F1 2023: Belgian GP - Spa-Francorchamps (July 30)

[HFW003]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

^ I wish RIC all the best but lets remember his time at McLaren wasn't good, so if Checo gets to grips finally with the 19 he may get a stay of execution for the 20.

His time at McLaren should be expunged from his record!

Remember also, and despite of all the favouritism toward the other driver in the team, he has won their only race since 2010, he was not the problem.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by HFW003

His time at McLaren should be expunged from his record!

Remember also, and despite of all the favouritism toward the other driver in the team, he has won their only race since 2010, he was not the problem.

Disagree, you can't just forget his two years at McLaren, he just couldn't cope with the same car that Norris had and there is no suggestion of favouritism.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I just see the sprintrace (Saturday) will be the wettest and overall a wet race weekend .

Too bad for Francorchamps , the track has enough troubles already with crashes without the very dangerous high speed situations in the rain.
Hopefully all drivers will have a safe race !

I hear the FIA and the SPA-race organisation will speak with drivers before the race ...

God bless Spa-Francorchamps !

Another baby being planned by Geri and Christian my friend, that's some pure Ginger Spice there
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[HFW003]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Disagree, you can't just forget his two years at McLaren, he just couldn't cope with the same car that Norris had and there is no suggestion of favouritism.

I’d expect that from a Pom!

Favoritism was shown toward Norris in almost every race for goodness sake.

You would get a job on Sky with that sort of thinking

I suppose there was also no favouritism last weekend when they pitted Oscar second even though he was as the lead driver?

The car was designed around the wonder boy and until quite recently he has done nothing of note, simple.

[Jenelleg1]

Attending the GP in Spa for the first time this weekend and taking trains all the way from London. My question is, has anyone camped with Global Tickets before, and if so which stop do we get off the bus at closest to the tracks camp grounds from the 294/395 bus.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Another baby being planned by Geri and Christian my friend, that's some pure Ginger Spice there
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Yeah . It's such a sweet family

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Jenelleg1

Attending the GP in Spa for the first time this weekend and taking trains all the way from London. My question is, has anyone camped with Global Tickets before, and if so which stop do we get off the bus at closest to the tracks camp grounds from the 294/395 bus.

Camp grounds ?

Well mate . Then I have bad news for you...
I wouldn't do it , because that will be mainly a mud puddle !

[Blindside_137]

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[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Disagree, you can't just forget his two years at McLaren, he just couldn't cope with the same car that Norris had and there is no suggestion of favouritism.

The Belgian weather update from today:
Bad news my friend . It looks very bad !

Today we get non-stop rain showers , and today we get also unpredictable gusts of wind...
Today I was like 2-3 min. outside , and I was soaked by the rain !

MAX (today) : Sure it will be extremely chaotic by the rain , but I can't wait to race in the rain ...

I ? Ohhhh.... No ! Good Lord . I wouldn't do it , I don't dare to think about it at 300km/h @Eau-Rouge in the rain and in the spray .
Remember the Eau-Rouge slope is 17 % and when they drive uphill ,they can't see what's going on beyond the top of the hill ...
They are basically driving blind !!!
But I'm not MAX

Meanwhile I hear rumors like : Let's cancel the whole SPA race weekend , because the situation is just too dangerous for the drivers !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Blindside_137

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Ferrari Fred should look in his own mirror , because he's even worse ...

#FerrariFredThings !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

The Belgian weather update from today:
Bad news my friend . It looks very bad !

Today we get non-stop rain showers , and today we get also unpredictable gusts of wind...
Today I was like 2-3 min. outside , and I was soaked by the rain !

MAX (today) : Sure it will be extremely chaotic by the rain , but I can't wait to race in the rain ...

I ? Ohhhh.... No ! Good Lord . I wouldn't do it , I don't dare to think about it at 300km/h @Eau-Rouge in the rain and in the spray .
Remember the Eau-Rouge slope is 17 % and when they drive uphill ,they can't see what's going on beyond the top of the hill ...
They are basically driving blind !!!
But I'm not MAX
Meanwhile I hear rumors like : Let's cancel the whole SPA race weekend ,
because the situation is just too dangerous for the drivers !

I got my ear to the ground too also about those rumours, and the teams must be arriving as we speak ohh... lets hope it doesn't come to cancelation.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Camp grounds ?

Well mate . Then I have bad news for you...
I wouldn't do it , because that will be mainly a mud puddle !

Lets think 'Glastonbury' music festival in the rain with everyone in Wellington boots

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Lets think 'Glastonbury' music festival in the rain with everyone in Wellington boots

Enjoy the 2021 video @Spa-Francorchamps !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Enjoy the 2021 video @Spa-Francorchamps !

Volvo driver at 18:36 lol

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by HFW003

I’d expect that from a Pom!

Favoritism was shown toward Norris in almost every race for goodness sake.

You would get a job on Sky with that sort of thinking

I suppose there was also no favouritism last weekend when they pitted Oscar second even though he was as the lead driver?

The car was designed around the wonder boy and until quite recently he has done nothing of note, simple.

You can't compare Piastri's one race strat call to what was happening to RIC over two years at McLaren.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Volvo driver at 18:36 lol

Yeah the Volvo .And it looks like BMW's are bad in the mud as well at 20:00 !

When the 5H1T is real . Glad I'm not part of it ...

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Blindside_137

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We'll see how Diego Loverno gets on at the Scuderia...reporting to Fred.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Yeah the Volvo .And it looks like BMW's are bad in the mud as well !

When the 5H1T is real . Glad I'm not part of it ...

I gather you're not going there my friend but if you do take the smaller FWD red car

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

We'll see how Diego Loverno gets on at the Scuderia...reporting to Fred.

Diego Ioverno is an 'Italian Formula 1 engineer.

I said : 'Italian !
Ohhhhh.....Boy !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Diego Ioverno is an 'Italian Formula 1 engineer.

I said : 'Italian !
Ohhhhh.....Boy !

The shpaghetti and vino verde 3 hour lunch breaks for Diego will probably be adjusted by Fred

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

I gather you're not going there my friend but if you do take the smaller FWD red car

I don't even think about it ...

Traffic jams and bad weather are a bad combination at the SPA race weekend

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I don't even think about it ...

Traffic jams and bad weather are a bad combination at the SPA race weekend

We will see Checo is 'back on track' now after his bad spell with the Monaco FP crash and the races after that.
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