WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Fri 26 July
Practice 1 07:30 - 08:30
Qualifying 11:00 - 12:00

Sat 27 July
Practice 3 06:300 - 07:30
Qualifying 10:00 - 11:00

Sun 28 July
Race 09:00

CIRCUIT INFO:

Lap data
Lap length 7.004km (4.352 miles)
Race laps 44
Race distance 308.052km (191.415 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’47.263 (235.071 kph) by Sebastian Vettel, 2009
Fastest lap 1’44.503 (241.279 kph) by Jarno Trulli, 2009
Maximum speed 324kph (201.324 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and Kemmel straight
Distance from grid to turn one 265m

Car performance
Full throttle 72%
Longest flat-out section 2015m
Downforce level Medium
Gear changes per lap 45
Fuel use per lap 3.2kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.128s

Strategy
Quickest complete pit stop in 2012 19.668s by McLaren (see full list)

Data sources: FIA, Williams, Mercedes


Jenson's awesome Q3 lap from 2012 that put him on pole. His McLaren was the fastest in all sessions and he won the race leading from pole. Watch the video and you will hear the rev limiter kick in about 4 times on the Kemmel straight.

 

Let's hope it stays dry this year. Spa isn't a good track/race in the wet.

 

If McLaren win it’ll be the first time after Jenson in that video above.

 

Great qualifying session. Voted Max. Checo did great as did the others.

 

Voted Lewis.

 

Decent race. Lewis earned the win imo. Shame George got dq’ed and lost the victory.

 

Lewis was my vote for driver of the day. So as much as George put in a superhuman effort on a single set, he still cheated into the win whether knowingly or inadvertently.

Max has to fight tooth and nail and scrap for points. This is good. He was stellar in the rain yesterday.

 

Merc bobbled that 1-2 away. George has a spectacular drive but the team let him down. The performance gained by the weight deficit was not insignificant and likely contributed to his ability to manage the tires like he did and his pace to keep Lewis behind. George made a gutsy call and made it work. Lewis deserved the win, in my book. Good race all around.

 

A rumor is the lack of tread left on George's tires didn't help the weight issue. Dunno. I have a hard time believing Merc didn't weigh his car properly, especially when Lewis' was fine.

 

Could have been a contributing factor but I still don't blame anyone other than Merc strategists/engineers. They would have, or at least should have, known pre-race weight. Being able to account for weight lost normally during a race, they would have been able to determine that they were on the bleeding edge of weight requirements. Knowing that, they should have been able to tell George that he absolutely could not attepmt a one-stop. It was a heroic move and, at the time, I was excited for GR to give it a go. I was hoping Lewis would catch him for some last lap fireworks and did not expect George to keep Lewis behind like he did.

I honestly kind of expected a DQ or 2 due to plank infringements.