I was very surprised to see Hamilton take pole today. Rosberg has been fast in practice, and thought he was going to easily get the better of Lewis. Also surprised to see Vettel so low down, did he have an issue on his final run that I didn't see?

 

Hope you didn't take the plunge on that one. Poor Kimi

What is interesting is that Rosberg is generally a bit faster than Hamilton in sector 1, which is where the overtaking takes place. With DRS etc, it could mean that if he gets ahead there, he'll stay there.
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No, I didn't put the bet on

Good point about Rosberg and sector 1.
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Then again Lewis is miles faster in sector two, you have to take into account that he was half a second faster over one lap, that is huge in the same car. Yeah Kimi dipped out a bit there, but some are saying it will rain tomorrow during the race, if that happens spa can become a lottery so you never know.

 

You can't overtake in Sector 2, and you'll be slower if you're following another car, that's the key thing here.

If Rosberg can get in front early, he may well stay there. Hopefully it'll mean a good race between the two of them, not really something we've had for a long time.


Having the Ferraris out of position should make things a bit more fun, too.

 

Watching coverage today I noticed that the broadcasters manages to inset / overlay advertisers logos (Rolex) on the pictures. The ads are not on the track surface.

 

After Valtteri's tyre fiasco, Sir Frank sweeps past the waiting media ...

 

That's been going on for a while (perhaps since the beginning of last year?)

 

Oh... Never noticed before. Always thought the ads were on the ground....

 

What a move that was by Verstappen at Blanchimont.

 

Yea. Overtake of the season!

 

The pure immortal behaviour of a teenager! Breathtaking!