Belgian GP 2011 - Spa-Francorchamps

[raymondu999]

Ah! You must have been referring to the Alonso winning at Spa in F300 stat, which I tweeted to 5Live and they read in the commentary?

[ajdavison2]

I heard that, and actually thought it might've been you ray haha.

[raymondu999]

Yep it was. Cheers mates First time Crofty's read my tweet

[fenix4life]

ANd of goes the wheel

[gridwalker]

Oh god, I nearly had a heart attack from laughing so much ... Happy 20th anniversary

[MrBlacky]

Dear Mercedes GP,

go home, please.

Thanks.

[myurr]

Senna is driving incredibly well. He's consistently in the top 5 - 10 cars and ahead of Petrov!

[Donuts]

Go Senna!!!

[myurr]

McLaren's looking handy in these conditions. Red Bull look a touch behind, Ferrari another step further away. Renault and Torro Rosso seem to be the best of the rest.

[beelsebob]

Interesting that McL have decided to go with their super-tiny wing. If they're getting good times in these conditions even with it, they could be dead set for the race.

[myurr]

Wow, Kovalainen is through! Great lap.

[freedom_honda]

Senna is doing an incredibly good job. He has been consistently faster than Petrov over the weekend. I just hate how everyone goes on and bash Senna and criticise Renault's decision to replace Heidfeld. Even Peter Sauber went to the press and said it's a big mistake to put Senna in the car. Senna hasn't even done qualify/race yet and everyone already assume he is a bad driver.

[myurr]

Senna is doing an incredibly good job. He has been consistently faster than Petrov over the weekend. I just hate how everyone goes on and bash Senna and criticise Renault's decision to replace Heidfeld. Even Peter Sauber went to the press and said it's a big mistake to put Senna in the car. Senna hasn't even done qualify/race yet and everyone already assume he is a bad driver.

+1 - he is certainly good enough to be given a shot, and Heidfeld wasn't really delivering the expected performance. Give him two races, see how he does, then reassess. Far better than just sticking with a combination that wasn't working.

[freedom_honda]

Senna is doing an incredibly good job. He has been consistently faster than Petrov over the weekend. I just hate how everyone goes on and bash Senna and criticise Renault's decision to replace Heidfeld. Even Peter Sauber went to the press and said it's a big mistake to put Senna in the car. Senna hasn't even done qualify/race yet and everyone already assume he is a bad driver.

+1 - he is certainly good enough to be given a shot, and Heidfeld wasn't really delivering the expected performance. Give him two races, see how he does, then reassess. Far better than just sticking with a combination that wasn't working.

I thought Renault made a great decision to replace Heidfeld (no offense to Heidfeld's fans). Heidfeld had a lot more experience than Petrov, I was expecting Petrov to be blown away. Yet Petrov has been out-qualifying him all season and they are merely separated by 2 points on the drivers championship. Renault said themselves they are actually relying on Petrov to give feedbacks for development, which is surprising considering Heidfeld should be the one doing that given his experience. Renault was looking for a driver to really lead the team, but Heidfeld hasn't really been up to that job.

Let's be honest, Petrov is considered to be a mediocre driver on the current grid. If you are paying a driver who can merely keep up with a rookie/pay driver, then why keep him? Renault had every right to explore their options, and I think they made a great choice to go with Senna.

[beelsebob]

Wow, nice overtake hamilton!