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The 2015 US Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:41 pm
by cmlean
This is the place to discuss everything related to the sixteenth round of the 2015 season taking place in Austin, Texas between the 23rd and 25th of October.
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Picks for Austin close at the start of Saturday practice
The event timetable for the US Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 19:00 GMT
Saturday
3rd Practice 10:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Qualifying 13:00 local time - 18:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 19:00 GMT
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 8:02 pm
by cmlean
This is another of Lewis Hamilton's favourite circuits with victories in two of the last three years at this event. Mercedes will have to start favourites.
Red Bull and Ferrari have also had strong performances at this circuit in the past but the Ferrari should finish on the podium.
Williams could be the dark horse at this event with the power of Mercedes pushing both Massa and Bottas towards the front. This could also apply to Force India and Lotus as they are again showing potential running at near the front. It must be contract time.
Toro Rosso with the new Renault evolution power unit and Sauber with their Ferrari version may surprise.
McLaren, with Alonso's brilliance and Button's doggedness, may finish just outside the ten. Oh, how they must be looking towards next season with 12 months racing development on the Honda and refinement of their chassis.
The Marussia's will again bring up the rear but not through lack of effort.
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:27 pm
by cmlean
Free Practice 1 Results
Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:54.0
2 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 01:55.2
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 01:55.6
4 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 01:55.7
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:55.7
6 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:55.7
7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 01:56.0
8 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:56.3
9 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:56.8
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams 01:56.9
11 Felipe Massa Williams 01:57.1
12 Sergio Perez Force India 01:57.1
13 Jenson Button McLaren 01:57.5
14 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 01:57.5
15 Romain Grosjean Lotus 01:58.3
16 Raffaele Marciello Sauber 01:59.4
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:59.7
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia 02:01.2
19 Will Stevens Marussia 02:01.9
20 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
Practice for Free Practice 1 has been disrupted by damp conditions.
Rain is forecast for Free Practice 2
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:37 pm
by cmlean
Free Practice 2
The session has been abandoned due to a torrential downpour with lightning threatening officials.
Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:01 pm
by cmlean
Free Practice 3 (and rain still tumbles on down)
Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:59.5
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 02:00.4
3 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 02:00.5
4 Valtteri Bottas Williams 02:00.5
5 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 02:00.7
6 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 02:00.7
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 02:00.8
8 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 02:01.0
9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 02:01.5
10 Felipe Massa Williams 02:02.2
11 Sergio Perez Force India 02:02.7
12 Romain Grosjean Lotus 02:02.8
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 02:02.9
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 02:03.4
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 02:04.4
16 Jenson Button McLaren 02:05.3
17 Will Stevens Marussia 02:05.4
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia 02:05.6
19 Felipe Nasr Sauber 02:06.8
20 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 02:10.0
Qualifying has been postponed until Sunday
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:31 am
by cmlean
Qualifying
Pos. Driver Team
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing
5 Sergio Perez Force India
6 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
7 Felipe Massa Williams
8 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
9 Fernando Alonso McLaren
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams
11 Romain Grosjean Lotus
12 Jenson Button McLaren
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
14 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber
17 Alexander Rossi Marussia
18 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
19 Will Stevens Marussia
NC Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
Note - Q3 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
Vettel and Raikkonen penalised 10 grid places, and Stevens 20 places, for unscheduled power unit component changes.
Sainz failed to set a time within the Q1 107 percent requirement - races at the stewards' discretion.
Source:- Formula1.com
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 11:45 am
by cmlean
Race Results
Pos. Driver Team
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
5. Sergio Perez Force India
6. Jenson Button McLaren
7. Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso
8. Pastor Maldonado Lotus
9. Felipe Nasr Sauber
10. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
11. Fernando Alonso McLaren
12. Alexander Rossi Manor
Sainz incurs a post race 5 second penalty for speeding in the pits to drop him from position 6.
Next Race: Round 17 Mexico 30 October - 1 November 2015
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 6:13 pm
by Thaddeus
Went for Verstappen. Very impressive driver, and although he didn't seem to get much airtime, 4th for Toro Rosso is a great result.
If Red Bull left the sport the loss wouldn't be two teams or Horner's constant bleating, it'd be the quartet of strong drivers that should be in the sport.