The challenge lights up in Austin. Max Verstappen arrives at the Circuit Of The Americas as a double world champion, with the possibility of giving the Red Bull also the constructors' title in this stage. Only one squire, Carlos Sainz, should prevent him from winning again on the side of the horse. The Monegasque, Charles Leclerc according to the latest rumors it could start from the fund for the complete replacement of the Power Unit. A change that would allow him to face the next 3 races after Austin with more serenity. A start from the back perhaps won't be ideal for Charles but a comeback could bring many points into the Fantamanager's pockets. More than what Verstappen would bring? We don't know but let's see the advice on who to field at Fanta F1!
The outsiders
Yesterday during the live broadcast on Sky we asked Roberto Chinchero and Carlo Vanzini for two "outsiders" for this Grand Prix. The names that came out are Fernando Alonso and Mick Schumacher. As much as Alpine has shown that it has done an excellent job in 2022, we cannot say the same about Haas. After an excellent start to the season, also limited by the few developments, the American team has no longer found a pace that would allow it to reach the Top 10. Mick now has few shots to convince Haas to reconfirm him for the 2023 season and will try to do so. at the team's home race. Fernando Alonso could instead keep Leclerc company from the back, again for the change of the Power Unit. 5 positions of penalty Perez and Zhou will also have them. Our bet instead falls once again on Aston Martin which has started to show good results for a few races. In FP1 Stroll was consistently at the top of the standings. The sensations of the Canadian rider are positive. Vettel also finished in the top 10.
Our choices
Unfortunately we can only rely on FP1, given that FP2 was entirely reserved for Pirelli tests with the new 2023 specifications. The only riders who were able and willing to prepare the weekend with the 2022 softs for the 35 minutes granted by Pirelli were Leclerc , Bottas and Ricciardo. So here are our picks at the Fanta F1 for Austin weekend with a base 104 credits! If you don't have all these credits available, you can fall back on a team with Verstappen, Ocon, Stroll, Latifi and Schumacher (100 credits)
TOP DRIVERS TEAM
Leclerc, Alonso, Stroll, Ocon, Schumacher (104 credits)
MIXED TEAM
Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Latifi, Schumacher (104 credits)
