2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

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Who will win the 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix ?

Poll ended at 07 Sep 2008, 15:34

Lewis Hamilton
22
25%
Felipe Massa
29
33%
Kimi Räikkönen
27
31%
Robert Kubica
5
6%
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Nick Heidfeld
2
2%
Jarno Trulli
1
1%
Fernando Alonso
1
1%
Mark Webber
0
No votes
Timo Glock
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 87

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 05 Sep 2008, 13:00

Fisico in the barriers, as it looks slippy
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by shailf1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:01

red flag comes out

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:02

Replay shows Alonso running wide at Stavelot. He did exactly the same thing as Raikkonen - put two wheels on the kerbs and the car instantly snapped away.

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by TwistedArmco » 05 Sep 2008, 13:02

Water/oil from Kimi's crash seems to have caused Fisi's crash. It either seeped from the tyre wall which Kimi hit onto the track, or it's oil from the red cr's rear end.. I wondered why Fisi's rears just let go.

EDIT: Inspector Fisico goes and has a look at the oil/water that he slipped off on. ''hmm''
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by shailf1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:03

there is oil in turn 9 maybe from fisi's force india
edit: its from kimi's ferrari
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:05

shail69 wrote:there is oil in turn 9 maybe from fisi's force india
oil from when Kimi crashed

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 05 Sep 2008, 13:05

iceman1 wrote:kimi has lost a rear wing , And a big flat spot on his front right
Shoot! I missed that :p

But now I see it in the replay, he brakes on the kerbstones, that's VERY stupid from him, even I know it's not done to break in the kerbs and it's wet, so it's double silly :tired:
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:07

this is a poor show marshalling from spa

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by TheViewer » 05 Sep 2008, 13:08

It is slow but better to be safe than sorry
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by TwistedArmco » 05 Sep 2008, 13:08

joostlamers wrote:But now I see it in the replay, he brakes on the kerbstones, that's VERY stupid from him, even I know it's not done to break in the kerbs and it's wet, so it's double silly :tired:
Silly, yes, although it does happen to someone every now and then.

But about Kimi's poor form, if Suntrek is right in all of his predictions, iceman1, will you change your avatar to something more tasteful (you know, maybe some burning corpses or something like that - you now, something more tasteful than Ron Dennis' face :) )?
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:12

TwistedArmco wrote:But about Kimi's poor form, if Suntrek is right in all of his predictions, iceman1, will you change your avatar to something more tasteful (you know, maybe some burning corpses or something like that - you now, something more tasteful than Ron Dennis' face :) )?
yeah sure :p don't you Like Ron ?

When Raikkonen hit the tyre barrier, the water that had collected within the tyre wall from the rain shower, was dislodged, and ran underneath the outside protective conveyer belt which holds the tyre wall in place.

The water ran down the slope and is all over the run-off area. It also ran down as far as the racetrack. Fisichella ran over the subsequent wet patch and lost the car.

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 05 Sep 2008, 13:13

TwistedArmco wrote:
joostlamers wrote:But now I see it in the replay, he brakes on the kerbstones, that's VERY stupid from him, even I know it's not done to break in the kerbs and it's wet, so it's double silly :tired:
Silly, yes, although it does happen to someone every now and then.
Noooo, it's a mistake a rookie can make, but not a WC, come on
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by Living Legend » 05 Sep 2008, 13:15

The oil/water can't be from Kimi's car !! there was alot of it and he left the turn quickly

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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by JoostLamers » 05 Sep 2008, 13:15

Looks like sector 1 is wet, but the rest of the track looks dry to me.. Isn't it?
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Re: 2008 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 05 Sep 2008, 13:16

Ian Phillips on radio 5 (whose teams use Ferrari engines) think Ferrari will use the 'joker' to change Massa's engine before Monza. Also calls the rule 'fatuous'

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