Belgian GP Highlight Thread

[teabagyokel]

KekeTheKing - Schumacher made a great start before conking out there, didn't he?

 

[KekeTheKing]

Yes TBY, I'd say that was a portend of things to come for Mr. Schumacher at Spa.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Just finished up with the Belgium 2001 Highlight Package. Hope you guys enjoy. If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, just check out the madness in the first 5 minutes or so.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Check out Sutil and Hamilton duke it out into Eau Rouge in 2005. This was the start of Race 2. I'm uploading Race 1 in its entirety right now.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Here is Race 1 from the 2005 EuroF3 round at Spa featuring 6 future F1 drivers, including Hamilton, Sutil, Vettel, di Resta, and van der Garde. Lucas di Grassi is the other one.

 

[sushifiesta]

KekeTheKing That 2001 video makes me realise just how much I miss proper racing not "enhanced" by tyres or DRS.

 

[KekeTheKing]

Well it is Spa sushifiesta, arguably the best GP circuit. DRS certainly wasn't introduced because Belgium was throwing up boring races. You won't get any argument from me that Spa-Francorchamps would be just fine without "enhancements". But as we well know, they're not all Spa...

 

[KekeTheKing]

I've got a couple clips from 92 coming soon. Is there something I missed that someone really wants to see?

 

[KekeTheKing]

Senna's comments at the height of Silly Season 1992.

 

[KekeTheKing]

People love to recall Spain 91 when talking about Senna-Mansell duels, but this move at Spa 92 by Mansell is much better I think. I didn't even know that two cars could take Blanchimont side by side.

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

Didn't Rosberg pass around the outside of Blanchimont a while back (maybe 2011)?

 

[KekeTheKing]

Yeah, several people have gone around the outside, which is the racing line.

Mansell went up the inside, with Senna still right there on the outside. If they didn't touch wheels, they were awfully close. Quite a testament to both driver's skills.

 

[Puhoon]

 

[KekeTheKing]

Here is a classic Qualifying session on a (tragically) altered Spa-Francorchamps Circuit.

I give you Friday Qualifying for the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix.

 

[Mephistopheles]

1998 Anyone?

 

[KekeTheKing]

As the summer break drags on I thought some might enjoy this thread. Please let me know if you want to see something that hasn't been posted yet.

 

[Incubus]

The master at work... and yes, I do mean philippe Alliot:

Don't worry Philippe, you'll get him next time...

 

[Olivier]

1998 Anyone?

I remember this race well, the scene is unreal, fiction couldn't have come up with an accident like this one and everyone walked after that

 

[Il_leone]

the old Spa was great but the way they modified the bus stop chicane has changed the challenge of the circuit a little bit

I remember 1998 thinking Hill could win and was praying that Schumacher was going to get taken out by Coulthard unintentionally when he came to lap him and to my amazement it did happen and Schumacher stormed into the Mclaren pit looking so animated
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I'll remember when Vettel lost control of his Red Bull in 2010 and whacked Button who was doing a good job defending his position but he had absolutely no chance being whacked on the side.

Vettel got a drive thru penalty for it and the Mclaren guys all came out with fist shaking and a few other hand gestures to let Vettel know what they thought of his driving when he went passed