Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion
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Result of the Race (Spa Franchorchamps)
1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes Winner 2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault +13.6 secs 3 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault +25.3 secs 4 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes +27.8 secs 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari +29.8 secs 6 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault +31.2 secs 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes +53.3 secs 8 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari +58.8 secs 9 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari +62.9 secs 10 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +63.7 secs 11 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +65.1 secs 12 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault+71.5 secs 13 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 14 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault +1 Lap 15 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth +1 Lap 16 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth +1 Lap 17 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault +1 Lap 18 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth +1 Lap Ret Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth +15 Laps Ret Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +40 Laps Ret Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +44 Laps Ret Fernando Alonso Ferrari +44 Laps Ret Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes+44 Laps Ret Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault +44 Laps Best lap Bruno Senna: 1:52.822 great race for Button and Vettel (only one pit stop)  Raikkonen fantastic overtaking at Eau Rouge Grosjean and Maldonado:  next race - next week - Monza. |
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Olivier Panis 2nd September 1966
[Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] Happy Birthday to your 46th anniversary 
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Pastor Maldonado has lost his third place in grid after being penalized for blocking Nico Hulkenberg during qualifying.
So Raikkonen will start 3°, Perez 4° Alonso 5°, Maldonado 6° and Hamilton 7°; Grosjean 8° Unchanged the front row |
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piggy wrote:good luck Alonso, this is your Ferrari Year. I think the struggle is still ahead! And for Alonso it will not be a cakewalk! |
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I think that this year, surprises apart, Alonso will have no difficulty to win the championship.
All the major opponents seems to have lost the compass. The next 3 gp will confirm us that or may be change all the cards on the table (but this second possibility is very remote). good luck Alonso, this is your Ferrari Year. Now or Never |
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Strange qualifying at Spa today
Button takes pole after 3 years (very fast in every sector, a fantastic lap) It is also Sauber's first front row start since 1999. Good job for Kobayashi and Perez. Raikkonen fast in second sector; but the Finn lost time in the two other sectors Alonso fast in 1° and 3° sector but too slow in 2° sector(never under 48 sec) Hamilton and Vettel with some problems; maybe they had a not good setup today. but tomorrow everything could change Qualifying results 1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 47.573s 2. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m 47.871s 3. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m 47.893s 4. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m 48.205s 5. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m 48.219s 6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 48.313s 7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 48.392s * 8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 48.394s 9. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m 48.538s 10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m 48.890s 11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 48.792s 12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m 48.855s 13. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 49.081s 14. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 49.147s 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.354s 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.543s 17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m 50.088s 18. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 50.181s (*) 19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m 51.739s 20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m 51.967s 21. Timo Glock Marussia -Cosworth 1m 52.336s 22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m 53.030s 23. Charles Pic Marussia -Cosworth 1m 53.493s 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m 54.989s (*)Webber and Rosberg will be penalized for unscheduled gearbox change. They lost five places on the grid So Webber will start at the 12th place and Rosberg at the 23nd place |
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A phenomenal time Jenson!
Kamui - in the first row of the starting field! It looks like it more than all went in favour of a break! We are waiting for an unforgettable sight!
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Spa Franchorchamps Here are the results of the 3° practice session
1. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 48.542s 2. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 1m 48.683s 3. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 48.850s 4. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 1m 48.863s 5. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 49.091s 6. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 49.092s 7. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 49.164s 8. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 49.266s 9. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 49.292s 10. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1m 49.382s 11. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 1m 49.561s 12. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 49.615s 13. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 49.621s 14. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 49.674s 15. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.710s 16. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.776s 17. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault 1m 50.027s 18. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 1m 52.339s 19. Charles Pic France Marussia -Cosworth 1m 52.566s 20. Timo Glock Germany Marussia -Cosworth 1m 52.630s 21. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 1m 52.809s 22. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 1m 53.383s 23. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth 1m 53.562s 24. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 58.113s Finally a dry practice at Spa, today. Ferrari good impression especially in the first and the third sector, probably Alonso and Massa run with low downforce. In the second sector, the most technical, Raikkonen very well, even if the Lotus prefers higher temperatures of the asphalt to make work better the tyres. A very good session for Sauber. Nico Rosberg: a gearbox problem Red Bull: strangely very fast to speed trap - MC Laren: it seems they have some problems with balance of the cars. but mcLaren and Red Bull showed their full potential? in a few minutes qualifying |
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Spa Franchorchamps Here are the results of the 1st practice session (wet condition)
1. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 2m 11.389s 2. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 2m 11.941s 3. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m 12.004s 4. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m 12.824s 5. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 2m 13.191s 6. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 2m 13.861s 7. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 2m 14.210s 8. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Renault 2m 14.660s 9. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 2m 14.860s 10. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 2m 15.402s 11. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 2m 15.812s 12. Timo Glock Germany Marussia-Cosworth 2m 16.409s 13. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 2m 16.786s 14. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 2m 16.788s 15. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 2m 16.827s 16. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 2m 16.861s 17. Charles Pic France Marussia -Cosworth 2m 17.519s 18. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 2m 18.199s 19. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 2m 19.546s 20. Dani Clos Spain HRT-Cosworth 2m 19.689s 21. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 2m 38.701s 22. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 2m 40.749s 23. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 2m 46.580s 24. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari no time Here are the results of the 2nd practice session with the track totally washed out by heavy rain in the afternoon 1 – Charles Pic – Marussia-Cosworth – 2:49.354 2 – Daniel Ricciardo – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 2:49.750 3 – Fernando Alonso – Ferrari – 2:50.497 4 – Paul di Resta – Force India-Mercedes – 2:51.333 5 – Pastor Maldonado – Williams-Renault – 2:51.660 6 – Timo Glock – Marussia-Cosworth – 2:52.076 7 – Kamui Kobayashi – Sauber-Ferrari – 2:53.232 8 – Jean-Eric Vergne – Toro Rosso-Ferrari – 2:58.232 9 – Nico Hulkenberg – Force India-Mercedes – 2:59.125 10 – Sergio Perez – Sauber-Ferrari – 3:12.901 no valid time for other drivers no pilot was able to mark representative times Saturday: weather conditions are expected to improve for free practice 3 and the qualifying(no rain) and cool temperatures. But there is an important news: Mark Webber will lose five places on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix for gearbox change before the required five consecutive races. |
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Poor teams...they haven't had so much time to drive today :/
The winner of P2 is... Charles Pic from Marussia! His best lap time: 2`49.354 |
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Wonderful news, Kubica returned to racing
The pilot of Krakow would lead to a whole day in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC during a test track sula Reims |
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Belgium Grand Prix – it will be the 57° edition
At Spa Francorchamps 44 times. This year will be the 45th edition. At Zolder 10 (between 1973-1984); at Nivelles 2 editions.The Formula One Championship returns in this weekend after a break of more than one month. The race will take place on the classic circuit of Spa Francorchamps. The most known part of the circuit is the Eau Rouge Raidillon; surely the most famous combination of corners in motor racing. The first part is downhill, with a sudden change of direction at the bottom and then there is a very steep uphill, without seeing the exit from the cockpit. It is a crucial sector, always at full throttle and it is forbidden the DRS also during practice and qualifying. After the Eau Rouge Raidillon, there is a long straight called, Kemmel, where 12 years ago, Hakkinen did one of the best overtaking manoeuvres ever in Formula One. At the end of the Kemmel straight, there is Les Combes, a fast chicane; then the track descends by Malmedy until arriving at the Rivage. Another key point is Pouhon. A very quick downhill left hander. Here is difficult to find the right line. The track continues with the right-left Fagnes chicane and the fast and famous Stavelot corner; you turn onto a straight that leads to the Blanchimont corner. Finally, the Bus Stop chicane, which has been redesigned many times over the years. The start/finish line, which was originally on the downhill before Eau Rouge, was moved in the new track on the short straight before the La Source, a tight hairpin, where there are often incidents. The first and third sector are characterized by long and very fast straights, balanced by a series of high-speed and medium-speed corners in the middle sector, extremely technical. Spa, along with Monza, is the most demanding test for engines during the season and more then 70% of lap time is spent at full throttle. including a continuous sector (more or less 1860m equal to 24 sec) from La Source to Les Combes. Pirelli’s tyre for this race: Silver hard(prime) and White medium(option) - the more conservative choice between those available. The statistic of Spa Francorchamps Podium 2011: Vettel – Webber – Button. fastest lap on race: Webber – pole position : Vettel 1'48''298 Podium 2010: Hamilton – Webber – Kubica. fastest lap on race: Hamilton – pole position : Vettel 1'45''778 Spa GP: victories for current pilots: Schumacher(6) Raikkonen(4); Hamilton Massa and Vettel (1), Quite strange: Alonso Button and Webber: zero wins. Best finish: Alonso and Webber(second); Button (third) Spa GP: pole position for current pilots: Schumacher, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Vettel and Webber (1) Quite strange: nobody of current pilots has more than one pole position. Never in pole Alonso. Spa GP: fastest lap for current pilots: Schumacher(4), Raikkonen(2) Massa, Hamilton, Webber and Vettel, (1) |
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Bruce McLaren
[Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] Born : 30th August 1937 - Died : 2nd June 1970 |
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The time table of the Belgian Grand Prix
 [Versteckter Link - Registrierung notwendig] Kind Regards Shaky-Schumi |
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