2022 Formula One Mexican Grand Prix

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Who will win the Mexican Grand Prix?

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Formula 1 moves south from Austin into Mexico this week for the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix.

An exciting race at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend has left fans with some hope that there is still some great racing to watch at the tail end of an F1 season that has been dominated by one team and one driver.

Max Verstappen has been confirmed as a two-time drivers' champion, and his Red Bull team have now officially locked up the constructors' championship.

Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez will be doing his absolute best to win at his home race in Mexico. Perez will need to find a way past Verstappen, who is on a quest to become the first F1 driver to ever win 14 races in a season.

Sebastian Vettel gave his fans something to remember in Austin. His F1 career will draw to a close at the end of this season, but the 4-time champion proved he still possesses greatness with a masterful final lap at COTA to claim a hard-fought 8th position in the race.

Another multiple time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, nearly kept his record streak of seasons with at least one win alive last weekend, but ended up settling for 2nd after being overtaken by Verstappen in the closing laps of the race.


Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is the highest circuit on the F1 calendar. At 2,200 meters above sea level, it sits nearly three times higher than the next highest circuit. This drastic elevation change could make for some interesting results in the race as the various teams’ aero packages based on the 2022 regulations are tested for the first time.

What are your predictions for the race? Let us know in the comments below and in the attached poll.

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Durge Driven
Personally I think they all make too many errors these days, Lewis Max seem to always see errors in all sessions pushing the limits far more then Michael did in his day.
Does any current driver change brake bias in 2 phase corner.
When it came knowledge Michael was doing this the other drivers were speechless.
Interlagos as I remember in Turns 6,7,8. First bias rotated the rear and through 7 change bias for straight braking at 8. Try that in sim. ;)
 
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RichardHessels said:
Did you hear what been said on mainstream TV by him multiple times this season about Verstappen and RB?
As if Verstappen himself was responsible for the questionable decisions of the FIA.
Verstappen could only win because he has such a great car and the best designer. etc...
As if his demigod Lewis would even win with a Williams.

An international sports commentator should not have such biased comments.
Who keeps calling "they stole the Championship from Lewis".
There is already a problem with fans being disrespectful, especially on social media.
Then these sorts of comments only put more oil on the fire.
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"An international sports commentator should not have such biased comments"
It's not just him, he's just the only one who has the stones to say it on the air.
 
Copef1
Fat-Alfie said:
I stopped watching Formula 1 at the end of last season. It has descended into a complete farce, and nothing at all like the sport I started watching in the late 1970s.

Some of the team principles are complete arseholes, most of the drivers have had some kind of personality bypass or behave like entitled children, the cars are like bloated limousines, and the so-called fans are turning into the football thugs that spoiled football in the 1980s.

I'll stick to watching WSB and BSK (and all of the support races) where I see more skill, action and excitement in one race than I saw in an entire season of modern Formula 1.
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I completely disagree. I have seen every F1 race since 1977, and I think that the more things change, the more they stay the same. As great as they were, both Senna and Schumacher were known to behave like children on occasion. Do you remember Schumacher parking his car at Le Rascasse to stop qualifying? Remember Prost and Senna crashing into each other twice to decide the title? There are plenty of examples of 70's, 80's, and 90's drivers behaving like children. There were teams that dominated seasons then, (1984 McLaren won 12 0f 16 races, and in 1988 they won 15 of 16 races) and there are dominate teams now. There were team principles who behaved like arseholes then, (Mr. Ecclestone comes to mind), just like now. Teams cheated in the past, (remember crashgate?) just like now. Drivers got mad in the past, (remember James Hunt punching a marshall, or Nelson Piquet punching Eliseo Salazar?) just like some get mad now. As far as the FIA making mistakes, don't even get me started about Jean-Marie Balestre, in the 80's. Technology has moved on, but the racing, drivers, and teams have remained pretty much the same by my estimation.
 
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muzikant said:
You mean HamiltonSkyF1 :roflmao:
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No I mean people with working eyes who saw that travesty of a race and are still in disbelief. It still amazes me that Verstappen can smile knowing that he didn't win it on his own merits, but when you're desperate to be a champion. Now in 2022 season we find that the team that he drives for is the only one to go over the cost cap and magically has a winning car. He's like the new cheating Schumacher of this era.
 
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ZuneGuy said:
No I mean people with working eyes who saw that travesty of a race and are still in disbelief. It still amazes me that Verstappen can smile knowing that he didn't win it on his own merits, but when you're desperate to be a champion. Now in 2022 season we find that the team that he drives for is the only one to go over the cost cap and magically has a winning car. He's like the new cheating Schumacher of this era.
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you know what.. I really don't feel like responding anymore. Every week you talk about the same thing as many other fanboys here who can't digest it. sad it is!! how many times are you going to talk about it? the result does not change

that small group of people you are talking about is mainly skysports the objective Ted Kravits who has now been boycotted by Redbull
 
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Copef1 said:
I completely disagree. I have seen every F1 race since 1977, and I think that the more things change, the more they stay the same. As great as they were, both Senna and Schumacher were known to behave like children on occasion. Do you remember Schumacher parking his car at Le Rascasse to stop qualifying? Remember Prost and Senna crashing into each other twice to decide the title? There are plenty of examples of 70's, 80's, and 90's drivers behaving like children. There were teams that dominated seasons then, (1984 McLaren won 12 0f 16 races, and in 1988 they won 15 of 16 races) and there are dominate teams now. There were team principles who behaved like arseholes then, (Mr. Ecclestone comes to mind), just like now. Teams cheated in the past, (remember crashgate?) just like now. Drivers got mad in the past, (remember James Hunt punching a marshall, or Nelson Piquet punching Eliseo Salazar?) just like some get mad now. As far as the FIA making mistakes, don't even get me started about Jean-Marie Balestre, in the 80's. Technology has moved on, but the racing, drivers, and teams have remained pretty much the same by my estimation.
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Be glad that radio communications were not broadcasted back then! Lots of accesibility to information can deconstruct heroes before they are even created.
 
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ZuneGuy said:
No I mean people with working eyes who saw that travesty of a race and are still in disbelief. It still amazes me that Verstappen can smile knowing that he didn't win it on his own merits, but when you're desperate to be a champion. Now in 2022 season we find that the team that he drives for is the only one to go over the cost cap and magically has a winning car. He's like the new cheating Schumacher of this era.
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Can you explain me this and all your comments have to do with the MexicanGP?
Same old **** every GP weekend again and again and again
 
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Copef1 said:
... As far as the FIA making mistakes, don't even get me started about Jean-Marie Balestre, in the 80's. Technology has moved on, but the racing, drivers, and teams have remained pretty much the same by my estimation.
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I think the drivers have moved far forward in many respects, but it is all relative to the era - Schumacher started racing against Senna and Prost and his harsh actions in the finale in 94 and 97 were less offensive than WDC winning actions in 89 and 90... 97 holds special comedic and hypothetical trivia due to the special case rule that was introduced - almost daring Schumi to take that action?

The technology is currently pretty amazing - perhaps a little too far in some areas which could be limited for better competition.

The teams I think generally probably moved forward - however maybe a little higher level of conservatism (except the odd crazy guy) and then they tend toward boring strategies etc.

The FIA and Fl management meanwhile I think are more of the same and have not improved anywhere near enough... They have incredibly tough job with all the criticism but they have really really made a mess of huge amount of aspects over the sport over the last several seasons.

As a long time fan it really makes me frustrated, angry and then depressed at the state of the sport at the moment.
 
muzikant
you especially forget the journalism and the incitement (polarizing) of target groups i think this is the biggest poison what is going on right now in the current formula 1

in other words if you yell loud enough that's the truth
 
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yep 100% the polemics in Fl has created a vicious cycle of toxic culture in the media and among many groups of fans. It is disgusting.
 
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Since a large portion of Red Bull's 2021 expenditures were incurred to repair damage caused by Silver Torpedos, shouldn't Mercedes have to shoulder the cost of those rebuilds and thus impact Mercedes' budgets?
Similarly, but less costly one would think, Russel's causing damage to Sainz's Ferrari ultimately retired the car. The cost of repairs should be accounted for by the team whose driver was penalized for the incident.
 
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Zolazem said:
Can you explain me this and all your comments have to do with the MexicanGP?
Same old **** every GP weekend again and again and again
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Well the consensus is that the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix was a total bore so why would anyone want to discuss that topic?
 
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muzikant said:
you know what.. I really don't feel like responding anymore. Every week you talk about the same thing as many other fanboys here who can't digest it. sad it is!! how many times are you going to talk about it? the result does not change

that small group of people you are talking about is mainly skysports the objective Ted Kravits who has now been boycotted by Redbull
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What I am talking about are current F1 topics of conversation. If you can't deal with my comments then don't read them. I am not at all interested in what you like, or what you would prefer to read from me. These topics are obviously sticking points for many people, as per the comments made by Sports and Ted Kravitz. As much as you might like this topic to disappear isn't going away.
 
muzikant
ZuneGuy said:
What I am talking about are current F1 topics of conversation. If you can't deal with my comments then don't read them. I am not at all interested in what you like, or what you would prefer to read from me. These topics are obviously sticking points for many people, as per the comments made by Sports and Ted Kravitz. As much as you might like this topic to disappear isn't going away.
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oh wait you're talking about that small target audience incited by skysports. Who do everything they can to keep it current it becomes laughable and pathetic.

for me there are no bottlenecks. Verstappen is simply a world champion and already twice in a row he is on his way to the record of eight ;)
 
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muzikant said:
oh wait you're talking about that small target audience incited by skysports. Who do everything they can to keep it current it becomes laughable and pathetic.

for me there are no bottlenecks. Verstappen is simply a world champion and already twice in a row he is on his way to the record of eight ;)
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Everytime he wins there is some kind of controversy, some kind of thing that was done that was deemed wrong, or just doesn't look right. Other teams are calling Red Bull cheaters because they probably benefited by going over the cost cap. They were the only team to do that, and Some are saying that Verstappen's Newey... oops sorry. I mean newly, newly aquired title is tainted because his team cheated, which they were the only team to do so I don't know. You know the old idiom - if it smells fishy.
 
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ZuneGuy said:
Everytime he wins there is some kind of controversy, some kind of thing that was done that was deemed wrong, or just doesn't look right. Other teams are calling Red Bull cheaters because they probably benefited by going over the cost cap. They were the only team to do that, and Some are saying that Verstappen's Newey... oops sorry. I mean newly, newly aquired title is tainted because his team cheated, which they were the only team to do so I don't know. You know the old idiom - if it smells fishy.
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You have a Max Verstappen obsession I think just like skysports. Max the angstgegner of Lewis fanboys. You try to do everything you can to take his shine away from his world championship. :roflmao:
 
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