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Old 09-04-2008, 02:37 PM
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Default Belgium GP this weekend

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.
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turn 12 is my favorite. shame they killed the bus stop
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Expecting Kimmi to wake up finally!
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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!
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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



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Some of the old Spa track you can actually still drive as public road!
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Originally Posted by RichUK,Sep 5 2008, 10:50 AM
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?
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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.
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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
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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


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