F1 2022: Belgian GP - Spa-Francorchamps (Aug 28)

[NYG]

Originally Posted by G80M4

Oh wow.... this is bad

[NYG]

Originally Posted by NickyC

So Schumacher really was a different breed, or did things just go to hell after he left?

Schumacher RAN that team.

[NickyC]

Originally Posted by NYG

Oh wow.... this is bad

I'm just going to pretend they didn't hear Charles. Otherwise they flat out ignored him, didn't acknowledge his concerns, and just told him to box.

LoL.

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by G80M4

LEC needs to grow a set and tell them to piss off!!!

[G30M]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Not having a medical check up..that would check if his spine was tweaked with that heavy landing and compare with the spine strain he claims he has/had from the previous 'bouncing'.

no he has jewellery

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G80M4

no he has jewellery

Never on a race Sunday now, apparently

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

LEC needs to grow a set and tell them to piss off!!!

Prost did that in his way and was sacked,Ferrari have been the same since it's foundation. I think it runs in the family and the son Piero should say something.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Jiren

Fact is your maxipad is lucky with a total rocketship at the moment. No amount of driving skill can explain lapping a whole second faster than the rest of the field.

Race cars are supposed to stay on track. Rocketships are supposed to go airborne.

Originally Posted by Jiren

fuckin mercedes lays a turd again. with leclerc and maxipad penalties this was the golden opportunity to try for a win. and what happened to the supposed big upgrades they were bringing???

Hamilton: “Looking back at the footage, he [Alonso] was in my blind spot and I didn’t leave him enough space today. Just so sorry to the team.”
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/a...BaxRk80ZB.html

Next Mercedes upgrade: blind spot side mirrors ?

[M5Rick]

Marko thanks Wolff for bringing in TD rule changes.
''It was nice of him to push them through with the Fia 1
https://racingnews365.com/cynical-ma...e-rule-changes

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by NYG

Schumacher RAN that team.

M Schumacher certainly did thanks to Barrichello being the slave which Ferrari found the perfect solution that agreed with their way of doing things in some way harking back to the Roman times when having slaves was normal.
I look back at one race finish (US)? with MS trying to finish slowly as a dead heat with Rubens but backfiring with Rubens winning by a hairs breadth and MS's red face trying to control his rage at his 'brilliant' idea.

[yco]

Alonso still feels the pain of 2007 season..

Red Bulls are too fast.. Max overtook Sainz easily after running wide on the first corner.. im not even telling comparing Mercs..

[3798j]

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Attachment 2969718

Source: here

The 2022 F1 season so far: Verstappen won 9 out of 14 races + 2 out of 2 Sprint (Emilia-Romagna + Austria). Still 8 races and 1 Sprint (Brazil) to go. All 14 races so far were won by either Red Bull Racing or Ferrari.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Jiren

Fact is your maxipad is lucky with a total rocketship at the moment. No amount of driving skill can explain lapping a whole second faster than the rest of the field.

Throwback to 2006-2007-2008-2009: Verstappen (°1997) competed in karting championships in Belgium and The Netherlands. The kid annihilated the competition by winning 124 out of 130 races. And do know that, except for 2006, he was competing in multiple karting championships at the same time (Belgian Championship, Dutch Championship and Benelux Karting Series). He won all 9 championships he competed in.

Fast forward a couple of years. Youngest driver: to start an F1 race, to score F1 points, to win an F1 race, to score an F1 podium finish, to lead an F1 lap, to set fastest F1 lap, to score an F1 grand slam, to score most F1 podium finishes in a season. None of those records has been beaten so far.

Whether you like or dislike his persona or racing: the kid got exceptional racing skills.

Spa-Francorchamps 2022 qualies (Q3) - Hamilton onboard radio:

[HeelToeShift]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Throwback to 2006-2007-2008-2009: Verstappen (°1997) competed in karting championships in Belgium and The Netherlands. The kid annihilated the competition by winning 124 out of 130 races. And do know that, except for 2006, he was competing in multiple karting championships at the same time (Belgian Championship, Dutch Championship and Benelux Karting Series). He won all 9 championships he competed in.

Fast forward a couple of years. Youngest driver: to start an F1 race, to score F1 points, to win an F1 race, to score an F1 podium finish, to lead an F1 lap, to set fastest F1 lap, to score an F1 grand slam, to score most F1 podium finishes in a season. None of those records has been beaten so far.

Whether you like or dislike his persona or racing: the kid got exceptional racing skills.

Totally agree. He is the most talented driver on the grid by good margin. On top of that his race craft, race intelligence, and strategy are tip top.

[br438]

Originally Posted by 3798j

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Jim Frickin' Clark

Heckuva trio on that graphic.

[Chappers 71]

Only just gotten around to watching...other than the opening lap what a dull race.
Lewis 100% at fault, I had to smile when the sky coverage showed him walking away along a long unsurfaced pathway.

Another good result for Max & RedBull

[M5Rick]

Max's climb through the field.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Max's climb through the field.

Same video game style editing as this one from F1 Brazil 2016:

[Artemis]

Concerns about the damage incurred by Hamilton's W13:
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Hamilton facing F1 power unit grid penalty after Spa collision":
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/h...sion/10360210/
The power unit used by Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix has been returned to Mercedes' powertrains base in Brixworth for inspection following his collision with Fernando Alonso.
If it has been damaged too much to be used again, the seven-time world champion will have to take a grid penalty in the near future.
Hamilton's W13 landed heavily after he was launched when he made contact with Alonso on the first lap. Onboard footage from Alonso and other following cars showed fluid emerging from the back of the Mercedes, while Hamilton reported that he could feel damage.
The team studied the telemetry from the car and some 38 seconds after the impact he was told by his engineer Peter Bonnington, "Back off, no full load, part throttle, part throttle."
Shortly after the impact, Bonnington urged Hamilton to park on the right side of the track. Hamilton continued slowly while looking for a place to pull up before responding to further requests to stop by switching off the power unit some 90 seconds after his hard landing.
Bonnington's urgent messages and the smoke from the car suggested that all might not be well with the V6 after running without its coolant, even for a relatively short period.
A Mercedes spokesman confirmed to Motorsport.com that the power unit has been returned to Brixworth for examination and thus a verdict on whether it can be used again, noting that the health of the V6 was "definitely a concern."
Hamilton had used only two V6s prior to taking his third of the year on Friday at Spa, so the example in question was almost brand new and thus expected to complete around seven race weekends - and potentially enable Hamilton to make it to the end of 2022 without further changes. Its loss from the pool will be costly.
Hamilton is also currently on the usage limit with his final MGU-K (also new in Spa), turbo, MGU-H, control electronics and energy store, and thus any further examples of those items will also trigger grid penalties.
The team says that his earlier power units are still operational. However, they will have run a high mileage by now and typically teams save such engines for Friday practice, and Hamilton would clearly benefit from a fresh example for Monza.
Hamilton's gearbox also took a hard hit when the car landed at Spa, and the gearbox carrier was cracked.
The internals are also subject to a damage inspection and, if they are no longer usable he will have to take a third set in Zandvoort. This will not trigger a penalty.
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[///M Power-Belgium]

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

#WalkOfShame

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