Sebastian Vettel has won the Belgian GP in his usual dominant fashion, especially in the second half of the race. Mark Webber came in second, completing a perfect result for Red Bull. Jenson Button had a great drive to 3rd while Alonso finishes a solid fourth.
DRS is after Eau Rouge: http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news ... 73004.htmlbeelsebob wrote:I wonder, will they put the DRS zone on the start/finish straight or in blanchimont, given that the kemmel straight already provides lots of overtaking.
In a driving rainstormraymondu999 wrote:I think the biggest question is; will the pole lap do Eau Rouge with DRS engaged?
Thanks for hip-ing me up, like I was totally serious dude!raymondu999 wrote:Hate to break it to you Alcatraz, but I don't think Eau Rouge can be driven in a T-storm flat out, let alone with DRS
This race reminds me of a rumor we had last year that a team was going to do a one-off race deal with Kimi; seeing his track record here. Heh. How I'd love to see that happening
Not an expert Ray, but I don't think any of the teams can. That may be why we have seen quali times not approaching the track records after they made that setting a parc fermé requisite. I think they have all had to ease off their quali setting, and be more creative with the exhaust affect. If I'm right (which I am not in any way sure of) it would make sense that Red Bull err on the conservative side with the lead they have. It would be interesting to see it go down to the wire and see who has the nuts to chance a blown engine for the WDC and to a lesser degree the WCC.raymondu999 wrote:I know you were sarcastic. So was I
Also; slightly off-topic, but just thought I'd love to get some opinions here. I think we've seen that after Valencia, Red Bull never really regained anything close to their pre-Silverstone form. Do you folks think that the Renault engine can't stand a race-long stint using off-throttle blowing, and so they have stopped using that, at least at Red Bull? McL, for example, seems comfortable running it in quali + the race
Actually I think it's just 100% pointless. You get a lot of chances to pass down the Kemmel straight anyway, because it's dominated by whether you hit the rev limiter or not.raymondu999 wrote:I don't like that in the slightest. Anyone else think that it will make things too easy for the overtaker?
As much as I love Kimi, were he to come back for just one race then he'd totally suck. These cars and tyres are so different to the last F1 car he drove that he'd be chasing the setup and confidence all weekend, and would be lucky to get within 0.5s of his team mate let alone the front of the grid. The same is true for any ex-F1 driver returning to these cars after a couple of years away.raymondu999 wrote:This race reminds me of a rumor we had last year that a team was going to do a one-off race deal with Kimi; seeing his track record here. Heh. How I'd love to see that happening
Maybe because the RBR's use cold blowing and the McL's use cold blowing? Just a guess.raymondu999 wrote:I agree completely with what you said. But watching quali, you can actually hear the gurgling noise from the McLarens as they go through slow corners, and I can't seem to hear that from the Red Bull now
button very rarley challenges for wins in normal conditions, and he doesnt go that well at spa.donskar wrote:I hope is does NOT rain. I want to see a pure head-to-head race ON THE TRACK. I think it will be Alonso, Vettel, Button, Webber, and Hamilton battling at the at the end. And tifosi will increasingly be asking, "Who replaces Massa next year?"
