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Griever20 · 09-01-2017, 01:07 PM

Belgium GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report
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August 20th, 2016

The summer is slowly coming to the end and the WMC calendar has flipped to Spa-Francorchamp, the last European race on the calendar. The track was vastly reworked after a couple of horrible crashes in 2012 and 2013 and some of the great corners have disappeared.

Yet, it is a joy to visit and watch WMC cars driving in anger, and more than 100.000 fans from all of Europe were expected, despite the rain. And that one played a part all day long. The it rained at the start of free practice, and it poured at the end of it. Only a few drivers got in some laps in the dry, and the headliners were Harry Chapman(1:38.584) and Jeremy Woodford(1:38.661).

And the rain played his part in qualifying aswell and turned everything upside down at the start. Most runners went out on slicks and got caught out and only a handful of runners went out on the right rubber... and after the first runs... Iker Vidal was on provision pole with a 1:39.785.

The rain ended with seven minutes to go and none of the runners got caught out on track with intermediate tyres and everything was set up for a mad dash on dry tyres right towards the end, too bad for the Lotus driver.

The first competitive time was a 1:35.559 by Wolfgang Schmidt, and the times came thick anf fast after that. Wexler 1:35.209 P1. Ana Oliveira in the Windsor... 1:35.095 P1. Niilo Saarinen 1:35.014 P1.

And then, playtime was over and Harry Chapman crossed the line and humiliated all the other drivers with a 1:34:481, half a second faster then second place. What a qualifying.

Team Radio of the Day:
"That is P1 Iker, P1. Rain should stop soon, get back quick please. "Can you make a pic of that time sheet please? "
Iker Vidal, Lotus Racing, while being on provisional pole.

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Just stay over the track, rain, goddamit. Iker still tailored together a pretty rock solid lap, putting his beautiful green car in front of both Kitano's who unsurprisingly are struggling with engine performance.

Rumors about a big jump in performance for Rossini seem greatly exaggerated, but that is not our concern right now. Our race.

Sunday, with 15 minutes to go, it is wet, rainy, and every sensible person will start on the intermediate tyre. That wet phase should go for 7-8 laps maximum, so getting the tyres there and changing to the dry rubber at the right time will be crucial as this is a long lap. Let's see if we can get us some points.

09-01-2017, 01:07 PM	#59
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	2016 Belgium GP(10/16): Qualifying Belgium GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report motorsport-live.com August 20th, 2016 The summer is slowly coming to the end and the WMC calendar has flipped to Spa-Francorchamp, the last European race on the calendar. The track was vastly reworked after a couple of horrible crashes in 2012 and 2013 and some of the great corners have disappeared. Yet, it is a joy to visit and watch WMC cars driving in anger, and more than 100.000 fans from all of Europe were expected, despite the rain. And that one played a part all day long. The it rained at the start of free practice, and it poured at the end of it. Only a few drivers got in some laps in the dry, and the headliners were Harry Chapman(1:38.584) and Jeremy Woodford(1:38.661). And the rain played his part in qualifying aswell and turned everything upside down at the start. Most runners went out on slicks and got caught out and only a handful of runners went out on the right rubber... and after the first runs... Iker Vidal was on provision pole with a 1:39.785. The rain ended with seven minutes to go and none of the runners got caught out on track with intermediate tyres and everything was set up for a mad dash on dry tyres right towards the end, too bad for the Lotus driver. The first competitive time was a 1:35.559 by Wolfgang Schmidt, and the times came thick anf fast after that. Wexler 1:35.209 P1. Ana Oliveira in the Windsor... 1:35.095 P1. Niilo Saarinen 1:35.014 P1. And then, playtime was over and Harry Chapman crossed the line and humiliated all the other drivers with a 1:34:481, half a second faster then second place. What a qualifying. Team Radio of the Day: "That is P1 Iker, P1. Rain should stop soon, get back quick please. "Can you make a pic of that time sheet please? " Iker Vidal, Lotus Racing, while being on provisional pole. -- Just stay over the track, rain, goddamit. Iker still tailored together a pretty rock solid lap, putting his beautiful green car in front of both Kitano's who unsurprisingly are struggling with engine performance. Rumors about a big jump in performance for Rossini seem greatly exaggerated, but that is not our concern right now. Our race. Sunday, with 15 minutes to go, it is wet, rainy, and every sensible person will start on the intermediate tyre. That wet phase should go for 7-8 laps maximum, so getting the tyres there and changing to the dry rubber at the right time will be crucial as this is a long lap. Let's see if we can get us some points. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)