2017 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI BELGIAN GRAND PRIX: RACE *** SPOILERS ***

****..thid id looking like 1990....all over again..just hopes the end result will be diferent...

 

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

 

How is Bottas 15 secs behind? He talked a LOT over the break about taking the fight to Seb and Ham.

Drive more, talk less...

 

LH in control. No response from Ferrari. Just need a touch more power. Drive of the day is Ricci!!

Bottas seemed to have an issue at the restart. Should have been on podium!

 

Actually they were faster here than I expected them to be. Not over by a long shot

 

Seems like cheating is payinh of for merc and Elton...

 

YESSIR !!!

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Just plain depressing.

 

+1

 

You obviously mean Mercedes time

 

i think ferrari come here knowing merc will be very hard to beat

but at least vettel not losing more points

 

Why?

Ferrari still leads and this was MB's track

 

If you think today was boring, you should be watching Barclays soccer or perhaps truck and tractor pulls.

 

lol

 

crap race

 

It's depressing because even with Ultras and the slipstream, Seb had no true chance to pass Elton and even less to stay ahead...

 

Because even with new softer tires and a tow and being inches from the back of hams car, seb could not get his Ferrari in front the the benz on the kemmel straight.

As a Ferrari fan, that's depressing

 

Merc has way more power than Ferrari. Even on the faster tire Hambone walked away. Good comeback from Kimi

 

Seb looks pissed

 

What a luck, gifted another podium by Max DNF which eliminated Kimi as well.....

 

Ferrari were expected to lose out big time to Mercedes at both Spa and Monza.

Seb managed to stay with Hamilton today and keep him under pressure, whilst Kimi ahead of Bottas.

Today was always going to be about damage limitation for the Scuderia (just as Monza will be), so actually, I'd say Ferrari have had a reasonably good day (let's not forget, had Kimi lifted off going past Max's stranded car then chances are we would have two Ferrari drivers on the podium!)

A big part of winning the WDC is by not losing too many points at the weaker tracks for the driver or the car, and that is exactly what Seb has done today!

Monza next week might well not be as clear cut as some might have thought!


Feel free to give up on the WDC for Seb right now if you want, but I for one will wait for the fat lady to sing in Abu Dhabi!

 

Wonder what the taller guy whispered to Seb in the driver's room?