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Dont be too sure. Quali could be moved to Sunday.

Most of the heavy rain is staying east of Austin at the moment.

Not blaming Pirelli, In fact I specifically said that the problem was a lack of wet weather testing which has prevented them doing the development work on the wets that they would like to. Its been something Pirelli have been asking for for a while & its something I feel they should be allowed to do.

I actually hated all of those things so don't want to see F1 re-adopt any of them

If I was going to suggest F1 goes back to older rule sets is would be things that came before all those things. Free tyre choice/use, no mandatory pit stops, wider cars, wider tyres, less complex aero & a larger reliance on ground effects & mechanical grip. I want to see a rules set that encourages good racing without having to rely on what I see as gimmicks like DRS & High-degredation tyres. I don't blame Pirelli for the tyres BTW, There doing what Bernie told them to... Although I will say i'm not sure the way there going about it (Thermal degredation) is necessarily the best way to do it.


Ah enough about all that, Weather update.

Rumours are saying they could postpone the race, especially if Hurricane Patricia affects the area on Sunday.

They were just saying on Sky News that meteorologists are saying this hurricane could be the strongest to ever hit Mexico & there expecting it to cause a lot of damage.

Wonder if it could also cause problems for the Mexican Gp next weekend?

Today is the lighter day of rain compared to tomorrow. Supposedly it will have possibly cleared up by race time, but that widespread 4-8 inches with areas getting substantially more than that will lead to serious flooding issues that I'd think might even make the track impossible to get to from a lot of directions. Not to mention an extreme safety hazard for fans. You do not mess with flash flooding in this area.

Hurricane Patricia is now apparently the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. As far as affecting COTA though its just heavy rains that will effect here.

I wouldn't mind if the hurricane ripped some tarmac off of the run-off areas and maybe the whole stadium before Peraltada

I still fantasize sometimes that weather gods would punish F1 so that it would be soaking wet on every single Sunday (and Monday). Ok, maybe they would cancel the first 9 GPs or try to reschedule them (wow, think about the financial loss). But by Hungary I think they would give up and race, only to notice that it wasn't undriveable after all. Only very difficult. Also, I think several consecutive wet races would push Pirelli to improve their tyres.
Well, won't happen this season, as Sunday looks dry.

Its stopped raining but the track is still pretty wet.

Amazing how bumpy this track is after just 4 years.

Sky saying this weekends story about Red Bull in the paddock is that they will use Honda engines next years.

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Lol, there goes Massa, the most useless driver in the wet!

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At least he is consistent in the wet....

Bottas nearly played bowling with his mechanics.

Hah hah haa! That's a good one!

By the way, is the helmet design rule scrapped? Looks like everyone is tweaking their looks now.

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For once the Williams mechanics are not sleepy...

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