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View Poll Results: Pick the winner at COTA on Sunday
Lewis Hamilton
66.67%
Sebastian Vettel
0
0%
Valtteri Bottas
0
0%
Kimi Raikkonen
22.22%
Max Verstappen
0
0%
Daniel Ricciardo
0
0%
Sergio Perez
0
0%
Kevin Magnussen
0
0%
Nico Hulkenberg
0
0%
Fernando Alonso
0
0%
Esteban Ocon
0
0%
Carlos Sainz Jr.
0
0%
Romain Grosjean
0
0%
Pierre Gasly
0
0%
Charles Leclerc
0
0%
Stoffel Vandoorne
0
0%
Lance Stroll
0
0%
Marcus Ericsson
0
0%
Brendon Hartley
0
0%
Sergey Sirotkin
11.11%
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2018 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - 10/19 to 10/21

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Old 10-11-2018, 05:20 AM
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Default 2018 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - 10/19 to 10/21

WEEKEND SCHEDULE (EASTERN):

Fri 19 October
Practice 1 11:00 – 12:30
Practice 2 15:00 – 16:30

Sat 20 October
Practice 3 14:00 – 15:00
Qualifying 17:00 – 18:00

Sun 21 October
Race 14:10


CIRCUIT INFO:

Lap data
Lap length 5.513km (3.426 miles)
Race laps 56
Race distance 308.728km (191.835 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’39.347 (199.773 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2012
Fastest lap 1’35.657 (207.479 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2012
Maximum speed 314kph (195.11 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and longest straight
Distance from grid to turn one 280m

Car performance
Full throttle 68%
Longest flat-out section 1090m
Downforce level High
Gear changes per lap 54
Fuel use per lap 2.5kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.1s

Strategy
Quickest complete pit stop in 2012 20.814s by McLaren (see full list)
2013 prime tyre**: Hard (2012: Medium)
2013 option tyre**: Medium (2012: Hard)

*Fastest lap set during a Grand Prix
**Pirelli’s compounds are softer than those used in 2012

Data sources: FIA, Williams, Mercedes






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Voted Lewis of course
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^ I think he’ll definitely seal up the championship here. But I’ll wait until practice or qualifying before I pick a winner.
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Originally Posted by sam_spider
Voted Lewis of course
So did I.
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Anyone from here going to COTA to see the race live?
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Not I, sadly. One day.
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Same here Sam. I keep telling myself that I'll go to COTA but haven't even tried.

Montreal is 3 hours away and I'm ashamed to say I haven't made it there either in the 12 odd years I've lived here. Maybe next year
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I was asked to go with a few other S owners to the first COTA race but for some reason I didn't go. I wish I had. At least Mocky brought me back a hat as a consolation prize
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I'm going to do COTA F1 soon. Same with the Indianapolis 500. They're on my bucket list. I've done all 44 Long Beach GPs, but that's easy. It's 45 minutes away.
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The real mvp here is the 1 dude that voted Sergey


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