Grand Prix thread LENOVO UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 2023

Has anyone noticed that there are no comments on the BBC about the sprint ?

 

Both Haas and both Aston Martin cars to start from the pitlane today. Back of the grid will look weird.

 

Something wrong with Max’s tyres or is he biding his time? Lewis over 2.5 seconds ahead in 2nd and quietly catching Norris.

 

I think Mercedes should avoid playing Max's game. Hold on for a few more laps and do the one stop

 

That lockup by Lewis won’t help with extending his stint Max now a couple of seconds ahead if Lewis stops now and a 3.6 second stop by Lewis gives Max a healthy gap

 

Well Merc have buggered Ham’s strategy.

 

Unless he's trying a 1 stop?

 

I think they wanted to go longer for that to work. We’ll see if they can still make the hard last long enough.

 

Interesting race strategy wise, could make for a grand stand finish.

 

It's on the limit, but he may as well try it now.

 

No choice in the end, Ham was losing too much time.

 

Lando really should have held him back for longer there

 

Nobody seems to be fighting the overtakes. Same with the Ferraris earlier when Lewis was on his way through. Lots of DRS overtakes and not much resistance.

 

Best Lewis can hope for is 2nd as he’s on mediums to everyone else on hards. He had more pace than both Leclerc and Norris on either tyre.

 

can this be the one final Hamilton win??

he's got a half chance here.

 

Mercedes & Mclaren could've won this race, great strat call by RBR.

 

they left Hamilton too long but he's still got a half chance. we'll, maybe a 5% chance.

in the end their strategy got them past norris.

 

perez crawls to 5th.

 

2 laps shy of it.

maximum.

 

just a couple of Drs sections and Hamilton would be by.