One pitstop expected at the Circuit of the Americas

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One pitstop expected at the Circuit of the Americas

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole position for the United States Grand Prix, having set a time of 1m36.338s on Pirelli’s P Zero White medium tyre, which is nominated along with the P Zero Orange hard tyre this weekend. It was the 44th pole of the newly-crowned champion’s career and his eighth of the season.

Qualifying got underway in ambient temperatures of 27 degrees with a strong wind. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas went fastest in Q1 on the medium compound tyres,...

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[Chris Jenkins]

That's a Red Bull 1-2 pretty much certain then! Barring any accidents or mistakes.

I predict it'll finish as it starts, with Lotus up there with RB.

Mercedes being forced into 2 stops because they munched their tyres.

(See last 8 or 9 races)

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

The margin of the top 2 to the rest is pretty big again. Are RBR still developing their '13 car, does anyone know?

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

The margin of the top 2 to the rest is pretty big again. Are RBR still developing their '13 car, does anyone know?

At India Newey told he was a bit compromised the 14 car for developing 13 a bit more and he was only concerned to develop RB10 then on wards. So i expect RBR stopped Development on 13 and only focused on 14 and all the update parts are for RB10 Testing.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

The margin of the top 2 to the rest is pretty big again. Are RBR still developing their '13 car, does anyone know?

Considering how close RB are letting the Sky F1 cameras get to the car this weekend, I would imagine they've not added anything new to their package at this race.
Most teams seem a lot less secretive around the cameras this weekend, which makes me think that the 2013 development has more or less stopped.