2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Who will win the Belgian Grand Prix?

Poll ended at 30 Aug 2012, 07:20

Fernando Alonso
2
6%
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Sebastian Vettel
0
No votes
Lewis Hamilton
6
18%
Kimi Raikkonen
20
61%
Nico Rosberg
0
No votes
Jenson Button
1
3%
Romain Grosjean
0
No votes
Sergio Perez
1
3%
Kamui Kobayashi
0
No votes
Pastor Maldonado
0
No votes
Michael Schumacher
3
9%
Felipe Massa
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 33

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 21 Aug 2012, 11:10

The best of F1 :thumbsup:

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Eric_Cartman » 21 Aug 2012, 12:03

phil1993 wrote:He has entered 299 races but didn't start France 1996 when his engine expired on the formation lap, hence 298 starts.
It could also be Silverstone 1999 because the race went over the whole distance after his crash.
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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Edi96 » 21 Aug 2012, 12:57

Silverstone 1999 counts as DNF because he started. The red flag and the restart are not important for that statistic.

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by eleanor » 21 Aug 2012, 20:11

tderias wrote:Wikipedia: 299 GPs (298 starts). Can anyone explain?
the official statistics are for "number of Grand Prix contested per driver" which means France 1996 does not count... so Monza will be his 300th GP
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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by tderias » 24 Aug 2012, 13:38

Me playing/commentating in the Spa Francorchamps track + my take on next weekend's GP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrATE052Pn0&feature=plcp

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by zoefrances » 24 Aug 2012, 14:27

hoping kimi will win. he is master of spa :)

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 24 Aug 2012, 15:36

tderias wrote:Me playing/commentating in the Spa Francorchamps track + my take on next weekend's GP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrATE052Pn0&feature=plcp
Good video Mr. Timo Supremo ::: but there's no need to spell the "s" in Francorchamps.

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by tderias » 24 Aug 2012, 18:21

iceman1 wrote:
tderias wrote:Me playing/commentating in the Spa Francorchamps track + my take on next weekend's GP!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrATE052Pn0&feature=plcp
Good video Mr. Timo Supremo ::: but there's no need to spell the "s" in Francorchamps.
Yea I kind of realised that afterwards, but was too lazy to redo the whole thing :lol:

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by cheng.damien » 25 Aug 2012, 10:38

iceman1 wrote:The best of F1 :thumbsup:
Stunning, the days of low downforce and the V10s, and the best rivalry of the last 2 decades.

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Ferrari92 » 26 Aug 2012, 19:10

Guys you must see this


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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 26 Aug 2012, 19:35

That's awesome. Never seen F1 at Eau Rouge; I was at Kemmel in 2009.

One of my favourite pictures from 2011. Timo sideways exiting Raidillon in the damp. Mega!
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And JV at Eau Rouge

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 27 Aug 2012, 10:26

The P Zero Silver hard tyre and P Zero White medium will be used in Spa (we saw the same combination in Malaysia).

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Liffonmelsmork » 27 Aug 2012, 13:42

This break's getting ridiculous now. Can't we just have the GP on Wednesday or something? Going a bit mental.

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by sportingcp » 27 Aug 2012, 14:32

The waiting is almost over :). SPA!

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Re: 2012 Shell Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 27 Aug 2012, 14:39

Short highlights from few years ago!

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