Belgian Grand Prix 2012, Spa-Francorchamps - Race 12/20

[deuse]

If it's high tire wear then Lewis stands a chance of a top 3 spot.
If it rains then Lewis will win..so RAIN

 

[Mr Men]

I love how you both assume he's going to have to worry about overtaking at all when he's clearly going to crash into Pastor at the first corner.

Quite possible

 

[utajoker]

Did they play a new tooned ep in quali build up?

 

[Psycho Ned]

Enjoyed that feature with Brundle going round the old Spa roads

F1 certainly used to be mental in the old days!

 

[Glaucus]

Can't wait. Do I order pizza or Chinese... Hmm difficult questions.

I hope button does well, but can see him just going backwards.

 

[Mr Men]

Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener

#f1 Some fuss about tyres in the #Spa paddock. Red Bull noticed dangerous high tyre wear and want all teams to make 3 stopps mandatory.

Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener

#f1 #Spa Bernie talking to @PaulHembery right now about potential tyre issues. I heard, medium tyres last for about 14 laps after start.

No idea how reliable.

 

[JHeaton]

Hard As a Mother******.

This is more interesting:



It shows that Lewis lost all of his time down the straights.

Not really surprising given he's running a high-downforce set up but interesting to see the graphical evidence.

alexander wurz ‏@alex_wurz

@NobleF1 @lewishamilton, could you also tweet the race strategy and set up sheet. Thanks mate

Edit: ^ Didn't Red Bull complain about wear issues last year and it turns out they were running more than the 'safe' recommended camber? And didn't other teams not have the problem? If the above is true, then that's just silly. I don't think I've heard complains from anyone else...

 

[Glaucus]

They're just doing damage limitation. If you are hard on the tyres, pit more. It's that simple.

You can't blame them for trying though.

 

[Flibster]

Did they play a new tooned ep in quali build up?

Not yet.

Enjoyed that feature with Brundle going round the old Spa roads

F1 certainly used to be mental in the old days!

Ooooh....that Eagle E-Type is lovely.
More importantly, it works.

No idea how reliable.

Not sounding that reliable. Paul Hembrey of Pirelli saying that 2 stops is the most likely.

Could be Red Bull running over the recommended camber settings to get more grip in the corners, but will overheat and wear the inner edges on the straights.

 

[Guerrilla]

Can't wait. Do I order pizza or Chinese... Hmm difficult questions.

I hope button does well, but can see him just going backwards.

Well my porridge seems rather meagre after reading that.

 

[Flibster]

Schumacher's down an engine.

Had to pull it out of the car last night. So it now can only be used for practice sessions. And it was a new one.... That'll hurt.

 

[JHeaton]

Paul Hembery ‏@PaulHembery

“@tgruener: #f1 #Spa Bernie talking to @PaulHembery right now” We were talking about something else, what rubbish.

Paul Hembery ‏@PaulHembery

“@Mat_avfc: @PaulHembery no mandatory 3 stops then? What a farce.” Total BS

There we go

 

[Glaucus]

Bloody brilliant, I love these animations.

 

[Mr Men]

Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1
McLaren not at all happy about Hamilton tweeting telemetry picture - contained all sorts of sensitive info, which the other teams now have

ooops lol

 

[tummelv]

I wondered why I couldn't view the picture linked. Anyone have an alternate link?

 

[Guerrilla]

Problem with Schumacher's KERs.

 

[utajoker]

Trouble with schuis car again.

 

[Irish_Tom]

ooops lol

 

[knip]

Ello everyone!

Just scoffed some cheese on toast, so glad the F1 is back.

Got my new kittens the day before the last race before the break, so i've been pretty busy in the last 5 weeks. Hope everyone else has been keeping well.

Couldn't believe that stat about Jenson's first pole for bloody yonks, here's hoping he can hold onto it

 

[Irish_Tom]

I wondered why I couldn't view the picture linked. Anyone have an alternate link?

Here you go.

I'll update my first post as well.