Belgian GP 2011 - Spa-Francorchamps

[hollus]

But an overtaking aid shouldn't be judged in Km/h differential, much less in Km/h differential at top speed. It should be judged in time saved in the straight. A small speed differential while you are slow is as good as a large speed differential when you are fast (in terms of time saved), plus if you activated your DRS while slow, you'll still have it active when you are fast and drag limited.
We like to think in term of car B is xx meters behind car A, but in reality, what counts is that car B is xx tenths of a second behind car A. Time is the constant, and it will translate into different distances at different speeds, hence the accordion effect we see in every straight between two slow curves.

[simieski]

Maybe initiating the DRS on a car should increase the rev limit by say 500 rpm, although this would probably contravene the FIA's intention of making DRS an overtaking aid and not a dead cert.

[HampusA]

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[Gaara]

This is pretty cool - a midseason review in poem :

http://www.f1zone.net/news/the-season-s ... poem/8107/

[Afterburner]

[djos]

LOL

[PlatinumZealot]

I hope vettel can actually RACE this time instead of playing bumper cars with jenson!

I want him to do both. except this time he gets the busted engine.

[jamsbong]

RedBull should be strong here as there are so many fast corners.
If the weather is cool on race day, Mclaren could easily be unbeatable.

I wonder who will be a stand out this time at Spa. In the past, it has always been Schumacher and Kimi. Personally, I miss Kimi in F1. Tried to get a glimpse of him in WRC but it is difficult as the rally PROs are way too fast.

[jamsbong]

lol!

[Javert]

"I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."

[raymondu999]

Find who? Jean Valjean? Sorry, couldn't resist based on your screen name

[Javert]

Find who? Jean Valjean? Sorry, couldn't resist based on your screen name

"I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."
It's a quote from "Taken" film (2008) in which the daughter of a former super policeman is kidnapped and he has to save her

Meanwhile Javert, in "Les Misérables", has full adoration for law and he wants to block criminals not to kill them

[MrBlacky]

RedBull should be strong here as there are so many fast corners.
If the weather is cool on race day, Mclaren could easily be unbeatable.

I wonder who will be a stand out this time at Spa. In the past, it has always been Schumacher and Kimi. Personally, I miss Kimi in F1. Tried to get a glimpse of him in WRC but it is difficult as the rally PROs are way too fast.

I think the times where RB has been super strong in the fast corners are gone.

[raymondu999]

Yes. It seems now that the McLaren is just as strong as the Red Bull. The two seem matched in terms of aerodynamics now; with Red Bull slightly superior in fast sweepers, and McLaren slightly superior on the straights.

[ajdavison2]

If only it could've been like that from the start, we would've had possibly the best championship in years