2012 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa

[RB7ate9]

My questions for the Spa Grand Prix:

1. Will it snow?
2. Will it rain?
3. Will the temps be higher tha 20 C?
4. Will Alonso qualify in the TopTen?
5. Will Alonso win?
6. If a Lotus wins, will it be protested and disqualified because of SuperF-ducky-DRS after the race?
7. Will HAM get a penalty?
8. Will Massa show that he is the true Spa-Master?
9. Will Schumacher collide with Coulthard again?
10. Will Schumacher win, or will Rosberg race to a undisputed Mercedes victory?
11. Will Perez shine again in the wet?
12. Will Kobayshi overtake Hamilton without crashing?
13. Will Maldonado finish the race (on the podium)?
14. How many red flags will we have during qualifying and race?
15. Will Webber again try to kill him-self?

1. Yes.
2. Yes, because of 3.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. No.
6. Yes.
7. Yes, see 15.
8. Yes. He likes to relax.
9. Yes. Undoubtedly.
10. No...I mean yes....no....well played.
11. Yes.
12. Yes. But he won't need to overtake. See 15.
13. No, see 15.
14. All of them.
15. Yes. Webber will decide last year wasn't risky enough so he'll do the same overtake maneuver on Maldonaldo. The resultant crash will be Hamilton's fault and he will be given a penalty. Trailing Kobayashi then is able to take 2nd on the podium ahead of Daniel Riccardo and just behind Kimi Raikkonen. However, the stewards rule that the Lotus F-ish-Duct is illegal and Kimi and Romain Grosjean's results are removed and they are consoled in the local spas by a supportive Massa.

That, my friends, will be the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.

....this break just feels longer than previous....

[turbof1]

I hope they will allow drs on eau rouge. Cars produce enough df anyhow and 2010 showed that taking eau rouge with reduced df at the rear wing still allows to go full throttle.

[fiohaa]

I hope they will allow drs on eau rouge. Cars produce enough df anyhow and 2010 showed that taking eau rouge with reduced df at the rear wing still allows to go full throttle.

...they obviously wont. also if theres anywhere that doesnt need a long drz zone, its sector 1 at spa.

[fiohaa]

made up a good joke here:

Q. 'when was the last time you saw a driver make a mistake in f1'
A. '2010, because since 2011 they have been driving well within their own limits'

haha! accept its not funny, and its true.

[beelsebob]

made up a good joke here:

Q. 'when was the last time you saw a driver make a mistake in f1'
A. '2010, because since 2011 they have been driving well within their own limits'

haha! accept its not funny, and its true.

Score -1: Troll.

[RB7ate9]

made up a good joke here:

Q. 'when was the last time you saw a driver make a mistake in f1'
A. '2010, because since 2011 they have been driving well within their own limits'

haha! accept its not funny, and its true.

Score -1: Troll.

Seriously. I mean, the real answer is "the last time I saw Maldonaldo on track"

Pfft. Amateurs.

[beelsebob]

made up a good joke here:

Q. 'when was the last time you saw a driver make a mistake in f1'
A. '2010, because since 2011 they have been driving well within their own limits'

haha! accept its not funny, and its true.

Score -1: Troll.

Seriously. I mean, the real answer is "the last time I saw Maldonaldo on track"

Pfft. Amateurs.

Haha, now *that* was a joke... (Maldonado I mean)

[FrukostScones]

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[fiohaa]

made up a good joke here:

Q. 'when was the last time you saw a driver make a mistake in f1'
A. '2010, because since 2011 they have been driving well within their own limits'

haha! accept its not funny, and its true.

Score -1: Troll.

well please tell me the last time you saw a driver, in the top 10 of the championship, spin or go off track from driver error, in a race (excluding overtaking attemptS)

[raymondu999]

Vettel was off track a good deal during the last stint in Hockenheim. Grosjean had his share of spins this year in races too (he's 8th in the WDC). Perez (9th) nearly creamed himself into the wall at Sepang.

[fiohaa]

Vettel was off track a good deal during the last stint in Hockenheim. Grosjean had his share of spins this year in races too (he's 8th in the WDC). Perez (9th) nearly creamed himself into the wall at Sepang.

well its a fact that if youre driving 2 seconds below the maximum laptime on a fresh set of tyres...youre prone to less mistakes.

what little part the driver had to play before, in f1, is now Zero (unless it rains)

[beelsebob]

Vettel was off track a good deal during the last stint in Hockenheim. Grosjean had his share of spins this year in races too (he's 8th in the WDC). Perez (9th) nearly creamed himself into the wall at Sepang.

well its a fact that if youre driving 2 seconds below the maximum laptime on a fresh set of tyres...youre prone to less mistakes.

what little part the driver had to play before, in f1, is now Zero (unless it rains)

Score -1: Troll.

[wesley123]

Vettel was off track a good deal during the last stint in Hockenheim. Grosjean had his share of spins this year in races too (he's 8th in the WDC). Perez (9th) nearly creamed himself into the wall at Sepang.

well its a fact that if youre driving 2 seconds below the maximum laptime on a fresh set of tyres...youre prone to less mistakes.

what little part the driver had to play before, in f1, is now Zero (unless it rains)

Score -1: Troll.

I sure am missing something, but why is it needed to do this twice?

[beelsebob]

Score -1: Troll.

I sure am missing something, but why is it needed to do this twice?

Mostly because the troll did it twice. We've been down this road, we know very well that the statements are factually incorrect, and lead to a giant cluster --- of argument. Maybe the better approach would have simply been to press the yellow "alert an op" button, but I felt it was appropriate to simply highlight what was happening.

[turbof1]

Some good news finally about Spa. Unbelievable can't find an english article so you chaps give google chrome some work:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/954/Formule-1/ ... le-1.dhtml

Essentially they signed a deal for another 3 years (so its finally official). the costprice is lower and will not be indexed. As a Belgian I truly relieved we have that GP each year.