Belgian Grand Prix 2017 - Race Thread

[19000rpmF-2004]

Seb was able to stay within 2s of HAM for the entire race, I mean, you can't really say Merc was much faster here than us.. They were faster on one lap however

Agree

[nani_s23]

Monza should play into Ferrari hands.
Braking & efficient aero track.
Which are strengths for ferrari

[Kristof_F40]

Wasn't it not discovered that Ferrari were the ones gaining the most from this?

Both were using it, Ferrari installed a seperate oil thank to use, which was banned (or something like that)

[jgonzalesm6]

I'm headed to the Force India debrief.......

[nani_s23]

It's better than Silverstone result

[KimiBot]

I'm headed to the Force India debrief.......

lol

[mwk360]

I'm headed to the Force India debrief.......

:D

[Kristof_F40]

That is not surprising at all

No, but with his good results the last couple of races.. it could have played out well for us..

[stefa]

I'm headed to the Force India debrief.......

That would be nice to hear

[Kristof_F40]

What do we take from this? Kimi could have better put Lewis in the wall than not lift for yellow because Lewis would be out and he wouldn't have had a penalty.. Joke

[FerrariF60]

Monza should play into Ferrari hands.
Braking & efficient aero track.
Which are strengths for ferrari

what about ENGINE??? seems teh merc has thta extra bit of power down the straights....and monza is a speed circuit

but we'll see whats gonna happen

[da_one]

It is what it is. Merc power is supreme in this race. Hopefully we have something special.

Good effort by the team but sadly not enough. Not sure why the US are not up to the task. I was expecting more chances for Seb to overtake but alas he only had one during the restart.

[nani_s23]

Mercs on softs looks beast

[mwk360]

hamiltons jump is terrible compared to schumi and vettels lol, he did a girly hop

[Schumiklub]

Didn't Seb say he lifted, not Ham?

[stefa]

SV doesn't look happy

[mwk360]

Mercs on softs looks beast

they were faster than ferrari on Ultras , that says it all

[vcs316]

"It was too close," exclaims Vettel about his run up Eau Rouge behind Hamilton.

"I lifted," replies Hamilton.

Fighting words!

[stefa]

hamiltons jump is terrible compared to schumi and vettels lol, he did a girly hop

[IulianFerrari]

That would be nice to hear

Good job guys, great race, we are going with confidence into Monza, go home to your families and celebrate ! Aaaa guys just one more thing before you go....

[nani_s23]

what about ENGINE??? seems teh merc has thta extra bit of power down the straights....and monza is a speed circuit

but we'll see whats gonna happen

Monza is not only abt power, it's abt heavy braking & efficient aero.

Idiot croft is saying already ham will win in Monza & take lead in the championship

[mwk360]

Didn't Seb say he lifted, not Ham?

i think ham said he lifted too, so seb said he didnt lift enough or something lke that lol i dunno

[FerrariF60]

SV doesn't look happy

would you be???

[mwk360]

What do we take from this? Kimi could have better put Lewis in the wall than not lift for yellow because Lewis would be out and he wouldn't have had a penalty.. Joke

LOL! ... hmmm :P

[mwk360]

i hope mercs pushed there engine hard today

[stefa]

would you be???

I don't know. Surely as a race driver one is aiming to win as much as possible. But honestly we all knew coming to this track that it is Mercedes favorable. So 2nd is not that bad. It could be Silverston all over again.

[mwk360]

meanwhile max is where?

[Warp]

To be honest I expected another Silverstone but Ferrari was very close to Mercedes in this race. Win was possible if Vettel turned first in the start of the race. I think the tires were overheating every time that Vettel reached Hamilton.

Also Mercedes had their engine upgrade for this race. Overall, I think we have the strongest car this year.

[mwk360]

dont compare michael to hamilton please its shameful

[stefa]

To be honest I expected another Silverstone but Ferrari was very close to Mercedes in this race. Win was possible if Vettel turned first in the start of the race. I think the tires were overheating every time that Vettel reached Hamilton.

Also Mercedes had their engine upgrade for this race. Overall, I think we have the strongest car this year.

Agree, but we lack couple of BHP