2013 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix

[Hampus Andersson]

Brawn feeling confident over their lowDF package for SPA and Monza.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Some Stats of SPA :
1. Sebastian and Jenson was on Podium for last 2 races. One of them Did a Charge through field for Podium(JB 2011, SV 2012) while Other cruised to Victory(SV 2011, JB 2012).
2. The Samurai Warrior didn't win on Spa yet and wasn't on Podium here since 2007 with P2 which was his Best and Last Podium.
3. After The win in Spa 2010 . Lewis Hamilton yet to finish the Race in Spa. He crashed spectacularly in 2011 with Kamui and Grosjean'd in 2012.
4. Kimi's Win or Bust at Spa was Broken with his P3 in 2012.
Apart from Mclaren, Ferrari , Redbull and Force India Other team yet to start on Pole.

 

[Kevin McDonald]

Mercedes will have the best car but I still tip Raikkonen/Vettel to win.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

....And we have lift-off.... finally.

Grooves on GP-straight

First 5 rows have them. water drainage.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

Do you think Grosjean will actually complete a racing lap this year?

 

[Ketnix]

Does the track walk count?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Does the track walk count?

Probably crashed there too

"Guys! I´m in the barrier!"
"Whatta....how....we are walking....how....nevermind."

 

[DennS]

Well those grooves.. I don't know, haven't seen that before...
Are they even sure that F1 cars won't "crack" the asphalt (well the rest that is still there) open with all that downforce and sticky tyres? It is not like we haven't seen that before

And if it rains at the start it will be a SC start anyway

 

[Hampus Andersson]

it´s only for the first 5 rows on the starting grid and they won´t crack because of F1 cars going over them.
They are much smaller then what it seems.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

 

[Dux]

i just found interesting video of Spa, enjoy

 

[Calum McLure]

That looks like a GP3 rear wing on the Red Bull

 

[the_sigman]

That looks like a GP3 rear wing on the Red Bull

Ferrari has a similar wing too. Marussia has a big wing though.

 

[the_sigman]

Puncture for Vettel and crash for van der Garde.

 

[Chicane500]

Puncture for Vettel and crash for van der Garde.

At the same spot of the track. Van der Garde looked so clumsy that I suspect that he had a puncture already too.

 

[Darren Bentley]

I just think Van Der Garde made a mistake, also Vettel I think had a slow puncture
Yeah for once I am kind of defending Pirelli

 

[Dmitry Zaharov]

Why to groove just a few meters? What's the point?

 

[Darren Bentley]

Yep Van Der Garde ran out of talent those two rears still look inflated to me

 

[Ketnix]

Why to groove just a few meters? What's the point?

To clear off standing water, that part of the grid must dip a bit which would hold a bunch of water. Not sure if there was a official circuit press release over it, but I believe that's the general idea.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Fernando Alonso also had a Puncture on his IN lap after FP2