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

Sparky · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:21

Why do you have skeeters sig, have i missed something?

Skeeter · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:48

Sparky-F1 said:
Why do you have skeeters sig, have i missed something?

Who?

Skeeter · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:53

arknor said:
its pretty obvious the peak viewing figure has plummeted

That graph you linked too shows 5 races with more viewers this year than last, and 6 with less. Hardly 'plummeted'.

And Canada 2011 was a bit of a scewed result, as the program was twice as long as normal and I expect a bunch of people tuned in later on while waiting for Antiques Roadshow

Sparky · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:53

Duke · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:54

He has your old one now, Sparky.

Sparky · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:55

I know, odd eh

Skeeter · 29 Aug 2012 at 20:56

What the?

Duke · 29 Aug 2012 at 21:34

LOLtus saga continues - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102021

/waits for Flibster

Skeeter · 29 Aug 2012 at 21:41

Group Lotus have no connection at all with Lotus GP any more, do they?

Flibster · 29 Aug 2012 at 23:02

Duke said:
LOLtus saga continues - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102021

/waits for Flibster

Knew about this last week.

He's quite the comedian.

Skeeter said:
Group Lotus have no connection at all with Lotus GP any more, do they?

None at all.

It was only a sponsorship deal to start with anyway.
If only Caterham kept the Team Lotus name...

smr · 30 Aug 2012 at 09:18

Press Conference times:

Thursday, August 30 15h00:
Jenson Button (McLaren)
Pedro De La Rosa (HRT)
Vitaly Petrov (Caterham)
Charles Pic (Marussia)
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes)
Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)

Friday, August 31 16h00:
Mattia Binotto (Ferrari)
Ross Brawn (Mercedes)
David Greenwood (Marussia)
Paul Hembery (Pirelli)
Paddy Lowe (McLaren)

Skeeter · 30 Aug 2012 at 10:04

Flibster said:
If only Caterham kept the Team Lotus name...

I thought Fernandez still owned the name 'Team Lotus' and Lotus Cars just 'convinced' him to not use it in F1 (presumably with the aid if a big cheque)?

I don't know if that would allow Caterham to bring back Team Lotus if the Group Lotus 'Lotus' name left F1? I don't know if Fernandez would even want to any more, now that he owns Caterham.

Duke · 30 Aug 2012 at 11:32

They are much better off with the clean sheet that is Caterham imo. Neither Lotus team were really "Lotus" again imo.

utajoker · 30 Aug 2012 at 15:21

ive put £2.50 on hamilton to win

£16 return i think

Duke · 30 Aug 2012 at 16:08

Hardly worth it really

Sparky · 30 Aug 2012 at 17:29

On standby for a 400 mile drive tomorrow, joy!

Glaucus · 30 Aug 2012 at 17:31

Yay it's back.

Urgggghhh, I'm having a random week off. So going to have to get up early tomorrow.
Love spa hope it's changeable conditions.

Mr Men · 30 Aug 2012 at 17:50

This weekend marks the three hundredth Grand Prix for a former Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher and Alonso was keen to add his own eulogy to mark the occasion. “Michael will always be the reference, because you need to respect someone who has won seven titles, so many races and had so many pole positions,” he affirmed. “He is the “record man” in Formula 1 and as long as he is still on the grid with us, he will be the best and the one I respect most and the one I try to copy the most. We should all have maximum respect for him.”

Nice words by Alonso, hopefully MS has a great weekend.

Duke · 30 Aug 2012 at 18:36

Sparky-F1 said:
On standby for a 400 mile drive tomorrow, joy!

Yep Mark gets angry if he runs out of gillette shaving blades

Skeeter · 30 Aug 2012 at 18:37

Sparky-F1 said:
On standby for a 400 mile drive tomorrow, joy!

Last minute parts?

Fancy some company