Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021

[Dennisch]

Well, those aren't yellow.

 

[BrainsBush]

No, that's to Max, the gap to Hamilton is 35 sec

My mistake, read it too fast

 

[Veinz]

The mediums would not do well on this stint

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Not sure what Mercedes is planning here.

 

[PaMu1337]

Well, those aren't yellow.

Don't think he had fresh yellows left

 

[Jezza819]

I think Hamilton has plenty of time to chase down and pass Max with much newer tires.

 

[Samus]

Don't think he had fresh yellows left

He did, they both did, but they're probably not the best tyre to put on now.

 

[PaMu1337]

I think Hamilton has plenty of time to chase down and pass Max with much newer tires.

They will be close near the finish, but passing will be tough

 

[andrea]

Based Vettel

 

[Veinz]

New mediums aren’t good enough for what Lewis has to do. Hards are the only ones that can take the abuse.

 

[Fat Tyre]

Hamilton is not reducing the lead by much. With 15 laps remaining he should be reducing the gap by at least 0.7 seconds per lap to have some buffer to try and overtake a couple of times.

 

[GingerBredMan]

They will be close near the finish, but passing will be tough

As Alfa and Alpine showed, you basically just have to force the other driver wide and the position is yours.

 

[PaMu1337]

Hamilton is not reducing the lead by much. With 15 laps remaining he should be reducing the gap by at least 0.7 seconds per lap to have some buffer to try and overtake a couple of times.

Bit of luck with traffic can make a big difference. But don't think Lewis can do it

 

[GingerBredMan]

Black and white flag for Mazepin

 

[Veinz]

I don’t know how anyone can write off Lewis right now, we’ve seen this same situation multiple times this season. It can go either way.

 

[Dennisch]

Hamilton is flying at the moment.

 

[Blitz24]

Bit of luck with traffic can make a big difference. But don't think Lewis can do it

Tsunoda held up Verstappen for quite a while and that has killed Max.

 

[Touring Mars]

Well done Tsunoda for wrecking Verstappen's race

 

[-Fred-]

Wanna bet Yuki's going to be a roadblock?

 

[andrea]

Backmarkers halved the deficit

 

[PaMu1337]

Backmarkers halved the deficit

But Lewis needs to get past them too

Edit: nevermind, he got by easily

 

[Rossell2]

We're in for a fight aren't we?

 

[Blitz24]

But Lewis needs to get past them too

He's past them. Unless Mazepin ambles around in front of them again.

 

[Fat Tyre]

Maybe Mercedes will prove me wrong in the end, I'm impressed already.

 

[Blitz24]

At this point, I will be surprised if Hamilton isn't peeking through with 3 laps to go.

 

[Dennisch]

This is an annoying sort of excitement!

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

He's catching him slowly now, around 4 tenths-ish per lap.

edit: Looks like Mercedes predicted it right, it will be down to the last 3 laps.

 

[Adam41]

Unless Max's tyres massively drop off, Lewis' pace is nowhere good enough to make a pass even if he gets there.

Bottas having to lift following Sainz through the fast right hander at the end of sector 3, whereas Max was comfortably glued to Lewis' rear through every corner at the start of the race lap after lap.

Will happily eat my own words later.

 

[andrea]

butthole clench in full effect now

 

[Veinz]

All Lewis needs is drs