VSC. Considering his pace now, it seems they are trying to get to the end.

This is of course risky, given the state of his tires might be very bad towards the end. I also dont want to think back to China 2007....

They didn't compromise the race by stopping early, he was in front even after his stop. They compromised the race by not making a 2nd stop earlier.