Spa

[oddlycalm]

About time. :thumbup:

oc

[Sean Malone]

A Men! Sorry folks, but that Valencia track makes me spit up in my mouth a little. Can't wait for this weekend!

[stroker]

No word on who's in the #2 Ferrari?

[cameraman]

Luca Badoer is driving the Ferrari. Still two seconds off of Kimi...
Spa weekend and it is raining. At least some things never change.

[Lux Interior]

I don't like Valencia either. Boring. Spa, on the other hand, is hands down my favorite track on the F1 calendar and probably my favorite race track in any series.:thumbup:

[nissan gtp]

watching practice was great, just because it's Spa :thumbup:

[pchall]

Enjoy Spa now.

Tilke will fix it someday...

[Lux Interior]

Enjoy Spa now.

Tilke will fix it someday...

They already messed with eau rogue:thumdown:

[emjaya]

They already messed with eau rogue:thumdown:

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/8/9839.html

:cool:

[emjaya]

2009 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:45.102 1:44.667 1:46.308 23
2 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:45.140 1:44.503 1:46.395 24
3 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:45.566 1:44.709 1:46.500 18
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:45.237 1:44.834 1:46.513 23
5 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:45.655 1:44.557 1:46.586 22
6 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.579 1:44.953 1:46.633 21
7 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:45.450 1:44.877 1:46.677 21
8 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:45.372 1:44.592 1:46.761 20
9 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:45.350 1:44.924 1:46.788 22
10 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:45.486 1:45.047 1:47.362 20
11 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:45.239 1:45.119 18
12 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.767 1:45.122 16
13 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:45.707 1:45.136 16
14 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:45.761 1:45.251 18
15 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:45.705 1:45.259 19
16 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:45.951 7
17 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:46.032 10
18 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:46.307 10
19 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 1:46.359 11
20 3 Luca Badoer Ferrari 1:46.957 11


Fisi on pole!!! :eek:

[mueber]

Was it raining?

[emjaya]

Light on fuel? :confused:

Edit: There seems to be a rumour in the F1 paddock about Fisi taking over Badoer's seat in the Ferrari for Monza. A Ferrari at Monza going to motivate anyone, for an Italian....

[opinionated ow]

Light on fuel? :confused:

Edit: There seems to be a rumour in the F1 paddock about Fisi taking over Badoer's seat in the Ferrari for Monza. A Ferrari at Monza going to motivate anyone, for an Italian....

The car has been competitive all weekend though double:confused:

[cameraman]

It was cold, in the 50's during qualifying.

[miatanut]

Fisi on pole!!! :eek:

Yeah. :confused: This is a dream, right?


There seems to be a rumour in the F1 paddock about Fisi taking over Badoer's seat in the Ferrari for Monza. A Ferrari at Monza going to motivate anyone, for an Italian....
I don't see how somebody can jump in a car they've never driven before and be competitive, but Badoer may be in the process of losing his testing gig. The test drivers need to be reasonably close to the race drivers to provide useful feedback.

[trish]

I just read that a mechanic was injured and has been placed into an induced coma after a pit accident in GP2.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=txf1mechanichospitaliz&prov=st&type=lgns

[Methanolandbrats]

Bernie got his close competition. Now any **** box with a crate motor can be on pole at Spa. F1 is the pinochle of motorsports :yuck:

[trish]

Bernie got his close competition. Now any **** box with a crate motor can be on pole at Spa. F1 is the pinochle of motorsports :yuck:

Maybe they're cheating.

[cameraman]

Bernie got his close competition. Now any **** box with a crate motor can be on pole at Spa. F1 is the pinochle of motorsports :yuck: Maybe it was 50 degrees and the tires behaved strangely. The Force India cars happened to work best on cold tires. It is called racing, deal with it.

[miatanut]

Maybe it was 50 degrees and the tires behaved strangely. The Force India cars happened to work best on cold tires. It is called racing, deal with it.
:rofl:

:thumbup:

[trish]

That was quite a start.

[Fio1]

Everyone is making a fuss about Badoer, but to be honest Grosjean guy is 10-times worse! Get rid of that guy!

[opinionated ow]

Everyone is making a fuss about Badoer, but to be honest Grosjean guy is 10-times worse! Get rid of that guy!

Grosjean is actually very good...

[trish]

Are you allowed to gain spots like Kimi did after going off and then coming back on the track?

[NismoZ]

Of course, red car. F-1's version of "The Pass." Took 'em awhile but F-1 finally gets the script right..."A Ferrari takes the lead at Spa!";)

[NismoZ]

I'm more interested in the comments about Fisichella's "position" while in the lead. "I don't think Fisichella will hold him (Kimi) up much, do you?" (chuckle, chuckle)-Matchett. They weren't referring to KERS at that point either. Then, AFTER Kimi's KERS pass, regarding Fisi's strategy, "He'll have to do whatever Maranello require.":confused: Really?:saywhat: Unofficial "negotiations?" I say if Fisi has the chance he should push Kimi off at La Source, the scene of Kimi's "designed" WIIIIIDE pass, and win the damn race to REALLY impress Ferrari!:D Interesting Ferrari "team orders, eh? (Oooo...Fisi's catching him!)

[Lux Interior]

Bernie got his close competition. Now any **** box with a crate motor can be on pole at Spa. F1 is the pinochle of motorsports :yuck:

Force India has Mercedes engines IIRC. Those are good engines, plus fisi is very experienced. No big surprise here. :thumbup:

[NismoZ]

Good race. Much enjoyed it. As Matchett says, though..."A good result for the sport." Oh, well. I like a great story!:)

[Lux Interior]

Excellent F1 race and nice to see that podium.

I hope this race stays on the calendar. The last thing F1 needs is another race in the middle east at some sterile Tilke track with no attendance.

There was a big crowd at Spa today.

[ilferrari]

I found the race and most of this season to be pretty boring actually. They made all those ham-fisted changes to increase overtaking, making the cars look really ugly, and there has been much less of it this year.

[oddlycalm]

Some driving errors and cockups in the pits can certainly change the results in a hurry. Had to be deflating for Brawn to have stationary at the start and Button out less than half a lap later. Finishing in the pits with a big oil fire seemed oddly appropriate.

Looks like the money Mallya has spent on the McLaren technical assistance and the Benz lump is finally paying off. Would have sooner if Sutil had any kind of luck.

Weird race or not, it was Spa and it looked like a good crowd.

oc

[Methanolandbrats]

Good race watching the Sacred Cow sniffing the Prancing Horse. Now how about some rules stability so the curds can separate from the turds.

[Indy]

Anyone think Force India would have done so well if some folks in India were not putting up a bit of fight over Bernie's extortion money?

[oddlycalm]

Yup, rules stability as well a professional stewards rather than FIA patrons would be a start.

oc

[NismoZ]

Speaking of rules, what's this about an FIA investigation of Singapore '08? Piquet spun on purpose (ordered by Flav, I suppose?) so Alonso can seal a win? Piquet gets dumped this year so he blew the whistle? Let's go to the radio transmissions!:) So, what's the lesson here, fall on your sword for the emperor then if you don't die we'll kill ya?

[miatanut]

You mean:

Now how about some rules stability so the teams with obscene budgets can beat the smaller, more innovative teams.

Screw that! This year we got a little taste of what we used to enjoy every year a couple decades back. If a little rules instability does that, I say new rules every year!

[stroker]

I'm surprised at the lack of discussion about Toyota leaving based on the Williams situation. Or am I behind the curve and the Conventional Wisdom is that it's long since been assumed they're leaving?

[cameraman]

The Toyota board is going to do what they are going to do. No sense worrying about it until they announce something.

[Lux Interior]

Toyota would be smarter to supply one of the new teams with an engine and stick their logo on the wings someplace. You still get some F1 exposure and you don't have to run that giant race team.

[stroker]

Toyota would be smarter to supply one of the new teams with an engine and stick their logo on the wings someplace. You still get some F1 exposure and you don't have to run that giant race team.

Might as well have a customer team trolling around the back or mid-pack as well as the factory team. Costs a hell of a lot less...

[grungex]

Will they be serving cake?

[Easy]

Good race watching the Sacred Cow sniffing the Prancing Horse. Now how about some rules stability so the curds can separate from the turds.

Rules stability always winds up with tighter grids not further separation.

[Gnam]

Toyota would be smarter to supply one of the new teams with an engine and stick their logo on the wings someplace. You still get some F1 exposure and you don't have to run that giant race team.
BMW should do the same.

Everyone wants to be Ferrari, though.