Round 8: Sonsio Grand Prix of Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. June 16 - 18. - Page 5

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 18:56 (Ref:4164465)

That was impressive by Herta on cold tires.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 18:58 (Ref:4164466)

"We need to get Romain a set of knobbies to get to the end he's been in the grass so much today". Great line

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:06 (Ref:4164468)

Palou pulled HUGE on the field to catch up to Herta

And around the outside at T1, must be a massive 1 lap fuel difference pitting that lap early

**joeb** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:08 (Ref:4164469)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Palou pulled HUGE on the field to catch up to Herta

I would say he is a step above everyone else in the series. He already won the championship

**bjohnsonsmith** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:09 (Ref:4164470)

Palou takes the lead.

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:09 (Ref:4164471)

Certainly is.

He’s the Zanardi to this Herta.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:11 (Ref:4164472)

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Originally Posted by joeb

I would say he is a step above everyone else in the series. He already won the championship

And he put 2 seconds on the field in 1 lap and Herta may not even make it to the end with that push on the out lap

Based on their call and the timing they went really dumb on the in and out. Palou second faster on in lap on the button, Herta hard on the button to go second faster on out lap. So you use extra fuel AND have an extra lap to go? Seems like a bad bad pit call

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:12 (Ref:4164473)

It’s going pear shaped for Herta.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:14 (Ref:4164474)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

It’s going pear shaped for Herta.

Think the bleeding is done at 5 though, he's got 5ish seconds to Ericsson, Lundgaard and Co

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:15 (Ref:4164475)

Stingy! No!
Something must be wrong with the car.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:16 (Ref:4164476)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

Stingy! No!
Something must be wrong with the car.

Think he just carried a bit too much and then it was all over. But he kept it off the wall

**joeb** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:16 (Ref:4164477)

Stingy once again showing off by not hitting the wall while going off at carousel

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:16 (Ref:4164478)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Think the bleeding is done at 5 though, he's got 5ish seconds to Ericsson, Lundgaard and Co

Ericsson now 1.2s. Dear oh dear oh dear.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:17 (Ref:4164479)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Think the bleeding is done at 5 though, he's got 5ish seconds to Ericsson, Lundgaard and Co

Ugh, and now it's under a second with 2 to go

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:17 (Ref:4164480)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Stingy once again showing off by not hitting the wall while going off at carousel

That needed a lot of skill. Not sure who else in the field could do that.

For instance, they are currently showing a reply of Palou hitting the barriers in practice.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:18 (Ref:4164481)

Palou looks like he's running practice laps on his own this afternoon

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:20 (Ref:4164482)

Armstrong off in the carousel, his day went straight to poo didn't it

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:20 (Ref:4164483)

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

Ugh, and now it's under a second with 2 to go

Ericsson got really close, but looks like he’ll hold on.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:21 (Ref:4164485)

I like Palou's fried chicken over Turner tacos after a win, far better celebration dinner

**Adam43** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:22 (Ref:4164486)

Palou. Super impressive.

I was impressed with Herta around the last stop, but it turns out he ruined his chance to win by doing that.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:24 (Ref:4164487)

Congrats to Palou but feel a bit sorry for Herta.

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:25 (Ref:4164488)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

Palou. Super impressive.

I was impressed with Herta around the last stop, but it turns out he ruined his chance to win by doing that.

Yeah, you have to think pitting a lap early and pushing harder on the out lap screwed them on fuel mileage. The team was faster by 1.3 seconds on the actual stop but that push and hard hard hard on the button, he went from 200 to under 100 on both laps, burned so much fuel the number became impossible to hit without giving up

**joeb** · 18 Jun 2023, 19:25 (Ref:4164489)

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Originally Posted by Adam43

That needed a lot of skill. Not sure who else in the field could do that.

For instance, they are currently showing a reply of Palou hitting the barriers in practice.

Alex has a lot to learn from Mr Robb

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Originally Posted by broadrun96

I like Palou's fried chicken over Turner tacos after a win, far better celebration dinner

I was just telling the Mrs about his fried chicken celebrations. That is why he's going to be champion again

JHamilton · 18 Jun 2023, 19:26 (Ref:4164490)

Now I can take a nap, I mean watch the end of the f1 race

broadrun96 · 18 Jun 2023, 19:34 (Ref:4164492)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

Now I can take a nap, I mean watch the end of the f1 race

At least WSB aired this time, started from the beginning so I get the full 2 hour nap

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