Paddock this morning..........sunrise Image Unavailable, Please Login The FIA formally confirms that Renault Sport F1 Team have used their first of TWO CURFEW JOKERS overnight. Image Unavailable, Please Login Tire deg. on the Mclaren (hypersoft)..........yikes!!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
I like Mexico. The thin air is another wild card the teams have to deal with and makes for an interesting weekend.
The local Ferrari Dealership in my area used to do F1 viewing parties. However, in Illinois, dealers can not sell cars on Sunday. I guess it was a bit much to ask the employees to come in on their only day off to host the events. Hopefully they (Ferrari Lake Forest) will do some again in the future. Joe
Official FIA weather forecast has a 40% chance of a shower in FP3, which starts in just under an hour. For qualifying there a "significant risk of a developing shower that can easily become a thunderstorm."
uh-huh Yeah Charlie, it's called track limits. It needs to be consistent in every race. Charlie Whiting has issued a zero-tolerance warning for F1 cars running wide during MexicanGP qualifying and the race.
Bottas car is smoking Hydraulic failure??? Edit: looks to be the hydraulics. Crew will be busy before quali.
Nice Prac 3. More normal yet Red Bull are still quick. Dry qualy should be interesting. I think Red Bull front row is possible.
The FIA will allow Mercedes to change out there PU's without penalty for the Hydraulic and overheating was caused by the FIA tech inspector left taco wrappers in the cooling duct by accident
...:and FIA will reinburse Mercedes for all expenses incurred plus provide all Mercedes Team with a 5 days all expenses paid in a resort in Cancun as compensation for their distress...and disruption of their narural winning flow...
Way back in the normally aspirated age. Some teams would bring an engine with more compression ratio because of the 10,000 foot altitude. It probably doesn't matter as much with a turbo, But other things could be effected.
Interesting article. https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/motor-mouth-formula-one-tries-and-fails-to-reverse-58-years-of-discrimination
