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Mexican GP Driver of the Day

Nico Rosberg
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Lewis Hamilton
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Valtteri Bottas
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Daniil Kvyat
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Filipe Massa
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The 2015 Mexican Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:54 am

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 17th round of the 2015 season taking place in Mexico between the 30th of October and 1st of November.

To submit your 10 'n' Pole Picks for Mexico click here, to register in the competition click here

Picks for Mexico close at the start of Saturday practice
The event timetable for the Mexican Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 16:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 20:00 GMT

Saturday
3rd Practice 10:00 local time - 16:00 GMT
Qualifying 13:00 local time - 19:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 13:00 local time - 19:00 GMT
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Post by cmlean » Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:14 pm

This weekend sees the return to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico for the first time since 1992. This circuit has been subtly revised from its original layout by Herman Tilke for this years return.

As this circuit hasn't been raced on in a Formula 1 by any of the current crop of drivers, this will be a fairly open race with probably a few surprises in the results.

Top of the crop will still remain the Mercedes duo but, now that both championships are safely locked away in the record books, we may have that other driver finish on the top step. Mercedes would like to ensure that both drivers finish the season in positions 1 and 2 to show the dominance that they have had over these past 2 seasons.

Vettel is going to be hard to displace from the 3rd rung of the podium and maybe Kimi will also show just how good both he and the Ferrari are.

Then it starts to get interesting. With the long straights, it will be hard to go past any team that has a Mercedes power unit pushing them along. This then throws the Williams, Lotus and Force India's into the mix.

Sauber with Nasr and to a lesser extent Ericsson in their Ferrari powered machines have to show some form and could also feature in the final results.

Red Bull, Toro Rosso and McLaren will struggle with their lower than needed power units. Young Max may surprise as he did in the US Grand Prix but my instinct tells me that they will struggle. I think this is the first time that I haven't included Ricciardo in my picks.

Manor/Marussia will again bring up the rear but will be the last cars running in the results.

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Post by cmlean » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:24 am

Free Practice 1 Results

Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 01:26.0
2 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 01:26.3
3 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:26.3
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:26.9
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 01:27.2
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:27.2
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams 01:27.3
8 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 01:27.4
9 Sergio Perez Force India 01:27.6
10 Felipe Massa Williams 01:27.7
11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:27.7
12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:28.5
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 01:28.6
14 Felipe Nasr Sauber 01:28.6
15 Jolyon Palmer Lotus 01:28.7
16 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 01:29.1
17 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:30.1
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia 01:30.6
19 Jenson Button McLaren 01:32.1
20 Will Stevens Marussia 01:32.9

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Post by cmlean » Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:28 am

Free Practice 2 Results

Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:21.5
2 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 01:21.8
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 01:21.9
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:22.0
5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:22.0
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:22.4
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams 01:22.7
8 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:23.0
9 Jenson Button McLaren 01:23.1
10 Felipe Massa Williams 01:23.3
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 01:23.3
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 01:23.4
13 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 01:23.4
14 Felipe Nasr Sauber 01:23.4
15 Sergio Perez Force India 01:23.6
16 Romain Grosjean Lotus 01:23.6
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:24.5
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia 01:25.9
19 Will Stevens Marussia 01:27.0
20 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso

Young Max crashes out of FP2 inside the first 5 minutes of the session.

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Post by cmlean » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:44 am

Free Practice 3 Results

Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:21.1
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:21.1
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 01:21.2
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:21.3
5 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 01:21.5
6 Sergio Perez Force India 01:21.6
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams 01:21.8
8 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 01:21.8
9 Felipe Massa Williams 01:21.9
10 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 01:22.0
11 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 01:22.0
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 01:22.0
13 Romain Grosjean Lotus 01:22.2
14 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:22.9
15 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:23.1
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber 01:23.1
17 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:24.6
18 Will Stevens Marussia 01:25.7
19 Alexander Rossi Marussia 01:28.2
20 Jenson Button McLaren 01:29.3

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Post by cmlean » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:50 am

Qualifying Results

Pos. Driver Team Qualifying
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:19.5
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:19.7
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:19.8
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing 01:20.4
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 01:20.4
6 Valtteri Bottas Williams 01:20.4
7 Felipe Massa Williams 01:20.6
8 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 01:20.7
9 Sergio Perez Force India 01:20.7
10 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 01:20.8

11 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 01:20.9
12 Romain Grosjean Lotus 01:21.0
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 01:21.3
14 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 01:21.5
15 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:22.5

16 Fernando Alonso McLaren 01:21.8
17 Felipe Nasr Sauber 01:21.8
18 Alexander Rossi Marussia 01:24.1
19 Will Stevens Marussia 01:24.4


Jenson Button did not take part in qualifying.

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Post by cmlean » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:10 pm

Grid after Penalties

1 Rosberg
2 Hamilton
3 Vettel
4 Kvyat
5 Ricciardo
6 Bottas
7 Massa
8 Verstappen
9 Perez
10 Hulkenberg
11 Sainz
12 Grosjean
13 Maldonado
14 Ericsson
15 Nasr
16 Rossi
17 Stevens
18 Raikkonen
19 Alonso
20 Button

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Post by cmlean » Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:58 pm

Race Results

Pos. Driver Team
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Valtteri Bottas Williams
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull Racing
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
6 Felipe Massa Williams
7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
8 Sergio Perez Force India
9 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus
11 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
13 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
14 Jenson Button McLaren
15 Alexander Rossi Marussia
16 Will Stevens Marussia

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