I am going to start this thread now because tonight will be the start of the first practice at 4am ET/1am PT.

FRI Practice 1 01:00
FRI Practice 2 05:00
SAT Practice 02:00
SAT Qualifying 05:00
SUN Race 05:00

This is all Pacific Time seeing as I took this off of formula1.com and it converted it to my time.



I love Spa. Such an amazing circuit. Too bad Eau Rouge is now a flat out turn. Still amazing, but I miss the v10s letting off and then getting back right on the gas.

 

turn 12 is my favorite. shame they killed the bus stop

 

Expecting Kimmi to wake up finally!

 

Serious! Kimi is one of the greats of Spa! I say that since he has won the race 3 races in a row. Think about it, two of the races were with the unreliable McLaren against Schumacher and Ferrari. Maybe I am a little bias, but I want to see him win!

 

Since the Speed TV guys mentioned the OLD Spa circuit so many damn times this morning, I decided to post the track map from the last year of the old Spa circuit (1970). Thought you all might find it cool.

Here you go:
14.1 km or 8.7 miles

 

Some of the old Spa track you can actually still drive as public road!

 

Rich,
did you ever see the "Masta Kink" up close???

How nasty is it?

 

Damn, old Spa is a long circuit. You wonder how many laps they can do on this and the Nordschleife? Not to mention remembering a majority of those turns.

 

Friday Practice 1 for those who haven't checked the results yet.

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:47.284 26
2 1 Kimi R

 

Friday Practice 2

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:48.454 21
2 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:48.504 0.050 16
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.740 0.286 19
4 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.805 0.351 17
5 1 Kimi R