Belgian GP Friday and Saturday Practice Sessions Thread

[vcs316]

Speed trap:

Button - 307
Alonso - 306
Hamilton - 306
Vettel - 305
Massa - 305
Sutil - 304

[vcs316]

With the chance of a shower, this could be the time for an opportunistic move to the softer tyre to try and get some data on the options

[SilverSpeed]

We loose 0.1 in S1 and S3, in S2 we loose almost 0.4 sec.

[vcs316]

Massa is heading out of the Ferrari garage for a quick test of the softer rubber before that rain reaches the circuit.

[vcs316]

36 min: Both McLarens are on track with soft rubber as the scramble to make the most of the dry track continues.

36 min: Kubica has pitted his Renault after interestingly failing to find pace on the soft tyres.

35 min: Hamilton is now second to the championship leader with Kubica third, Alonso fourth, Massa fifth and Vettel on track in sixth.

[SilverSpeed]

mmz dont see any showers on my radars here, wonder what site they use...

[SilverSpeed]

Herpa Derp is Vettel doing lol?

[vcs316]

Vettel's Red Bull crawling in the pit lane. Appears to have lost all drive!!

[Mitra]

whats up with vettel's car?
i dont have an english stream

[SilverSpeed]

Red Bull didn't pay his fuel bills

[Greig]

Starting to rain, Trulli having a go at Nando

[Katu]

mmz dont see any showers on my radars here, wonder what site they use...

better one

[SilverSpeed]

We are more then 0.5 sec off pace. I hope for a wet Q then Fonzo can catch the pole

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BBC Sport's pit-lane reporter Holly Samos: "Robert Kubica's side of the Renault garage were very happy yesterday. That 'F-duct' aero device was supposed to be introduced a few weeks ago, but they brought it straight here. But they say the figures they pulled yesterday in a rainy session were almost identical to those they were getting in the factory."

[Greig]

We are more then 0.5 sec off pace. I hope for a wet Q then Fonzo can catch the pole

We were not using the soft tyre tho?

[SilverSpeed]

better one

Seems so yes, but now I have found another one which shows me more precise and now I saw the rain to. To bad I can't see what's coming in 2 hours from now.

We were not using the soft tyre tho?

Dont think that fernando did, massa i'm not sure of.

[vcs316]

Alonso seems pretty relaxed in the Ferrari garage

[SilverSpeed]

So if it's gonna rain on sunday we need to qualify with a wet setup not?

[SilverSpeed]

Seems that the rest is going out while we are staying inside.

[m schumy]

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali: "Unfortunately on Friday you don't score any points. We must be humble because we saw this morning that the Red Bulls and McLaren are so strong. If you make one mistake here, you jump backwards. The development we brought earlier this season didn't bring the improvement we hoped. This weekend we really hope that everything will be smooth, beyond that we don't know."

BBC F1 analyst Anthony Davidson: "For Mark Webber, this might be his only chance to win the world championship and it showed when he was still sitting in his car in the garage when it rained. He wants pole position, wet or dry."

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Free Practice 3 Results

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BBC Sport's Sarah Holt in Spa: "Red Bull's title contender Sebastian Vettel collected third place in Spa last season but that isn't his lasting memory of the Belgian circuit. The 23-year-old explains: 'I had a crash here in the Renault World Series in 2006 and broke my finger. For the first time I was in the medical centre; they brought me in the ambulance to the hospital, the ambulance driver was probably crazier than all of us. I was put into a wheelchair, even though there was nothing wrong with my legs. They gave me this funny dress like an old woman's dress. I don't want to do it again but it was an experience.' Crikey."

BBC F1 analyst Anthony Davidson on Red Bull deciding not to give Vettel a new engine for this race: Engines are a living, breathing animal and you cannot be sure how they are going to react. You see some engines blow up after just a few miles and others go way beyond their life expectancy. I can't believe that Red Bull would do anything to significantly damage Vettel's chances here."

BBC Sarah Holt on Twitter: "Lewis Hamilton wants the championship lead back and he is right on Webber's heels in final practice - just 0.117 seconds behind for McLaren."

[gvsnraju85]

any english links for Quali???