São Paulo Grand Prix (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) | November 12-14, 2021

I’m honestly feeling like an old man here—super stoked that everything’s kicking off a bit earlier this weekend. Let’s just blame the daylight savings shift for why I’m already exhausted.

Max is going to run into some serious trouble if he finds himself stuck behind Bottas after the first lap. RB simply doesn't have the pace to overtake Mercedes, and they aren't even close.

It’s going to absolutely nauseate me when he climbs out of that car.

The algorithm’s predictions for the podium finish are as follows:


It appears that Lewis Hamilton has taken a new engine, which means he is facing a five-place grid penalty, does it not?

Red Bull is just totally running the show, kind of like how they completely owned the whole 2021 season too, I guess...
😬

Come on, Perez—go grab that fastest lap!

graniteharbor502 said:The algorithm’s predictions for the podium finish are as follows:


It appears that Lewis Hamilton has taken a new engine, which means he is facing a five-place grid penalty, does it not?

AWS tends to miss the mark quite a bit with these practice predictions. You're better off waiting for the data they push online after all the processing is done.

But here, it’s pretty obvious Lewis just gave the new setup a quick test run toward the end. Meanwhile, Red Bull Racing spent their time running fuel loads to prep for the NFL Sunday Night Football equivalent—so they should be right up there with him during pre-qualifying.

Way to go, Lujo 🙏

Toto: “Forget about them” 🤣

GOAT

Does that five-place penalty apply to the race on Sunday or the one on Saturday?
The way I see it, they’re running qualifying for the sprint this Saturday... then, based on those sprint results (which is still a full-blown race, right?), they move on to the main race on Sunday...
So, which specific session does this penalty actually hit? 🙂

Sarcastic Mercedes radio call

Don't go touching other cars, Lewis 🙂

Kyle Lopez2 said:Who???

I haven't the slightest clue.

Linda Peterson43 said:Does that five-place penalty apply to the race on Sunday or the one on Saturday?
The way I see it, they’re running qualifying for the sprint this Saturday... then, based on those sprint results (which is still a full-blown race, right?), they move on to the main race on Sunday...
So, which specific session does this penalty actually hit? 🙂

It's for Sunday..

will drop him five grid places for Sunday's race – but will not affect his starting position in the NFL Sunday Night Football

Perez doesn't even care about helping Sainz out with those trashed tires. 🤦

FL Čekota, nice job

So I’m watching this right now, and I guess you could say Valtteri Bottas looks pretty wound up, like he's on edge or something. I mean, maybe I'm just hopeful, but I'm kind of expecting him to pull one of those classic, out-of-nowhere moves where that talent of his just suddenly flashes again.

🤣

It’s obvious the GOAT took it because he’s running way more rear wing than anyone else out there.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around these new tire regulations...
Apparently, they've dropped it down to 12 sets instead of 13...
And how exactly are they planning to handle the Sunday grid? I mean, which compounds will they be starting on?
If anyone could clear this up for me, I’d appreciate it—I definitely wasn't paying attention during the technical briefing, my bad... 🙂

Douglas Roberts49 said:Some genius pulled off a miracle once and now these kids think they're experts--really?😁

And this guy doesn't even have the guts to push Bottas.☕

There wasn't much point in risking it all—plus, starting P2 isn't exactly a disaster compared to P1... if you can even call it worse