F1 2019 season

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This gives some idea of the undulation, on the left you can see the Kemmel Straight, and to the right is the entry to Pouhon

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And Eau Rouge/Raidillon
 
Rado_N said:
GA mate.
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Last year, watched qualifying from Eau Rouge, was great when it started raining as the cars kept coming off. Kimmel straight is normally a good spot to watch the race if you can get there early as you can a lot of the track from there.
 
Dan said:
Last year, watched qualifying from Eau Rouge, was great when it started raining as the cars kept coming off. Kimmel straight is normally a good spot to watch the race if you can get there early as you can a lot of the track from there.
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Cheers, I'd be happy staying around the Kimmel Straight tomorrow to be honest having walked all the way around from Les Combes to the Bus Stop Chicane via Pouhon and Blanchimon today. And back.
 
Ferrari 1-2 in Spa. Leclerc a massive 7 tenths ahead of Vettel who was just ahead of Hamilton. It looked like it was always gonna be Ferraris to lose. Small chance of rain tomorrow though so the race could be interesting.
 
Only just tuned into the final second of qualifying. But geez, only three cars within a second of the pole time, and pole over 0.7 seconds faster than second place. Looks like it is going to be a very boring race at the front. Only positive is Ricciardo getting 6th. Hopefully the mid pack provides some sort of action.
 
Dargonk said:
Only just tuned into the final second of qualifying. But geez, only three cars within a second of the pole time, and pole over 0.7 seconds faster than second place. Looks like it is going to be a very boring race at the front. Only positive is Ricciardo getting 6th. Hopefully the mid pack provides some sort of action.
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I don't think the qualifying times tell the whole story as a lot of drivers were compromised on the out lap, particularly Vettel. The Ferraris should win the race but I wouldn't rule out Hamilton, particularly as tomorrow is predicted to be a lot cooler, which suits Mercedes.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
I have seen it now , OMG I agree Sky right not to reshow it.
Any news on the drivers yet, my thinking is they will be lucky to get away with serious injury, hope I am wrong.
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From the video it was one of Arden's driver i'm sure. Some says the other one are Correa or Alesi. News circulate that it was Hubert and Correa
There's one photo from the clip that showed close up. My lord please let them safe.
 
Leg-End said:
Young French driver in a French team alongside a "superstar", comes with Mercedes knowledge and will be cheaper than the Hulk, it all makes sense for Renault.

Nico is clearly a good solid driver but he's been about for along time now and really hasn't kicked on, Haas should kick Grosjean for him.

Bottas at Mercedes for another year is dissapointing but totally expected, they don't need to rock the boat. I liked in the press release Bottas basically wrote off his 2019 chances despite being 2nd in the standings, not that he can catch but interesting to throw the towel in at the halfway mark.
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Fully agree with you about Bottas staying being predictable.
Also predictable was the fact that Lewis Hamilton would stifle Bottas early form. Being team mates with (in my opinion) one of the best ever can't be easy. But Hamilton is absolutely relentless in his performance and pressure.
I believe that Mercedes are starting to consider Hamiltons long term replacement and so sticking with Bottas was the obvious option.
 
Buster15 said:
Fully agree with you about Bottas staying being predictable.
Also predictable was the fact that Lewis Hamilton would stifle Bottas early form. Being team mates with (in my opinion) one of the best ever can't be easy. But Hamilton is absolutely relentless in his performance and pressure.
I believe that Mercedes are starting to consider Hamiltons long term replacement and so sticking with Bottas was the obvious option.
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It would be more interesting if Bottas treat next year like Rosberg did to his last. That if Bottas wants to be WDC of course. He can't have better dominating car than this.
 
Shit :(

RIP. Didn't want to see the accident until I knew he was OK. Not gonna watch it now. Horrible thing to happen.
 
Awful incident. Sadly when you get t-boned at high speed this tends to happen.

They'll race on tomorrow because they have to. The drivers know the risk when they embark on the career, they wouldn't have it any other way.

RIP.
 
Horrific crash, I couldn't believe they'd both walked away from it when they initially said they had survived so not shocked to see he's passed but it's absolutely awful.

We darted straight after the F1 quali to beat the rush out, really glad we weren't there to see that.

RIP Antoine :(
 
Rado_N said:
Horrific crash, I couldn't believe they'd both walked away from it when they initially said they had survived so not shocked to see he's passed but it's absolutely awful.

We darted straight after the F1 quali to beat the rush out, really glad we weren't there to see that.

RIP Antoine :(
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Seeing something like that would stay with you for a long time and not in a good way.

Just shows no matter how good these guys are, they'll never be able to eradicate fatal accidents when they drive at the speeds they do. Sad sad news.
 
We need an rvn said:
Seeing something like that would stay with you for a long time and not in a good way.

Just shows no matter how good these guys are, they'll never be able to eradicate fatal accidents when they drive at the speeds they do. Sad sad news.
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Absolutely. Gonna be an odd atmosphere tomorrow I expect.
 
Just seen the replays and i've not seen a crash as bad since Alex Zanardi's back then. Horrific. I'd be surprised if they race F2 tomorrow.
 
Just got sent the video by a friend. It was horrible. No matter how much safety they build in to these cars they are still obeying the laws of physics.

RIP.
 
This is the statement released.

Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 are deeply saddened by the passing of Anthoine Hubert following a horrific crash at today’s Feature Race at Spa-Francorchamps, involving three other drivers.

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Anthoine’s family, loved ones, and friends. We would also like to send our heartfelt sympathies to the entire Arden team.

Anthoine has been part of our paddock since 2017. He was a fantastic driver who had a bright future ahead of him. He became GP3 Series Champion last year, and this season, he won twice in Formula 2, taking victories in Monaco, and at his home race in Le Castellet.

He was kind to everyone, always smiling, and his positive attitude was infectious.

He will be dearly missed.

Out of respect, tomorrow’s F2 race has been cancelled.
 
I thought this was well written by Andrew Benson in the closure his BBC article:

Spa-Francorchamps, where this accident happened, is one of the world's greatest, most historic, fastest, most challenging and, yes, most dangerous race tracks. To a man, the drivers look forward to races there more than those at a mere handful of circuits around the world. But they don't do it lightly. They do it in full awareness of the risks they are taking.

Saturday night, over dinner with friends and colleagues, the 20 F1 drivers will contemplate the loss of a man who some of them knew, some of them had raced against, and of whom some were only aware as someone who could very well one day soon be one of them.

On Sunday, they will wake up and drive into Spa, and go about their usual pre-race preparations. They will do it with seriousness, sobriety, and an iron determination to carry on with business as usual.

Then, at 3.10pm local time, they will watch five red lights come on one by one and then go out, and within a few seconds they will be racing nose to tail and perhaps even side by side at close to 200mph over the exact spot where, less than 24 hours earlier, a colleague paid the ultimate price.

The sport they love brings them incredible highs and, as on Saturday, awful lows. The combination of all that is - whatever one may think of it - what makes it so thrillingly, awfully, terribly, tragically, special.

They are truly not as other men.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/49537765
 
pauldyson1uk said:
This is the statement released.

Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 are deeply saddened by the passing of Anthoine Hubert following a horrific crash at today’s Feature Race at Spa-Francorchamps, involving three other drivers.

We would like to extend our deepest condolences to Anthoine’s family, loved ones, and friends. We would also like to send our heartfelt sympathies to the entire Arden team.

Anthoine has been part of our paddock since 2017. He was a fantastic driver who had a bright future ahead of him. He became GP3 Series Champion last year, and this season, he won twice in Formula 2, taking victories in Monaco, and at his home race in Le Castellet.

He was kind to everyone, always smiling, and his positive attitude was infectious.

He will be dearly missed.

Out of respect, tomorrow’s F2 race has been cancelled.
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The right decision.
 
I think in circumstances like these teams should allow their drivers to sit out the rest of the weekend? I worry about how they deal with these tragic incidents. A slow procession of the cars around the track for 10 laps as a mark of respect before packing up and prepare for the next race? I know the F2 race is cancelled but it feels wrong somehow to race under these circumstaces?

I don't know, I can't stop thinking about it. Damn.
 
RIP. Sadly its just the risk that comes with the territory of racing, absolutely nothing any technology could have done to stop that.

 
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