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[australia99]

summer break should be AFTER Spa!!!!!! no fair we have to wait so long for the best race of the year!

Patience is a virtue and anticipation is bliss

true, and Spa always delivers so i know im in for a cracker of a race!

[spankyham]

Patience is a virtue and anticipation is bliss

Patience, anticipation, bliss

Reminds of ........
Masochist all chained up, Sadist with whip in hand, both drooling.
Masochist screams "whip me, whip me"
Sadist replies...... na

[spankyham]

My post above is definitely on topic because its well known that the Spa race is in Belgium and they have a fine sadomasochistic heritage.


.... and yes, I am bored, 22 more days to go......

[darwin dali]

Patience is a virtue and anticipation is bliss

Patience, anticipation, bliss

Reminds of ........
Masochist all chained up, Sadist with whip in hand, both drooling.
Masochist screams "whip me, whip me"
Sadist replies...... na

100 points for the candidate

Now back to your dungeon and on topic!

[Hammer278]

Pirelli announces tyre choices for next three races

Pirelli has announced which tyre compounds it will be bring to the next three grands prix.

For the Belgian and Italian grands prix the teams will be supplied with medium and soft compounds and on the streets of Singapore they will use the softs and supersofts. Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery said the choices would suit the conditions expected at each circuit while allowing for variations in strategy.

"We're learning more and more with every race in our first year of Formula One, and fine-tuning our compound choices to benefit from the valuable information that we are accumulating," he said. "We've got three of the most thrilling races on the entire calendar coming up, and we believe that we've arrived at some tyre nominations that are very well-suited to the characteristics of these very different but equally exciting circuits.

"Of course there will always be some unknown factors - such as the weather - but the choices we have made are designed to help teams maximise both their performance and their race strategy."

The Belgian Grand Prix will be the third time Pirelli has combined the medium and soft compounds after it made the same choice for the European Grand Prix in the heat of Valencia and the German Grand Prix at the chilly Nurburging. The combination of soft and supersoft has been used in Monaco, Canada and Hungary so far this year.

Pirelli is currently testing at Monza with Lucas di Grassi at the wheel of its development car.

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Further good news, I hate the super soft tyres.

[andrew]

Patience is a virtue and anticipation is bliss

Patience, anticipation, bliss

Reminds of ........
Masochist all chained up, Sadist with whip in hand, both drooling.
Masochist screams "whip me, whip me"
Sadist replies...... na

Are you Max Mosley?

[nish2280]

Its going to be a fantastic race if it goes anything like the F3 race there the other day!

I'm also glad Shell have started sponsoring the GP, hopefully this means it wont fall off the calendar in the next few years.

[Bladesman]

Really looking forward to this one.

Remember drivers don't cut the chicane!

[Robert12010]

Really looking forward to this one.

Remember drivers don't cut the chicane!

yeah or

[Nomad]

I can't wait to see the cars at Eau Rouge, and all the new mods to the cars.

[australia99]

have they announced the DRS zones yet?

i would think there is reason enough to have 2 of them at spa.

[LewEngBridewell]

have they announced the DRS zones yet?

i would think there is reason enough to have 2 of them at spa.

Let's hope they position them wisely. There is simply no need to DRS to be activated on the run to Les Combes, for example.

[Denthúl]

have they announced the DRS zones yet?

i would think there is reason enough to have 2 of them at spa.

There's not really a reason for any. I reckon it will probably start after the exit of Stavelot and run at least up until Blanchimont. Any further than that and it might make the overtake a little too easy. The problem is that the two places they could really put it are already fairly good overtaking places, the run down the Kemmel Straight gives them a good chance as is, as does the run down to the Bus Stop. But from the chicane down to La Source is probably too short to be worth it, so we might see another scenario where it actually makes it too easy or isn't needed. Two would certainly be a bad idea.

[F1er]

This is a Racers circuit,it should be fun.

[Crawf]

Mercedes could snag a very good qualifying position with their good engines/KERS/DRS........but the race could be a different story