Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

POLEPOSITION Masterpiece Hamilton !!!

I think that Mercedes now is beginning a new era.
Tomorrow i hope to see a very interesting GP.

Spa Franchorchamps Free Practice 3 Results
01; Sebastian Vettel; Red Bull Renault; 1:48.327;
02; Fernando Alonso; Ferrari; 1:48.432; +0.105;
03; Mark Webber; Red Bull Renault; 1:48.533; +0.206;
04; Jean-Eric Vergne; Toro Rosso Ferrari; 1:48.776; +0.449;
05; Felipe Massa; Ferrari; 1:48.788; +0.461;
06; Jenson Button; McLaren Mercedes; 1:48.882; +0.555;
07; Esteban Gutierrez; Sauber Ferrari; 1:48.930; +0.603;
08; Romain Grosjean; Lotus Renault; 1:48.967; +0.640;
09; Nico Rosberg; Mercedes AMG; 1:48.993; +0.666;
10; Kimi Raikkonen; Lotus Renault; 1:49.008; +0.681;
11; Daniel Ricciardo; Toro Rosso Ferrari; 1:49.035; +0.708;
12; Lewis Hamilton; Mercedes AMG; 1:49.046; +0.719;
13; Adrian Sutil; Force India Mercedes; 1:49.122; +0.795;
14; Valtteri Bottas; Williams Renault; 1:49.177; +0.850;
15; Paul di Resta; Force India Mercedes; 1:49.226; +0.899;
16; Sergio Perez; McLaren Mercedes; 1:49.417; +1.090;
17; Nico Hulkenberg; Sauber Ferrari; 1:49.478; +1.151;
18; Pastor Maldonado; Williams Renault; 1:50.418; +2.091;
19; Charles Pic; Caterham Renault; 1:51.416; +3.089;
20; Giedo Van der Garde; Caterham Renault; 1:51.800; +3.473;
21; Jules Bianchi; Marussia Cosworth; 1:52.221; +3.894;
22; Max Chilton; Marussia Cosworth; 1:53.507; +5.180;

FP 3 - Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time also in 3° session, finishing just a tenth of a second less than Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso

The sound of engine
About the sound of new engine for next year my opinion is: no good
the sound of the old 12-cylinder(Ferrari or Honda) was unsurpassed
Enzo Ferrari always used to say that “the sound of a 12-cylinder engine should be listened to as if it were a symphony”, while the famous maestro Von Karajan defined “the sound of the 12-cylider Ferrari engine as a melody that no conductor would ever be able to reproduce.”.

New and improved sounds for next years car

neue Formel 1 Motoren 2014 , Formula 1 Sound of the 2014 Engine

Spa Franchorchamps - Free Practice 2

01; Sebastian Vettel; Red Bull Renault; 1:49.331;
02; Mark Webber; Red Bull Renault; 1:49.390; +0.059;
03; Romain Grosjean; Lotus Renault; 1:50.149; +0.818;
04; Felipe Massa; Ferrari; 1:50.164; +0.833;
05; Jean-Eric Vergne; Toro Rosso Ferrari; 1:50.253; +0.922;
06; Kimi Raikkonen; Lotus Renault; 1:50.318; +0.987;
07; Fernando Alonso; Ferrari; 1:50.510; +1.179;
08; Sergio Perez; McLaren Mercedes; 1:50.536; +1.205;
09; Nico Rosberg; Mercedes AMG; 1:50.601; +1.270;
10; Paul di Resta; Force India Mercedes; 1:50.611; +1.280;
11; Adrian Sutil; Force India Mercedes; 1:50.629; +1.298;
12; Lewis Hamilton; Mercedes AMG; 1:50.751; +1.420;
13; Nico Hulkenberg; Sauber Ferrari; 1:50.972; +1.641;
14; Pastor Maldonado; Williams Renault; 1:50.991; +1.660;
15; Jenson Button; McLaren Mercedes; 1:51.195; +1.864;
16; Daniel Ricciardo; Toro Rosso Ferrari; 1:51.447; +2.116;
17; Valtteri Bottas; Williams Renault; 1:51.568; +2.237;
18; Esteban Gutierrez; Sauber Ferrari; 1:51.644; +2.313;
19; Giedo Van der Garde; Caterham Renault; 1:53.157; +3.826;
20; Charles Pic; Caterham Renault; 1:53.251; +3.920;
21; Jules Bianchi; Marussia Cosworth; 1:53.482; +4.151;
22; Max Chilton; Marussia Cosworth; 1:54.418; +5.087;

Spa Franchorchamp. A brief summary of what happened today
This morning. At the beginning of FP1 the track was very damp and all pilots have used the intermediate tyres (green stripe - with grooves in the tread pattern) for 40/50 minutes (lap time around 2 min)then the circuit began to dry out and pilots went on slick tires (all have used only hard compound - orange stripe) In this phase the lap times has continued to tumble(Alonso set the fastest time), but in last 10 minutes the weather conditions are worsened and the ranking is not changed anymore.
- Free Practice 2 – Today afternoon
The sun has finally arrived over the track with dry conditions at Spa Francorchamps for the second session
Red Bull seems the best car. Fast over a single lap with both drivers and with an excellent race pace, despite they have a different set-up. Vettel, using a lower-downforce configuration in relation to his team mate, is faster in 1st and 3rd sector while Webber in the 2nd. Only one problem: a slow puncture on Vettel's car. Due to a damage on the floor of his Red Bull, this session ended up in advance for the world champion. Today beyond Vettel and Webber there was a large gap on a singole lap.
Lotus: strong pace race for Grossjean around the average of 1:56 more or less as Webber
Mercedes: two long run with a good pace race for Rosberg. Approximately 10 laps in the first one with an average of 1:56.500 and less then 1:56. in the second one. I suppose with different tyres compound.
Ferrari? A lot of work and changes. Not a good impression.
Massa has often complained understeer everywhere on his car.

The weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday are not good
Tomorrow afternoon there is a high probability of rain and as well Sunday the rain is expected for the race, but at Spa the weather conditions are usually difficult to predict.

Japan GP will take place on Suzuka circuit at least untill 2018
After 1 year of negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone, the
organizers announced the good news

2013 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
practice1 results
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:55.198 11
2 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:55.224 0.026 10
3 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:55.373 0.175 11
4 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:55.518 0.320 14
5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:55.614 0.416 10
6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:55.636 0.438 14
7 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:55.954 0.756 18
8 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:56.110 0.912 11
9 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:56.770 1.572 14
10 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:56.858 1.660 18
11 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:56.863 1.665 10
12 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:57.081 1.883 14
13 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:57.084 1.886 17
14 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:57.281 2.083 14
15 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:57.358 2.160 10
16 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:57.821 2.623 16
17 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:57.887 2.689 16
18 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:58.600 3.402 14
19 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:58.929 3.731 12
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:59.209 4.011 12
21 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:59.441 4.243 11
22 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2:03.176 7.978 15

Blink and you will miss it

Infiniti Red Bull Racing sets new pitstop world record - GONE IN 2.05 SECONDS

The Belgian Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps - Winners, Podium and pole position (last 3 editions)
2010: 1° Hamilton – Mc Laren (2°Webber and 3°Kubica) – fastest lap: Hamilton – pole: Webber, time 1m 45.778
2011: 1° Vettel – Red Bull (2° Webber and 3° Button) – fastest lap: Webber – pole: Vettel, time 1m 48.298
2012: 1° Button – Mc Laren (2° Vettel and 3° Raikkonen) – fastest lap: Bruno Senna – pole: Button 1m 47.573
Wins for current pilots: Raikkonen 4 wins (2004-2005-2007-2009) – Button, Vettel, Hamilton and Massa 1 win.
Pole position: Raikkonen, Hamilton, Webber Vettel and Button 1. Quite strange Alonso: no wins and no pole
Podiums at Spa: Raikkonen(5 times) – Vettel and Button(3) – Alonso, Massa, Hamilton and Webber(2)
Stats on this season after 10 races.
Wins: Vettel(4 times) Alonso and Rosberg(2); Raikkonen and Hamilton (1)
Pole position: Hamilton(4 times) Vettel, and Rosberg (3)
Podium: Vettel(7); Raikkonen (6); Alonso(5); Hamilton(4) Webber(3) Rosberg and Grosjean(2) Massa(1)
• F1 - saturday qualifying game - Spa Francorchamps:
Team battle(Ferrari) Alonso vs Massa 7-3*
*The asterisk indicates that Massa didn't participate to qualifying in Monaco.
Average qualifying position: Alonso (5,4°) after 10 qualifying - Massa (7,2°) after 9 qualifying (without Monaco)
Hamilton. Average qualifying position2,1) – Average Grid position: (2.6)*
*The asterisk indicates that he was penalized five places on the grid in Bahrain
These are the results of Hamilton in qualifying: 4 pole position – 3 second place – 1 third place and 2 fourth
places. Hamilton has the best score in qualifying followed by Vettel (2.7)
tomorrow: Free Practice One (morning) and FP 2 (afternoon)

Weather Update Belgium At Francorchamps !

Thursday ( pitwalk ) : Sunny ,around 23°C a 25°C
Friday : Sunny ,between 25°C a 27°C
Saturday : Sunny , around 27°C
Sunday : Cloudy , Rain , between 11°C & 17°C ( aaaaah come on )

Kind Regards
Shaky

I'm hedding to the circuit

The Belgian Grand Prix - Spa Francorchamps 23-24-25 August
The world Championship of Formula 1 returns in this weekend on the mythical circuit of Spa Francorchamps. it is a circuit like no other; simply the best in the world. The first and third sectors include long straights, while in the middle sector, there are high-speed and medium-speed curves, extremely technical. Along the whole track there are several ups and downs and many changes of direction. Spa-Francorchamps is the longest active circuit of the season. The hills, the trees, the mist and the rather changeable weather make unique its atmosphere. Spa, Monza and Monaco are the oldest circuits still on the calendar. Date back to the 20's of last century; long before it started the world championship of Formula One(1950). The original Spa circuit consisted of public roads that ran between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy, and Stavelot, in the heart of the Ardennes. In 1925 the first Belgian Grand Prix was won by Antonio Ascari, father of future World Champion Alberto Ascari. In the old layout(more than 14 km) there was the famous Masta Kink - a high speed chicane in the middle of the Masta straight between Malmedy and Stavelot. The old track was dropped in 1970 because it was too dangerous, but in the eighties the new shorter circuit (7 km) was included again in the calendar. The circuit was rebuilt very well, and the modern track is well loved by fans. In addition some historical parts (Eau Rouge Raidillon for example) have remained the original ones. Tyre allocation for this GP. Pirelli will bring: medium compound(white stripe) and of course hard compound(orange stripe).the most conservative choice, because it’s certainly one of the most demanding circuits for tyres and together with the next race at Monza, the race at Spa is also the most demanding event of the year for engines. Two drs zone: start-finish straight and of course Kemmel straight
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Raikkonen and Ferrari rumors. it would be good to see him again at the wheel of Ferrari in 2014. Only one thing. The end of 2009 the Finn received a lot of money as severance pay. Ferrari team paid him not to drive for them in 2010 despite a regular contract. The managers of Ferrari chose to keep Massa, but after 4 year they seem to have changed their minds. Wait and see.

Since Red Bull will promote Ricciardo as 2nd drive for 2014
and Lotus team principal Eric Boullier said that they would like
to have Kimi Raikonnen again next year, but only at "right
conditions", rumors spread that the Finnish driver could
rejoin Ferrari
What do you think, guys ?
I think it will be good if he will replace Massa, so Ferrari will
have two top drivers to fight for the 2014 title
Furthermore Raikkonen has been in Ferrari three years ( 2007-2009
with a title in 2007), so he knows very well how they work
Regards, Italianfan

19/08/1987 nicolas hulkenberg german f1 driver
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The Countdown has begon









Hopefully this year no crash at the start that involves a Ferrari car/driver

Kind Regards
Shaky-Schumi

17/08/1952 nelson piquet former brasilian f1 driver
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last year belgium podium
1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 44 1:29:08.530
2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 44 +13.6 secs
3 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 44 +25.3 secs
pole
1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.573