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Post by Hoovie on Feb 20, 2018 16:41:26 GMT
FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO HEINEKEN DE MÉXICO 2018 Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez First Grand Prix 1963 Number of Laps 71 Circuit Length 4.304KM Race Distance 305.354KM Lap Record 1:18.785 by Sebastian Vettel (2017) Fri 26 Oct – Sun 28 Oct 2018 Practice 1 Fri 10:00 – 11:30 Practice 2 Fri 14:00 – 15:30 Practice 3 Sat 10:00 – 11:00 Qualifying Sat 13:00 – 14:00 Race Sun 13:10 – 15:10  |
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 24, 2018 9:32:53 GMT
Live on Sky Sports F1
Live on BBC Radio 5 Live (commentary) and BBC website (live text updates)
Highlights on Channel 4
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 24, 2018 9:45:13 GMT
I would be willing to put a fairly decent bet on the Championship being decided by the end of this Race.
Lewis Hamilton needs to finish no better than 7th to guarantee the WDC - This year apart from the one retirement in Austria, his lowest finish has been 4th. Even if Lewis finishes below 7th, Sebastian Vettel would still need to win the race to keep his mathematical chances alive.
It is clear this year that there are 3 teams in the top class - Mercedes, Ferrari & Red Bull - and the rest are nowhere in comparision. so even if all 6 cars in the top tier had penalties which put them to the back 6 places of the grid at the start, they would still finish in the top 6 (so Lewis Hamilton could have to have a new engine and gearbox say and it still wouldn't make any difference to his WDC wrapup chances in Mexico)
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Post by jasehutch on Oct 24, 2018 12:14:31 GMT
That's jinxed it then Hoovie..  |
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Post by phaeton on Oct 26, 2018 9:01:39 GMT
Let's have a reverse grid ala F1 stock car grid, not a fan of Mexico track, seems a bit Mickey Mouse to me, I'm sure Liberty are hoping Hamilton has a mechanical or crash to keep it going
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 26, 2018 9:49:56 GMT
It may be a bit artificial, but one way to even out the performances a little might be to take the system used in Touring Cars for a while (and maybe still?) - that of Performance Ballast.
Top 10 cars get added ballast, dropping down from say 10kg to 1kg per position based on previous race results (the engineers seem to know exactly how each kilo of fuel seems to make in terms of lap times, so getting the right weight for the right impact should be fairly easy)
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Post by unclebob on Oct 27, 2018 7:37:20 GMT
Mercedes are down on performance over the Friday practice ...wonder if it’s down to the high altitude? Although saying that it should affect all the teams 🤔
Max was unbeatable...well he was until the engine packed up 🙄🙄....no point having performance if you’ve not got reliability !
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Post by phaeton on Oct 27, 2018 9:50:22 GMT
no point having performance if you’ve not got reliability !
I do hope that is not true next year
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Post by unclebob on Oct 28, 2018 21:05:21 GMT
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Well done to our boy 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁 |
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 28, 2018 22:14:55 GMT
Yeah Baby! Well done to Lewis. The next two races should be good with little to play for it will be racing to get the best results.
The performance gap between Tier 1 (MB, RBR and Ferrari) and the rest is embarassing! |
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Post by unclebob on Oct 28, 2018 22:18:45 GMT
Almost a race within a race 😉
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 29, 2018 9:07:03 GMT
In the 'olden days' when there was a hell of a lot less money in F1 some years the F1 cars and F2 cars would race together -and I think occasionally were the same car!
I wonder if there should be a "Non-manufacturer" Constructers Championship - and even Drivers one? - to make it more relevant to the smaller teams who haven't got a hope in hell of winning any more.
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Post by Hoovie on Oct 30, 2018 11:31:42 GMT
Be interesting to see if in the New Years Honours, There will be a "Sir Lewis Hamilton"?
Given that we have a Sir Bradly Wiggens and a Sir Chris Hoy and Sir Mo Farah amongst many other sporting Sirs and Dames, I did not really understand how this did no happen last year when he became the most successful British F1 Racing Driver (ahead of Sir Jackie Stewart), and if he doesn't become a GBE after a 5th Title, it would need some explanations IMO.
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Post by phaeton on Oct 30, 2018 11:37:30 GMT
Brilliant idea if only to piss off Not Sir David Beckham
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Post by philip42h on Oct 30, 2018 13:43:43 GMT
Be interesting to see if in the New Years Honours, There will be a "Sir Lewis Hamilton"? Given that we have a Sir Bradly Wiggens and a Sir Chris Hoy and Sir Mo Farah amongst many other sporting Sirs and Dames, I did not really understand how this did no happen last year when he became the most successful British F1 Racing Driver (ahead of Sir Jackie Stewart), and if he doesn't become a GBE after a 5th Title, it would need some explanations IMO. Wiggins, Hoy, Farah and several others earned there honours by successfully representing their country at the Olympic Games. While Lewis is most certainly British, in F1 he represents Lewis Hamilton (earning a not too small fortune in the process) and the Mercedes F1 team rather than his country. So, no knighthood earned and no further explanation needed IMHO. That is not to say that he isn't deserving of an honour and may well get one for "services to motor racing" in due course - after he has retired ... just as Sir Jackie Stewart did.  |
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