Belgian GP 2011 - Spa-Francorchamps

[beelsebob]

Rivage has been widened, and the gravel trap on the exit (which Hamilton slid into last year) has been changed with tarmac. Sigh. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2664 ... ed-at-spa/

Hah! I wondered what they were up to – the satellite imagery I made the OSM map of spa from shows rivage being dug up. It also shows a lot of work going on around LaSource – I wonder what they've done there.

[Clausell]

Bruno Senna reveals he will drive for Lotus Renault for the next 2 races but future undecided due to legal reasons.

[raymondu999]

Actually as I understand it it was Petrov that revealed that, not Senna

[Gaara]

For those who want to the watch the 1998 race

http://krnetworks.co.uk/belgiangp1998.html

[marcush.]

Both RedBull drivers scored in all races so far and lead the championship.The law of averages would make you believe that at least one of the two will not score this weekend ?
RB had six non scoring races last year with one race both not scoring.
Did a team ever bring both cars into the points in all races of the season ,or even 1 car?
Brawn GP had a very good finishing record in the points(only 3times not scoring )same for Mclaren in 2007.

In 2002 Schumacher scored in every race ,with 11 wins ,5 seconds and one third as the worst result!Barrichello had a lot of dnfs that year though...

[raymondu999]

I believe 1 car has scored in every race in the past; but if both were to leave the year having scored at every race that would be a new record

[beelsebob]

Both RedBull drivers scored in all races so far and lead the championship.The law of averages would make you believe that at least one of the two will not score this weekend ?

Nice fundamental lack of understanding of stats. The fact that they are above average so far does not imply anything about any future results.

[raymondu999]

Nw now let's be fair though. While it doesn't, it's kind of true that sometimes the law of averages does work. Having said that, I think both Red Bull drivers are a lot more mature this year. I think Mark has matured a lot and grown to be a very consistent driver since he dominated Spain and Monaco last year. Except for his backflip acrobatics in the Spanish harbor of course. So has Vettel stepped up a gear in consistency; as he has since Monza 2010 anyways.

I think it would be quite a tough ask for the DRIVERS to be at fault for DNFs and non-scores towards the season end. Having said that though; the car's reliability could be a factor. While the RB7 has proven to be lethally effective AND reliable, just saying that no bit of kit is 100% reliable; no matter how small the chance is there is a small chance. But that is very small.

[kalinka]

PM me if you want to watch FP1 live. I have a BBC stream for those outside UK.

[sriraj1031]

its raining cats and dogs in spa, goodness me, weather playing into button and mclarens way

RBR are running the skinniest rear wing i have seen this year

[raymondu999]

The weather forecast says dry Sunday tho.

It looks to me almost as though Red Bull have gone for the absolute minimum size wing possible (if they make it smaller, they won't be able to maximize their DRS opening)

[FrukostScones]

bruno Senna already destroyed the renault.!

[kalinka]

How the clock is running under red flag ? Am I missing something ? It's a rule for FP only ?

[beelsebob]

Yes, in FP the clock counts down under all circumstances – it's not that they have 1.5 hours, it's that they have between 9am and 10:30am.

[kalinka]

Thanks. Never noticed it before