2016 Grand Prix of Mexico - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, 28-30 October

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PhillipM wrote:Force India have been getting faster and faster through the year, I hope it's not at the expense of next years car.
Well, everybody is improving as there are many parts which will be the same next year. It would be stupid not to bring these improvements for the 2016 car. I think the opposite is true: If they would fall behind now, this would not be a good sign for next year.
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Well, unfortunately for them the nose won't have much carry-over given the extra length next year, but they do seem to be on the up, lets hope they don't have any more first lap incidents tommorow and show their true pace at last!

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PhillipM wrote:Well, unfortunately for them the nose won't have much carry-over given the extra length next year, but they do seem to be on the up, lets hope they don't have any more first lap incidents tommorow and show their true pace at last!
No, the nose tip is the difficulty due to the crash test, the extra length will not change this. So if they get an aerodynamically better nose through the crash test this year, this will be a direct benefit for next year.

Soft seems to be much better than yesterday. So Q2 on Softs for the Mercs and the possibility for a 1-Stop?
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The extra nose length and car width will massively decrease the benefit of the nostril nose, so yes, it will change it.

Soft-Medium for the Merc I think on race day, they do seem to be able to switch those Mediums on better than anyone.



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Tire info wasn't working it seems.

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Rosberg seems to be clearly behind Lewis but it has been a weird FP3 with so much traffic. He could have problems with RB and Ferrari so he needs to improve his performance.

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Vasconia wrote:Rosberg seems to be clearly behind Lewis but it has been a weird FP3 with so much traffic. He could have problems with RB and Ferrari so he needs to improve his performance.
Or you know, he has a terrible weekend, finishes 6th tomorrow and we have a tight championship battle again #wishfulthinking
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turbof1 wrote:
Vasconia wrote:Rosberg seems to be clearly behind Lewis but it has been a weird FP3 with so much traffic. He could have problems with RB and Ferrari so he needs to improve his performance.
Or you know, he has a terrible weekend, finishes 6th tomorrow and we have a tight championship battle again #wishfulthinking
Do you call this a battle if we see such a poor performance of Rosberg? You can have them fighting for 1/2 now and in two weeks and a battle for the championship if Ham wins this weekend. Not more. But you can also have much less if either of the two falls behind in Q or at the start, then you have one race of boredom in regard to the championship, because the other one will just cruise to the win.
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It is a long run down to the first corner... And Rosberg has been complaining about his clutch engagement since yesterday... I smell blood.
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Not looking good for Rosberg.
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Vettel clearly blocking Hamilton on Q2. Oh the irony, who´s the idiot now? (refering to Vettel´s insult to Alonso on free practice) Not looking good for Rosberg...

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tonmeister wrote:Vettel clearly blocking Hamilton on Q2. Oh the irony, who´s the idiot now? (refering to Vettel´s insult to Alonso on free practice) Not looking good for Rosberg...
Alonso did it intentionally and vettel didn't. That's the difference.

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Engine problems for Kimi on his final run.
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