Poll: Official 2023 Belgian Grand Prix Thread - Spa-Franchorchamps, Stavelot - Round 13

[Greboth]

Where they went each side of a back marker down the Kemmel straight? That was 23 years ago

...intensely checks maths...

Yup, I'm old

 

[CSMonkeh]

Where they went each side of a back marker down the Kemmel straight? That was 23 years ago

...intensely checks maths...

Yup, I'm old

Yup, Ricardo Zonta in the BAR

 

[Flibster]

 

[jaybee]

Iconic F1 move that.

 

[Feek]

The Michael

 

[Trusty]

Oh! and that was the same race Schumacher drove into the back of Coulthard and then stormed down the pits to try and punch him. Classic.

Literally watched that the other day. Was going to post it in the Hungary thread, mistakenly thought it was there, not Spa. Was a classic though!

 

[413x]

Whether it will work or not will depend on what VPN you use. The BBC has done this for a long time with iPlayer; you can get past it but it's a constant hassle to find a VPN that works again before it gets blocked.

Only way to find out how aggressive F1TV are being is to try with your favoured VPNs.

Looks like it's across the board mine doesn't work. Reddit suggests none work.
Back to channel 4 catch ups.
Probably no bad thing. Saves 70 pounds a year. And I'm not exactly excited by f1 now

 

[Jono8]

The weather is looking fantastically unsettled all weekend. Hopefully we get a lot of rain.

 

[cuke2u]

Definately don't need a lot of rain, just enough to make things more 'interesting' and stir things up in both the races...

 

[Mr Jack]

Seems like every forecaster is giving a different picture of what is going to happen. Could get a weekend where the rain dodges everything that matters, or one where the race is delayed for hours.

 

[Jono8]

Definately don't need a lot of rain, just enough to make things more 'interesting' and stir things up in both the races...

I meant a lot of rain, as in rain/showers for every session (not a lot all in one go to call it off/red flag it).

 

[chrismscotland]

I expect given recent events that the F1 race director will be even more on the side of caution when/if it does rain

 

[dansew123]

Did they implement anything after the 4 lap “race” a few years ago?
Weather doesn’t look that bad for it to be an issue anyway

 

[Mr Jack]

Did they implement anything after the 4 lap “race” a few years ago?
Weather doesn’t look that bad for it to be an issue anyway

Yeah, they did. Minimum of 2 racing laps not under SC or VSC for points to be awarded and more reduced points subdivisions.

 

[dansew123]

Yeah, they did. Minimum of 2 racing laps not under SC or VSC for points to be awarded and more reduced points subdivisions.

Thanks, missed that at the time.
Red bulls getting enough hate at the minute without another situation like that

 

[cuke2u]

Because I know how much sidepod discussions are liked in here https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1032137/1/first-look-reshaped-mercedes-sidepods-break-cover-belgian-gp

 

[SDK^]

Some talk of the race weekend being cancelled due to the amount of rain

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

Please refrain from discussing activities related to accessing F1 content illegitimately.

 

[Scam]

Some talk of the race weekend being cancelled due to the amount of rain

Talk of Verstappen taking a 5 place grid penalty due to too many gearbox changes. Not that it made a difference last year!

 

[Mr Jack]

Talk of Verstappen taking a 5 place grid penalty due to too many gearbox changes. Not that it made a difference last year!

That would add a bit of interest to the first six laps.