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Manufacturers come and go when it pleases them, there are only a few teams in pitlane which can be considered to be actual long term investors in the sport.

As far as I'm concerned the sport was better when it was primary privateer driven with manufacturer engine supply.

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Maldonardo is the kind of driver you'd be looking for. He's got pace and isn't afraid to pass. Much easier to coach him to stay calm and patient when needed than to try and turn a nice safe steady driver into a fast one.

I think its overly simplistic to say they all worked out the tyres at the same time. Look at McLaren, they are still struggling after a good start to the season and cant find the consistency they need.

Mclaren have been on the podium twice in a row now.

Not saying there isnt a chance you are right about the tyres....but I just dont see it. Go back and consider the nature of the race weekends and the compounds used for the weekends where majority struggled vs good weekends and you will see the compounds are not the same

Well, the Soft tyre has been used in every GP except Malasia (Rd2). And the compounds in the last 2 races have been Medium and Soft - the same compounds used the last time we saw the terrible deg and falling off the cliff at Valencia in 27degree ambient and 45C track temps. The last round at Hungary using those same compounds was 33 ambient and 45C track temp. No-one fell off the cliff.

In Valencia randoms such as Schumacher finished on the podium, both Force Indias and Mercs made the top 10. That's tyre induced randomness.

In Hungary it was basically all the top teams in the top 10 - both Red Bulls, both McLarens, both Lotii, both Ferraris. The randomness and falling off a cliff is gone.

If there's a better explanation for that sudden change after Valancia, I'm all ears.

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Just bland and uninteresting

I think their terminology would be "modern and spacious state of the art facilities".

First layer has been completed according to their website. I wonder how many layers are required and how long each layer takes.

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/

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I think their terminology would be "modern and spacious state of the art facilities".

First layer has been completed according to their website. I wonder how many layers are required and how long each layer takes.

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/

first layer takes the longest. how long the rest takes depends on how much machinery they have and how long they have to wait between loads of bitumen/ashphalt. but i'd think that it'd only take a few days per layer.

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