Formula 1 Gran Premio De La Ciudad De México 2021Formula 1

[Grayfox]

Because........?

To move lewis up one grid place, why else.

 

[Samus]

Do we have to do the HAM bashing already? Keep it in your pants.

 

[McLaren]

“Yeah, man!”

 

[Jimlaad43]

Red Bull are going to be pooing themselves after the first runs there. Wow Mercedes.

 

[andrea]

Uno reverse card has been pulled.

 

[McLaren]

Max did look like he slipped up a bit and didn’t get a tow. I won’t be surprised if he makes up the pace by putting in a strong lap and a tow.

Edit* Which RB is having rear wing issues? Perez was having a helluva time there.

Yuki’s fault for distracting Perez, apparently.

 

[Sum1s2pid]

Wow, I was not expecting Mercs on the front row. Well done, Bottas. And well done, Gasly. 😮

 

[PaMu1337]

First all-Merc front row this season

 

[Jimlaad43]

Turn
Up
For
The
Books

 

[Adam41]

"Unbelievable. Such a dumb idiot"

 

[Samus]

Red Bull clearly have a much bigger issue with their rear wings than they're letting on. Rear of VER all over the place.

 

[Jezza819]

Max did look like he slipped up a bit and didn’t get a tow. I won’t be surprised if he makes up the pace by putting in a strong lap and a tow.

Edit* Which RB is having rear wing issues? Perez was having a helluva time there.

Yuki’s fault for distracting Perez, apparently.

I think they were showing duct tape on Max's rear wing.

 

[NotThePrez]

Looks like Tsunoda went off the track and the dust he kicked up compromised both Red Bulls' lap.

Also, the wiggle on Max's car on the front straight was a bit sketchy.

 

[PaMu1337]

Red Bull clearly have a much bigger issue with their rear wings than they're letting on. Rear of VER all over the place.

A duct-taped wing can't be ideal

 

[McLaren]

I think they were showing duct tape on Max's rear wing.

Ah. I briefly saw the close up of the duct tape and they were talking about an exposed DRS system or something while I was busy with a chore.

 

[PaMu1337]

Did anyone catch what this Fangio award is about? Was nearly impossible to hear

 

[McLaren]

Did anyone catch what this Fangio award is about? Was nearly impossible to hear

Would’ve liked to but ESPN decided F1 had taken up too much time from watching 2 dudes beat the absolute crap out of each other preview.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Did anyone catch what this Fangio award is about? Was nearly impossible to hear

The award for pole position at this GP

 

[PaMu1337]

The award for pole position at this GP

But why an award for specifically this gp?

 

[Famine]

But why an award for specifically this gp?

70th anniversary of Fangio's first world championship.

No idea why they've decided to mark that anniversary here (COTA would have been nearer the right date) and with an award for pole position though.

 

[Jimlaad43]

But why an award for specifically this gp?

70th Anniversary of Fangio's first world title

 

[Samus]

But why an award for specifically this gp?

70th anniversary of his first title, although it was actually Oct 28th.

EDIT: Seems this was just decided by Mexican GP organisers rather than being an FOM thing.

“It is a true honour to be collaborating with the Juan Manual Fangio Foundation to offer such a unique gift to the pole-sitter of our event,” said Federico Gonzalez Compean, General Manager of the Mexican GP.

“Fangio is a true ambassador for Formula 1 in Latin America and all over the world, and I’m sure any of the current drivers would love to have such an emblematic helmet in their collection.

“It’s been 70 years since Fangio’s first World Championship and to date, he is still one of the top drivers in Formula 1 of all time.”

 

[McLaren]

Hearing on Reddit Horner threw Yuki under the bus saying they got “Tsunoda’d”?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Hearing on Reddit Horner threw Yuki under the bus saying they got “Tsunoda’d”?

Yeah, he did say that, and that Max was up 2.5 tenths and Perez 2 tenths up to that point.

 

[McLaren]

Yeah, he did say that, and that Max was up 2.5 tenths and Perez 2 tenths up to that point.

Idk if I agree with Horner there. Was RB’s plan not to run 3 cars there so Perez would get a tow by using a rookie driver from the sister team? Would think they can take some of the blame. From my understanding, them getting Yuki into Q3 has already put a dent in his race start tomorrow, I think because of what tires he’ll be on.

Someone also shared a tweet where it may be a communication error to Yuki about Perez’s pace going by team radio. I’ll see if I can find it again.

 

[PeterJB]

If Tsunoda pulling off like that was planned it clearly wasn't very well thought out as that would always trigger yellow flags.

 

[Samus]

Yeah, he did say that, and that Max was up 2.5 tenths and Perez 2 tenths up to that point.

Which is typical Horner bull.

For one, they were already behind after the first run without that. So clearly Merc had the raw pace.

Secondly, VER was +0.066 after S1 and +0.270 after S2. There is no way that VER lost nearly half a second because of TSU.

Not to mention TSU did nothing wrong anyway, he got out of the way cleanly. Not his fault PER got distracted.

 

[GroupB]

I think that’s the Bottas we all thought we were getting back in 2017, and now here we are nearing the end and that guy largely failed to show up over the last 5 seasons.

 

[PeterJB]

I think that’s the Bottas we all thought we were getting back in 2017, and now here we are nearing the end and that guy largely failed to show up over the last 5 seasons.

It's all for moot cause he'll part like the Red Sea for Lewis tomorrow.

 

[AshenGraey]

Merc locked out the front row 😲....I guess I'll take this back!! Lol

Mercedes is absolutely nowhere on this track.....0.6+ second between Lewis and Sergio in FP3.....Red Bull is going to mop the floor with them this weekend

Lets see how the start goes tomorrow cause it's really all to play for.