The 2021 Bumpus Grand Prix of Austin

[MonteCristo]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Max!

[Everso Biggyballies]

Lewis and Bottas are out early for their final run, and they both go yellow in S1. Lewis goes fastest
Rain coming in pitlane now.
Max goes quicker and Sergio stays 3rd....

SO POLE FOR MAX

[White six]

Cream rose to the top eventually

[Everso Biggyballies]

So Max with the only 32 of the weekend.

Lewis and Max on the front row of a race that has never been won from anyone not on the front row.

Final order in qualy pre penalties added

1 Max VERSTAPPEN1:32.910 4
2 Lewis HAMILTON+0.209 5
3 Sergio PEREZ+0.224 5
4 Valtteri BOTTAS+0.565 5
5 Charles LECLERC+0.696 5
6 Carlos SAINZ+0.882 5
7 Daniel RICCIARDO+0.898 5
8 Lando NORRIS+0.977 5
9 Pierre GASLY+1.208 6
10 Yuki TSUNODA+2.008 6


11 Esteban OCON- - 4
12 Sebastian VETTEL- - 3
13 Antonio GIOVINAZZI- - 3
14 Fernando ALONSO- - 4
15 George RUSSELL- - 4



16 Lance STROLL- - 2
17 Nicholas LATIFI- - 2
18 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN- - 2
19 Mick SCHUMACHER- - 3
20 Nikita MAZEPIN- - 2

[White six]

Great stuff from Nikita . Starts 17th

[Circuitmaster]

A lot of people saying that this weekend was a Merc certainty. I know the race is a whole other matter than quali but.. they look a lot more beatable this season as a whole.

[White six]

A lot of people saying that this weekend was a Merc certainty. I know the race is a whole other matter than quali but.. they look a lot more beatable this season as a whole.

Wasn't expecting today's turnaround tbf

No sandbagging going on, I think it just took RB a while to work it out

[DoubleFart]

Need Checo to divebomb Lewis into t1.

[Circuitmaster]

Need Checo to divebomb Lewis into t1.

Yep, this. If Checo is close enough to do a dive, I say he should go for it 100%. Make Lewis jump out of the way, and if he doesn't.. *shrug*

I wouldn't normally condone this.. but karma calls.

[White six]

Seems like Merc have been running a softer rear suspension which allows them to gain straight line when the rear is forced down on the straight. The new version of bendy wings

They've had to abandon it here as the bumps were smashing the car to bits

Also the hotter temps have helped RB again.

I reckon we're gonna see structure failures today

PS it's just as hot today

[Everso Biggyballies]

Seems like Merc have been running a softer rear suspension which allows them to gain straight line when the rear is forced down on the straight. The new version of bendy wings

They've had to abandon it here as the bumps were smashing the car to bits

Also the hotter temps have helped RB again.

I reckon we're gonna see structure failures today

PS it's just as hot today

Yeah it seems that Max had a crack appear on his rear wing before qualy and they had to get the go ahead from the stewards to fix and strengthen the wing on both cars. At the time they had no idea what had caused it, but were going to investigate it overnight to determine the cause. That was going to determine their action for the race.

Also their lack of pace in the first session was that the setup they arrived with tuned out to be wrong and so they tuned it over the day and found the sweet spot.

[White six]

Seems like Merc have been running a softer rear suspension which allows them to gain straight line when the rear is forced down on the straight. The new version of bendy wings

They've had to abandon it here as the bumps were smashing the car to bits

Also the hotter temps have helped RB again.

I reckon we're gonna see structure failures today

PS it's just as hot today

Yeah it seems that Max had a crack appear on his rear wing before qualy and they had to get the go ahead from the stewards to fix and strengthen the wing on both cars. At the time they had no idea what had caused it, but were going to investigate it overnight to determine the cause. That was going to determine their action for the race.

Also their lack of pace in the first session was that the setup they arrived with tuned out to be wrong and so they tuned it over the day and found the sweet spot.

And Merc went backwards. They'll say they don't know why, but I'm sure they do.

Max needs to capitalise today as the favourable Merc conditions could soon return

Stay off them bumps

[Picci]

Really don’t know why Merc are suddenly on the backfoot here. Perhaps they’ve turned down their engines after all the failures they’ve seen around them. I don’t buy this whole “going in the wrong direction with the set up” because if you find a good one in FP1 you’re not going to suddenly go slower.

[White six]

Really don’t know why Merc are suddenly on the backfoot here. Perhaps they’ve turned down their engines after all the failures they’ve seen around them. I don’t buy this whole “going in the wrong direction with the set up” because if you find a good one in FP1 you’re not going to suddenly go slower.

Rear suspension

[SBan83]

Really don’t know why Merc are suddenly on the backfoot here. Perhaps they’ve turned down their engines after all the failures they’ve seen around them. I don’t buy this whole “going in the wrong direction with the set up” because if you find a good one in FP1 you’re not going to suddenly go slower.

Rear suspension

More on this (quoting a guy from TBK):

Seems like Merc have been running a softer rear suspension which allows them to gain straight-line speed when the rear is forced down on the straight. The new version of bendy wings

However, they've had to abandon it for COTA as the bumps were smashing the car to bits.

[Star]

Need Checo to divebomb Lewis into t1.

Yep, this. If Checo is close enough to do a dive, I say he should go for it 100%. Make Lewis jump out of the way, and if he doesn't.. *shrug*

I wouldn't normally condone this.. but karma calls.

I wholeheaterdly agree. What comes around goes around and it's time Mercedes got theirs