san2000

Friday 28
First practice: 1000-1130 (0900-1030 BST)
Second practice: 1400-1530 (1300-1430 BST)

Saturday 29
Third practice: 1100-1200 (1000-1100 BST)
Qualifying: 1400 (1300 BST)

Sunday 30
Race: 1400 (1300 BST)

Bada Bing!

Genuinely excited about this one. I reckon it'll be Button or Raikkonen for the win, but Alonso is good around Spa and we know Vettel is good in poor weather too.

It'll be a good 'un methinks.

Dembo

Raining already...

s2k_Nut

Best circuit in the world in my view this track. Always something interesting at this place, why they ever took it off the calendar is beyond me.

My prediction, Hamilton - Button - Raikkonen - Barrichello - thing is with spa, ANYONE can win its so unpredicable, but if its dry then those four in that order, but it being spa its most likely going to rain on and off causing mayhem and upset so it's anyone's guess really

soulcrew

I have just heard from a reliable source....


That when,eventually Luca baddriver finished and went to parc ferme,he crashed into Sutil's car.

s2k_Nut

lovegroova

Forecast for tomorrow and Sunday is sunny and around 16C. Red Bulls will be difficult to beat.

s2k_Nut

see, the ferrari and in particular the maccas have kers, and the long straights are going to help them make best use of kers hence my ferrari and macca prediction ... the brawns are there because i believe they are still the faster of the non kers cars.

It is my view that kers should be banned by the way, otherwise if they keep proving kers is an advantage all the cars will have them next year effectively negating kers and it will then simply be an expense the teams don't need, stupid idea in the first place, guess who's ?

lovegroova

Not a bad theory, I guess we'll see.

Quality stuff from the BBC text commentary today

"1004: Another enlightening interview from Kimi Raikkonen on the official Formula 1 website today. I think it's fair to say that the Finn is absolutely buzzing about the prospect of racing at Spa, where he has won three of the last four races. "It's a nice place and I always like to race here," he roars."

"1009: And speaking of Kimi: does he deliberately wear a cap that is far too large for him, in the manner of a hip-hop bad boy? Or is his head so small, there are no caps that fit him?!

"1026: Ted Kravitz reports that Kimi Raikkonen was lounging about at the back of the garage, thinking his session was over - but Ferrari have told him they want him out on the track again. Apparently, the Finn looked "non-plussed about the situation". I imagine that boy was born looking non-plussed about the situation."

san2000

1st practice

1 italy Jarno Trulli 9 Toyota 1:49.675
2 great britain Jenson Button 22 Brawn-Mercedes 1:50.283
3 spain Fernando Alonso 7 Renault 1:50.368
4 switzerland Sebastien Buemi 12 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:51.045
5 spain Jaime Alguersuari 11 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:51.529
6 brazil Rubens Barrichello 23 Brawn-Mercedes 1:52.321
7 finland Kimi Raikkonen 4 Ferrari 1:52.930
8 finland Heikki Kovalainen 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:53.383
9 poland Robert Kubica 5 BMW Sauber 1:53.650
10 italy Luca Badoer 3 Ferrari 1:55.068
11 italy Giancarlo Fisichella 21 Force India-Mercedes 2:03.972
12 germany Nico Rosberg 16 Williams-Toyota 2:04.505
13 france Romain Grosjean 8 Renault 2:05.513
14 germany Nick Heidfeld 6 BMW Sauber 2:05.614
15 japan Kazuki Nakajima 17 Williams-Toyota 2:05.705
16 germany Adrian Sutil 20 Force India-Mercedes 2:05.839
17 australia Mark Webber 14 Red Bull-Renault 2:06.181
18 germany Timo Glock 10 Toyota 2:06.331
19 germany Sebastian Vettel 15 Red Bull-Renault
20 great britain Lewis Hamilton 1 McLaren-Mercedes