Round 14: Spa Francochamps

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Were now heading for the last 4 races of the season:)

Discuss!!

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Best circuit on the calendar. Shall be an entertaining race, I love Spa, it's back and it belongs! Can the Spykers make it up the hill?

Edit: looks like Daan is talking to himself again ;)
 
Ignore Appie's edit. This thread is about the Belgian GP. Other stories can be discussed in other threads.
 
I used to really like this course, but haven't watched a race here in a while. Does the turbulent air=no passing problem happen here as much as other tracks?
 
peterjford
I used to really like this course, but haven't watched a race here in a while. Does the turbulent air=no passing problem happen here as much as other tracks?
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More so. Lots of medium and high speed corners that the cars can't follow each other through. The Bus Stop and La Source might - might - give us a couple of passes though.
 
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Home to the most awesome corner in F1 racing.

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I love the track, I love Eu rouge, I doubt this race holds much for overtaking, but just seeing the track again is going to be great.

Nice vid of Eu rouge
 
Finally, one of the races I've been waiting for all year is here. I can't wait! I'm hoping Mclaren will have one of their drivers (Preferbly Hamilton) on the top step of the podium, just to lighten up their fans after Thursdays trial.
 
My guess is they will, as the circuit has characteristics similar to Canada and Indy - and despite those being a few months ago, it was proven last week that the MP-4/22 behaves very well on low-ish downforce circuits like that...
 
Jackington
Finally, one of the races I've been waiting for all year is here. I can't wait! I'm hoping Mclaren will have one of their drivers (Preferbly Hamilton) on the top step of the podium, just to lighten up their fans after Thursdays trial.
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I, on the other hand, am hoping that Kimi will continue his streak of wins in Spa.
 
I wonder if anybody withdraws in protest over the FIA's decision to suspend McLaren ... they probably won't, but the whole ordeal smells funny to me.

More on-topic, it'll be interesting to see how Honda do in the wake of their excellent (for them) Italian Grand Prix.
 
Not overly well :indiff:

After all, in the FP1 right now, they're 3 and four seconds behind Hamilton.

Friday Practice 1:



Trackmap to match:

 
Well judging by his times in S2 and S3 he either, crashed and limped home, or my favourite, McLaren slashed his tyres.

Strong showing for Williams, can't read too much into Practice though.
 
Friday Practice 2 Results:

Code: 
Pos  	No  	Driver  		Team 			Time/Retired  	Gap  	Laps
1 	1 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:46.654 		29
2 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes 	1:46.765 	0.111 	29
3 	5 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		1:46.953 	0.299 	27
4 	6 	Kimi Räikkönen 		Ferrari 		1:47.166 	0.512 	26
5 	12 	Jarno Trulli 		Toyota 			1:47.491 	0.837 	33
6 	11 	Ralf Schumacher 	Toyota 			1:47.946 	1.292 	34
7 	3 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Renault 		1:48.086 	1.432 	30
8 	15 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull-Renault 	1:48.271 	1.617 	29
9 	10 	Robert Kubica 		BMW 			1:48.279 	1.625 	37
10 	4 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Renault 		1:48.567 	1.913 	38
11 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 		BMW 			1:48.606 	1.952 	36
12 	16 	Nico Rosberg 		Williams-Toyota 	1:48.840 	2.186 	32
13 	14 	David Coulthard 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:48.883 	2.229 	17
14 	7 	Jenson Button 		Honda 			1:48.919 	2.265 	29
15 	8 	Rubens Barrichello 	Honda		 	1:49.364 	2.710 	31
16 	17 	Alexander Wurz	 	Williams-Toyota 	1:49.393 	2.739 	28
17 	21 	Sakon Yamamoto 		Spyker-Ferrari	 	1:49.697 	3.043 	32
18 	19 	Sebastian Vettel 	STR-Ferrari 		1:49.720 	3.066 	34
19 	22 	Takuma Sato 		Super Aguri-Honda 	1:50.168 	3.514 	23
20 	20 	Adrian Sutil 		Spyker-Ferrari 		1:50.399 	3.745 	24
21 	23 	Anthony Davidson 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:50.542 	3.888 	24
22 	18 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	STR-Ferrari 		1:50.865 	4.211 	9

McLaren back on pace but... What the hell is Sakon Yamamoto doing up there?

Toyota is enjoying good practice, as usual, and as usual, Ralfie won't break Q1 and Trulli will barely scrape along in the top 10.
 
I'm surprised the BMWs aren't doing better, but it is only practice.

Toyota and Honda must be happy they are doing better than the other teams with their engines.
 
Well I am really looking forward to the race, especially after just watching last week's race today. I absolutely love Spa-Francorchamps and it is definitely one of my top three favorite circuits in the world (probably number two in my list). There is just something about the very traditional look and feel to the track; Spa has character that other circuits just do not have. 👍
 
Saturday Practice:

Code: 
Pos  	No  	Driver  		Team 		Time/Retired  	Gap  	Laps
1 	6 	Kimi Räikkönen 		Ferrari 		1:46.137 		
2 	5 	Felipe Massa 		Ferrari 		1:46.388 	0.251 	
3 	1 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:46.507 	0.370 	
4 	2 	Lewis Hamilton	 	McLaren-Mercedes 	1:46.782 	0.645 	
5 	4 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Renault 		1:47.065 	0.928 	
6 	12 	Jarno Trulli 		Toyota 			1:47.218 	1.081 	
7 	16 	Nico Rosberg 		Williams-Toyota 	1:47.251 	1.114 	
8 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 		BMW 			1:47.359 	1.222 	
9 	11 	Ralf Schumacher 	Toyota 			1:47.454 	1.317 	
10 	15 	Mark Webber 		Red Bull-Renault 	1:47.527 	1.390 	
11 	3 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Renault 		1:47.564 	1.427 	
12 	7 	Jenson Button 		Honda 			1:47.767 	1.630 	
13 	14 	David Coulthard 	Red Bull-Renault 	1:47.806 	1.669 	
14 	19 	Sebastian Vettel 	STR-Ferrari 		1:47.838 	1.701 	
15 	17 	Alexander Wurz 		Williams-Toyota 	1:47.902 	1.765 	
16 	22 	Takuma Sato 		Super Aguri-Honda 	1:48.129 	1.992 	
17 	18 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	STR-Ferrari 		1:48.163 	2.026 	
18 	20 	Adrian Sutil 		Spyker-Ferrari 		1:48.348 	2.211 	
19 	8 	Rubens Barrichello 	Honda 			1:48.528 	2.391 	
20 	23 	Anthony Davidson 	Super Aguri-Honda 	1:48.955 	2.818 	
21 	21 	Sakon Yamamoto 		Spyker-Ferrari 		1:49.179 	3.042 	
22 	10 	Robert Kubica 		BMW
 
Whoa, ITV have just done a run down of the changes to the circuit. I thought the only thing that was being changed was the paddock and, as a result, La Source. What on earth have they done to the pit entrance? If somebody breaks down in there, nobody is going to be able to get into the pitlane. The Bus Stop looks perhaps a little better than the old version, but that nice sweeping left after it is gone. :indiff:
 
I dont like the new layout of Bus Stop, or the first corner. They have moved the wall and made a big run off, i'd prefer that the wall was there so at the start 6 or 7 cars dont use that run off to gain advantage.

Still Spa has two of the best corners in F1.
 

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