Poll: Belgian Grand Prix 2020, Spa - Race 7/17

[Psycho Ned]

When Crofty starts telling me to stay tuned for rain when we get to Bahrain or Abu Dhabi I really will know F1 has lost the plot

 

[JRS]

Lewis really is next level isn’t he. That lap was just incredible. The car is great yes but it has to be driven.

I think Rosberg was very flattered by the car.

I sometimes wonder if the OcUK Lewis Hamilton Fan Club Of Ultimate Justice™ will ever sing from the same hymn sheet regarding the role of the car in modern F1

***Note for the humour impaired, I'm not being entirely serious here***

 

[RoboCod]

I'd be surprised to see Russell in the merc come 2022. Seems like a bit of a gamble because he'll be thrusting wanting to make a name for himself when I imagine merc will want a compliant and reliable 2nd driver to Lewis/Max/Leclerc. Why they wouldn't hold on to Bottas I'm not sure.

 

[Quartz]

Looking at the weather on the BBC the rain will come - if it comes - after the race.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I loved the sky bit showing the power of the slipstream...on bottas. What they didn’t show ahead was Hamilton staying ahead in P1.

 

[Flibster]

Well that's not good for Sainz...

 

[Flibster]

Exhaust failure is an interesting one.

 

[Mr Jack]

Well that's not good for Sainz...

What's happened?

 

[Flibster]

Juan Manuel Correa's right leg still in a cage. Good to see him up and about though.

 

[UTmaniac]

Is it forecast to rain at 1420 yet?

 

[Flibster]

What's happened?

Exhaust failure on the lap to the grid, caused a fire and engine damage. Will not start the race.

 

[Mr Jack]

Juan Manuel Correa's right leg still in a cage. Good to see him up and about though.

Yeah, a year later and he's alternating between limping around on crutches, and riding in a wheelchair. That's not good. I hope he can recover enough to race again, but I have to doubt he'll ever regain to the same level.

 

[Mr Jack]

Exhaust failure on the lap to the grid, caused a fire and engine damage. Will not start the race.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Juan Manuel Correa's right leg still in a cage. Good to see him up and about though.

I didn’t realise his leg was still like that. Yikes.

 

[Flibster]

Anthem review. Beautifully performed a cappella version. 9/10

 

[Flibster]

Bottas pit radio - Don't be afraid to use lots of DAS on the warm up lap.

 

[englishpremier]

No real rain forcasted until after the race, it can be quite changable at Spa but i'd go into it expecting a dry race

this forcast is local time so the race is 15:10 to around 16:40
https://www.myweather2.com/Motor-Racing/Belgium/Spa-Francorchamps-Circuit.aspx

Bloody typical. I want more wet races, especially as this one always seems so short despite the track length.

I think Rosberg was very flattered by the car. He won his championship by resorting to dirty tricks both on the track and behind the scenes, he was driving at a time when no other team was competitive at all (we've since seen years where Red Bull and Ferrari put up much more of a fight), and in the end it was only Hamilton's poor car reliability that saw Rosberg scrape the WDC. Rosberg may have won a WDC, but he didn't beat Hamilton fair and square.

This is how many champions win their first WDC. Even Lewis wasn't above getting up to no good. Just look at what he did with Alonso causing all that drama. Obviously he has matured now.

 

[englishpremier]

Bottas pit radio - Don't be afraid to use lots of DAS on the warm up lap.

Never understood this prhase "don't be afraid to...." In football you'd get managers telling you to not be afraid to shoot, but since most people love shooting, what was there ever to be afraid of.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

This is how many champions win their first WDC. Even Lewis wasn't above getting up to no good. Just look at what he did with Alonso causing all that drama. Obviously he has matured now.

You mean when Alonso blocked him in the pit lane

 

[Flibster]

I didn’t realise his leg was still like that. Yikes.

When you read about all the surgeries he's gone through, at one point they were thinking of amputating a substantial amount of his right leg...