2024 FORMULA 1 ROLEX BELGIAN GRAND PRIX Live Thread

7/25/2024 | chode

[Chode]

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

First Grand Prix

1950

Number of Laps

44

Circuit Length

7.004 km

Race Distance

308.052 km

Lap Record

1:46.286Valtteri Bottas (2018)

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[Henchster]

FORECAST rain Fri-Sat, dry Sunday.

It’s Spa, so the forecast is worth as much as a Joe Biden win ticket.

[Chode]

• First Grand Prix – 1950
• Track Length – 7.004 km
• Lap record – 1m 46.286s, Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, 2018
• Most pole positions – Lewis Hamilton (6)
• Most wins – Michael Schumacher (6)
• Trivia – Spa is the longest circuit on the current F1 calendar
• Pole run to Turn 1 braking point – 165 metres
• Overtakes completed in 2023 – 99
• Safety Car probability – 75%*
• Virtual Safety Car probability – 13%*
• Pit stop time loss – 18.9 seconds

*From the last eight races in Belgium

[Chode]

lol... 100%

[Bob434]

LOL- Spa is terrible for weather prediction it seems-

[Seaplaner]

Chode, my excellent McLaren fan FRiend, what do you think about the 1/2 exchange at the end of the last GP?

Thanks, btw as always, for keeping this critically important thread going!

[MtnClimber]

Here we go again with the frightening Eau Rouge/Raidillon curves.

[Chode]

welcome

it’s OK by me, not a lando fan... 8^)

but i’m loving the 1/2 finish!

[Chode]

i will be truly saddened if they take it out...

[Chode]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-13673919/Formula-One-drivers-told-stop-swearing-radio-Max-Verstappens-furious-expletive-filled-rant-Hungarian-Grand-Prix.html

[NFHale]

Thank you!!!

[Chode]

welcome...

[wita]

Anyone here on board with the idea the points system needs serious revue?

Examples might be anyone completing an F1 race within one lap down from the lead, deserves a point. If fast lap deserves one surely a finish would deserve the same.

Second place would seem to me deserving of 20 points vice 15 and the next 13 places a corresponding reduction in points.

Etc. I’m just a bit tired of the also rans ending a season with zero points despite the efforts and serious money required to field a team.

Maybe fastest pit stop?

No swear words on the radio?

No on track violations? Such as exceeding track limits, speeding in the pits, actually I can’t even remember if speeding in the pits is even a thing in F1 or a Nascar deal. etc.

First ten finishers do not qualify for finish points based on their greater points total above the number one.

Ten points for staying apolitical, ten points for pushing back against woke ideology. Ten points for keeping rainbows off of helmets and cars.

I do realize the “system” could end up a bit unwieldly but a good shakeup might force a bit more competitive race than now exists.

[MtnClimber]

I think they need much more run off at the top of the hill going onto the Kemmel Straight. That is where the worst accidents happen. Cars go off and hit the barrier and get bounced back into traffic. With the crest of the hill, oncoming drivers can’t see anything until it is too late. More run off on the right side just after the crest of the hill would be a huge safety improvement and would not affect the track layout. Just my opinion.

[Chode]

LOL...

[Chode]

that’d work... i mean a flash alert over the radio by the Marshall prolly wouldn’t hurt.

[BBB333]

In!

Looking forward to the last race before the summer break.

Thanks, Chode!

[Chode]

26 - 28 Jul 2024

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps

• Race
• Practice 2
• Practice 1

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	4	Lando NorrisNOR	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.260		19
2	81	Oscar PiastriPIA	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.475	+0.215s	23
3	1	Max VerstappenVER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:42.477	+0.217s	26
4	16	Charles LeclercLEC	Ferrari	1:42.837	+0.577s	23
5	55	Carlos SainzSAI	Ferrari	1:43.098	+0.838s	25
6	63	George RussellRUS	Mercedes	1:43.290	+1.030s	24
7	31	Esteban OconOCO	Alpine Renault	1:43.401	+1.141s	23
8	20	Kevin MagnussenMAG	Haas Ferrari	1:43.485	+1.225s	21
9	11	Sergio PerezPER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:43.504	+1.244s	24
10	44	Lewis HamiltonHAM	Mercedes	1:43.519	+1.259s	25
11	18	Lance StrollSTR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:43.532	+1.272s	21
12	14	Fernando AlonsoALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:43.538	+1.278s	24
13	77	Valtteri BottasBOT	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:43.675	+1.415s	24
14	3	Daniel RicciardoRIC	RB Honda RBPT	1:43.823	+1.563s	21
15	10	Pierre GaslyGAS	Alpine Renault	1:43.829	+1.569s	24
16	27	Nico HulkenbergHUL	Haas Ferrari	1:43.846	+1.586s	21
17	23	Alexander AlbonALB	Williams Mercedes	1:43.892	+1.632s	23
18	2	Logan SargeantSAR	Williams Mercedes	1:44.226	+1.966s	24
19	24	Zhou GuanyuZHO	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:44.302	+2.042s	23
20	22	Yuki TsunodaTSU	RB Honda RBPT	1:44.348	+

[Chode]

welcome...