Lando went yesterday to a Palmeiras football match: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWIW7JjsLvV/ Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Track layout DRS 1 - Detection - Apex of Turn 2 Activation - 30m after Turn 3 DRS 2 - Detection - 30m after Turn 13 Activation 2 - 160m after Turn 15 - A small area at the apex of Turn 4 has been resurfaced. - The apex kerbs at Turn 6 & Turn 7 have been replaced with a new Bevel Kerb. - The track surface has been grooved to assist drainage between Turns 9 & 10 and on the RHS of the pit straight. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Curfew for tonight has been removed so teams can work through the night once all the delayed freight has finally arrived to be ready for Friday FP1/Quali, McLaren and Ferrari the teams most severely impacted.
Have the planes arrived already? I thought they got stuck because of the bad weather in Mexico, but some news say that the problem was at the Miami airport instead.
On his Instagram Story (1 hour ago), Mark Sutton said that six teams have no cars yet, Red Bull and Mercedes have their cars but none of the teams have their engines yet…
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Ricciardo received a surprise box of brigadeiros (Brazilian sweet) which were cooked by Raffaela Massa (Felipe's wife): Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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AMuS On Thursday morning, the trucks with the cargo trickled into the circuit. The engines were promised to the teams by 2 p.m. at the latest. Except for Alpine and Aston Martin, every team was affected. Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Haas and McLaren closed the garages because there was nothing for the mechanics to work on.
Mercedes have found a waterpressure issue on the PU, used at the MexicoGP and they might change to another new one, which would mean a 5 place grid drop. Nothing confirmed though. Yet.
About an hour ago the Haas garage was still closed and blocked. In the meantime Günther Steiner revealed that the Haas freight as arrived in Brazil, but not all of it yet at the track Image Unavailable, Please Login
AMuS Mercedes denies the engine issues. There were neither difficulties nor a water pressure drop. But Mercedes does not provide any information about the engine plans for this weekend: "There are no grid penalties to report yet." This could indicate that Mercedes wants to wait for Friday (quali) before deciding. An engine change does not seem to be urgent. Team says that with the existing contingent and a new calibration (from Mexico) they can finish the season with no penalties.
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Lewis finishing behind Max would make a dnf required...that will be a very difficult hill to climb, especially with Max flying high.
