2011 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX: RACE *** SPOILERS ***

Chill! At least hes no Piquet Jr!

 

You set the bar a tad low sir

 

I'd give it to Jenson too. Recovering from disastrous start. Aggressive when needed. Clean passes. Great tyre management!

 

JB - the most under-rated WDC on the grid. Period.

 

Watching replay of the start Senna's move was crazy to say the lest.

 

Listen to his excuses. I shoulda etc.

Yes I know personally speaking, its not easy but that's Renault's poor decision process in action.

 

In the replay at the start some carbon fibre sliced of his mirror.

 

Ermm I haven't seen it... only the replay at the start not good, I think Dave Viz got it right in over his head.

 

Congrats to Vettel for winning and to Button for working his way through the field to the podium!

Well done and a great race it was. Well, at least the first half of it.

 

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Yeh it just seems to be happening to him all to often, but strangely not to Seb.

I also thought the body language was interesting ... clearly Webber & Newey are very close .. alot of back slapping etc before the trophy presentation, and at then later Webber looked liked he was sitting through marriage counseling instead of a press conference. I don't think RBR are as tight as they want us to believe.

 

As a sidenote from this race:

Now officially eliminated from this year's WDC chances:

Massa, Rosberg and Schumacher

 

Great BBC interview with Niki Lauda.

 

I missed the pass during the race but this pass Webber did on Alonso @ Eau Rouge was EPIC!!!

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Interesting. No one has a real shot but Webber and he wont win it with his anemic starts. Vettel sealed it today in essence.

 

I think it was sealed several races ago.

Still, mathematically the remaining 5 contenders will duke it out for quite a while as they're all fairly close to each other (well, at least the 2nd to 5th...).

 

I just hope for my good, close racing. The title almost doesnt matter overall. No more processions! We can only hope Do you see Red Bull being strong at Monza overall. Im thinking Mclaren will be strong and Mercedes has amazing straight line speed!

 

+1

Not sour grapes, just that it was clear from early on in the season that Vettel would get #2. My focus shifted more on the field of challengers behind him.

Of course. It is defined as such in the contractual agreement between the FIA and Ferrari.

 

Sadly, he's about as fast as Dale, Jr.

 

Interesting race, but got boring towards the end. Great race by MS and JB. I have no idea how Massa finished so badly, he was running in the top 4-5 at the start. Pit error?

 

Don't get carried away, Junior has won a race or two.

Massa got a puncture. He pitted twice in 4 laps.

Mark

 

I was too happy that I over-reacted and started spamming. Pardon me

 

Heavy hangs the head that wears the crown

 

Was a great move that, edge of the seat stuff fantastic, respect to both drivers thankfully FA for looking in his mirrors..

 

Enthusiasm needs no excuses

If only others were so considerate.