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26 Oct

#F1: In a track that should’ve, on paper, favoured McLaren, Ferrari came out with one of their strongest performances against McLaren – the first valid comparison since the introduction of the upgrades.

While Verstappen and Hamilton may remain out of reach for Ferrari, the SF21 was faster than the MCL35M on every tyre compound at COTA. Leclerc was able to drive away in a clean race with a medium gap of over 3 tenths/lap over both McLaren cars.

McLaren was only 1 and a half tenth faster in Qualifying, due mainly to “the aerodynamic efficiency of the MCL35M compared to the (draggier) SF21, and no longer a power advantage of their client Mercedes Power Unit”, says a source close to Maranello.

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26 Oct

#F1: Anthony Hamilton on his thoughts about Lewis Hamilton continuing to race after 2023.

The seven-time world champion has outlasted many of his rivals though, and is still battling at the front after 15 seasons in F1.

He re-signed, for the first time, a two year contract, keeping him with the Mercedes as Formula One enters a new era of regulations next year.

His father isn’t sure how long Hamilton will stay after that, with the key being enjoying his driving.

“I’m not sure [how long he will race] is the answer, as I always say to him if you feel fit, if you’re still enjoying driving the car, still love getting in it,

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deni

@fiagirly

26 Oct

#F1: Lewis Hamilton’s father, Anthony Hamilton, has dismissed any suggestions of hatred between his son and title rival Max Verstappen, telling talkSPORT it’s all part of the competition.

With Hamilton and Verstappen currently battling it out in one of the greatest title fights Formula One has ever seen, their duels have also seen multiple stunning crashes, which led people and media outlets to speculate about their rivalry.

Anthony Hamilton has played down any suggestions the pair don’t like each other, telling talkSPORT: “No that’s not true, they’re fierce competitors.”

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deni

@fiagirly

26 Oct

#F1: Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin says they are going to arrive in Mexico with a car that is performing at the best of the car’s ability regardless of it being a track that historically favours Red Bull and the Honda PU.

The Silver Arrows don’t seem to have their spirits down after the #UGP, in fact, they took is as a big positive as they were able to push Red Bull at a race weekend where they had the competitive edge, and finish just 1.333s behind.

Andrew Shovlin says compared to what happened at the Dutch Grand Prix, where Verstappen was in a class of his own, the Austin performance was more heartening.

“This [US GP] is the toughest one that we've had for a long time. Since the [summer] break probably, only Zandvoort has

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deni

@fiagirly

26 Oct

#F1: Mark Hughes takes a look at next week’s Mexican Grand Prix and the chances of it being a Red Bull favoured track ‘again’. 👇🏽

Mexico is just under 2,200 metres above sea level, easily the highest altitude of any circuit on the calendar, that means the air is less dense by around 25% (less oxygen) than at sea level and it always has a profound effect on the performance of the cars.

The traits of the RB16B and W12 are very different, both in terms of power unit and aerodynamics. The unique conditions of the Mexican circuit are likely to reward or punish them each differently.

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deni

@fiagirly

25 Oct

#F1: 2021 United States Grand Prix Tyre Analysis.

An intensely tactical race, won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Max Verstappen with the preferred two-stop strategy, having started from pole. After losing the lead to Lewis Hamilton at the start, Verstappen made his first pit stop from medium to hard compound on lap 11,

with a successful ‘undercut’ to gain the lead from Hamilton, who stopped three laps later.

Double undercut for Verstappen, at the second round of pit stops. Hamilton then went eight laps longer to have much fresher hard tyres at the finish and race the RB16B on strict pace over

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