Formula 1 2017 - Round 12 - Spa

Harika

After the summer break, Spa in the Ardennes is on. Place of one of the best overtakes of all time and also prone to rain with unexpected outcomes. Rain is a possibility for Saturday and Sunday. hiphip!








TV Times with lights out
Friday Grand Prix first practice live Channel4/Sky Sports F1 09:00
Thursday Grand Prix second practice live Channel4/Sky Sports F1 13:00
Saturday Grand Prix third practice live Channel4/Sky Sports F1 10:00
Saturday Grand Prix qualifying live Channel4/Sky Sports F1 13:00
Sunday Grand Prix live Channel4/Sky Sports F1 13:00

Harika

Brembo Braking Stats for Spa

Jordan 199

Harika wrote: »

hiphip!

Hooray!

Mike Litoris

Live on C4...fcukin awesome!!

skipper_G

Alonso on track and BAM engine problem right away. Crawls back to the pits and now let's see if they can fix it.

Also, C4 now claiming (as unconfirmed report) on commentary that Bottas has signed an extension with Mercedes

skipper_G

Onboard shot from Ocon's car through Blanchimont and up to the hairpin was nice. They look so stable, can't wait to see a proper qualy run.

Also red flag as Massa in the barriers. Lost the back end on a kerb and clouted the left hand side. Lot of work to start the weekend for them

AMKC

Would love to see Kimi win the race this weekend. He has four wins here so a fifth win for him would be really nice. Both Hamilton and Vettel have two wins here but they could possibly overtake Kimi's four wins in the next few years unless Kimi wins here which would make it a bit harder for them to do.

AMKC

Valltrie Bottas had a bizarre accident and damaged his car. He was slowing down at one of the corners when he realised there was someone behind him and decided to speed up but lost control and the front of the car hit the barrier.

skipper_G

AMKC wrote: »

Valltrie Bottas had a bizarre accident and damaged his car. He was slowing down at one of the corners when he realised there was someone behind him and decided to speed up but lost control and the front of the car hit the barrier.

Just seen it there, very strange indeed.

AMKC

skipper_G wrote: »

Just seen it there, very strange indeed.

Think he must have spun the wheels and then lost control of it.

Kimi on top in FP1. I really hope he can keep it up. I want to see Kimi win this weekend.

Jeff2

I hope Alonso is sorted for the race.
He has a lot of patience for that team.

Mike Litoris

Jeff2 wrote: »

I hope Alonso is sorted for the race.
He has a lot of patience for that team.

Issues on the out lap of FP3 already.

AMKC

Go Kimi. I really think this is Kimi's race to lose. He is on top if he can do it in qualifying then the race is his. Has been a good FP3 session so far much better than the FP2 session.

CFlat

While I don't necessarily believe FP times because some teams may be sandbagging, the gulf in times between 1st and 10th of 2 seconds is very disappointing for fans. And what's the story with Bottas?

AMKC

CFlat wrote: »

While I don't necessarily believe FP times because some teams may be sandbagging, the gulf in times between 1st and 10th of 2 seconds is very disappointing for fans. And what's the story with Bottas?

Ye Bottas does not seem to be on form this weekend but maybe his qualifying will be better. Me I want Kimi to take pole and win.

Itssoeasy

Jesus watching ted kravitz interviewing the drivers is akward and he asked max verstappen about his hand and max looking blankly at him.

CFlat

You should watch it on C4 we have Coulthard, Webber and the excellent Karun Chandhok. Unfortunately you have to put up with Steve Jones but, I suppose you can't have everything.

bnt

Not to mention Susie Wolff. They're currently in the Williams pit talking to mad TT biker Guy Martin, who's in their pit crew this weekend. :pac:

Mike Litoris

Guy Martins is awesome!

Itssoeasy

bnt wrote: »

Not to mention Susie Wolff. They're currently in the Williams pit talking to mad TT biker Guy Martin, who's in their pit crew this weekend. :pac:

And lee mckenzie which is always a plus.

Ah classic Belgium GP moments.

Itssoeasy

You have to love the American lad from mclaren. They try to make simple things sound complicated by using jargon.

Itssoeasy

This track brings me back to being on holidays when I was younger and taking over the tv on Sunday and watching it on RTE.

skipper_G

Kimi with some sort of vibration issue. If they can't diagnose and fix it quickly, it will be hard for him to challenge for pole.

Itssoeasy

skipper_G wrote: »

Kimi with some sort of vibration issue. If they can't diagnose and fix it quickly, it will be hard for him to challenge for pole.

Well the radio conversation seemed to suggest it wasn't the tyres.

Itssoeasy

Jesus the vibrations from those rear tyres wouldn't feel very good to the driver.

skipper_G

Why does the director keep showing us these lingering shots of Alain Prost?

bnt

Hamilton's tyres "tramping" in slow motion ... all that wobbling was like something from a rap video.

skipper_G

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Well the radio conversation seemed to suggest it wasn't the tyres.

True, which could mean the cause is mechanical

Ghost Train

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus the vibrations from those rear tyres wouldn't feel very good to the driver.

Can imagine that sort of resonance causing serious damage, very strange that it continued so long. Might need something adjusted

Ghost Train

Williams are pretty disappointing

Sainz well ahead a kvyat

bnt

Lewis being warned by his crew about track limits on turn 4 - but he's far from the worst offender when it comes to track limits ...

skipper_G

Ghost Train wrote: »

Williams are pretty disappointing

Sainz well ahead a kvyat

It's a bit bizarre how Williams with a Mercedes engine are so far off the pace on a power track like this. Almost as if they don't understand their car properly

CFlat

The presence of Robert Kubica in the Renault camp has really given Joylon the giddy up He's doing a good job this week end.

Ghost Train

Palmer doing pretty well with his early lap

Tv director pretty hopeless

skipper_G

CFlat wrote: »

The presence of Robert Kubica in the Renault camp has really given Joylon the giddy up He's doing a good job this week end.

It begs the question why he hasn't performed like that for the whole season? What has he changed over the summer break, can you give your car steroids?

kopite386

Yet again no power for Alonso and McLaren unless he goes with Renault I can still see him staying with McLaren next year more so especially if they don't have a Honda engine

bnt

Great to see the Renault team fixing Palmer's clutch problem, quickly enough to get him back out for another good lap. P7 going in to Q3.

skipper_G

Is "no power" Fernando's catchphrase now? I will never buy a Honda in protest at how utterly **** they've been.

bnt

Palmer: spoke too soon ...

kopite386

That's Palmer out then …

Itssoeasy

bnt wrote: »

Palmer: spoke too soon ...

If he didn't have bad luck he'd have no luck.

CFlat

Who's the beautiful looking woman with Jos?

Any chance Kimi could find 3/10s in the next 3 and a half mins!!

COME ON KIMI.

flazio

CFlat wrote: »

Who's the beautiful looking woman with Jos?

Any chance Kimi could find 3/10s in the next 3 and a half mins!!

COME ON KIMI.

He's not picking up good vibrations

Itssoeasy

CFlat wrote: »

Who's the beautiful looking woman with Jos?

Any chance Kimi could find 3/10s in the next 3 and a half mins!!

COME ON KIMI.

No idea who she is.

skipper_G

Good recovery in the end from Vettel he seemed to be struggling! Should be a tasty one off the line tomorrow.

Congratulations to Hamilton for equalling Schumi's pole record.

Ghost Train

Vettel put in a good lap at the end. Hopefully good race into first corner tomorrow

Jeff2

I'd say there might be some tyre blow outs tomorrow with this bumpy track.

CFlat

I'd say there's already been a blow out in the McLaren garage

AMKC

Well that was an exciting qualifying session. A pity that Kimi did not get to start on the front row in the end.

That was an awesome lap by Hamilton do. Vettel also done a really good lap at the end.

Palmer done good do get into Q3 just a pity he did not get to try and keep his 7th place or improve even.

Mclaren and Honda need to sort there **** out. Alonso should have been in Q3.

Hopefully its a good race there is also a big chance of rain.

flazio

AMKC wrote: »

Mclaren and Honda need to sort there **** out. Alonso should have been in Q3.

I reckon Williams have the bigger headache.

Grim.

well this is new https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/pirelli-investigating-tyre-waves-spa-945425/?s=1