I don't see why not. If they get the setup right, it should slice through the corners. Luckily a medium downforce setup can be very fast here, you don't have to pack on the rear downforce. Which means the car will be better balanced.
Austin is not high-altitude.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
Maybe he was referring to turn 1 ? That has to be high altitudezibby43 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 08:04Austin is not high-altitude.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
This has been a very strong circuit for Mercedes, and particularly Hamilton, for the entirety of the hybrid era.
I think it was because Mercedes always had the strongest PU, in combination with the driving skills of Lewis and Bottas of course.zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 08:04Austin is not high-altitude.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
This has been a very strong circuit for Mercedes, and particularly Hamilton, for the entirety of the hybrid era.
Strange perception. Statistically and especially in qualifying COTA is clearly one of the worst tracks for Hamilton in the hybrid era. He lost about 50% of the final Q sessions here against his teammate, some even further back...find this on another track...zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 08:04Austin is not high-altitude.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
This has been a very strong circuit for Mercedes, and particularly Hamilton, for the entirety of the hybrid era.
Race results are what counts. Hamilton won here in 2012, 2014-17. The years has hasn't won the race he hasn't really needed to. Sot it's absolutely a strong circuit for him and Mercedes.basti313 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 10:13Strange perception. Statistically and especially in qualifying COTA is clearly one of the worst tracks for Hamilton in the hybrid era. He lost about 50% of the final Q sessions here against his teammate, some even further back...find this on another track...zibby43 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 08:04Austin is not high-altitude.AeroDynamic wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 13:48In USA I don’t know what to expect. If the RB has the same issues using a bigger wing, MCS could run away with it. If they use a bigger wing but without problems then I’m going to think Newey has solved their problem. They’ve had 2 weeks since Turkey to figure it out some more.
It’s going to be interesting. For me, Max is the favourite, I’ll be surprised if Mercedes can keep up at high altitude, if Perez and max finish 1-2 and keep Lewis P3 or lower, that could be some real big advances.
This has been a very strong circuit for Mercedes, and particularly Hamilton, for the entirety of the hybrid era.
The race results were also not good given that the Merc was massively faster than any other car in nearly every year on this track. If you take away the hard turn 1 moves against Rosberg, what else is particularly good? Again...find a similar record on another track.
So I think the big question this weekend is if Redbull is 0.2sec close in Q. Then we have a good chance that Ver can split the Mercs and with one or two Bulls in the middle, turn 1 will be interesting. The big issue is, that COTA is also not particularly good for Perez, so maybe we see rather Gasly in P4 hunting a Merc into turn 1.
Is there any other track on the calendar where Ham did not win in 2018 or 2019? Especially one where the Merc was performing very well? I do not know any track where Ham did not win for two consecutive years although Merc taking pole.El Scorchio wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 11:13Race results are what counts. Hamilton won here in 2012, 2014-17. The years has hasn't won the race he hasn't really needed to. Sot it's absolutely a strong circuit for him and Mercedes.basti313 wrote: ↑20 Oct 2021, 10:13Strange perception. Statistically and especially in qualifying COTA is clearly one of the worst tracks for Hamilton in the hybrid era. He lost about 50% of the final Q sessions here against his teammate, some even further back...find this on another track...
The race results were also not good given that the Merc was massively faster than any other car in nearly every year on this track. If you take away the hard turn 1 moves against Rosberg, what else is particularly good? Again...find a similar record on another track.
So I think the big question this weekend is if Redbull is 0.2sec close in Q. Then we have a good chance that Ver can split the Mercs and with one or two Bulls in the middle, turn 1 will be interesting. The big issue is, that COTA is also not particularly good for Perez, so maybe we see rather Gasly in P4 hunting a Merc into turn 1.
Driver Points Total Lewis Hamilton 170 Sebastian Vettel 106 Valtteri Bottas 59 Max Verstappen 57 Nico Rosberg 56 Kimi Räikkönen 48 Fernando Alonso 43 Daniel Ricciardo 39 Felipe Massa 32 Carlos Sainz Jr. 30 Sergio Pérez 29 Romain Grosjean 25 Nico Hülkenberg 22 Jenson Button 21 Mark Webber 15 Charles Leclerc 13 Alexander Albon 10 Esteban Ocon 8 Pastor Maldonado 8 Lando Norris 6 Kevin Magnussen 4 Brendon Hartley 2 Felipe Nasr 2 Bruno Senna 1 Daniil Kvyat 1 Jean-Éric Vergne 1 Marcus Ericsson 1