Formula 1 2018 - Round 18 – USA

Burkie1203

pyramuid man wrote: »

Was Kimi going too slow or Hamilton going too quick under vsc? Kimi lost nearly 2 seconds on Hamilton before pitstop.

Hamilton came flying out of pitlane there. Looked like he slightly overcooked it into turn 1

Burkie1203

strawdog wrote: »

I think di resta made a good point tho. Bottas came into play if kimi pitted and we know how he likes to intervene in other people's races

Ferrari have to make a 1 stopper work now

Cool_CM

Hamilton 3.6 behind Kimi now

Tzardine

Hamilton seriously gaining on RAI. Going to be an interesting few laps.

Cool_CM

Hamilton about to get DRS...

dublinman1990

If Hamilton outscores Vettel by 8 points today. Hamilton will still win the F1 WC if he get 2nd place behind Raikkonen.

Ghost Train

I suppose all Hamilton has to do is wait for Kimi to pit if he can't just cruise past

CFlat

Kimi has to go in to the pits

skipper_G

Great camera work on the battle between Kimi and Hamilton. Loved the alternating onboard shots, the sense of speed from Hamilton's onboard through the 3,4,5 section was awesome

dublinman1990

Sainz has a 5 second penalty for gaining advantage on the 1st lap.

Hamilton is now in the lead. Raikkonen is now 5th. Vettel is now in 4th.

Cool_CM

Kimi did extremely well to hold him for that long. Hopefully it counts for something

strawdog

skipper_G wrote: »

Great camera work on the battle between Kimi and Hamilton. Loved the alternating onboard shots, the sense of speed from Hamilton's onboard through the 3,4,5 section was awesome

Disagree personally. Use of onboards annoying as makes it hard to see the 2 cars overall position in relation to the track so very hard to see if a move has stuck

skipper_G

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Sainz has a 5 second penalty for gaining advantage on the 1st lap.

Hamilton is now in the lead. Raikkonen is now 5th. Vettel is now in 4th.

Good for Force India, should give them an opportunity to squeeze another couple of points on Mclaren

recyclebin

Ferrari have to let Kimi by Vettel so he can win race.

AMKC

Great work and strategy by Red Bull and Verstappen there.

recyclebin

Assuming Hamiltons puts again

skipper_G

Verstappen is in the mix for the podium now, great work to make that undercut work

donspeekinglesh

strawdog wrote: »

Disagree personally. Use of onboards annoying as makes it hard to see the 2 cars overall position in relation to the track so very hard to see if a move has stuck

They need to use the movable cameras they use in indycar/Nascar.

dublinman1990

Great move by Verstappen. He is now in for a shot at a podium.

Vettel is now in 5th. He is now on soft.

TheDoctor

Be very surprised if Lewis has to pit again - can be very gentle on these tyres all the way to the end

recyclebin

Gap is at 17 seconds. Could be risky if tyres fall off cliff.

strawdog

TheDoctor wrote: »

Be very surprised if Lewis has to pit again - can be very gentle on these tyres all the way to the end

If its marginal as apparently pirelli think it is then i think he might put his championship hat on, pit again and have a go at the end but be happy with a solid podium

Harika

strawdog wrote: »

If its marginal as apparently pirelli think it is then i think he might put his championship hat on, pit again and have a go at the end but be happy with a solid podium

As long as he finishes ahead of vettel all is good. If he comes home second and vettel stays fifth he will be champion

dublinman1990

LeClerc is now out of the race.

Ghost Train

I think being the USA race Hamilton will want the win

Would be good if he had to pit again and pass on the track, but that might be difficult

Kimi closing gap, backmarkers helping

Inquitus

Merc seem to be shítting the bed with Hamilton's strategy here. Too many laps left and he is Haemorrhaging time.

recyclebin

Mercedes could blow this now. Too late to pit now.

Cool_CM

Wow, Lewis' tyres are shagged.

Harika

recyclebin wrote: »

Mercedes could blow this now. Too late to pit now.

But new ultrasoft versus used soft might do the trick

recyclebin

Be risky trying to pass Verstappen though if he pits. I think Hamilton will probably get by him and finish second.