Austin 2016

[Bagwan]

The race for the ten gallon hat is set to begin in Texas , and Nico wants to erase memories of last year here .
And , Lewis is in a must win position .
Both will be nervous on the clutch on Sunday .

[Stan Reid]

All Nico has to do is follow Lewis like a wagon.

[Tazio]

Yeah, why even have the race

[Bagwan]

All Nico has to do is follow Lewis like a wagon.

Yeah , maybe , Stan , but he's got to be thinking about how the championship will look if he just coasts it in .
They'll all be saying he only won it because Merc let Lewis down .

His approach , or at least his public one this year , has been to take one race at a time .
But , at this point he knows Hamilton needs all the points he can get , so , a little aggression to get clean air out of the first corner will be Nico's aim , to be sure .

With Riccardo on the softer tire , he may get some say in how the first lap or two will go , and then Max is running the same tire , perhaps threatening the Mercs a little later on .

It ain't over Mr. Reid .

[Bagwan]

Yeah, why even have the race

Ah , cheer up , Tazzy , my man .
The Boss will do all he can to keep you smiling .
He'll do everything short of peeing in his race suit .

[Mia 01]

I hope for a Clean race for Kimi. Please Seb don´t take him out at the start!

[AndyL]

I don't know that Nico will care too much about how his championship looks to us. I think he'll be quite happy to win ugly, if that's what it takes.

[N4D13]

I don't know that Nico will care too much about how his championship looks to us. I think he'll be quite happy to win ugly, if that's what it takes.

Trying to imply something?

[Bagwan]

I don't know that Nico will care too much about how his championship looks to us. I think he'll be quite happy to win ugly, if that's what it takes.

Put it that way and it looks like he can't win .
If he takes it easy , he's won because of the reliability of the car .
If he goes in hard , and they come together , he'll have won only because he was dirty .

Is that too much to read into your statement , Andy ?

[Stan Reid]

Yeah, the Red Bulls might run over them at the start. Maybe they need to ask Don Garlits to show them how it's done. Well, at least it's OTA so I'll get to see one for the first time in quite a while. .