2014 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

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2014 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Post by KevC » 20 Aug 2014, 20:35

2014 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX


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Spa-Francorchamps
Race Date: 24 Aug 2014
Circuit Name: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
First Grand Prix: 1950
Number of Laps: 44
Circuit Length: 7.004 km
Race Distance: 308.052 km
Lap Record: 1:47.263 - S Vettel (2009)

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Fri 22 August 2014
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30
Sat 23 August 2014
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00
Sun 24 August 2014
Race 13:00

Previous Winners
2013 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Spa
2012 Jenson Button McLaren Spa
2011 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Spa
2010 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Spa
2009 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Spa
2008 Felipe Massa Ferrari Spa
2007 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Spa
2005 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Spa
2004 Kimi Raikkonen McLaren Spa
2002 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Spa
2001 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Spa
2000 Mika Hakkinen McLaren Spa
1999 David Coulthard McLaren Spa
1998 Damon Hill Jordan Spa
1997 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Spa
1996 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Spa
1995 Michael Schumacher Benetton Spa
1994 Damon Hill Williams Spa

Alonso 2005 on board



Spa 1955


Andre Lotterer will replace Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham


Daniel Ricciardo joined the ranks of the multiple grand prix winners with his second victory of the year at the Hungaroring.

He is the 73rd driver to win more than one race, and joins other two-time winners such as Wolfgang von Trips, Patrick Depailler, Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Elio de Angelis.

On his way Red Bull passed their 3,000th lap in the lead. They are fifth in the all-time list but need almost twice as many again to catch Lotus, who are on 5,623.

For the second race in a row Hamilton broke his personal best record for most places gained during a race. Having made up 17 in Germany, he climbed 19 in Hungary (aided by Daniil Kvyat failing to get away on the formation lap). The all-time record position gain is 30 in a world championship race (Jim Rathmann, 1957 Indianapolis 500) and 26 in a Formula One race (Roberto Mieres, 1954 British Grand Prix), both of which are obviously unbreakable for now as the current grid is too small.

It was Mercedes 100th Formula One race and Hamilton’s 50th podium.

Alonso is now the only driver to have scored at every race this year – Nico Hulkenberg’s crash on lap 15 ended a 12-race run of points finishes which began at last year’s United States Grand Prix. Force India’s run of points finishes this year also came to an end when Sergio Perez crashed out.

Jenson Button became the eighth different driver to lead a race this year, heading the field for a single lap. The last time a season was completed with no more than eight different race leaders was in 2011.

Penalty points so far
Jules Bianchi 4
Pastor Maldonado 4
Valtteri Bottas 2
Kevin Magnussen 2
Adrian Sutil 2
Marcus Ericsson 2
Jean-Eric Vergne 1


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Re: 2014 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

Post by iceman1 » 21 Aug 2014, 15:27

Thanks Kevin.

Another surprise for this busy weekend: Rossi in, Chilton out.
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Post by iceman1 » 22 Aug 2014, 12:09

Maldonado has crashed!
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Post by sermilan » 23 Aug 2014, 07:45

iceman1 wrote:Maldonado has crashed!
What's new? :zz: :p

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Post by donald29 » 23 Aug 2014, 08:15

That crash was just bizarre. What was he doing out there?

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Post by tderias » 23 Aug 2014, 11:33

donald29 wrote:That crash was just bizarre. What was he doing out there?
Yea. He was well far out the corner and then just drove off the road :lol: . I suppose you expect the unexpected with Pastor...

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Post by iceman1 » 23 Aug 2014, 12:16

Wow Bianchi!

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Post by Vlad-SRB » 23 Aug 2014, 12:23

Nice to see some drivers doing great in these conditions.
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Post by Joey Zyla » 23 Aug 2014, 12:35

I'm going to make a little prediction. Andre Lotterer wins the 2017 Bahrain GP, driving for Red Bull Racing.

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Post by iceman1 » 23 Aug 2014, 12:36

Joey Zyla wrote:I'm going to make a little prediction. Andre Lotterer wins the 2017 Bahrain GP, driving for Red Bull Racing.
:lol:

Ferrari looks good under these conditions. Lotterer says he had to learn how to handle the power, braking points "at the end, you don't want to look like an idiot" :lol:

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Post by skywatcher » 24 Aug 2014, 08:29

THis should be a great race, I sure hope Kimi and Alonso can get a car from Scuderia they deserve. But I think Mercedes is just too far ahead of them. Spa is always a great race no matter what. Unpredictable weather and fantastic corners make for an exciting race! Can't wait for the lights to go out.

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Post by sermilan » 24 Aug 2014, 10:48

Who else thinks Ham and Ros will crash each other, fighting for the win? :n

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Post by Vlad-SRB » 24 Aug 2014, 11:20

Red Bull boys were awesome yesterday with that tiny rear wings... Amazing!
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Post by iceman1 » 24 Aug 2014, 11:59

Go Kimi ;)

It seems there's a small problem with Alonso's car.

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Post by iceman1 » 24 Aug 2014, 12:01

Incident involving Fernando Alonso under investigation - team personnel on the grid at the 15 seconds signal.

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