[Scarlet_Rider]

Formula 1 is back to Checo's backyard! Hoping he does a 'Grand Chelem'.

Grand Chelem or Grand Slam is scored in motor racing if a driver scores pole position in qualifying, the fastest lap in the race and then winning while leading every lap of the race in the same weekend.

Qualifying: Sunday, 30th October from 01:30 - 02:30 IST

Race: Monday, 31st October from 01:30 - 03:30 IST








Details of the track from Formula1.com

When was the track built?
In 1959. The father of Mexico’s most famous racing brothers, Ricardo and Pedro Rodriguez, was an advisor to Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateo, and had a word in his boss’s ear about building a racing circuit in Mexico City’s Magdalena Mixiuhca sports park using the existing internal roads. El Presidente liked the idea, and work on the track was completed in under a year.

When was its first Grand Prix?
Formula 1 cars arrived in 1962 for a non-championship race, returning the following year for a proper, bona fide Grand Prix. That 1963 race was won by Jim Clark, while for the next few years, Mexico’s fiesta vibes meant it became the traditional season-ender for Formula 1. Mexico was welcomed back onto the F1 calendar in 2015.

What’s the circuit like?
High up! The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez sits over 2km above sea level, making the 4.3km lap a breathless experience. The track still largely follows the outline of the original 1959 circuit, the main difference being that the spectacular – and spectacularly scary – Peralta corner is now bisected, with the circuit instead winding through the old Foro Sol baseball stadium, providing one F1’s most unique vistas.

Why go?
Mexico City is one of the world’s most buzzing, vibrant metropolises. And with the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez located just to the east of the city, with a metro station ready to whip you into the downtown at the end of each day’s racing action, the Mexican Grand Prix is a fantastic chance to properly mix sport and culture.

Where is the best place to watch?
Fight tooth and nail for a spot in the Foro Sol. Not only will you get to peer down into the cockpits of the drivers as they pass through the stadium, but the atmosphere when the podium ceremony unfolds there has to be experienced to be believed.





Sources:
https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2...o/Circuit.html
https://www.fia.com/news/f1-2022-mex...d-prix-preview

[volkman10]

FORMULA 1 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX 2022 - Qualifying

Mercedes in the hunt and Bottas between the Ferraris, an interesting race coming up!

[akshay380]

Is this shown live on any channels? I watch on hotstar but not having broadband for the night.

[Scarlet_Rider]

Originally Posted by akshay380

Is this shown live on any channels?

Check this link:

https://www.sportskeeda.com/f1/news-...stream-details

[ninjatalli]

Red Bull strategy team needs to be given a huge raise this year. Every race strategy of theirs has turned out correct against Ferrari in the past and Mercedes today.

Red Bull's tire strategy was on the dot. Both Hamilton and Russell weren't happy with the hard compound tires. In fact Hamilton realised long ago that they were not going to catch up with Verstappen.

Otherwise this turned out to be a clinical win for RedBull and Max specifically, giving him the world record of 14 wins in a season. Only (other) good racing in the race was Ricciardo's spirited drive in the second half. Good for him, inspite of that nasty incident with Tsunoda. Clearly worth the driver of the day award.

[Turbohead]

Disappointed that Checo didn't win the GP. We have been deprived of possibly wild celebrations from the Mexicans and especially his dad!

[Omkar]

Super boring and uneventful race. Races in the last couple of years have probably spoiled us. It had its moments, but if you missed watching the race, highlights are more than enough.

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Red Bull strategy team needs to be given a huge raise this year. Every race strategy of theirs has turned out correct against Ferrari in the past and Mercedes today.

Red Bull's tire strategy was on the dot. Both Hamilton and Russell weren't happy with the hard compound tires. In fact Hamilton realised long ago that they were not going to catch up with Verstappen.

Otherwise this turned out to be a clinical win for RedBull and Max specifically, giving him the world record of 14 wins in a season. Only (other) good racing in the race was Ricciardo's spirited drive in the second half. Good for him, inspite of that nasty incident with Tsunoda. Clearly worth the driver of the day award.

True. Strategy was crucial in this race, because everyone expected Red Bull to do 2 stops.

Was hoping Mercedes to take a gamble for the win. They played it safe by putting both Lewis and George on the same strategy. Both of them were happy with the Mediums and wanted to stay long. Rus even said he wanted to extend the mediums and switch to softs at the end.

This is exactly what Ricciardo did. He extended the Mediums for 44 laps! Then switched to softs and blasted past everyone. Someone mentioned it during or after the race that Red Bull probably saw Ricciardo's first stint and decided to extend their Mediums till the end.

Not sure what happened to Ferrari. Nowhere close to the Mercs and Red Bull. Russell was 30+ seconds ahead of Sainz! They were on the same strategy as Red Bull, yet the pace was missing.

Originally Posted by Turbohead

Disappointed that Checo didn't win the GP. We have been deprived of possibly wild celebrations from the Mexicans and especially his dad!

Don't know how much the slow pit stop was a factor. Checo came out behind the Ferraris after his 5 second pit stop and lost time behind them. Would've been great to see him battle it out with Hamilton.

Apart from that, Verstappen drove brilliantly. Broke the polesitter not winning Mexican GP jinx. Managed tyres and pace very well. A Faultless Drive.

[FuelInjector]

Actually this was a boring drive. Except for the last part where Daniel was ripping in.

After the first turn when Max neatly covered the line and took the lead, it was really a challenge for Mercs to bite in.

Great strategy call to be on mediums by RB. Mercs always do this last lap softs when they look to be losing the podium. Recollect they did few of them with Lewis and Bottas in the past.

What exactly happened to Ferrari is interesting. Mexico is the highest race track in terms of elevation. This poses cooling issues as the air is thinner than at mean sea level. Looks like their configurations for pumps is not engineered to higher elevations. That could be a reason they looked lacklustre.

The front left was graining equally for all cars, shows how much downforce goes into turning at high speed lefts.

But in all, a boring one to me.

[supermax]

Hindsight is 2020, goes the saying, and this is so true. Mercedes seemed to be really convinced that the medium tire drop-off was right around the corner, for the Redbulls, and that they with the hard tires would be able to pounce. What stumped me personally was that despite having run a whole 11 laps longer than Max Verstappen, Mercedes didn't decide to go with a new set of mediums for George, instead of the hards. Part of the reason was probably because Hamilton's hard set flattered to deceive, as he'd briefly started lapping faster than Max Verstappen, before his hard tires faded out. George had wanted to stay out much longer, and only take on a set of softs, and while that seemed like a very risky move, Ricciardo pulled off the exact same thing, and Max did the same thing, albeit in the reverse order. In any case, if George had stuck around for even a couple of more laps, Mercedes would have realized that the hards were not such a great option after all, but when they pulled in George, they were still convinced that the hards were the correct tire.

Another puzzle bit came from a Mercedes team radio message, where George's race engineer told him that they'd seen THEIR mediums drop off the cliff, so they expected the same from Redbull, which was clearly a mistake. They should have at least tried to put George onto the strategy he asked for, by allowing him to run till say lap 44 or 45, before calling him in for a set of soft tires, but I guess they didn't trust their car to look after the mediums for that long, from what they'd seen thus far. They didn't roll the dice, and they didn't win any bigger prizes, but even a switch to mediums, when they stopped him for his hards might have meant that he'd have more pace to try and put pressure onto Perez and see if he could force a bit of driver error from the Mexican.

[Omkar]

Originally Posted by supermax

What stumped me personally was that despite having run a whole 11 laps longer than Max Verstappen, Mercedes didn't decide to go with a new set of mediums for George, instead of the hards.

They didn't roll the dice, and they didn't win any bigger prizes, but even a switch to mediums, when they stopped him for his hards might have meant that he'd have more pace to try and put pressure onto Perez and see if he could force a bit of driver error from the Mexican.

Mercs started on Mediums for a 1 stop strategy. So they had to switch to either Softs or Hards.
According to the rules, you have to use 2 different slick compounds during a fully dry race.

[supermax]

Originally Posted by Omkar

Mercs started on Mediums for a 1 stop strategy. So they had to switch to either Softs or Hards.
According to the rules, you have to use 2 different slick compounds during a fully dry race.

Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification! Yup, I'd missed that one. That said, they could have converted to a two stopper, going onto a second set of mediums, after say 34 laps; their mediums being newer than those on the bulls would have allowed them to push like the blazes, and potentially allowed for an overtake on Max on the track, followed by a late change to softs, so they'd have around 20 laps to do on the softs. This strategy would have forced Redbull's hand, as they wouldn't risk being caught with very worn mediums knowing that the Mercs would be coming hard at them with new softs. Ah.. this is precisely why hindsight is 20/20!

[Scarlet_Rider]

Caught up with the race replay. Red Bull strategy team are on a different level. Congratulations to Max on the win and a new record.

Ferrari needs to up their game for the remaining two races if they want to remain runners up in the constructors.

Good that Max and Red Bull decided to boycott Sky Sports at the Mexican Grand Prix for their heavily biased reporting and especially the nonsense from Ted Kravitz at the previous race. You may not like a driver or a team, but there is a limit to what you speak.

https://youtu.be/6Bi0d5dnrss

https://youtu.be/mDftWEOmoxg