Belgium Grand Prix 2013, Spa-Francorchamps - Race 11/19

Skeeter said:
Isn't Pic the reason Heikki isn't in that team? Not because he stole his seat, but because he scored the better finish in the Marussia last year that dropped Caterham back a place in the WDC and lost them a bunch of prize money?

Got to be a bit of a sly look happening when Heikki gets in Pics car tomorrow, I would expect :p
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Caterham finished 10th last year again. They got the prize money. but it was close.

As for Heikki being out of a seat, it seems to be more money related. Heikki didn't want to have to to looking for money to bring to the team. So Pic and Van Der Garde got the seats instead as they brought money.

Still think that was a mistake. I would have put Heikki in one of the seats, Pic as team mate and Van Der Garde as a regular reserve driver.
 
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Radically different rear, no monkey seat? :o :)
 
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Looking forward to this one. Got to be one of the best circuits in F1.

And Vettels hair . . . just lol and then more lol :eek:
 
Sounded like an interesting session? Not able to follow it live today :(

P1 Results
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[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap      Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m55.198s           11
 2.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m55.224s  +0.026s  10
 3.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m55.373s  +0.175s  11
 4.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m55.518s  +0.320s  14
 5.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m55.614s  +0.416s  10
 6.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m55.636s  +0.438s  14
 7.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m55.954s  +0.756s  18
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m56.110s  +0.912s  11
 9.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m56.770s  +1.572s  14
10.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m56.858s  +1.660s  18
11.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m56.863s  +1.665s  10
12.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m57.081s  +1.883s  14
13.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m57.084s  +1.886s  17
14.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m57.281s  +2.083s  14
15.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m57.358s  +2.160s  10
16.  Heikki Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault      1m57.821s  +2.623s  16
17.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m57.887s  +2.689s  16
18.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m58.600s  +3.402s  14
19.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m58.929s  +3.731s  12
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m59.209s  +4.011s  12
21.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m59.441s  +4.243s  11
22.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         2m03.176s  +7.978s  15
 
I know it's P1 so we can't read anything into those times, but I like where Force India are there! Would also be happy if Alonso remains fastest all weekend...

Hopefully a good race for Di Resta this weekend.
 
Force India have always been good here. Wouldnt count out a strategic qually error though with their recent form.
 
smr said:
Force India have always been good here. Wouldnt count out a strategic qually error though with their recent form.
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As is tradition whenever their car looks good.

"Paul Di Resta last on the grid, after mechanics fill car with diesel".

Always wish Fisichella had got the victory here in the Force India, it was painfully close. :(
 
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